Festival's Survival Kit action Apartment
From 4th to 11th September 2010
Riga, LatviaFrom 4th to 11th
September there will be action Apartment in the 4 room flat in Upiša
pasaža on Čaka street. It is organised during the festival Survival Kit,
performance artists from 8 countries will make performances in that
flat.
From 4th to 1th
September in the flat in Upiša pasaža there will be a photo exhibition
about performances that have been organized in different apartments
around Riga during last year, about video demonstrations and an
exhibition on different performance artefacts.
The essence of the
project is the apartment where all the artists live during their stay in
Riga. They make common meals in the kitchen and live in that flat, so
their life becomes a part from performance.
There will be performance artists from Spain, USA, India, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, Estonia and Latvia.
Every evening there will be an organized event with 3-5 performances.
The participants can use all the rooms for their performances.
The
culmination will be on 4th of September on the White night – the night
of contemporary art and culture. Then performances will be organized in
the flat from 8.30 pm till 6 am.
The project is organized together with Contemporary Art Centre of Latvia.