Programme
DAY 1 Thursday, August 13
Participants arrive in Riga
14.00 Bus to Aizpute (from Riga).
16.00/17.00 Arriving in Aizpute. Lunch 16: 30
17.00 – 20.00 Introduction Meeting
21.00 Opening programme
DAY 2 Friday, August 14
8.30 – 9.30 Breakfast
09.30 – 10.00 Planning Meeting
10.00 – 11.30 [bio : eco]
Andrew Gryf Paterson. PLATFORM ECOSYSTEMS AND PEDAGOGY (20-30 min)
Erik Sjödin and Michel Bussien. BEYOND NATURE (20-30 min)
Ulla Taipale. CapsulaZs CURATED EXPEDITIONS (20-30 min)
11.30 -12.00 coffee break
12.00-13.00 [bio : energy]
Julian Priest. WHOIS ENERGY? (20-30 min)
Reinis Rutkis. HYDROGEN AS ENERGY CARRIER – native and fuel cell systems. (20 min)
13.00 – 14.30 [bio : ethics]
Ainārs Kamoliņš and Jānis Liepiņš. BIOETHICS AND/IN ART. (20 min)
Terike Haapoje. PROJECT “CLOSED CIRCUIT – OPEN DURATION” and on use of scientific research tehnologies in art, and the impact of environmental ethics on art. (60 min)
Discussion.
14.30 – 15.30 Lunch break
15.30 – 19.00
Workshop [bio : solar]: HOW TO MAKE DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS. Conducted by Bartaku
Workshop [bio : myth]: BEE ARCHITECTS – ON THE GEOMETRY OF BEE HIVES. Conducted by Christina Stadlbauer.
+ Field work / Work on collaborative projects / Individual work / …
19.00 Dinner
21.00 Screenings and presentations:
Rasa Smite, Raitis Smits, Linda Vebere/RIXC. Presentation of RIXC’s projects: exhibitions WAVES (2006) and SPECTROPIA (2008), research projects SPECTRAL ECOLOGY and video SKRUNDA SIGNAL (2007).
Open session / Films.
DAY 3 Saturday, August 15
9.00 – 10.00 Breakfast
10.00 Planning Meeting / Discussions
Coffee break
10.30 – 11.30 [open source]
Gisle Frøysland. INTO THE FREE AND OPEN: the piksel festival and related initiatives to provide sustainable resources for artists based on floss technologies. (30 min)
Malin Lindmark Vrijman and Mathieu Vrijman. Sustainability using open source approaches on ECO TOURISM AND LOCAL COMMUNITY AWARENESS. (30 min)
11.30 – 12.10 [eco : systems]
Tiina Sööt. UNDERSTANDING OF ECOLOGY IN HUMANITIES (20 min)
Mikelis Putrams. NEW OPORTUNITIES CREATED BY WOOD INNOVATION: how new materials shape timber construction; dendrolight. (20 min)
12.10 – 12.30 Coffee Break
12.30 – 14.00 [myth & legends]
Rikke Luther. WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH ALL THAT WATER (30 min)
Christina Stadlbauer. THE BLACK BEE WENT TO TOWN or how the ever waste land came to have 50.000 new inhabitants (30 min)
Victor Hugo Mondragon. ZEGACHE PROJECT IN MEXICO. Open Media relations, interpretation and subjectivity within the popular culture and the Media Art. (20 min)
14.00-15.00 Lunch Break
15.00 – 19.00
Workshop [solar]: How to build solarbots miniature kinetic sculptures driven by light. Conducted by Gisle Frøysland.
Workshop [myth]: Natural farming: local traditions of making ‘moonshine’. Conducted by Signe Pucena and Ugis Pucens.
19.00 Dinner
21.00 Closing event / Screenings / Presentations
Julian Priest. MINIMALIST SENSOR NETWORK PERFORMANCE “I SPEAK; I LIE”. Open Session / Films.
DAY 4 Sunday, August 16
9.30 – 10.30 Breakfast
10.30 – 12.00 Closing Meeting (final discussions, evaluation, future planning)
12.00 Coffee
12.00/13.00/14.00 Departure. Bus leaves for Riga.