UN/GREEN: NATURALLY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCES

RIXC FESTIVAL 2019, THE 4TH OPEN FIELDS CONFERENCE ON ART-SCIENCE RESEARCH AND UN/GREEN EXHIBITION

Opening Program

July 13, 2018

Un/Green, Com/Post/Human, N/AI
Open Fields 2019 Conference on Art-Science Research

Date: Thursday, July 4 at 10.30
Venue: The Latvian National Museum of Art

10:30 – Press conference
15:00 – Plenary Session: UN/GREEN, COM/POST/HUMAN, N/AI Thematic Panel and Featured Projects
Welcome Speech by Rasa SMITE and Raitis SMITS,
conference chairs Jan-Peter SONNTAG. GAMMvert
14:00 – Registration and Coffee


Karin OHLENSCHLÄGER. Eco-Visionaries

Adam BROWN. Bioremediating Greenness – Rethinking Human Exceptionalism

17:00 – Public Keynotes and Artist Talk: UNGREENING GREENNESS AND NATURALLY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCES
Moderator: Rasa SMITE
Jens HAUSER. Greenness: Sketching the Limits of a Normative Fetish
Luc STEELS. How Nature Inspires Progress in Artificial Intelligence
Karine BONNEVAL. Se planter (To plant oneself / To fail)

Tickets – 5 EUR / 3 EUR (student discount) / admission free (for registered conference participants).
https://www.bilesuparadize.lv/events/event/74605

Date: Thursday, July 4 at 19.30

Venue:
The Art Academy, K-2 building

19:30 – UN/GREEN FESTIVAL Opening Reception and Performances
By Florent DI BARTOLO (FR), Platons BURAVICKIS (LV).
Tickets – 5 EUR / 3 EUR (student discount) / admission free (for registered conference participants).
https://www.bilesuparadize.lv/events/event/74605

UN/GREEN Exhibition Opening
Date: Friday, July 5 at 18.00
Venue: The Latvian National Museum of Art

Curators: Jens HAUSER (DE/FR),
Rasa ŠMITE and Raitis ŠMITS (RIXC, LV)
Un/Green exhibition artists: Agnes MEYER-BRANDIS (DE), Rebekah BLESING (US), Karine BONNEVAL (FR), Adam W. BROWN (US), Santa FRANCE (LV), HeHe (FR/DE/UK), Robert HENGEVELD (CA), Florent Di Bartolo (FR), Voldemārs JOHANSONS (LV), Iodine Dynamics (NL/FR/US/UK), Eva-Maria LOPEZ (DE/FR), Francisco LOPEZ (ES), AnneMarie MAES (BE), Joana MOLL (ES/DE), Quimera Rosa (ES/AR/FR), Jan-Peter E.R. SONNTAG (DE), Taavi SUISALU (EE), Rihards VĪTOLS (LV)