Waves

During the time period from May 1, 2006 to April 30, 2007, The center for new media culture RIXC in Riga in collaboration with co-organisers (OKNO/Belgium, TESLA/Germany, PROJEKT ATOL/Slovenia, ELLIPSE/France, and Performing Pictures from INTERACTIVE INSTITUTE/ Sweden) will organise the project WAVES that will look at electromagnetic waves as the principle material - the medium - of media art.

...Since more than 100 years, electromagnetic waves have been used for communications - from the wireless telegraph to radio, television, satellite, mobile phones and now also wireless network technologies. Despite a rich tradition of media art work using waves, the most creative experimentations with/within electromagnetic spectrum often have remain invisible, leaving the innovative potential of waves underexploited...

At large, the project will be manifest of creative explorations, discoveries and new ideas for both - past and future: artistic expression in "waves" from the last century - brought into spotlight, and potential for innovation in future - revealed. Thus surrounding us ubiquitous space of electromagnetic spectrum will facilitate a launch of a new stage in European media art of the 21st century.