Residency.Exchange.Riga

hi dear Zeljko,

how are you doing, how is the summer?
i am wondering, if i will ever make it to Zagreb ;-)

i am writing you, because we (The Center for New Media Culture RIXC)
together with Latvian Artists Union have started new intitiative - we want
to develop ART HOME NODE - artists in residency programme and network, and
now are looking for partners - art centers and artists and cultural
organisations, who would be interested to collaborate and to participate in
this programme,

we are planing to apply for funding now, mainly to be able to support
travel, accomodation and per diem for the artists, who is interested to
come and to work in Riga, 
if you also are thinking about starting similar initiative, we can develop
mutual exchange programme between Riga and Zagreb artists, and of course
would be great to involve in this later artists from other places

and it shouldn't be anything complicated or expensive - we are thinking
about rather short-term residencies (1-2 weeks), connected with the events,
festivals, or lectures, etc.
it also could include exchange of cultural managers - Signe is already
going to your place! it already can be as a test for a residency programmes
:-)

so - if Multimedia Institute is interested to co-opearate, please let me
know! 

i will be happy, if you could reply me ASAP!

best regards,
rasa

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ART HOME NODE - developing international artists residency programme and
network 

Call for partners:

ART HOME is new initiative in Riga (started in November 2001) that aims to
develop platform for collaboration in the field of visual culture and
interdisciplinary art. The main task is to create new concept for the house
of Latvian Union of Artists by developing multifunctional and dynamic
environment for interdisciplinary art and culture projects. ART HOME will
house: exhibition hall, galleries, museum collection of Latvian Union of
Artists, Media Space with media lab and mediatheca, Bookshop and cafe,
Artists in Residency Programme, individual and collective Artists Studios,
as well as Information, Management and Consultative services.
ART HOME is a coalition of most active independent arts and culture
organisations, located in the House of Artists Union, willing to contribute
in its' reconstruction: Publisher NEPUTNS / Visual Arts Magazine STUDIJA,
The Center for New Media Culture RIXC, Graphic's KAMERA, The Center for
Glass design and studies, Latvian Artists Union and Riga Municipality
Galleries, ART HOME residency programme, and others.

ART HOME NODE it the pilot project, which aims to set up a network and
artists in residency exchange programme in the field of intersection of
arts, culture and media. The 'networking' will include both - 'micro' (or
internal - within the regions of Latvia) and 'macro' (or external -
international) levels. 'Macro-scale' part of the network will focus
primarily on artists exchange in the region of Baltic Sea, Nordic and
North-East European countries, though specifically the programme aims to
establish connections with the artists from former Soviet republics,
Central and Eastern European countries, as well as in Asia, South-America,
and other parts of the world.

ART HOME NODE residency network plans to offer 4 main programmes for
visiting artists in different places in Latvia:
- New Media and Video, in Riga (in co-operation with The center for new
media culture RIXC and Gallery NOASS), 
- Film, video, photography and new media, in Liepajas Karosta (in
co-operation with Cultural and Information Center K@2)
- Visual arts, in Riga and Zvartava Castle (in co-operation with Latvian
Artists Union), in Pedvale (in cooperation with Pedvale Open-Air Museum -
tbc.) and Daugavpils (tbc.).
- Interdisciplinary culture, in Riga (for cultural managers, curators, and
artists from other disciplines).

ART HOME NODE is already collaborating with NIFCA residency programme. But
more then to co-operate with existing residency programmes, ART HOME NODE
is willing to promote new type of artists exchange - more dynamic,
interactive and flexible; different-scale and different-term based;
connecting places, events and people; promoting interaction between
visiting artists and local art scene; involving and co-operating with
independent artists-run organisations. 

Presently ART HOME NODE is seeking for partners, interested in co-operation
and artists' exchange, or intended to start similar initiatives, in order
to share ideas and experience, to develop mutual exchange programmes and
co-projects and to seek together for the funding opportunities.  

Any comments, ideas, proposals, advices - are very welcome!

Please contact ART HOME NODE co-ordination team:

Agnese Rucina , information and management coordinator
Ilze Egle , project coordinator
Liga Gaisa , co-ordinator of residency programme
Rasa Smite , New Media residency programme coordinator

http://msav.lv/makslasmaja (sorry, at the moment in Latvian only)


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