SensUs Studio Opening & Light Resonance AR

When:
Thursday, December 4, 19:00 – SensUs Studio Opening featuring presentations of Light Resonance AR and Solarceptors VR by Rasa Smite and Raitis Smits, along with showcases of other SensUs AR artworks. (Free and open to all. Space is limited, please RSVP.)
Join also online via Zoom (please register to receive the link).

Friday, December 5, from 15:00-18:00 – Private View: Light Resonance AR and Solarceptors VR by Rasa Smite and Raitis Smits (please reserve a time slot).

Saturday, December 6, from 15:00-17:00 – [internal] SensUs Platform Meeting (Hybrid Event, with network participant’s joining remotely).

Where: NAIA: SensUs StudioLessingstraße 25, 76135 Karlsruhe

Entry: Free and open to all. Space is limited RSVP.

About the SensUs XR Showcase
The event marks the opening of the SensUs Studio and presents a selection of works on the SensUs Art XR platform, an immersive ecological art environment co-curated by NAIA (Karlsruhe) and RIXC (Riga). The platform is developed in close collaboration with partners in Canada, Taiwan, and the Baltic–Nordic region.

The SensUs Art XR platform features multimedia 3D and spatial sound works by artists including Yuchin Chen, Jung Eun Lee, Anna Manankina, Isabella Münnich, Jurģis Peters, Oleksandr Sirous; Krista Dintere; Sabīne Šnē, Ivo Tauriņš; Tuan Mu, Rodolphe Macabéo, Rihards Vitols, Zane Zelmene reflecting an expanding network dedicated to ecological and symbiotic futures through immersive art.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Programme

Thursday, 4.12., 19:00 – ca. 21:00
PechaKucha presentations:
— Smart Picnic: Sensing the City by Daria Mille (10 min)
— SensUs XR Platform by Rasa Smite, Raitis Smits, Krista Dintere (10 min)
— Multispectral explorations. Burachero Dreams by Felipe Castelblanco (online)

Artwork showcases:
— Light Resonances (2025, AR) and
— Solarceptors (2025, VR) by Rasa Smite & Raitis SmitsWith Symbiotic Cities contributions from SensUs artists:
— Isabella Münnich
— Anna Manankina

Additional Viewing Slots

Friday, 5.12., 15:00–18:00 – private individual studio visits
— Solarceptors VR 2025, 10 min viewings
— Light Resonances AR 2025 (on SensUs Art Platform)
— SensUs Art Platform (6 New Symbiotic Cities artworks on Appstore / Google Play)

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

https://naia.center/

http://sensusart.rixc.org