Official opening of the kim? library

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On December 16, 2010, at 17:00, an official opening of the kim? library. Program of the evening includes WE ARE ON THE NET - NET.ART.LV exhibition catalogue presentation, a special event of stamping and signing the books of kim? library collection and a Casco (Netherlands Office for Art, Design and Theory) lecture about their project Grand Domestic Revolution (GDR).

At 17:00 RIXC, electronic art and media center in Riga, will present the catalogue of the rixc.lv server archive works exhibition WE ARE ON THE NET - NET.ART.LV. The curators of the exhibition, Rasa Šmite and Raitis Šmits, will introduce the context of the end of 1990s in which the Net Art in Latvia apperaed. The catalogue offers a whide range of work descriptions, screen shots as well as photographs from the exhibition itself.

Celebrating the Christmas time, kim? would like to thank all the supporters and to everyone, who has donated to our library collection, which has been started in cooperation with DDB. For we could thank to all in person, at 17:30 we invite our supporters and guests to have a glass of wine and to take part in the event of stamping and signing the books of kim? library collection. The original stamp of the kim? library is created in cooperation with the Estonian artists union Asterisk.

At 19:00 the Netherlands Office for Art, Design and Theory Casco will present their project GDR sharing their experience of establishing a public library.
GDR library project was started in 2009 and it was inspired by the book of American author Dolores Hayden - The Grand Domestic Revolution: A History of Feminist Designs for American Homes, Neighborhoods, and Cities (1981). GDR is not created as a classical library – it is located in apartment, so it’s content and development depends not only on it’s creators, but also on it’s inhabitants in a particular moment - their ideas and activities.

Casco was founded in 1990 in Utrecht, the Netherlands, as a platform for experimental art. Since 1996, Casco has developed a critical program exploring art in the public realm, questioning the relation between art and it’s physical, social and political environment.

Continuing the whole event, everyone is invited to enjoy the conversations the kim? library with another glass of wine.

Supporters: State Culture Capital Foundation, DDB, airBaltic, The Danish Cultural Institute in Latvia, The Netherlands Embassy in Latvia, Park MV, Asterisk, ¼ Satori, Kaspars Groševs