hello xchangers,

we (e-lab/ozone) are organising an event in summer - festival, conference and 
streaming media meeting in Riga, August 24-26, 2000

you can find (below) brief description about the event -
this is just the first announcement (also participants on the preliminary 
list should be confirmed still...), 

so - welcome to riga this summer! :)
please contact me, if you are interested to come
(or - if you are on the list, please confirm whether you can come or not)

best
rasa

p.s.
also if you are coming, I would suggest to come week earlier - there is 
independent filmmakers meeting, organised by Locomotive, in (former) military 
port of Liepaja (an other city of Latvia), strange/interesting/nice place next 
to the sea. http://www.transitzero.org
And in 19th of august, there is planed web-tv workshop - web-tv people are 
welcome!

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ART + COMMUNICATION 4 international new media festival,  
XCHANGE and [NICE] Baltic/Nordic Network meetings
Riga, August 24-26, 2000

        * 1996-1998

"Art+Communication" is annual new media festival in Riga, organised by E-LAB. 
The first international new media festival "Art+Communication" in 1996 was 
focusing on the social and cultural implication of the coming information 
society in Latvia. The festival in 1997 with the tittle "Xchange On-Air Session" 
was focusing on emerging streaming audio technologies - all festival events were 
broadcasted on-line. Year 1998 festival, named "Xchange Unlimited" was held 
together with The Baltic Interface Net meeting, and it included the conference, 
workshops, party; and developed conceptual ideas for the Interfund - virtual 
foundation that would support new media artists.

        * 2000

This year festival will contain media artists presentations (from Riga, London, 
Moskow, Berlin, Minsk, Banff, Oslo, Stockholm and others places), panels on 
specific subjects in new media development, such as - genetics, free softwares, 
network interfaces and streaming media, as well as public events - concerts, 
performances, screenings, parties.

        * XCHANGE - acoustic.space for intercultural jamming
 
The festival aims to promote tolerance and the development of an open territory 
for cultural exchange, beyond any separation or exclusion either on 
geographical, economical or political base. Under the principle of 'cultural 
jamming' media artists and net activists from various countries and various 
cultures will meet in Riga to present their activities and to work together in 
the context of net.radio and web-tv.

          * [NICE] - Network Interface for Cultural Exchange 

Festival will also contribute in cultural policy development of Latvia and 
within the Baltic/Nordic region in the field of new media culture. During the 
first day of the festival the [NICE] Network meeting on new media and cultural 
policy development in the Baltic Sea and North/East European region will take 
place.

          * RIXC - The Center for New Media Culture in Riga

This event is organised in part to develop the conceptual background, identify 
the local and regional partners, and create a material base to develop newly 
founded Centre for New Media Culture "RIXC" in Riga. 

          * InterCultural Jamming - 00

During the month of August Riga (and Latvia) host a range of media culture 
events (organised by RIXC) a number of which will be presented during the 
festival and NICE and XCHANGE meetings. 

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PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME:
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THURSDAY, August 24
Arrival
20.00  festival opening event (concerts, performances, live jam sessions) 

FRIDAY August 25

11.00 - 14.00 working session for NICE members:
Brief presentations by participating media centres and discussions about the 
present situation; preparation of proposals for official meeting. 
(Location: Gallery NOASS)

11.00-13.30 Parallel working session for policy makers on cultural policy for 
new media. Informal exchange of models and plans for the future. 
-> Co-ordination: Cathy Brickwood, Virtual Platform/Amsterdam)
(Location: to be confirmed)

15.00 - 18.00 'policy meets practice' meeting:
A series of short presentations followed by open discussion:
*  introduction to the NICE network: context, aims and proposals    
    (Kristin Bergaust, Atelier Nord/Oslo)
* introduction to the local context: 
    youth culture and new media culture in Riga  and the future role 
    of the Riga New Media Centre "RIXC" 
    (Normunds Kozlovs, Baltic Center/Riga)
* policy meets practice (someone from Latvian Ministry of Culture 
    or Riga City Council)

21.00 live jam session and net.radio/web-tv & ASCI streaming session

__________________
SATURDAY August 26

12.00-16.00 presentations and panel discussions:
(Location Gallery NOASS)

* softwares and interfaces: 
    streaming ASCI video, free softwares (Linker), network interfaces   
    (NICE/BIN/XCHANGE/Frequency Clock...) (moderator Walter van der Cruijsen/or 
Pit Schultz -tbc.)

