Category: exhibition

The European Scientists’ Night, September 27, from 6 pm to 10 pm, in the Art Research Laboratory, MPLab (13 Kurmajas pr., entrance from Elkonu street) will host an exhibition called “In the Cage of Visions”. The exhibition explores the artists’ visions of the future and its possible scenarios – exhibition works inhabit the space between dreams, science and the fantasy.

Uldis Hasner visualized the myth of Singularity in 3D animation, and Ieva Vīksne offers viewers the opportunity to use telekinesis in virtual reality. Undine Celitane is inviting the viewers to immerse themselves in an interactive projection.

3 of the exhibiting artists are taking part in the Liepaja University administrated project “Development of Academic Staff of Liepaja University in Strategic Specialization – Natural Science, Mathematics and Information Technology, Artificial, Social Science, Commerce Science and Law” (No. 8.2.2.0/18/A/021). There will be 2 doctoral degree candidates participating in the exhibition – Maija Demitere and Signe Pucena who will show their most recent research results. Guest lecturer, photographer and curator Petras Saulenas will show a selection of his works.

The exhibition will also feature the interim results of the MPLab collaborative project “VR Not Bullies”, a virtual reality video project that teaches schoolchildren and youth empathy and understanding, supported by ERASMUS+.

Artists: Uldis Hasner, Ieva Vīksne, Undīne Celitāne, Krista Dintere, Milda Ziemane, Peter Saulenis, Paula Dille, Rasma Kroģere, Signe Pucena, Maija Demitere, Kaspars Levalds.

More information: mplab.lv, +371 29948430 (Maija Demitere)

Supported by: State Culture Capital Foundation

 

 

Exhibition opening “Novirzoties no kursa / Deviation”

Exhibition opening “Signal Garden”

The new media art exhibition “Novirzoties no kursa / Deviation” will feature technologically innovative art installations, virtual reality (VR) works, data visualizations, and video reflects the view of young artists on the potential trends of today’s reality.

The viewer in the 12 exhibition artworks will have the opportunity to see the representation of human memories, perception of time, brain activity, virtual reality, various fictional and real people, literary adaptation to new media and data visualizations.

Ieva Viksne in her art work SYNK IN examines the impact of biometric data – brain waves as an interface – on how the viewer experiences the virtual reality environment – the viewer will have the opportunity to sink in the water – the subconscious. In the Kaspars Lēvalds VR artwork “The House of Memory” virtual home rooms depict the representations of important memories for the author. Diana Paldina will blend her and the spectator’s memories into the scent cloud. Oskars Zikmanis asks the question of the ethics of the art market in the documentary “The Patron of Arts”.

The exhibition venue, cultural center “Kursa” (Liepaja, Zvejnieku Ale 11b-1) is a historic building where no contemporary art exhibitions have taken place before, but the space scenography encourages dialogue between generations, past, present and the future.

Exhibition open from June 8 to June 16 (every day from 12:00 to 18:00)

Contacts: Līga Velina – 26200808, Ieva Viksne – 22358612

The exhibition is organized by “run – mākslas eksperimenti”, ASTE. Art, Science, Technology, Education and Art Research Lab, MPLab.

IThe exhibition is supported by: State Culture Capital Foundation, Liepaja University and Dirty Deal Audio.

The exhibition “Signal Garden” brings together 4 new media artists, who offer to the public the technological and interactive art created in this year.

As interactive and immersive technologies become an ever-increasing part of everyday life and the entertainment industry in particular, artists are the ones who experiment with the limits of existing technologies – using them the “wrong” way, they are discovering new ways how to materialize their artistic ideas. The exhibition “Signal Garden” invites the viewer to engage, play, educate and enjoy the newly created media artwork – to discover new ways of using VR technologies in art, to learn about a new form of life and to experience the world of acousmatic imagination.

Artists in the exhibition: Eva Ilze Jankovska, Arina Mozzherikova, Milda Ziemane un Matīss Lociks.

In the exhibition space visitors will have a chance to see a public garden created by new media art researcher and artist Maija Demitere, offering a variety of solutions for micro-farming – food production indoors and in small areas, using as little time and resources as possible. Only one day, Saturday, June 15, from 15.00 – 18.00 artist Paula Vitola will offer a creative workshop “Sounds of Light” (workshop duration – about 10 minutes, no need to apply beforehand, participants can arrive at any time).

Exhibition open from June 11 to June 16 (every day from 14.00 to 19.00) in the former bogie factory at Tirgus Street 9, Liepaja. Opening of the exhibition: June 10 at 19.00.

The exhibition is organized by ASTE. Art, Science, Technology, Education, and Research Laboratory, MPLab.

The exhibition is supported by the State Culture Capital Foundation and Liepaja University.

Further inquiry: +371 22440744 (Milda Ziemane).

During the Night of Museums at the Liepaja University Art Research Laboratory, MPLab the exhibition “Whistleblowers” will be open to public. The exhibition will inform the viewer of the importance of whistleblowers in the modern media space – full of propaganda, fake news and post-truth.

The works and installations displayed at the exhibition show the reactions to the society’s apathy and media companies’ calculations by buying and selling the audience of like-rs and click-ers. In the exhibition the visitors will see the politically active and humorous tactical installations of “Lāčplēsis Technology”, Peteris Riekstins and Kaspars Lēvalds will complement the video-mapping projects.

Exhibition open: 18 May 18.00 – 24.00

Exhibition organized by: ASTE. Art, Science, Technology, Education, and Art Research Laboratory, MPLab.

The exhibition is supported by the State Culture Capital Foundation and the Liepaja University.