RIXC ART SCIENCE FESTIVAL 2026
CLIMATE IMAGINATION

22–23 OCTOBER 2026
National Library of Latvia, Riga / RIXC Gallery
Onsite: 22–23 October | Online: 23 October

SYMPOSIUM · PARTICIPATORY WORKSHOPS · KEYNOTE · EXHIBITIONS

EXPLORE OUR NEW FESTIVAL WEBSITE!
Discover the full programme, participating artists, workshops, exhibitions, and more:

https://festival2026.rixc.org/

PARTICIPATION IS FREE — REGISTER NOW!
Onsite: Join both festival days, including the symposium, keynote, and exhibition openings.
Online: Join Friday's W2 and W3 workshops via Zoom. Register through Eventbrite to receive access information (Zoom link).
REGISTER VIA EVENTBRITE: https://ej.uz/rixcfestival2026tickets

We warmly invite you to join us on 22–23 October 2026, onsite at the National Library of Latvia in Riga, or online on the second day.
Bringing together international artists, researchers, and cultural practitioners, this year's festival features artistic experimentation, participatory workshops, discussions, a keynote, and two exhibitions exploring how art and science can expand our climate imagination.
All three symposium sessions W1, W2, W3 are participatory! Alongside invited artists and researchers, open-call contributors will share their practices, while all participants are invited to join collaborative workshop discussions.

THURSDAY, 22 OCTOBER — ONSITE ONLY
13:00–15:30 | W1 — On Artistic Experimentation (onsite only)
Workshop with Philippe Sormani
16:00 | Opening Keynote — Rewilding the Lab (onsite only)
Philippe Sormani, respondent Ainārs Kamoliņš
18:00 | Exhibition opening — Climate Imagination (onsite only)

FRIDAY, 23 OCTOBER — ONSITE + ONLINE
12:00–14:00 | W2 — On Sustainable Digital Productions (onsite/online)
EMAP workshop with Maija Demitere
14:30–16:30 | W3 — On Extending Climate Realities (onsite/online)
SensUs workshop with Rasa Smite and Jane Tingley
16:30 | Outlook — Extending Realities: Liepāja 2027 / Baltic Art STS (onsite/online)
18:00 | Exhibition opening — Prompted Evolution (onsite only)