Event
For a greener Europe. Ideathon Riga
Making Europe a better place by “prototyping” new ideas, solutions and innovative policies on inclusion, equality and diversity. This is the goal of the AugE project.
On Friday, March 26th (12 pm – 5 pm CET) the Riga Ideathon in a virtual form was held.
AUGE Riga Ideathon served as a platform for discussion on how arts, creativity, and digital technologies can contribute to raising awareness of climate change issues and building a ‘greener’ and more sustainable Europe.
THE PROGRAM
- 12-13,30 CET- Introduction and Keynote Panel
With Rasa Smite. Climate “literacy”: What Art Can Do?
Lina Kusaite – Creative Alternatives in Climate thinking
Maija Demitere -Deep Sustainability: Grow (and Make) Your Own!
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13,30-14,00 CET Lunch break
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14,00-14,30 CET Open Session by RIXC and AUGE partners
A virtual tour through of the RIXC center and its new immersive art platform was performed. And then found us, the partners of the AUGE project who shared and bring case studies on climate change, art, activism in Latvia, Germany, Italy and Greece.
- 14,30 – 16,30 CET Workshops with artists
Workshop 1. ‘LOCKDOWN’ BACTERIA BATTERIES, conducted by Moritz Schottmüller & Efren Trevisan
Workshop 2. ECOLOGIES OF IMAGES. CHEMICAL POLLUTION AND DIGITAL AGE, conducted by Kristine Krauze-Slucka.
Workshop 3. GROW ‘N MAKE YOUR OWN! FOOD AND SUSTAINABILITY ROBOTS, conducted by Maija Demitere, Rogier Jupijn (NL).
- 16,30-17,00 Final presentation of the generated ideas / Wrap up
WHAT EMRGED?
