RIXC recommends: experimental music festival Skaņu Mežs 2026
The experimental music festival Skaņu Mežs, partner event of RIXC will take place on 9–10 October at Hanzas Perons, featuring two days of contemporary music performances and other special events.
09.-10.10.2026.
Hanzas perons, Hanzas iela 16A
RIXC Art Science Festival “Climate Imagination” creates multisensory encounters with environmental change
The RIXC Art Science Festival symposium will take place on 22–23 October in Riga, featuring three thematic sessions, workshops, presentations, showcases, and discussions. Free registration HERE!
22.-23.10.2026.
National Library of Latvia / RIXC Gallery
Opening of the RIXC Festival Exhibition: CLIMATE IMAGINATION
The RIXC Art Science Festival's exhibition explores climate imagination as a cultural and scientific field where art, technology, and environmental research intersect featuring 10 artworks by 18 local and international artists.
22.10.2026. at 18.00
National Library of Latvia, Exhibition Hall, Floor 1
DAY 1: Keynote by Philippe Sormani – Rewilding the Lab
Philippe Sormani is a Senior Researcher at the STS Lab at the University of Lausanne and the Immersive Arts Space at Zurich University of the Arts. The keynote respondent will be Ainārs Kamoliņš, a philosopher, curator, and doctoral researcher. Free registration HERE.
22.10.2026. at 16.00
National Library of Latvia, Conference Centre, 0 floor
DAY 1. Workshop 1: On Artistic Experimentation – Philippe Sormani
A thematic session on experimentation as an artistic and scientific practice, introducing “Genealogies of Experimentation”. Free registration HERE.
2.10.2026. at 13.00
National Library of Latvia, Conference Centre, 0 floor
Opening of the PROMPTED EVOLUTION by Rasa Smite & Raitis Smits
To explore possible futures of plant evolution, the artists use AI to transform herbarium images of wild Andean lupines—one of the most remarkable examples of recent explosive plant diversification—into speculative, unimaginable forms.
23.10.2026. at 18.00
RIXC Gallery, Lencu iela 2
DAY 2: Workshop 2 – EMAP | On Sustainable Digital Productions – Maija Demitere
Held within the framework of the European Media Art Platform (EMAP), the workshop will explore sustainability in digital art production featuring case studies by exhibition artists and Maija Demitere's research on deep sustainability. Free registration HERE.
23.10.2026. at 12.00
National Library of Latvia, Floor 11
DAY 2: Session 3 – SensUs | On Extending Climate Realities. Rasa Smite, Jane Tingley
Both artists will present the different methods used by artists of the international SensUs network to create extended reality artworks – from environmental data visualisations and slow travel as artistic research to residency-based environmental research. Free registration HERE.
23.10.2026. at 14.00
National Library of Latvia, Floor 11
Registration Open: RIXC Art Science Festival 2026 – Climate Imagination Symposium
Participation is free of charge. You can register to attend the festival and workshops as an audience member via Eventbrite:
https://ej.uz/rixcfestival2026tickets
Festival: 22.-23.10.2026.
National Library of Latvia
OPEN CALL: EMAP Residencies 2027
With the support of the European Union's Creative Europe programme, the European Media Art Platform (EMAP) is now accepting applications for its 2027 residency programme.
Apply: 3.09.–6.11.2026
Atmospheric Forest at the More Than Human exhibition in Arkansas, USA
More-than-human exhibition just opened at the Bradbury Art Museum featuring the Atmospheric Forest artwork by Rasa Smite and Raitis Smits as well as artworks by 10 other international artists.
20.08.2026.-09.10.2026.
Bradbury Art Museum, Arkansas State University, USA
RIXC Art Science Festival 2026: CLIMATE IMAGINATION Announces the Programme!
REGISTRATION for the festival on EVENTBRITE platform: https://ej.uz/rixcfestival2026tickets
22.-23.10.2026. // Exhibition: 22.10.-12.12.2026.
National Library of Latvia / RIXC Gallery
Solarceptors by Rasa Smite and Raitis Smits at the 75th International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg
In collaboration with the 75th International Film Festival Mannheim–Heidelberg (IFFMH), on Wednesday 2 September, at 7 pm, the exhibition “Solarceptors” by artists Rasa Šmite and Raits Šmits will open in the STUDIO exhibition hall of the prestigious Kunsthalle Mannheim art museum in Mannheim, Germany. The event will also feature a discussion with both artists.
3.09.–22.11.2026 | Opening: September 2 at 7 pm
STUDIO exhibition hall at Kunsthalle Mannheim, in Mannheim, Germany.
Line 1. Līnija exhibition by Rogier Arents at RIXC Gallery
The exhibition presents Rīga through the lens of a slit-scan camera. Travelling on tram 1 from Imanta to Jugla, the artist has documented the passing view, creating a series of surreal, hybrid images where time, movement, and perception intersect.
23.07.–26.09.2026 | Gallery Late: Thursday, August 27, 18:00–21:00
RIXC Gallery, Lenču iela 2
Last Thursday at the RIXC Gallery – Symbiotic Futures: From Invisible Dynamics to Extending Realities
Rasa Smite & SensUs XR Platform Presentation
Exhibition: Rogier Arents – Line 1. līnija
Thursday, 30.07, at 18:00
RIXC Gallery, Lencu iela 2
SensUs XR – Symbiotic Futures. Slow Travel as Field Work: Baltic–Nordic Meetings
From July 6 to 25, artists from the Baltic and Nordic countries will embark on green mobility routes in Baltic and Nordic countries, exploring ecosystems using immersive media technologies, culminating in meetings at the RIXC Fields Residency, Latvia and Onsala, Sweden. SensUs XR platform presentation by Rasa Smite at the RIXC Gallery, 30.07. at 18:00!
Baltic route: 06.-09.07, workshop: 08.-09.07. // presentation: 30.07. at 18:00 // Nordic route: 20.-25.07.
RIXC Fields residency / Onsala, Sweden / RIXC Gallery
Intrusive Thoughts Exhibition by Jurgis Peters at the RIXC Gallery
What can't generative artificial intelligence (AI) stop thinking about? The exhibition explores the visual archetypes underlying AI models – aesthetic and cultural biases accumulated in training data.
28.05.–18.07.2026
RIXC Gallery, Lenču iela 2
RIXC Art Science Festival 2026: Climate Imagination
RIXC Festival 2026 illuminates Climate Imagination through visionary art, scientific insight, immersive technologies, live performances, and international gatherings. Stay tuned – more information coming soon!
SAVE THE DATE! 22.-23.10.2026. // Exhibition: 22.10.-12.12.2026.
National Library of Latvia / online
Rasa Smite and Raitis Smits Participate at the SIGGRAPH 2026 Conference, LA
Rasa Smite and Raitis Smits present the Edges of Immersion paper at the SIGGRAPH 2026 premier conference worlwide of computer graphics and interactive techniques.
19.-23.07.2026.
Los Angeles Convention Center (LACC), California, USA
Riga Last Thursday 25.06! Live Showcases by Chia-Yi Chen (AR) and Paula Vītola (sound-light experiments) at RIXC Gallery!
18:00 Chia-Yi Chen (TW). Fallen Landscapes – AR Artwork Presentation / Paula Vītola (LV). Isolated Recordings of Insect Sounds
Riga Last Thursday! 25.06. at 18:00
RIXC Gallery, Lencu iela 2
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