CLIMATE IMAGINATION

RIXC ART SCIENCE FESTIVAL 2026

When

October 22–23, 2026
Exhibitions October 22 – December 13, 2026

Where

Riga, Latvia
National Library of Latvia and RIXC Gallery

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ABOUT

This year’s RIXC Art Science Festival, taking place from October 22–23, 2026, at the National Library of Latvia in Riga, explores CLIMATE IMAGINATION as a cultural and scientific field where art, technology, and environmental research intersect. As climate change reshapes ecosystems, infrastructures, and everyday life, the festival aims to bring together artists, researchers, and practitioners to explore imagination as a critical capacity for sensing and rethinking our relationships with the Earth.

The festival’s exhibitions, symposium, and workshops aim to create multisensory encounters with environmental change, exploring how artistic practices – from immersive media and XR to data visualisation and environmental sensing – can expand how climate processes are perceived and imagined.

EVENTS

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Festival exhibition artists:
Maija DEMITERE (LV)
Patricia DOMINGUEZ (CL)
Anne Duk Hee JORDAN (KR/DE)
Pauline DOUTRELUINGNE (BE/DE), Ryu FURUSAWA (JP)
Marcus MAEDER (CH)
kennedy+swan (DE)
knowbotiq in collaboration with Pablo Torres (CH/AT/CO)
Jurģis PETERS (LV)
Mārtiņš RATNIKS (LV)
Rasa SMITE (LV/CH)
Raitis SMITS (LV)
Benedikt TERWIEL (DE)

CLIMATE IMAGINATION

RIXC ART SCIENCE FESTIVAL 2026

CLIMATE IMAGINATION

RIXC ART SCIENCE FESTIVAL 2026

CLIMATE IMAGINATION

RIXC ART SCIENCE FESTIVAL 2026

CLIMATE IMAGINATION

RIXC ART SCIENCE FESTIVAL 2026

CLIMATE IMAGINATION

RIXC ART SCIENCE FESTIVAL 2026

CLIMATE IMAGINATION

RIXC ART SCIENCE FESTIVAL 2026

CLIMATE IMAGINATION

RIXC ART SCIENCE FESTIVAL 2026

CLIMATE IMAGINATION

RIXC ART SCIENCE FESTIVAL 2026

PROGRAMME

EEST, UTC +3, CEST+1
NB! The time zone below is Riga time / EEST - Eastern European Summer Time (UCT +3)
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10:00

Artistic Experimentation / Climate Imagination

Press Conference & Exhibition Preview

13:00

Symposium Session 1: Baltic ArtSTS: Artistic Experimentation Workshop

16:00

Keynote: Philippe Sormani

18:00

Official Festival & Exhibition Opening: Climate Imagination
National Library of Latvia

12:00

Sustainable Productions / Extending Climate Realities

Symposium Session 2: EMAP: Sustainable Art Productions + exhibition artist presentations

14:30

Symposium Session 3: SensUs: Extending Climate Realities – from fieldwork and ecological research to immersive/XR artistic experimentation

18:00

Prompted Evolution exhibition opening, RIXC Gallery

12:00

12:00 Artists and Curator guided tours through the exhibition
National Library of Latvia

Testimonials

I just wanted to write and tell you how thrilled I am to see my artworks in the Ecodata exhibition. Also I very much enjoyed attending as many panels as I could at the festival. Very important discussions and very inspiring artworks!

Elaine Whittaker
23.10.2020.

REGISTRATION

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- Day Tickets
- Session Tickets

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SUPPORT

Interested in becoming a sponsor? CONTACT US Get in touch

  • VKKF
  • Rigas Dome
  • PRO HELVETIA
  • EU FUNDS
  • EMAP
  • KULTURAS MIN
  • NORDIC BALTIC
  • LG
  • LNB
  • ARTTERITORY
  • SATORI
  • ECHO
  • WE MAKE MONEY
  • TOKYO
  • LIEPAJA 27
  • REVERIE

LOCATIONS

Venues

National Library of Latvia

Press Conference, Climate Imagination Exhibition,
Symposium/Workshops

Mūkusalas iela 3, Riga

RIXC Gallery

Prompted Evolution Exhibition

Lenču iela 2, Riga

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