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Participants |
Andris IndansANDZONS 'GAS OF LATVIA' |
Antonina PiluginaStudy in Art Academy of Latvia, Graphics Department student (2003 – up to date). Gratuated Riga Pushkin Junior College – Fine Arts Department. Since childhood have been taking part in various musical and artistic projects. |
Rostislavs RekutaSOUND MECCANO |
Jevgenij BakumenkoEVGENIY DROOMOFF |
Peteris KimelisPeteris Kimelis is the multimedia and video artist. Gratuated multimedia and video deapartment at the Royal University College of Fine Arts, Sweden (2001). Since 1997 works in electronic art and media centre RIXC and internet radio OZONE. |
Oskars PoikansOskars Poikans is a musician and a computer artist. Graduated from Jana Rozentala College of Fine Arts, Department of Internet (2000) and Academy of Fine Arts in Latvia, Department of Visual Communication (2004). Currently studies at Academy of Fine Arts in Latvia, MA program at Department of Visual Communication. |
Lauris Vorslavs & Girts RadzinsCLAUSTHOME |
Ilva SkulteBorn 1968 in Ogre, Latvia, after philology studies in University of latvia worked several years as translator (in collaboration with RIXC translated: Lev Manovich "The Language of New Media" and Tilman Baumgartel "Net.Art"), language teacher and journalist before defended the PhD theses in 1999: currently working as journalism program manager and teaching communication theories and visual communication at the Department of Communication Studies, Riga Stradins University Normunds KozlovsHaving philosophy and post-graduate sociology education background, currently lecturing on communication theories and social transformation issues at Riga Stradins University Communication studies department. PhD theses in progress on the counter-culture and new media topic. |
Janis GarancsAfter studies at the Latvian Academy of Arts, Riga/Latvia; Royal University of Fine Art (KKH) in Stockholm/Sweden and the Academy of Media Arts (KHM) in Cologne/Germany, continues to work as artist and consultant in areas of interactive multi-media installations, Virtual Reality, Internet and cultural network projects. Recent solo and collaborative artworks — interactive and networked installations, featuring synthetic urban landscapes, geo-encoded and location-aware media - manifested in audiovisually intensive stereoscopic 3D projections and multi-channel audio, engage with concepts of contemporary theoretical physics, communication and evolution theories. Another artistic research focus is “multi-media performance”, using self-developed “VR instruments” - virtual multimedia interfaces. Main aspects are exploration of the limits and extremes of audiovisual perception, experiments with artificial synaesthesia (crossing of sensory pathways) and treating immersive environments as place and tool for aesthetic experiments. Participations with exhibitions, projects, lectures in many international events - Ars Electronica (1997,1998,2002) - Linz/Austria; EXPO2000 - Hanover/Germany; ISEA2004 Helsinki/Finland; DEAF04, Rotterdam/the Netherlands; Transmediale, Berlin/Germany; IMC EXPO, New York/US - and venues such as Kiasma, Helsinki/Finland; SAT, Montreal/Canada; BNMI - Banff/Canada, ICA - London/UK; Chelsea Art Museum, New York/US - among others. Project Manager at RIXC – Riga New Media Culture Centre; and Director of RIXL studio, developing immersive audiovisual systems for live events, data visualisation and various hybrid environments. Web page: http://www.garancs.net |
Signe PucenaSigne Pucena finished Master degree studies for Cultural Management in Latvian Academy of Culture. Since 2000 project manager at The Center for New Media & Culture – RIXC the co-producer of annual international media art festivals “Art+Communication” in Riga; the producer of various media art workshops and public events; the program director of internet radio OZONE Since 2002 the coordinator of artists residencies program in Latvian artists union, the Centre for new media culture RIXC and the centre for interdisciplinary arts SERDE. Together with media artist and researcher Andrew Paterson works on MapMyths project as media and situated narratives researcher. |
Davis BojarsDavis Bojars is programmer, who most of his time lives, works and study in Riga, Latvia. His focus of interests in art are related to photography, programming and video art. He Have worked as photographer and programmer in a few of Latvia's urban culture magazines. Studies programming in University of Latvia and Since November, 2003 works as programmer and system administrator in RIXC, The Center for New Media Culture. |
Voldemars JohansonsVoldemars Johansons works with audio/data in forms of composition, installation and performance, interfacing different media in hybrid forms. His work explores acoustics and signal processing, examining aspects of spatiality, physicality and interaction in context of real and virtual environments and their intersections. His research interests address data interpretation and realtime processing; application of synthesis and modulation of multidimensional data/control structures as generative source for procedural interpretation in acoustic and visual domains, questioning aesthetic morphology that arises between two. He currently studies electronic music with Paul Berg, Joel Ryan, Kees Tazelaar at Institute of Sonology, Royal Conservatoire, The Hague. During the residency I’m planning to explore different approaches to property extraction from objective reality of a city landscape. The process is similar to recording and sampling: gathering characteristic parametric data originating from different domains (aural, visual, physical/sensory) for use as semi-random unpredictable data source. Next to create audiovisual interpretations of collected data material, abstracting it from the origin by means of processing, in context of presentation / installation. The objectives of this research span to directions of: |
Martins RatniksMartins Ratniks is an artist; since 1997 participating in activities at Centre of Electronic Arts and Media E-LAB and net radio OZONE. Since 2000 he is an active member of RIXC – Centre for New Media Culture – and author of visual concept and design (international festival “Art+Communication” logo and style, edition of the reader Acoustic Space). |
Agnese RucinaAgnese Rucina is an art manager, who works as a manager and coordinator of the projects involving media art, new media, contemporary classical music and electronic music. She has graduated The Latvian Academy of Culture and proceeded Master's degree of arts.Since November, 2004 works as a director of Medhiateca in RIXC, The Center for New Media Culture and since May, 2003 coordinate the Artists in Residencies and information exchange program. |
Agrita OzolinaBorn in 1985, 3rd of March in Madona, Latvia. Till age of sixteen lived in village Aiviekste. From 2000 year living in Riga. In 2003 started to study in University of Latvia, Law Faculty. From 2004 take a part in RIXC projects, performing projects reports, several kind of financial documents, summarize RIXC financial results in different time periods and assinting in projects coordination. Involved in Europien Union international projects as a accountant and also as an assistant for project coordinator. |
Daina SilinaBorn in 1981 in Riga, Latvia. |
Raitis Smits & Rasa SmiteRasa Smite and Raitis Smits are media artists, event organisers and net activists, based in Riga, Latvia. Together with Janis Garancs they have establisehd the Electronic arts and media centre E-LAB (1996) and The Center for New Media Culture RIXC (2000) in Riga. In 2001 (together with Derek Holzer) Rasa Smite and Raitis Smits organised The Acoustic Space Lab, International symposium on sound art, radio and satellite technologies at the Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre in Irbene; and launched the Acoustic Space Lab Research Programme. |
Ewen Chardronnet (France) Adam Hyde (NewZealand) Zita Joyce (NewZealand) John Wilson (UK) Aleksandar Erkalovic (Croatia) Bureau D'etudes (France) Helen Evans (France) Saul Albert (UK) Marc Tuters (Canada) |
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