PLANT INTELLIGENCE

RIXC Art Science Festival 2025

When

October 16–18, 2025
Exhibition: October 16–November 23, 2025

Where

Riga, Latvia
Kim? Contemporary Art Centre / RIXC Gallery / Art Academy of Latvia

ABOUT

This year’s festival exhibition will feature artworks by 14 Latvian and international artists exploring the theme of “plant intelligence.” Developed in collaboration with the Plants_Intelligence team from the SNSF-funded research project, the exhibition offers new perspectives on intelligence beyond humans and machines, reflecting on how plants learn, adapt, and communicate – while seeking new methods of knowledge generation and pathways for multispecies coexistence.

EVENTS

Curators: Yvonne VOLKART (CH), Raitis SMITS (LV).

Ursula Biemann

FOREST MIND

Karine Bonneval

VERTIMUS

Felipe Castelblanco

DETRÁS DE LA NOCHE [BEHIND THE NIGHT]

Ursula Damm

INTELLIGENT LICHEN

Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick

KING OF WEEDS

Julia Mensch

FIELD DRAWINGS

Marc Lee

SPECULATIVE EVOLUTION

Rasa Smite & Raitis Smits

SPECULATIVE EVOLUTION

Bo Zheng

LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS (TANDVÄRKSTALLEN)

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.

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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Day 1, 16th
Day 2, 17th
Day 3, 18th

10/6/25 6:00 pm

Festival exhibition opening

Artists: Uģis ALBIŅŠ (LV), Ursula BIEMANN (CH), Felipe CASTELBLANCO (CO/US), Karine BONNEVAL (FR), Ursula DAMM (DE), Gints GABRĀNS (LV), Nicholas KAHN & Richard SELESNICK (FR/US), Julia MENSCH (AR/CH/DE),
Marc LEE (CH), Ayenan Quinchoa JUAJIBIOY (Pan-Amazon Media Collective) (CO), Rasa SMITE, Raitis SMITS (LV), Zheng BO (CN)

Curators: Yvonne VOLKART (CH), Raitis SMITS (LV).
LOCATION: Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Sporta iela 2, Riga / RIXC Gallery, Lencu iela 2, Riga

10/17/25 10:00 pm - 10/17/25 5:00 pm

Festival Symposium. Workshops. Performances

LOCATION: Art Academy of Latvia, Kalpaka bulvāris 13, Riga

10/18/25 10:00 pm - 10/18/25 5:00 pm

Festival Symposium. Workshops. Performances

LOCATION: Art Academy of Latvia, Kalpaka bulvāris 13, Riga

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LOCATIONS

Venues

Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Sporta iela 2, Riga

Press Conference, Exhibition Plant Intelligence

Lenču iela 2, Riga, LV-1010

Art Academy of Latvia, Kalpaka bulvāris 13, Riga

Symposium, Workshops, Performances

Lenču iela 2, Riga, LV-1010

RIXC Center for New Media Culture

Exhibition

Lenču iela 2, Riga

PLANT INTELLIGENCE

ABOUT

EVENTS

PressConference

Symposium

Resonanses of Nature: Project Premieres