* bio-technology: 
     artists working with genetics (moderator H.Bunting)

* streaming-net: -> in context of 'intercultural jamming'
  -> net.radio and sound project presentations (Colodon Sound  
     System/Minsk, Aboriginal radio/Canada, world-service.org, ...) 
     (moderator Susan Kennard/or Adam Hyde/Rq?-tbc.)
  -> web_tv (BeOff/Stockholm, WTV/Riga-Stockholm, Ambient_TV/London, 
     SuperChannel/Copenhagen,... and others.. 
     (moderator: Manu Luksch-tbc)

17.00-19.00
working in groups (NICE - future plans, Xchange - developing of Cultural 
Exchange programmes, ...) and/or closing discussion / live streaming session.

21.00 - closing public event:
performances, audio-visual presentations, live streaming session, party

======================================================================
AUGUST 2000 IN LATVIA: 
ADDITIONAL MEDIA CULTURE EVENTS SERIES

During the month of August 2000 the Center for New Media Culture "RIXC" presents 
"InterCultural Jamming" - media culture event series organised by the founders 
of the RIXC Center - E-LAB, LOCOMOTIVE, BALTIC CENTRE in collaboration of other 
independent media arts and youth culture organisations from Riga: VARKA CREW, 
99%SVAIGS, F5 and others. The workshops, seminars and meetings will focus on 
various topics dealing with new media culture, independent film production and 
media theory. The events will take place no only in Riga, but also in other 
regions of Latvia - Liepaja Karaosta and Irbenes Lokators.

August 10 - 17
TRANSIT ZERO / BORDERLAND / - international filmmakers meeting will take place 
in Vikleby, Sweden and Liepâjas Kara Osta, Latvia; organised by LOCOMOTIVE (film 
and TV studio) in collaboration with Swedish Film Institute and Latvian National 
Film Center.

August 10 - 20
SUBJECTIVE/OBJECTIVE - interactive art exhibition in Liepaja, Latvia, organised 
by LOCOMOTIVE.

August 20 - 21
ACOUSTIC SPACE - Xchange, international internet broadcasters network workshop 
in Irbene, territory of Locator (d=32m), organised by E-LAB, local scientists 
and international radio makers.

August 24-26
Festival "Art+Communication 4", organised by E-LAB, in Riga, Gallery Noass.

August 25
[NICE] [Network Interface for Cultural Exchange] MEETING on cultural policy and 
new media development in the region of the Baltic Sea & North-East Europe, 
organised by The New Media Cultural Center and NICE members.

======================================================================

VI. PARTICIPANTS 

*[NICE] meeting participants (to be confirmed):

