Opening of the GREASY AGENDA exhibition by Uģis Albiņš

The exhibition reflect contemporary mechanisms of standardization and substitution and serve as a reflection on the dynamics of technological, economic, and social factors.

14.11.–20.12.2025 / Opening: 14.11.2025 at 18:00

RIXC Gallery, Lencu iela 2

RIXC Festival Exhibition: PLANTS INTELLIGENCE

The exhibition is developed in cooperation with the research project Plants_Intelligence (2022–2025) and features its outcomes. The exhibition also includes other works in which artists explore the intelligence of plants through scientific, artistic, indigenous, anthropological, imaginative, and speculative perspectives.

16.10. – 23.11.2025.

Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, SPORTA 2 quartier

Multimedia artist Tuan Mu (Taiwan) joins the RIXC residency

RIXC is pleased  to host the Taiwanese artist Tuan Mu at the RIXC residency in Riga! The artist has been selected for the RIXC Immersive Art and Nature Residency Program 2025, in collaboration with Zone Sound Creative (Taiwan).

09/11/2025

"Plants_Intelligence" Symposium in Basel

After the RIXC Art Science Festival 2025: Plants Intelligence in Riga, the Plants_Inteligence Symposium will take place in Basel, organized by the RIXC partners, Plants_Intelligence team:Yvonne Volkart, Felipe Castelblanco, Julia Mensch and Rasa Smite. It marks the conclusion of the four-year research project "Plants_Intelligence. Learning Like a Plant", which is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and based at the Institute Art Gender Nature (IAGN) at HGK Basel.

31.10.-02.11.2025.

Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW, in cooperation with HEK // Online

Atmospheric Forest and Artist Talk by Rasa Smite and Raitis Smits at the Södertörn University

On November 4, Rasas Šmite and Raits Šmite will give a public talk at Södertörn University in Stockholm, followed by the opening of their VR installation Atmospheric Forest on November 6.

Talk: 04.11.2025. // Installation opening: 06.11.2025., on-view until 18.12.2025.

Södertörn University, Stockholm

Join Us and Register for RIXC’s 25-Year Anniversary Festival: Plants Intelligence!

We’re turning 25! Celebrate with us — all events are free (register HERE!), featuring Plants Intelligence (CH), Resonance of Nature (DE–FR–LV), Symbiotic Futures (Nordic–Baltic), and other partnerships.

Learn more about the festival, symposium and film screening programme!

16.-18.10.2025

Riga, Latvia / Online

RESONANCES OF NATURE: Workshop and Public Presentations

Another thematic perspective at this year’s RIXC Art Science Festival comes through collaboration with one of the RIXC’s longstanding partners, the Goethe-Institut Riga, which this year joins with the French Institute in Latvia and RIXC to present the Resonances of Nature project, supported by the Franco-German Cultural Fund.

Opening: 16.10. 2025, 14:00 // Performance: 17.10.2025, 18:00 // Workshop: 18.10.2025, 15:00

Art Academy of Latvia, Kalpaka bulvāris 13, k-2

RIXC recommends – Skaņu mežs 2025: contemporary music from hyperpop to noise music

The main guests of this year's experimental music festival Skaņu mežs will be hyperpop project Sega Bodega, experimental rock band These New Puritans, avant-garde rapper Fatboi Sharif, and contemporary jazz star Shabaka Hutchings.

03.–04.10.2025.

Culture Space "Hanzas Perons” (Hanzas ielā 16A)

RIXC Board Member and media artist Jānis Garančs to present his new work at the Ars Electronica Festival 2025

We are delighted to announce that RIXC Board Member and media artist Jānis Garančs will present his new work Latent Dictatorship Spirals at the Ars Electronica Festival 2025 in Linz, Austria.

05.–06.09.2025

Linz, Austria

Anna Manankina (Ukraine/Germany) is developing a new extended reality artwork at the RIXC residency

We are glad to welcome the artist Anna Manankina, Ukrainian artist based in Germany at the RIXC residency! She has been selected in collaboration with NAIA – Naturally Artificial Intelligence Art Association (Karlsruhe, Germany).
Residency website: https://air.rixc.org/

23/08/2025