On April 4, the solo exhibition “Veikals SPAZ” by artist Margrieta Griestiņa was opened at the Gallery of the Centre for Humanities and Arts at RTU Liepāja Academy (Kūrmājas prospekts 13, 2nd floor). This exhibition marks the beginning of the contemporary art exhibition series “Image Flow”. At the centre of the exhibition is a fictional … Read moreThe Opening of Margrieta Griestiņa’s Exhibition “Veikals SPAZ”
The annual festival Sound Days in Liepāja (Latvia) is calling out to all Baltic live coders, and anyone who is interested in this topic of creating music and art with code, to join us in the first Baltic Live Coders Meetup (BLCM) on April 25, 2025. The BLCM aims to bring together live coders from the three Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia … Read moreOpen Call for Baltic Live Coders
New ART+ artworks are now availabale Jurmalas Park, on the beach, Karosta, Fortification battery No. 3, and in the city centre (on the bridge and near the theater). Several of the new works are interactive – it is recommended to walk around Roberto Becerra Bravo and Kristīne Martinova’s “Proverbial” to experience the changing sound composition, … Read more13 New ART+ Works in Liepaja
On Friday, November 22, at 16:00, the exhibition “Sensory Imagination” will open at the Liepāja Music, Art, and Design High School Gallery (Alejas street 18). The exhibition will showcase virtual and augmented reality artworks, art installations, and results from workshops conducted during the media art and technology festival UPDATE. The exhibition will be open from … Read moreExhibition “Sensory Imagination” in Liepaja
The annual UPDATE festival combines technology and innovation with art and creativity. The festival program includes workshops for registered participants and public events for everyone – masterclasses, a Family Day with workshops for families and children, a science symposium, an exhibition, and performances by various sound artists and musicians. Part of the festival program is … Read moreMedia Art and Technology Festival UPDATE in Liepaja
At the end of November, the new media art festival UPDATE took place in Liepāja. It included nine workshops, three masterclasses, discussions and presentations, bringing together around 150 young artists, students, designers and IT enthusiasts. The main theme of the festival was automation processes in art, their opportunities and challenges. The festival was followed by … Read moreUPDATE report
At the end of the year, on 30 December, 8 new artworks in Liepaja are being published on the ART+ platform – in Karosta, Jurmala Park and the Liepaja city centre. The new ART+ works are 3D visualisations of historic records, data, and research, as well as artists’ reflections on the current times and events. … Read moreNew ART+ artworks in Liepaja
From 21 to 25 November, the international New Media Art Festival “UPDATE 2023: AUTOMATED CREATIVITY” will take place in Liepāja, bringing together more than 100 new media artists, art students, designers and new technology experts from the USA, Germany, Estonia, Ukraine, Latvia, etc. In the creative workshops at Liepaja University Art Research Laboratory (MPLab) and … Read moreUPDATE 2023: Automated Creativity
As part of the Kuldiga art festival “Cooldiga Art Fest”, eight new augmented reality art objects were created and can be seen using the mobile app ART+ (https://artplus.app). ART+ users in Kuldiga can see the unique sight of fish jumping in Venta, a scene that is usually only visible for a few weeks a year, … Read more8 ART+ objects in Kuldiga
PAPER TREES is an augmented reality artwork created at the intersection of two artists’ fields of research – Maija Demitere studies “slow” media art and how to make our daily life sustainable, Eva-Maria Lopez is interested in biodiversity and the impact of climate change and human economy on plants. The 1st iteration of PAPER TREES … Read moreART+ work PAPER TREES on view in Karlsruhe (Germany)