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<div>Dear Spectre,</div>
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<div>please see below -</div>
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SHORT-NOTICE CALL FOR CONFERENCE PROPOSALS:<br>
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<div>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</div>
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http://fields.rixc.lv<br>
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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:<br>
* building new sustainability theories<br>
* art as research,<br>
* art and science<br>
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Please send your submissions - short abstract (100-200 words) and
bios to rixc@rixc.lv<br>
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Deadline: April 15, 2014<br>
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<div>As this is a launching conference, participation and
accreditation is free of charge</div>
<div>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.</div>
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<div>best regards,</div>
<div>Rasa</div>
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<div>* More info on conference:</div>
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RENEWABLE FUTURES</div>
<div>International conference on art, science and cultural
innovation</div>
<div>Riga 2014 - European Cultural Capital event</div>
<div>Riga May 15-18, 2014<br>
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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.<br>
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* Preliminary programme:<br>
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THURSDAY, May 15<br>
18.00 FIELDS exhibition opening (Arsenals Exhibition Hall)<br>
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FRIDAY, May 16<br>
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)<br>
17.00-19.00 FIELDS Public Lectures / RF conference plenary session
(Goethe Institute - Riga)<br>
Armin MEDOSCH (Austria) / Misko SUVAKOVIC (Serbia) / Ieva ASTAHOVSKA
(Latvia)<br>
20.00 Art+Communication festival performances (Spikeri Concert
Hall)<br>
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SATURDAY, May 17<br>
RENEWABLE FUTURES conference Day 1 (Goethe Institute - Riga):<br>
10.00 Keynotes and DiscussionSession: BUILDING NEW SUSTAINABILITY
THEORIES<br>
12.00-14.15 Session 1/Session 2 - ART AND SCIENCE /
TECHNO-ECOLOGIES<br>
15.00-18.00 Participatory Session - PLAYING FIELDS: RADICAL
TAXONOMIES<br>
19.00-24.00 FIELDS exhibition public event programme with artist
performances during the Museum's Night (Arsenals Exhibition Hall)<br>
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SUNDAY, May 18 (bus trip to Liepaja and back)<br>
RENEWABLE FUTURES conference Day 2 (Liepaja University's Art Research
Lab)<br>
13.00-14.30/15.30-16.30 Session 3 - ART AS RESEARCH<br>
16.30-17.00 New Media Art Showcase by Liepaja Art Research Lab<br>
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<div>* FIELDS Exhibition<br>
Arsenals Exhibition hall of Latvian National Arts Museum (May 15 -
August 3, 2014)<br>
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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.</div>
<div>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.<br>
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* Conference Organizers and Mission:<br>
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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.<br>
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* Support:<br>
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The Renewable Futures conference takes place in the framework of
Renewable Network - long-term collaboration project supported by
Nordic Culture Point.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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