Changing Landscapes is a one day event that will explore themes around the evolutionary incorporation of technology into hand made practices with presentations, round table discussions and a hands-on workshop, all live-streamed for a broadly accessible cross-continental experience.
Canadian and international artists, academics and specialists in the field will be presenting in person and remotely, including Meghan Price (CA), Fuzzy Mall Art (CA/US), Vita Plume (LV/CA), Kristina Austi (LT/NO), Jacobo Alonzo (MX), Kadi Pajupuu (EE), Ilze Godlevskis (LV/CA), Ieva Krumina (LV/CA), Jonatan E. Jurkowski (PL), Maja Gecic (SRB), and Beatrijs Sterk (NL).
This event includes a Baltic style catered lunch and closing cocktails with a viewing of the group exhibition Nature, Being & Technology and Egils Rozenbergs’ exhibition Signs of the Time.
(tickets available beginning in May!)
Symposium Itinerary
*times are subject to minor changes
This Symposium will be recorded and Live-streamed in order to welcome simultaneous interaction with various National and International institutes by making the program accessible to remote and cross-continental locations.
9:30
Doors open, coffee/tea are served, audience takes seats
10:00
Introduction of Changing Landscapes Symposium, by host/moderator Ilze Godlevskis
10:10
Short Form 10-minute presentations by 6 contemporary textile artists:
Meghan Price (CA)
Fuzzy Mall Art (CA)
Vita Plume (LV/CA)
Kadi Pajupuu (EE)
Kristina Austi (LT)
Jacobo Alonzo (MX)
11:40
Round Table #1
Topic: How textile arts has evolved in relation to technology
Moderator: Ilze Godlevskis
Beatrijs Sterk (NL)
Maja Gecić (SRB)
Jonatan E. Jurkowski (PL)
12:20
Round Table #2
Topic: The place of textile arts in galleries and institutions, relating to curation and academia.
Moderator: Ilze Godlevskis
Suzanne Carte | Senior Curator, Burlington Art Gallery
Nithikul Nimqulrat | Artist/Author, Crafting Textiles in the Digital Age
Deborah Wang | Artistic Director & Curator, DesignTO
13:30
Lunch will provided and catered by Zupa Zupa, a Latvian-inspired artisan catering company designed by Elizabete Ludviks, who combines natural & delicious ingredients in a contemporary Baltic style.
15:00
Textile/Fibre Arts workshop will encourage participants to explore their own relationship with technology using fibre, textiles and technological recycled materials to materially express their ideas of arts and the digital world. This workshop will be hosted and facilitated by Ilze Godlevskis with introduction from Ieva Krumina.
17:30
Closing with cocktails in the Main Gallery with the opportunity to spend time viewing the Egils Rozenbergs exhibition and group exhibition Nature, Being & Technology