[spectre] Media Architecture: art+communication 2003

Thu, 20 Feb 2003 21:21:02 +0200

- here is the first announcment about the art+communication festival in
Riga and Latvia, which this year will take place in May 15-19, with the
title MEDIA
ARCHITECTURE -=20
/best regards, rasa

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MEDIA ARCHITECTURE =96=20
The 6th international Art+Communication festival=20
in Riga, May 15-19, 2003

The 6th International ART+COMMUNICATION festival will comprise a series of
events from May 15-19, 2003 conceptually located at the intersection of
information networks and post-modern architectonics; while physically
located in Latvia in Riga, as well as in Karosta, Liepaja and at the VIRAC
Radiotelecope in Irbene.

> conference: media architecture

The Media Architecture international conference will take place in Riga,
from May 16-17, and it will discuss how lessons from the social dynamic of
'virtual 'networks, can be applied to the creation of open, public physical
spaces; continuing discussions on process-based architecture, hybrid
spaces, and mainly focusing on GPS/satellite, mapping/positioning and
wireless networks.=20

> design concept and performances: light affair=20

Taking place in a central, but derelict section of a section of Old Riga
the theme of the transformation of place (both physical and virtual)
towards more open, interconnected environments will be manifest in the
conferences various facilities through installation include evening
programmes of media synesthesia (visible sound/audible light) as well as by
the official initiation of an ambitious engineering project for the
creation of Media Space - a new headquarters for RIXC.

> closing programme: acoustic space lab

Finally, for the closing section of the festival, participants will be
brought to the Irbene Ratio Telescope, a former Soviet military satellite
dish (d=3D32m) where participants from the 2001 Acoustic Space Lab symposium
will present their interpretations of data they gathered from scanning the
planets, communication satellites and surrounding environment with this
powerful telescope.

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PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

Wed-May-14
-> additional event:
a meeting on 'new media residencies' - how to establish 'inter-connections'
and to promote East- and North- European artists exchange

Thu-May-15=20
-> festival opening programme

Fri-May-16=20
-> [media architecture] conference, day 1: 'process-based architecture'
    * post-modern urban geographies and information networks / process-based=
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      architecture=20
    * media architecture / hybrid space
-> [visible sound|audible light] public presentations and performances=20
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Sat-May-17=20
-> [media architecture] conference, day 2: 'locative media'
   * cell space / mapping-positioning, GPS and satellite technologies=20
   * wireless networks / =91locative=92 media =96 =91locative=92 art /=
 spectrum ecology
-> night performance programme

Sun-May-18=20
-> [acoustic space lab] bus tour - visit to Irbene Radiotelescope,
presentation of the multimedia research DVD [RT-32] by RIXC and
participants of the 2001 Acoustic Space Lab symposium.

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PRELIMINARY LIST OF PARTICIPANTS (tbc.)

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more info will be available at:
http://rixc.lv/03

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if you are interested to contribute, participate or visit the festival -
regarding any questions, please don't hesitate to contact:=20
Rasa Smite <rasa@re-lab.net>
Signe Pucena <signe@re-lab.net>

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