Friday, on the 25th of July at 18:00, the third part of the “Riga 2014” sound art exhibition “SKAN II” will open its doors at the Botanical Garden of the University of Latvia (Kandavas Street 2) and the Kalnciems Quarter art gallery (Kalnciema street 35). The opening of the exhibition will feature performances by improvising percussionist… Read More
On October 11 and 12 the annual Skaņu Mežs Festival for Adventurous Music and Related Arts will take place in the Daile concert hall in Riga, Latvia. Also, the first artists have been confirmed, and they are the darkwave/synthpop duo Xeno & Oaklander from Brooklyn, New York. The 12th edition of Skaņu Mežs is… Read More
Today, on the 1st of July at 18:00, the second part of the “Riga 2014” sound art exhibition “SKAN II” will open its doors at the Botanical Garden of the University of Latvia (Kandavas Street 2). The opening of the exhibition will feature a DJ set by Tommi Grönlund of ”Sähkö Recordings” and the performance… Read More
Following a great response to last year’s open call for works, Deutschlandradio Kultur – Hörspiel / Klangkunst and CTM Festival, in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut, ORF musikprotokoll im steirischen herbst, Ö1 Kunstradio and the ECAS/ICAS networks, are pleased to release a second call for artistic projects seeking unusual ideas for coupling the medium radio with the… Read More
The European Cities of Advanced Sound and related arts (ECAS) network is looking for a talented, open minded critical/experimental artist or artist collective, who share(s) our interest for experimental advanced music and related arts. The artist / collective will be asked to follow the last term of our ECAS project from September 2014 until May 2015 in order to… Read More
You are very welcome to visit bar Chomsky on Saturday, June the 14th, when parformance by Montreal-based singer and guitarplayer Dorothy Geller, aka Dora Bleu will take place. Evening starts at 20:00. Free entry. Through the echoes of an acoustic guitar and vocal expressions, Dora Bleu explores intimate experience as the place where the capitalist… Read More
As of May, the 31st, the official “Riga 2014” sound art exhibition “SKAN II” will be open to visitors. This will be the first part of the exhibition, consisting of seven works and lasting until June, the 20th. Its main venue is the the Botanical Garden of the University of Latvia at Kandavas Street 2,… Read More
In 2007, the association for adventurous music and related arts “Skaņu Mežs” organised the first SKAN sound art exhibition with the participation of 12 internationally renowned, as well as local artists, at the erstwhile chicory and pasta factory near Arkādijas Park. Back then, in the context of Latvia’s contemporary cultural scene, SKAN was a unique… Read More
STRCAMP 2014, 11-13 of July Vintage campsite “Deimantas”, Elektrėnai country STRCAMP is a three day and two night musical happening that will take place in the abandoned summer camp “Deimantas”. During the daytime festival programme will offer a handful of acoustic performers. During the night – ex-cafe place will turn into a dancefloor bashing electronic… Read More