Skaņu Mežs festival for adventurous music will host its 22nd edition on 4-5 October at concert hall Hanzas Perons (16a Hanzas street). Iconic electronic music duo Autechre will be the guests of the festival’s first concert evening, with abstract hip-hop group Armand Hammer headlining the second.
The price of the festival pass is 50 EUR; it can be purchased at www.bilesuserviss.lv. This ticket ensures entrance to all events of the festival. One day tickets to October 4 and October 5 are now also available for 35 eur.
Click here to read an overview of the program or scroll down to find out more about participating musicians and planned workshops.
From 10 to 20 October, the gallery “Smilga” (E. Smiļģa street 34A) will host Vomir and Tintin Patrone’s installations from Wednesday to Sunday (from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.).
Download Festival Program
September 28, 18:00, bar “Laska V21” (21 Vagonu street)
Free entry opening event
18:00
Ernests Valts Circenis
18:40
Aaron Edgcomb & Kirsten Carey
19:30
John Chantler
20:25
Nick Klein (DJ set)
21:30
Ģirts Reiniks (DJ set)
October 4, 19:00, “Hanzas Perons” (16a Hanzas street)
19:00
Tintin Patrone
19:40
Nick Klein
20:30
Jennifer Walshe & Neil Luck
21:20
Vomir
22:00
Fred Frith
22:50
Charmaine Lee
23:20
Autechre
00:30
2K88
October 5, 19:00, “Hanzas Perons” (16a Hanzas street)
19:00
GUNDEGA ŠMITE / GUNTA GELGOTE (Premiere)
19:40
Raven Chacon
20:30
Armand Hammer
21:20
The Body & Dis Fig
22:05
Deli Girls
23:00
Dharma Doom
23:55
Undveld
Exhibitions
Tintin Patrone: “Pure Minor”
Format: Installation
Where and when: October 4-5 at Hanzas Perons (16A Hanzas street) and 10-20 October at gallery Smilga (34A E. Smiļģa street)
Admission to see works at gallery Smilga is free.
Nick Klein: Bone Setting
Format: Installation
Where and when: October 4-5 at Hanzas Perons (16A Hanzas street)
Dawid Laskowski: Selected Photographs
Format: Photo exhibition
Where and when: October 4-5 at Hanzas Perons (16A Hanzas street)
Vomir: “Proclamation of the Bruitist Wall”
Format: Installation
Where and when: 10-20 October at gallery Smilga (34A E. Smiļģa street)
Admission to see works at gallery Smilga is free.
Workshops
Charmaine Lee: performance-lecture “The Voice, Improvisation, and Building a Personal Language”
Who: Charmaine Lee
When: October 3, 11:00
Where: Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of music (Krišjāņa Barona street 1), LMT Chamber Hall
Topic: The Voice, Improvisation, and Building a Personal Language
Attendance: free of charge
Neil Luck: “Corpsing – the Fallible Performer in a Mediated Landscape”, an open lecture
Who: Neil Luck
When: October 3, 13:00
Where: Art Academy of Latvia (Kronvalda Boulevard 4, former University of Latvia Biology Faculty), auditorium 2
Topic: “Corpsing – the fallible performer in a mediated landscape”. Composition with multimedia and live performance
Attendance: Free of charge
Fred Frith – Improvisation, a masterclass (limited number of spots available)
Who: Fred Frith
When: October 3, 15:00
Where: Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of music (Krišjāņa Barona street 1), jazz class (room nr. 328.)
Topic: Improvisation, a masterclass
Attendance: Free of charge, but a limited amount of spots are available by writing to aliseziemule@gmail.com
Are Mokkelbost: “Technology as Access”, lecture and individual work with students
Who: Are Mokkelbost
When: October 3, 16:00
Where: Art Academy of Latvia (Kalpaka boulevard 13), building K2
Topic: “Technology as Access”, lecture and individual work with students
Attendance: Free of charge
Raven Chacon: Artist talk
Who: Raven Chacon
When: October 4, 17:00
Where: Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of music (Krišjāņa Barona street 1), LMT Chamber Hall
Topic: Composition, interpretation, site-specific performance
Attendance: Free of charge
Dawid Laskowski: “Naked Truth About Stage Photography”, an artist talk
Who: Dawid Laskowski
When: October 4, 13:00
Where: Art Academy of Latvia (Kalpaka boulevard 13), building K2
Topic: “Naked Truth About Stage Photography”
Attendance: Free of charge
Jennifer Walshe: 13 Ways of Looking at AI, Art & Music
Who: Jennifer Walshe
When: October 4, 15:00
Where: Art Academy of Latvia (Kalpaka boulevard 13), building K2
Topic: Artificial intelligence, art, music, interdisciplinarity
Attendance: Free of charge
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