Dates: 30 June - 20 July 2014
Place: Botanical Garden, Riga, Latvia
On the 1st of July at 18:00, the second part of the “Riga 2014” sound art exhibition “SKAN II” will open its doors at the Botanical Garden of the University of Latvia (Kandavas Street 2). The opening of the exhibition will feature a DJ set by Tommi Grönlund of ”Sähkö Recordings” and the performance version of Heimo Lattner and Judtih Laub’s installation „Silbadores: Stuck”, which will feature Kico Correa – a master whistler from the Canary Islands, who speaks the nearly forgotten whistling language called el silbo. The exhibition itself will consist of works by C.M. von Hausswolff & Leif Elggren, Anke Eckardt, Max Eastley and others. Tommi Grönlund in collaboration with Petteri Nisunen is also participating in the exhibition yet is also well known as a DJ and manager of the Finnish label ”Sähkö Recordings”, that has published records by, among others, Pan Sonic and Jimi Tenor.
„SKAN II”, organized by the Skanu Mezs association for adventurous music and related arts, focuses on presenting latest developments in sound art as well as directly and indirectly linking this form of art to the neglected historical wooden architecture of the area where the exhibiton takes place. The second part of this exhibition will run from July, the 1st, until July, the 20th, and its main location is the the Botanical Garden of the University of Latvia, therefore presenting an exciting synthesis of sound art, architecture, urban environment and nature – works will be exhibited throughout the whole territory of the garden.
Here is the full list of artists, represented in this second part of “SKAN II”: David Helbich, RIXC with Voldemars Johansons, Anke Eckardt, Tommi Gronlund & Petteri Nisunen, Heimo Lattner, Carl Michael von Hauswolff & Leif Elggren, Evelīna Deičmane, Max Eastley.