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White Night

By BestRiga.com. 25.08.2008

The night, when it is better to stay awake, approaches. Contemporary art forum "White Night" in Riga is set for the night of August 30, presenting contemporary theater, music, visual arts, films and other forms of art to the residents and guests of Riga.

This year “White Night” events take place at Andrejsala, Spīķeri complex, Riga Old Town, Vērmanes Park, Kronvalda Park and at the park by the National Opera, with participation of Latvian and foreign artists. Three special trams will effectuate the route from Andrejsala to Arkādijas Park, thematically arranged to represent three fundamental concepts, influencing human existence : God, Nature, Work.

2008 is the third time that the August festival of contemporary art is joined by the Latvian capital. It was begun by a cooperation of five cities—Paris, Brussels, Madrid, Rome and Rīga—and later joined in by Valletta, Montreal, Tokyo, Chicago, Santa Monica, Porto, Bucharest, Toronto and Miami Beach.

In Rīga, the White Night takes place thanks to a coordinated effort by the Rīga City Council's Department of Culture, “Pareizā ķīmija” (“The Right Chemistry”) event organisers, the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, the Latvian National Theatre, the Latvian New Theatre Institute, Gallery NOASS, Radio Naba, Dirty Deal Café, the Art Garden gallery, Riga Art Space, the Centre for Arts Management and Information (MMIC), New Media Centre RIXC, Small Guild arts and culture centre, the Orbīta association of artists and poets, and Riga Porcelaine Museum.

Programme of the “White Night”:

Exhibition-installation
“Circus night at Arkādijas Park”
Arkādijas Park

10 p.m. on August 30 to 2 a.m. on August 31
Organizers: New Theatre Institute of Latvia

Film screenings
“Noass Video Island”
AB Dam
9.50 p.m. on August 30 to 4 a.m. on August 31
Organizers: Gallery Noass

Concert
“Videography III: Space Textures”
Spīķeri complex, 6 Maskavas Street
8 p.m. on Augsut 30 to 3 a.m. on August 31
Organizers: Radio Naba

Multimedia project
“Urban Bollockan”
Spīķeri complex, 12 Maskavas Street

8 p.m. on August 30 to 5 a.m. on Augsut 31
Organizers: Dirty Deal Café

Exhibition
“Take your time”
5 Strēlnieku Street
12 p.m. on August 30 to 3 a.m. on August 31
Organizers: Art Garden gallery

International traveling exhibition
“Wrong sort of joke”
Riga Art Space, 3 Kungu Street
August 30, 12 p.m., till midnight
Organizers: Riga Art Space

Exhibition
“Little Warsaw” group of Hungarian artists
Riga Art Space, 3 Kungu Street
August 30, 12 p.m., till midnight
Organizers: Riga Art Space

Exhibition/installation/sonic performance
“Universe Listening Station”
RIXC Media Space, 11.Novembra Krastmala Embankment 35
Organizers: RIXC Center for New Media Culture

Open-air film screenings at Vērmanes Park
From 10 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on August 30 and
From 0.00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on August 31

Ambient art and video project
“Still Life”
Park by the National Opera
8 p.m. on August 30 to 4 a.m. on August 31
Organizers: association “Klusa Daba”

Videoshow
“Fire. Water. Earth. Wind.”
Small Guild’s courtyard garden, 3/5 Amatu Street
9:30 p.m. on August 30 to 1 a.m. on August 31
Organizers: Small Guild Arts and Culture Center

Multimedia project
“Earth. Skies. Human”
Embankment of the Rīga canal by the National Theatre, 2, Kronvalda Boulevard
8 p.m. on August 30 to 4 a.m. on August 31
Organizers: Latvian National Theatre

Audio and video installation
“Time room”
Carpenter’s shop in Andrejsala
From 7 p.m. on August 30 to 1 a.m. on August 31
Organizers: “Orbīta”

“White Night” tram link, “vertical route”: God, Nature, Work. “Horizontal route”: stops -Tipogrāfijas iela - Vienības gatve - Friča Brīvzemnieka iela - Ojāra Vācie�a iela - Uzvaras bulvāris - 11.novembra krastmala - 13.janvāra iela - Centrāltirgus iela - Aspazijas bulvāris - Kronvalda bulvāris - Ausekļa iela.
7 p.m. on August 30 to 2 a.m. on August 31
Organizers: Events agency “Pareizā Ķīmija”

Animated films screenings “Flap your wings!”
and exhibition “Premiere”
Riga Porcelain Museum
August 30, 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Exhibition
“The Medium is the Message?”
Andrejsala’s project space Canteen
1 p.m. on August 30 to 1 a.m. on August 31
Organizers: Latvian Contemporary Art Center

Sculpture Quadrennial exhibition
“Dictatorship of the Majority”
6 p.m. on August 30 to 3 a.m. on August 31
Organizers: Arts Management and Information Center RIXC


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