SOIL FUTURE
international art – science symposium
in the framework of annual iWeek “Art as Research” conference
Symposium
November 2 to November 5, 2015
Location:
Muitas maja, Veca ostmala 54 in Liepaja, Latvia
This year's conference features symposium Soil Future that will discuss artistic research strategies, methodologies and practices with regards to social, cultural and environmental sustainability. The symposium will be followed by workshop Soil Present(s), Past(s) and Future(s)exploring issues of soil and land, sustainable gardening and cultural heritage as resource.
This workshop co-designed by Andrew Gryf Paterson (SCO/FI/LV) & Maija Demitere (LV) focuses on nearby Soil present(s) and Soil past(s), aswell as trans-local Soil future(s), with a mix of hands-on, fieldwork and brainstorming exercises. We structured the 4-day workshop 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 SYMPOSIUM
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.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6
Workshop Soil Presents(s), Past(s) and Future(s)
10.00 – 17.00
To apply for worhshop send e-mail to Andrew Paterson (agryfp@gmail.com) or Maija Demitere (maija.demitere@gmail.com).
Soil Future is organized by RIXC in collaboration with MPLab and “Changing Weathers”, Creative Europe funded project partners.
http://iweek.mplab.lv/
http://agryfp.info
Contact: rasa@rixc.org, +371-26546776