Kristine Bergaust, ATELIER NORD/Oslo, Norway
Katrin Sigurdardottir <katrin@xxxxxxxxxx>, Reykjavik, Iceland
Nils Claesson, CRAC/Stockholm, Sweden
Sofie Sweger, KONSTAKUTEN/Stockholm, Sweden
Ottilia Holmström  <ottilia.holmstrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, A5/Stockholm, Sweden
Terhi Penttilä, MUU Media Base/Helsinki, Finland
Pertu Rastas, KIASMA, New Media Dept./Helsinki, Finland
Jacob / SUPERFLEX, Copenhagen, Denmark
Lavon Ramanchyk <leo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Minsk, Belarus
Denis Romanovsky, Association for Contemporary Arts, Minsk, Belarus 
Tania Tangor, Media Lab, Moscow
Janis Garancs, E-LAB/X-I.net/Riga
John Hopkins, Helsinki, Finland
Nomeda Urboniene, JUTEMPUS, Vilnius, Lithuania
Gediminas Urbonas, JUTEMPUS, Vilnius, Lithuania 
Media Institut (tbc.) Vilnius, Lithuania 
Ando Keskyla, E-MEDIA CENTER/Arts Academy, Tallinn, Estonia
Raivo Kelomees, E-MEDIA CENTER, Tallinn, Estonia
Johan Pousett, Contemporary Arts Centre, Visby, Sweden
Piotr Klimek, Szecin, Poland;
Piotr Krajewski, WRO, Wroclaw
Andreas Broeckmann, MIKRO/V2/European Cultural Backbone, Berlin
and others from NICE and XCHANGE networks

* International experts and advisers (of RIXC):

Eric Kluitenberg, De Balie, Amsterdam
Geert Lovink, De Waag, Amsterdam
Cathy Brickwood, Virtual Platform, the Netherlands
Mats Sylwan, Swedish Institute, Stockholm
Andreas Drufva, Swedish Institute, Stockholm
Susan Kennard, Banff Center

* Representatives from governmental and official institutions of Latvia:

Karina Petersone, Minister of Culture
Juris Visockis, Riga City Council
Gundega Cebere, Latvian Ministry of Culture
Solvita Krese, Contemporary Arts Center
Helena Demakova, art curator
Ilona Vanadzina, City Council Cultural Department
Arnis Shinka, Soros Foundation Latvia / Internet Programme 
and others.

* Representatives from Foreign cultural institutions in Riga (to be confirmed):

Gunilla Forssen, Swedish Cultural Attaché / Swedish Institute ( Riga)
Sabine Belz, director of Goethe Institut - Riga
Hanne Petersen, director of Nordic Council for Ministers / Information Centre in 
Riga
Daina Ostrovska British Council 
L.M.P.M. van Ulden, Ambassador of The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Riga
Gregor Elftman, director of USIS / Embassy of USA
Nordic Institute for Contemporary Arts (Helsinki)
Canadian Embassy in Riga
French Embassy in Riga
and others

* Representatives of foreign cultural policy bodies (to be confirmed):

Peter Schreiber/ Marlou Thijssen, Ministry of Edcuation, Culture and Science, 
the Netherlands
Will Bell, Arts Council of England
Norbert Riedl, Federal Chancellery Cultural Department, Austria
>From Lasi Palatsi, Helsinki (contact via Cathy Brickwood)
Karl-Johann Kleberg, Sweden UNESCO (contact via Cathy Brickwood)
Norway cultural policy research (contact via Cathy Brickwood)
Ritva Mitchell, Arts Council of Finland, and president CIRCLE - a European 
network of cultural policy research and information) (contact via Cathy 
Brickwood)

* Festival Art+Communication participants:

Susan Kennard, Banff/Canada
Thomax Kaulmann, ORANG/Berlin
Peteris Kimelis, Riga-Stockholm/BeOff, E-LAB, Xchange
BeOff/Stockholm
Manu Luksch, AmbientTV/London
Walter van der Cruijsen, MIKRO/Berlin, ZKM/Karlsuhe
Honor Harger, RadioQualia/Adelaide
Adam Hyde, RadioQualia/Adelaide
Zina Kaye, Sydney
Borut Savski, MZX, Ljubljana
Marko Peljhan, MakroLab/Ljubljana
Rachel Baker, Irational/London
Heath Bunting, Irational/London
Pit Schultz, Mikro/Berlin
Diana McCarthy, Mikro/Berlin
Colodon Sound System/Minsk
Mongrel/London
Kate Rich
Daniel Garcia Andujar, Irational/Valencia
Maxim Narborough, London-Riga
Burnice Helena, Tornio/Finland
.. and others are welcome!

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