Resonances of Nature: Klimaton Workshop by Adnan Softić (DE)
Date: Saturday, October 18, 15:00–18:00
Venue: Art Academy of Latvia (K2 building), Kalpaka bulvāris 13 (Onsite only)
Registration: Please fill out the Google form to confirm your participation HERE
Symbiotic Futures: SensUs Art Platform Workshop / Baltic Nordic Extended Network Meeting
Date: Saturday, October 18, 15:00–18:00
Venue: RIXC Gallery, Lenču iela 2, Riga / Online (Hybrid event)
Resonances of Nature: Klimaton Workshop
by Adnan Softić (DE)
The platform KLIMATON explores how artistic approaches can enter into dialogue with scientific data archives – particularly when dealing with abstract and complex phenomena such as climate change. At its center is the music instrument KLIMATON ARCTIC – a large-scale, sonified portrait of a disappearing landscape, developed in collaboration with scientists from the MOSAiC Expedition (Alfred Wegener Institute). Acting as a resonance body of the Arctic, it translates datasets into sound. As a hybrid between a sonification device and a musical instrument, it provides a sensorial and playful access to scientific knowledge while serving as a platform for artists to create their own positions.
The workshop invites participants to engage creatively with climate change through listening, reflection, and hands-on experimentation. After an introduction to the KLIMATON ARCTIC sound instrument, a contemplative space unfolds where complex aspects of climate science become tangible. Special attention is given to phytoplankton, microscopic organisms that form the basis of the marine food chain and play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle. Participants explore the delicate balance of ocean ecosystems and global climate systems, combining scientific insight with artistic imagination.
Registration: Please fill out the Google form to confirm your participation HERE
Symbiotic Futures: SensUs Art Platform Workshop /
Baltic Nordic Extended Network Meeting
A Baltic–Nordic extended meeting will take place, contributing to the launch of the new
Symbiotic Futures network by RIXC and its partners — Maajaam (Estonia), Isop (Denmark), SENT (Norway), Lorna (Iceland), and Institutio Media (Lithuania). This initiative will further develop the extended
SensUs Art XR platform, now joined by SLOlab (Toronto), KUBU (Finland), and other new partners, culminating next year in a joint XR exhibition.