RIXC Art Science Festival 2026: CLIMATE IMAGINATION

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.

PROGRAMME

Thursday, October 22 // Opening Programme

10:00 Press Conference & Exhibition Preview

13:00 Session 1: Baltic Art STS on Artistic ExperimentationWorkshop with Philippe Sormani / Artist Interventions / Discussion

16:00 Keynote by Philippe Sormani and Artist Talk

18:00 Official Festival & Exhibition Opening: Climate Imagination, National Library

Friday, October 23 // Symposium

12:00 Session 2: EMAP: Sustainable Digital Art ProductionsArtist Case Studies / Workshop with Maija Demitere

14:30 Session 3: SensUs On Extending Climate Realities – Panel with Jane Tingley and Rasa Smite / SensUs XR showcases

16:30 Outlook: Extending Realities Liepāja 2027 / Baltic Art STS With Rasa Smite and Philippe Sormani

18:00 Prompted Evolution exhibition opening, RIXC Gallery

REGISTER NOW for the festival:

- Full Festival Pass

- Day Tickets

-Session Tickets

More:

https://rixc.org/

https://festival2026.rixc.org/