November 3 vernissage: "For Ever Again" by Žilvinas Landzbergas and "Techno-Ecologies" (RIXC)
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On November 3 at 7 p.m. at kim? vernissage of an exhibition by Lithuanian artist Žilvinas Landzbergas "For Ever Again" and an international exhibition for media art and innovative design "Techno-Ecologies". Both shows will be on view till December 11.
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FOR EVER AGAIN
Žilvinas Landzbergas. For Ever Again. 2011
"For Ever Again" is an exhibition-object, sculptural installation in a series which was established by exhibition "The Future is Now" in Viena 2011, but it contains some elements from Žilvinas Landzbergas' earlier shows as well. Such continuity and partial similarity of the objects exhibited is rooted in the artist's conceptual agenda and the particular form of the creative work. None of the objects displayed here is an artefact per se – those are free standing, self-contained pieces of art. An exhibition-object is constituted by the interplay of three elements: objects exhibited, the composition of exhibition, i.e. relationships between the objects, and the gallery space. The latter is an active variable in Landzbergas’ works: every new exhibition by the particularity of space shapes also the choice of objects exhibited and the manner of display. Figuratively speaking, roughly and heavily material, Landzbergas' objects thus still resist the commoditization of art. Acquiring their meaning in particular spaces, they cannot be sold outside the original context; thus, an exhibition-object acquires some properties of much more "transient" art forms like performance or non-material objects/ relationships.
Žilvinas Landzbergas (1979) currently lives and works in Vilnius. In 2004 he graduated from the Department of Sculpture at Vilnius Academy of Art. Together with Lithuanian artists Mindaugas Lukošaitis and Rokas Petruškevičius, Landzbergas has taken part in artists’ group Blizge. From 2005 to 2007 he spent two years working in the artists’ residency De Ateliers, Amsterdam. In 2008 Landzbergas was awarded the prize of the modern and contemporary art publisher Thieme Art, the Netherlands. Since 2003, Landzbergas has participated in various international exhibitions. His works have been exhibited in "Modern Art Oxford" gallery (2005) and represented in the "Frieze Art Fair" (2009), UK.
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TECHNO-ECOLOGIES
Photo from Bartaku (Belgium) artistic
research project "PhoEfarium"
Artists in the "Techno-Ecologies" exhibition will introduce with their diverse and creative approaches in building technological ecologies perspective and dealing with environmental and social sustainability issues. Belgian artist Bartaku, who explores the transformation of light into electrical and nutritional energy, in his PhoEfarium artwork introduces how to make solar cells by your own – from glass-based to edible ones; whereas The Toaster Project by British artist Thomas Thwaites is a story on artist's attempt to build a simple electric appliance – the toaster – from scratch. French artist duo Scenocosme explores relationship between nature and digital technology – their Phonofolium artwork is interactive installation that displays a living tree reacting to the human touch by sound and voice. Aptium by Franco-german artist Lynn Pook invites visitors to lay-down in a hammock and in an unexpected way to hear and feel sound, which is specially composed for this installation in collaboration with Julien Clauss. Another exhibition piece – Andrea, is designed to improve houseplant capability of purifying the air with an increased efficiency, it is the joint invention by Paris-based designer Mathieu Lehanneur and Harvard professor of bioengineering David Edwards. RIXC artists collective: Rasa Šmite, Raitis Šmits, Jānis Garančs, Mārtiņš Ratniks / RIXC (Latvia) have developed Renewable Network Interface – an online research tool that maps artists, projects and fields that emerge on the boundaries of art, energy and open information systems. The "Techno-Ecologies" exhibition also displays many other unique and interesting artworks by inernationally recognised artists from different countries of the world.
In addition to the exhibition, in kim? venue at Spīķeri, 3 workshops will take place in November 4 and 5 (12.00 – 18.00): SonicDrift workshop will be conducted by memelab artists (Canada), Symptoms Riga workshop – by Martin Howse, and Talking to the Plants by artists from Popkalab, in which they will demonstrate how to build an interactive sound generation system by using simple electronics.
Curators: Rasa Šmite, Raitis Šmits, Eric Kluitenberg
More information about the festival and its full program on the "Art+Communication 2011" website.
Acknowledgements: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia, State Culture Capital Foundation, Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Riga, Education, Culture and Sports Department of Riga City Council, Culture Programme 2007-2013, The Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), Mondriaan Foundation, Liepāja City Culture Department, Elizabete Hotel, B&B Riga, Euro AWK, Lux Express, Kolonna, VKN, Studija, ir, Easyget.lv, Delfi.lv, euroAWK, Arterritory.com, Anothertravelguide.com, Kultūra.lv, 1/4 Satori, Veto Magazine, Ilustrētā Zinātne, Radio Naba, Valmiermuižas alus, Restaurant Kitchen