OPEN CALL: SYMBIOTIC SENSE(S)
CALL for the 7th Open Fields Conference 2024 Proposals is OPEN!
Deadline for submissions – August 30, 2024
Symbiotic Sense(s)
RIXC Art Science Festival 2024 and Open Fields Conference
October 23-25, 2024, Riga, Latvia (Hybrid/Virtual)
The National Library of Latvia / RIXC Gallery / Virtual
Exhibition will be open from October 23 until December 7, 2024 at the National Library of Latvia.
The Open Fields conference is the RIXC’s festival based gathering bringing together international scholars and artists to discuss topics related to artistic research, the changing role of art in societies, and art and science collaboration.
This year’s RIXC Art Science festival and conference with the title Symbiotic Sense(s) will take place from October 23-25, 2024, in Riga, Latvia, exploring art, technology, and collective Intelligence from the perspective of sensual perception and extended cognition. The Symbiotic Sense(s) festival, positioned at the intersection of symbiotic art aesthetics and visionary scientific paradigms, aims to embrace symbiotic thinking, inspiring cultural conversations on collaboration and fostering collective action towards a more symbiotic future.
The festival will take place in Riga and virtually, including the exhibition opening program (October 23, 2024) and the international conference event (October 23–25, 2024).
SYMBIOTIC SENSE(S)
Conference
October 23-25, 2024
Riga (Hybrid and Virtual)
Deadline for submissions – August 30, 2024
Focusing on symbiotic senses as a key perspective, this year’s festival and conference will explore its relation to extended cognition and collective intelligence ideas, calling for the urgent need for new visions, artistic and utopian projects in cultural evolution. The idea posits that symbiosis defines our existence, highlighting our complete interdependence on our environment and planetary system.
We welcome proposals by interdisciplinary researchers, artists, artists-researchers, designers, Ph.D. students, curators, media theorists, art historians, science philosophers, cultural innovators, critical engineers as well as scientists from different fields.
If you are interested in an on-site or virtual participation and contribution, please, submit your proposals (a short abstract and bio) for the RIXC Festival / Open Fields conference via the openconf system HERE
related to the following topics:
1. Sensing machines and artificial life
2. Extended cognition and externally sensory systems
3. Symbiotic Sciences and collective intelligence
4. Nature cultures and naturally-artificial environments
REGISTRATION
Registration Fees / Festival Pass
| Early Bird registration (until September 30, 2024) | Regular (after September 30, 2024) | |
| Full | 18 EUR | 36 EUR |
| Students (50% reduction) | 9 EUR | 18 EUR |
Link to the registration/buying festival pass will be available after August 31, 2024.
The registration fee includes: attendance at the conference sessions, conference materials, coffee breaks, attendance at the festival events (exhibitions, etc.), and (for the participants) publication of the abstract on the festival website. Selected participants will be notified by September 15.
On-site participants are responsible for covering their travel and accommodation in Riga. We are open to providing suggestions for the best options (contact us at rixc/@/rixc/./org).
Registration is required for both on-site and online participants. All co-authors should register and pay conference fee. Certificates are issued upon request to the registered participants.
Festival website:
https://festival2024.rixc.org/
OPEN FIELDS 2024 Conference Chairs and SYMBIOTIC SENSE(S) Exhibition Curators:
Rasa SMITE, Raitis SMITS (Latvia).
The RIXC Festival is produced by The RIXC Centre for New Media Culture.
Contact e-mail: rixc/@/rixc/./org