[spectre] SPECTROPIA - art+comuncation2008 festival's 10th edition!

[Rasa Smite]

Dear Spectre,

Yesterday was the Opening of the very 'spectral' 
event called SPECTROPIA, which is 10th edition of 
the Art+Communication festival in Riga -
below - general info about the event, for more information please see website:
http://rixc.lv/08

best
rasa

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S P E C T R O P I A

ART+COMMUNICATION 2008
X International festival for new media culture
October 16 - 25, 2008 in Riga, Latvia

http://rixc.lv/08

...Electromagnetic fields are biologically 
active. Emitting from every electronic device, 
electromagnetic fields affect our body and the 
living nature. They interact with the natural 
emissions and intersect the boundaries of our 
planet. Invisible and omnipresent, 
electromagnetic fields have become ghosts of the 
modern world...

The 10th edition of the "Art+Communication" 
festival, organised by RIXC, takes place in Riga 
from October 16 - 25, 2008. Entitled SPECTROPIA, 
this year festival continues to illuminate 
artistic explorations within the invisible space 
of electromagnetic spectrum surrounding us.


The festival programme features:

* SPECTROPIA exhibition and experimental film programme
October 17 - 25, in Riga Art Space

* International Conference
October 17 and 18, at RIXC Media Space, 
co-organised with Art Research Lab (MPLab) of 
Liepaja University

* Laser, Sound and Light Performances
October 16 and 18, at RIXC Media Space

* Experimental Film and Video Programmes
October 17 and 18, at Cinema Riga; RIXC Media Space and Riga Art Space]

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* SPECTROPIA exhibition takes place in Riga Art 
Space - the new Exhibition Hall by Riga City 
council in Old Town of Riga, from October 17 - 
25, 2008 (12.30 - 19.00). It features about 30 
artworks created by artists:

10111.ORG (Gianluca Ruggeri and Filippo Filliger) 
(CH), AElab (CA), Jean-Pierre Aubé (CA), Alex 
Bradley (GB), Andy Gracie (GB/DE), Jessica 
Marlowe (GB), Matt Mawford (GB), Duncan Speakman 
(GB), Jonah Brucker-Cohen (US), Jim Campbell 
(US), David Crawford (US), Florian Dombois 
(DE/CH), Anna Friz (CA), Jaanis Garan?s (LV), 
Antony Hall, Gregory Byatt (UK), Usman Haque 
(UK), Bengt Sjölén (SE),  Adam Somlai-Fischer 
(HU), Carl Michael von Hausswolff (SE), 
Voldemaars Johansons (LV), Arijana Kajfes (SE), 
Mari Keski-Korsu un Mika Meskanen (FI/DE), Paul 
Klotz (NL), Karin Lingnau, Martin Hesselmeier 
(DE), Marie-Jeanne Musiol (CA), Pascal Petzinger 
(NL), Catherine Richards (CA), RIXC (Rasa Smite, 
Raitis Smits, Martins Ratniks, Linda Vebere) 
(LV), Gordan Savicic (AT), Semiconductor (Ruth 
Jarman un Joe Gerhardt) (GB), Sneha Solanki (GB), 
Jan-Peter E. R. Sonntag (DE), Ingeborg Marie Dehs 
Thomas (NO), José Luis de Vicente, Irma Vilà, 
Bestiario (ES).

The exhibition is complemented by 43 min long 
experimental film and video programme that 
includes the following works:
Karo Goldt TULIPA (DE, 2008, 3 min; Billy Roisz 
ELESYN 15.625 (AT, 2006, 10 min); Semiconductor 
MAGNETIC MOVIE (GB, 2007, 5 min); Peggy Ahwesh 
WARM OBJECTS (US, 2007, 6 min); Damir Cucic LA 
PETITE MORT (HR, 2007, 7 min); Volker Schreiner 
CELL (DE, 2006, 4 min); Ian Helliwell SIGNAL 
TRACING (GB, 2007, 3 min); Thorsten Fleisch 
ENERGIE! (DE, 2007, 5 min).


* The workshop "**TEMPEST - decoding that which 
is" led by Martin Howse (UK) will take place on 
October 17 and 18 the also in the exhibition 
venue. **TEMPEST is two day practical and 
theoretical workshop exploring contemporary 
paranoia/ontology as a tale of so-called 
compromising emanations (CE).


* Experimental film and video programme, curated 
by Erwin van 't Hart (NL), is a special part of 
the SPECTROPIA festival programme.

On October 17 and 18 screening of two abstract 
films (35 mm) by Dutch artists will take place in 
cinema "Riga": "#11, Marey <-> Moiré" by Joost 
Rekveld with soundtrack by Edwin van der Heide is 
a film in which all images are generated by 
intermittently recording the movement of a line; 
and Telcosystems  film "LoudThings" which is an 
audiovisual account of an expedition into the 
innards of the computer.

On October 17 the Latvian premiere of American 
experimental cinematography master - director 
Craig Baldwin sci-fi movie "Spectres of the 
Spectrum" will take place. The film plunders 
Baldwin's treasure trove of early television 
shows, industrial and educational films, 
Hollywood movies, advertisements and cartoons, 
combining these with live-action footage, 
no-budget special effects, and relentless 
narration to generate a wholly original paranoid 
science

On October 18 -  Semiconductor (UK)- artists Ruth 
Jarman and Joe Gerhardt, will give a 
presentation, talking about the ideas and 
motivations behind their work including their 
recent projects with space scientists. The works 
they will be screening include: Out of the Light, 
Matter in Motion, The Sound of Microclimates, All 
the Time in the World, and 200_Nanowebers.


* During the evening programmes of Laser, Light 
and Sound Performances at RIXC Media Space on 
October 16, Australian artists Botborg will be 
pushing the boundaries of both technology and 
audience by using their 'instrument' - 
Photosonicneurokineasthograph - which is a 
complex feedback machine incorporating an 
entangled mix of new and old technologies. And 
Edwin van der Heide (NL) will create an auditory 
ambient 3D environment using two color lasers. On 
October 18 the closing event of the festival will 
feature a 'spectral' performance 10 000 Peacock 
Feathers in Foaming Acid' by Netherlands-based 
Russian-Byelorussian artists Evelin Domnitch and 
Dmitry Gelfand.


* The international conference, organised in 
collaboration with Art Research Lab (MPLab) of 
Liepaja University, aims to facilitate 
theoretical background for the SPECTROPIA 
exhibition, as well as to found a bases for more 
fundamental research in the field of 
'electromagnetic art' in the future.


* In relation to the conference and festival, 
Acoustic Space journal Issue no7 comes out with 
the title 'Spectropia - Illuminating 
Investigations in Electromagnetic Spectrum', 
published by RIXC and MPLab of Liepaja University.

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Organiser:
RIXC, Center for New Media Culture?

Contact and address:
11. Novembra krastmala 35 - 201, Riga, LV 1050, Latvia
?Tel: +371-67228478 (office), +371-26546776 (mob.)
Fax: +371-67228477?
Email: rixc( at )rixc.lv
http://rixc.lv

Support and Partners:
Riga City Council, Latvian Cultural Capital 
Foundation, Pro Helvetia (Swiss Arts Council), 
Riga Art Space, and others.

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