GREASY AGENDA exhibition by Uģis Albiņš at Riga Last Thursdays gallery night
The exhibition reflect contemporary mechanisms of standardization and substitution and serve as a reflection on the dynamics of technological, economic, and social factors.
27.11.2025 | 18:00–21:00
RIXC Gallery, Lencu iela 2
LAST DAY – RIXC Festival Exhibition: PLANTS INTELLIGENCE
The exhibition is developed in cooperation with the research project Plants_Intelligence (2022–2025) and features its outcomes, as well as other artworks by 14 local and international artists.
16.10. – 23.11.2025., Tue-Sun, 12.00-18.00
Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, SPORTA 2 quarter
Light Resonances AR in Gwangju (Korea) and SensUs XR Showcase in Karlsruhe
Light Resonances AR in Korea, Solarceptors VR and Symbiotic Cities XR artworks at SensUs Studio Opening in Karlsruhe. Join us in the Metaverse and in Karlsruhe!
29.11.-5.12.2025 (Korea) / 4.12. 19.00, un 5.-6.12. Karslruhe
Metaverse / Miro Center, Gwangju, Korea / SensUs Studio – Lessingstr. 25, Karslruhe (Germany)
Immersive Climate Imaginaries – Open Lecture by Rasa Smite at ZHdK, Zurich
In her lecture Rasa Smite will talk on her research and 'multisensory ecological knowledge'; as a part of the Interfacing Ecologies Lecture Series at ZHdK, Zurich.
25.11.2025. 17.00 - 18.30
Kino Toni (3.G02) ZHdK, Toni-Areal, Pfingstweidstrasse 96, Zürich
Their time is now and tomorrow. Interview with the RIXC festival co-curator Yvonne Volkart by Sergej Timofejev
"They [plants] are living beings with their own sense of time, which is different from ours." Read the interview on Arterritory!
22/11/2025
Vegetate, therefore I am. RIXC Festival review by Jana Kukaine
"Do plants think? [...] The assumption that plants are also capable of analyzing information, making decisions, learning, and solving problems not only radically changes our view of the plant world, but also challenges the definition of what it means to be human." Read on Arterritory!
22/11/2025
“What if...?” exhibition in Bern features Plants_Intelligence artists
The exhibition "What If" features the work by 20 artists who explore the intricate relationships between nature, technology, and society. It is a collaboration with the Plants_Intelligence research project (SNSF 2022–2025) co-curator: Yvonne Volkart, artists: Felipe Castelblanco, Julia Mensch, Rasa Smite, and Raitis Smits. More info HERE
27.11.2025.–01.02.2026. // Opening: 27.11.2025.
Kornhausforum, Bern, Switzerland
Fire dwells in Xylem performance by Tuan Mu and Rodolphe Macabéo
RIXC residency artists Tuan Mu and Rodolphe Macabéo will perform an eco-poetic sound performance based on the sound recordings from the Kemeri National Park as part of the Greasy Agenda exhibition opening by Uģis Albiņš.
Friday, 14.11.2025. at 19.00
RIXC Gallery, Lencu iela 2
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
Sound artist Rodolphe Macabéo (France/Canada) arrives at the RIXC residency
We are glad to welcome the Franco-Canadian sound artist Rodolphe Macabéo 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
Down Deep. Living Seas, Living Bodies Exhibition in Poland
RIXC's partner, the State Art Gallery Gallery in Sopot, Poland, is organizing a large-scale exhibition "Deep Down" featuring artwork by Rasa Smite and Raitis Smits.
30.10.2025.-04.04.2026. // Public opening: 30.10. at 18:00
State Art Gallery, Sopot, Poland
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
FESTIVAL KEYNOTES: Noelia Billi (AR), Jana Kukaine (LV) and Yvonne Volkart (CH)
This year’s public keynotes will be delivered by Argentinian philosopher and researcher Noelia Billi, Latvian eco-feminist and art theorist Jana Kukaine, and Swiss art and media theorist Yvonne Volkart — principal investigator of the Plants_Intelligence research project. Entry is free – register HERE!
Thursday, 16.10.2025, 15:30 // Friday, 17.10.2025, 15:00
Art Academy of Latvia, Kalpaka bulvāris 13, k-2 // 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
WORKSHOP & PERFORMANCES: Klimaton by Adnan Softić
German artist Adnan Softić contributes performance in collaboration with Latvian and German artists and workshop using his Klimaton Arctic, a musical instrument that transforms scientific data from the MOSAiC Arctic expedition into sound, making the climate crisis tangible through immersive listening.
Free registration: for performance HERE and workshop HERE!
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)
The Transition Ecologies Exhibition by Maija Demitere at the RIXC Gallery
The exhibition reflects on the shifting relationship between humans and nature, as old balances collapse and the need for new ecological connections emerges.
04.09.–25.10.2025
RIXC Gallery, Lencu iela 2
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
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