[spectre] Short-notice call for Renewable Futures conference submissions

[Rasa Smite]

Dear Spectre,

please see below -

SHORT-NOTICE CALL FOR CONFERENCE PROPOSALS:

We are announcing a CALL for presentation 
sessions of a new conference series on art and 
science research and cultural innovation - 
RENEWABLE FUTURES, the launch of which will take 
place in Riga and Liepaja, May 15-18, 2014, on 
the occasion of the FIELDS exhibition opening 
programme

http://fields.rixc.lv

We especially encourage to apply artists working 
with science, researchers engaged with 
sustainability issues from different 
perspectives, as well as doctoral students - to 
share their research ideas and results in 
relation to the following topics:
* building new sustainability theories
* art as research,
* art and science

Please send your submissions - short abstract 
(100-200 words) and bios to rixc at rixc.lv

Deadline: April 15, 2014

As this is a launching conference, participation 
and accreditation is free of charge
We will be able to support participants from the 
Baltic and Nordic countries, and partly also from 
other European countries. Academic researchers 
are encouraged to apply for travel support in 
their universities, we can provide you with 
invitation / confirmation letters, if necessary.

best regards,
Rasa


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* More info on conference:


RENEWABLE FUTURES
International conference on art, science and cultural innovation
Riga 2014 - European Cultural Capital event
Riga May 15-18, 2014

Renewable Futures is a new conference series, the 
launch of which will take place during the FIELDS 
exhibition opening weekend on May 15-18, 2014 in 
the framework of Riga - European Cultural Capital 
programme. In a response to recent quests for a 
more sustainable future and overcoming the crises 
of the present, the conference aims to invent new 
avenues for future developments by bringing 
together traditionally separated domains. 
Inspired by the approach of FIELDS Exhibition, 
which does not just look at art in a narrow sense 
but takes into account all kinds of creative 
practices that bring together new ways of 
thinking, scientific knowledge, aesthetics, 
technologies and social practices. The conference 
will shape new contact zones between academic 
research and diversity of contemporary art 
practices, art and science, sustainable 
businesses and social engagement in the 21st 
century.

* Preliminary programme:

THURSDAY, May 15
18.00 FIELDS exhibition opening (Arsenals Exhibition Hall)

FRIDAY, May 16
10.00-12.00 RF conference series launch & board 
meeting (introduction, discussions about new 
series, next conference topics, orgnaizational 
issues, etc.) / 12.00-13.00 Lunch / 13.00-14.00 
RF meeting (résumé)
17.00-19.00 FIELDS Public Lectures / RF 
conference plenary session (Goethe Institute - 
Riga)
Armin MEDOSCH (Austria) / Misko SUVAKOVIC (Serbia) / Ieva ASTAHOVSKA (Latvia)
20.00 Art+Communication festival performances (Spikeri Concert Hall)

SATURDAY, May 17
RENEWABLE FUTURES conference Day 1 (Goethe Institute - Riga):
10.00 Keynotes and DiscussionSession: BUILDING NEW SUSTAINABILITY THEORIES
12.00-14.15 Session 1/Session 2 - ART AND SCIENCE / TECHNO-ECOLOGIES
15.00-18.00 Participatory Session - PLAYING FIELDS: RADICAL TAXONOMIES
19.00-24.00 FIELDS exhibition public event 
programme with artist performances during the 
Museum's Night (Arsenals Exhibition Hall)

SUNDAY, May 18 (bus trip to Liepaja and back)
RENEWABLE FUTURES conference Day 2 (Liepaja University's Art Research Lab)
13.00-14.30/15.30-16.30 Session 3 - ART AS RESEARCH
16.30-17.00 New Media Art Showcase by Liepaja Art Research Lab

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* FIELDS Exhibition
Arsenals Exhibition hall of Latvian National Arts 
Museum (May 15 - August 3, 2014)

The changing role of art in society is one where 
it does not just create a new aesthetics but gets 
involved in patterns of social, scientific, and 
technological transformations. The exhibition 
Fields presents a lively landscape of art that 
challenges existing viewpoints, deconstructs 
social issues, and proposes positive visions for 
the future.
The exhibition will show approximately 40 
artworks by artists from all over the world, but 
with a special focus on Central, Eastern and 
Northern Europe. Curators - Raitis Smits, Rasa 
Smite (Latvia) and Armin Medosch (Austria). 
Artists - Oliver Ressler, Shu Lea Cheang, Lisa 
Jevbratt, Superflex, Gints Gabrans, Marko 
Peljhan, Cecile Babiole, Voldemars Johansons, 
Erich Berger, Martins Ratniks, Hayley Newman, 
Annemie Maes (Okno), YoHa, Martin Howse, Franz 
Xaver, and many more.

* Conference Organizers and Mission:

The new conference series will be launched in a 
joint effort by RIXC, Renewable Network and ARS 
BALTICA, as well by other involved partner 
organizations, art institutions and collaboration 
networks. More then just building an other new 
Baltic-Nordic collaboration platform, this event 
aims to play a role of 'connector' - maintaining 
links between different platforms and networks 
existing in North European and Baltic Sea region, 
as well as connecting them with the other 
European countries and the rest of the world.

* Support:

The Renewable Futures conference takes place in 
the framework of Renewable Network - long-term 
collaboration project supported by Nordic Culture 
Point.

The Fields exhibition is supported by Riga 2014, 
Riga City Council, Nordic Culture Point, State 
Cultural Capital Foundation, Ministry of Culture 
of the Republic of Latvia, Austrian Ministry of 
Culture, EU Culture 2007-2013 programme, Nordic 
Culture Point.

Partners: The Latvian National Museum of Art, 
Soft Control (EU Co-Project), Techno-Ecologies 
(EU Co-Project), Goethe Institute in Riga, French 
Institute in Latvia, Nordic Council of Ministers' 
Office in Latvia, The Danish Cultural institute, 
ARS BALTICA, Renewable Network.


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