10 EVENTS IN RIGA IN SEPTEMBER 2022. A useful shortlist!
September is the best month in Riga for a visit. Arguably, yet the amount and quality of events in town is beyond imagination. Plus, the city is again and again full with young and old folks back from vacations or summer breaks. The city is bubbly, the weather is optimally warm and the autumn landscapes - picturesque. Stuff's happening this month, and here are 10 impressive things to prove it!
PURVĪTIS. AUSEKLIS BAUŠĶENIEKS. 12 PHOTOGRAPHERS
How much: 0.5 - 6 EUR
During the first part of September, a seldom seen combination of great exhibitions will be presented at the Latvian National Art Museum - the incredibly important trailblazer of Latvian impressionist painting, Vilhelms Purvītis, another important Soviet-era surrealist, Auseklis Baušķenieks, fantastic sellection of 125 works by 12 Latvian Soviet-era photographers, the perfected permanent collection, and much more!
SPLINTERED REALITIES
Where: kim?
How much: free admittance
This exhibition, run by one of the most prominent new media art centrs in Europe, RIXC, is an intent to play at the "splinters" of our contemporary condition, affected moreover by an ongoing war, post pandemics, media ubiquity and social division. It features artworks by international artists who explore transformative potential of art and extended reality, and ground their "realism" position in the perspective of "naturecultures" – in the spirit of Guattari's ecosophy, Latour's "terrestrial coexistence", and Haraway's "arts of living on a damaged planet"…
HOMO NOVUS
When: 2 - 11 September
Where: multiple locations
How much: free admittance
Homo Novus is an incredibly important stage art festival in Europe and beyond, taking place for 27th year! This time after 2 very confusing years of covid, we "will once again fit comfortably back into theatres and remain in the streets, the villages and beyond. This year’s program invites familiar faces, commissioned works closer to home and continues the festival’s commitment to present works from artists who practices are not represented locally.
At the core of this year’s festival is a collaboration and giving space to other artists – on their own terms. The Shakedown a collaboration with Rosendal Theater, Trondheim, invites 5 Latvian and 5 Norwegian teens to curate the final weekend of the festival; Schwankhalle Bremen travels to Riga (we are sister cities after all) presenting eight 1-on-1 works as a first in a series of exchanges; and lastly we generate a cultural connections between ANTI festival in Kuopio, Finland – bonded together in two new commissions as we continue our mission to generate connections between out cities."
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CONTEMPORARY CRAFTSMEN MARKET
This is probably the largest market for Latvian craftsmen and home food producers in the capital. "There will be an "Ancient Settlement", where you can see and buy reconstructions and replicas of archeological excavations, and there will also be the best masters from the Latvian Folk Applied Art Fair. Among the more than 200 participants almost 20 contemporary potters, 30 jewelers and jewelers, more than 70 craftsmen will offer traditional and contemporary textiles, felt and silk products, as well as gorgeous knits and crochet. There will be wood and toy masters, weavers, blacksmiths and glaziers." N.B. Since the parking space is scarse, we suggest arriving by public transport or two-wheel trasportation.
BALTĀ NAKTS
Where: multiple locations
How much: free admittance
For the 17th consecutive year, the contemporary
culture forum "White Night" will be offering dozens of art, urban and
culture events. The "White
Night" has become an essential part of Riga’s cultural calendar, include
art pieces, concerts, installations and performances in urban
environment, exhibitions, multimedia projects, poetry readings and movie
programmes. Also private
initiatives will add up to the programme organised by art galleries,
cafés, art and culture studies and other active inhabitants of Riga.
The
White Night (Nuit Blanche) tradition was started in 2002 in Paris and
it spread like a positive pandemic to Brussels, Rome and Madrid, with
Riga as one of the early adopters, too. Sadly it seems the programme
only offers Latvian translation for now. :(
SURVIVAL KIT 13
The Little Bird must be caught
"The 13th edition of the international contemporary art festival Survival Kit curated by iLiana Fokianaki, explores freedom of speech and sound, as well as various forms of resistance placing the Singing Revolution and Latvian local history in the context of global processes and our shared present. The Survival Kit festival will take place inside a stunning old bank building, in the heart of Old Riga.
BALTIC SEA DOCS
Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries
Where: K.Suns
How much: free - 4.5 EUR
For the 26th time, "this international event for professional documentary filmmakers is the only one of its kind in the Baltics and is held in high regard throughout Eastern Europe. Every year, the BSD gathers over 100 professional filmmakers from the Baltic Sea region, as well as from Eastern and Central Europe. Participating in the forum is an invaluable way for filmmakers to find funding for the production of their projects and to further ensure that their films reach a wide audience across Europe. The forum is held in English and participation is free of charge.
In addition to the public pitching session, the forum holds preparatory workshop and seminars that is open to not just BSD participants, but also to students and representatives of the Latvian film scene. Apart from the professional activities, a programme of the highest quality documentaries is offered to the general public in Riga and the largest Latvian cities."
TRIO MANDILI
Trio Mandili is a Georgian musical trio that perform polyphonic singing accompanied by a panduri, a traditional Georgian string instrument. The band is globally known by their Internet videos, especially their Georgian folk song, "Kakhuri"!
DOMENIQUE DUMONT
Probably our favourite Latvian music export, Domenique Dumont will perform their seldom concerts in Latvia this September! This hide-and-seek duo recreates the Balearic, Carribean and French retro pop music for your ears to fall in love every time you hear it! Like we said, Domenique Dumont seldom plays locally, so this is your rare chance to see them perform in front of the local die-hard fans!
SKAŅU MEŽS
Where: Hanzas perons
How much: 10 - 30 EUR
"Sound Forest" is one of those legendary local festivals for adventurous
(innovative, experimental, avant-garde, etc.) music you should visit
every single time. And this year it celebrates its 20th anniversary! "Seeing as all forms
of modern music have an experimental dimension, there is always a wide
variety of musical genres represented at the festival – from
electro-acoustic music, free improvisation, contemporary composition and
noise to interesting shifts in dance music, hip-hop and rock or metal.
Skaņu Mežs is a member of festival network ICAS (International Cities of
Advanced Sound) and a co-founder of the SHAPE platform as well as one
of its two coordinators. SHAPE platform for innovative music and
audiovisual art is supported by the „Creative Europe” programme of the
EU."
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