Hello on Spectre list,
please find below the info on Soil Future symposium and workshop on Soil
Present(s), Past(s) and Future(s), which we organize next week in
Liepaja, as a part of Changing Weathers co-project
best regards,
Rasa
RIXC.ORG
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SOIL FUTURE (Changing Weathers)
international art science symposium
in the framework of annual iWeek festival and “Art as Research” seminar
in Liepaja
November 2 - 5, 2015
Location:
Muitas maja, Veca ostmala 54 in Liepaja, Latvia
This year's iWeek festival and its "Art as Research" conference features
symposium Soil Future that aims to discuss artistic research strategies,
methodologies and practices that deal with social, cultural and
environmental sustainability. The symposium will begin with 1-day
seminar programme, which will be followed by 4-day workshop, which with
the title - Soil Present(s), Past(s) and Future(s) will explore the
issues of soil and land, approaching them from social, cultural and
environmental perspectives.
The Soil Present(s), Past(s) and Future(s workshop co-designed by
Andrew Gryf Paterson (SCO/FI/LV) & Maija Demitere (LV) focuses on nearby
Soil present(s) and Soil past(s), as well as trans-local Soil future(s),
with a mix of hands-on, fieldwork and brainstorming exercises. The 4-day
workshop is structured according to the aforementioned temporal
positions, with different questions to ask and respond to in various
activities together. Day 1 & 2: Soil Present(s): How do you get to know
about healthy soil though hands-on work? (You will collect soil and do
visual and tactile soil analysis as proposed by Dr. Bruce Ball of
Scottish Rural College, and you will be guided into making good compost
with miniature/tiny portions to take home). Day 3: Soil Past(s): How
does one learn about the history of the soil? (You will be taken to a
farmer/food producer to learn about how they keep record or know about
the past use of the soil). Day 4: Soil Future(s): Do we care about the
future of soil, is it always going to be in good shape? (You will
brainstorm on the international and trans-local strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities and threats -SWOT- y/our soil future(s).
PROGRAMME
MONDAY, November 2, 2015
14:00-18:00 Soil Future and Art as Research" seminar
Muitas maja, Veca ostmala 54 in Liepaja, Latvia
(13:00 – coffee and registration)
14:00 – Welcome words by Anna Trapenciere, iWeek organizer, Rasa Smite,
associate professor in New Media Art Programme, and Atis Eglins-Eglitis
/ Liepaja City Cultural Department.
14:20-14:50 I Creativity and Innovation in Education Change
Albert van der Kooij / Pop Culture Academy (Groningen, NL). An
anarchistic anthropological approach of collaboration. A contemplation
and examples.
14.50 - 15:50 II Contemporary Media Art and Techno-Ecological Practices
Rasa Smite (LV). Renewable Futures and Techno-ecological Art Practices
Paula Vitola (LV). Virtuosi
Viktorija Siaulyte / Jutempus (LT/DE). Zooetics
(
10 coffee break)
16:00-17:30 III – Soil, Land and Cultural Heritage as Resource
Andrew Gryf Paterson / Serde (SCO/FI/LV). Cultural Heritage as Resource
Kaspars Lielgalvis / Totaldobzhe (Riga, LV). On ecological issues of
agricultural industrialization.
Kaspars Goba / Rucka (Cesis, LT). On
land, soil and contemporary culture.
Maija Demitere (Liepaja, LV). The Aliveness of Soil
17:30-18:00 – Closing session
Closing discussion with Ilva Skulte and Normunds Kozlovs / RSU (Riga,
LV).
Concluding thoughts by Andrew Paterson and Rasa Smite.
Introduction to iWeek workshops by Anna Trapenciere, Janis Jankevics,
and other workshop leaders.
iWeek festival website:
http://iweek.mplab.lv/
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6
Soil Present(s), Past(s) and Future(s) Workshop
10.00 – 17.00
Conducted by Andrew Gryf Paterson and Maija Demitere
Workshop website:
http://pad.pixelache.ac/p/soil-futures
Contact (and to apply for workshop):
Andrew Paterson (agr...@gmail.com)
Maija Demitere (maija.demit...@gmail.com)
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Soil Future is organized by RIXC in collaboration with Art Research Lab
(MPLab) of Liepaja University and other “Changing Weathers” project
partners. Project is supported by Creative Europe, State Cultural
Capital Foundation of Latvia, Liepaja City Council, Latvian Ministry of
Culture
http://www.changingweathers.net/
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http://rixc.org
Contact: r...@rixc.org, +371-26546776 (Rasa Smite)
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