Day 2, October 18, 2025, 13:30
Symbiotic Cities: SensUs XR Guided Tour
Presentations by Jane TINGLEY (CA) & Robert BUIANI (CA), Chiayi CHEN (TW) (online), Isabella MUNNICH (DE), followed by and XR/AR artwork showcases and sound Installations by Krista DINTERE (LV), Ivo TAURIŅŠ (LV), Yuchin CHEN (TW), Mu TUAN (TW), Jurģis PETERS (LV), Anna MANANKINA (UA/DE), Oleksandr SIROUS (UA) and others
Venue: Art Academy of Latvia, Kalpaka bulvāris 13, K2 and the Garden of Art Academy
The program includes XR showcases by artists from the RIXC Fields Residency, Taiwan-based Zone Sound Creative, Karlsruhe’s NAIA and SLOLab (York University, Canada).
This year, RIXC launched the RIXC Immersive Art and Nature Residency Program with the support of the State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia and Riga City Council. The artists were selected by RIXC in collaboration with partners: Zone Sound Creative (Taiwan), Photinus Studio (Ukraine), NAIA Naturally Artificial Intelligence Art Association (Germany).
RIXC hosted the first selected artists: Yuchin Chen (Taiwan) and Lilac Red (Taiwan), Krista Dintere (Latvia), Anna Manankina (Ukraine/Germany), Isabella Münnich (Germany), Oleksandr Sirous (Ukraine) and Ivo Tauriņš (Latvia). The panel will feature the presentations by the RIXC Fields and RIXC Riga residency artists, XR/AR artwork showcases and sound installations developed during the residency, as well as presentations by the platform partners and upcoming residency artists.