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{{Short description|Latvian arts centre}}[[File:Rixc logo1.png|thumb|RIXC logo]]
'''RIXC Center for New Media Culture''' is an arts organization based in [[Riga]], [[Latvia]]. It was created in 2000,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=RIXC Center for New Media Culture |url=http://rixc.org/en/center/0/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=rixc.org |language=en}}</ref> developing out of the E-LAB originally founded by Rasa and Raitis Šmiti.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jauno mediju kultūras centra RIXC dibinātāji Rasa un Raitis Šmiti |url=https://klasika.lsm.lv/lv/raksts/makslinieka-darbistaba/jauno-mediju-kulturas-centra-rixc-dibinataji-rasa-un-raitis-smit.a86242/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=klasika.lsm.lv}}</ref>


RIXC hosts an annual Festival of Arts and Sciences in Riga.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-13 |title=“Globālā kontrole un cenzūra” – “RIXC” mākslas un zinātnes festivālā iespējams aplūkot unikālu izstādi |url=https://zinas.tv3.lv/latvija/sabiedriba/globala-kontrole-un-cenzura-rixc-makslas-un-zinatnes-festivala-iespejams-aplukot-unikalu-izstadi/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=tv3.lv |language=lv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 2021 |title=Man patīk ar kāpostiem. RIXC Mākslas un zinātnes festivāla izstāde pievēršas maņu stimulu pasaulei un medijiem |url=https://www.diena.lv/raksts/kd/maksla/man-patik-ar-kapostiem.-rixc-makslas-un-zinatnes-festivala-izstade-pieversas-manu-stimulu-pasaulei-un-medijiem-14269278 |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=www.diena.lv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=11 September 2022 |title=Sasista stikla trauka lauskas. RIXC mākslas un zinātnes festivāla apskats |url=https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/kultura/maksla/sasista-stikla-trauka-lauskas-rixc-makslas-un-zinatnes-festivala-apskats.a472342/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=www.lsm.lv |language=lv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=19 September 2023 |title=«Kripto, māksla un klimats» – sāksies RIXC Mākslas un zinātnes festivāls |url=https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/kultura/maksla/19.09.2023-kripto-maksla-un-klimats-saksies-rixc-makslas-un-zinatnes-festivals.a524508/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=www.lsm.lv |language=lv}}</ref> This festival was first run by the E-LAB in 1996, and went by the name "Art+Communication" until 2015.<ref name=":0" />
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The '''Centre for new media culture in Riga''' ('''RIXC''') is the joint effort of a number of independent local Latvian cultural groups working in the fields of new media, art, film, music, youth culture and the social projects. The founders of RIXC are E-LAB (Electronic Arts and Media Centre), [[Locomotive]] (film studio and) [[Baltic Centre]] (NGO for education and social development).


In 2001, RIXC collaborated with the [[Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre]] (VIRAC) to explore creative artistic uses of a [[radio telescope]] nicknamed "Little Star" which had been abandoned by the retreating [[Soviet Army]] in 1993.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Balet |first=Olivier |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0TA_G3rPyOYC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA174&dq=rixc&hl=en |title=Virtual Storytelling; Using Virtual Reality Technologies for Storytelling: Second International Conference, ICVS 2003, Toulouse, France, November 20-21, 2003, Proceedings |last2=Subsol |first2=Gérard |last3=Torguet |first3=Patrice |date=2003-11-04 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-3-540-20535-7 |pages=174-5 |language=en}}</ref>
The aim of the centre is to bridge the traditional gap between high and [[popular culture]] and the divisions between various youth, sub and minority cultures. RIXC intends to become a meeting place for different types of culture on local and international scale.

RIXC is the member of [[NICE network]] (Nordic, Baltic and North East European network) for small scale innovative initiatives in the field of new media culture, and takes part in other international and cross disciplinary networks, co-projects and mailing-lists in the field of [[new media]] culture in Europe, Canada and other parts of the world.

RIXC organizes an annual Festival of Arts and Sciences in [[Riga]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-13 |title=“Globālā kontrole un cenzūra” – “RIXC” mākslas un zinātnes festivālā iespējams aplūkot unikālu izstādi |url=https://zinas.tv3.lv/latvija/sabiedriba/globala-kontrole-un-cenzura-rixc-makslas-un-zinatnes-festivala-iespejams-aplukot-unikalu-izstadi/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=tv3.lv |language=lv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 2021 |title=Man patīk ar kāpostiem. RIXC Mākslas un zinātnes festivāla izstāde pievēršas maņu stimulu pasaulei un medijiem |url=https://www.diena.lv/raksts/kd/maksla/man-patik-ar-kapostiem.-rixc-makslas-un-zinatnes-festivala-izstade-pieversas-manu-stimulu-pasaulei-un-medijiem-14269278 |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=www.diena.lv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=11 September 2022 |title=Sasista stikla trauka lauskas. RIXC mākslas un zinātnes festivāla apskats |url=https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/kultura/maksla/sasista-stikla-trauka-lauskas-rixc-makslas-un-zinatnes-festivala-apskats.a472342/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=www.lsm.lv |language=lv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=19 September 2023 |title=«Kripto, māksla un klimats» – sāksies RIXC Mākslas un zinātnes festivāls |url=https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/kultura/maksla/19.09.2023-kripto-maksla-un-klimats-saksies-rixc-makslas-un-zinatnes-festivals.a524508/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=www.lsm.lv |language=lv}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{Cite web |title=Jauno mediju kultūras centra RIXC dibinātāji Rasa un Raitis Šmiti |url=https://klasika.lsm.lv/lv/raksts/makslinieka-darbistaba/jauno-mediju-kulturas-centra-rixc-dibinataji-rasa-un-raitis-smit.a86242/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=klasika.lsm.lv}}


== External links ==
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Revision as of 05:30, 26 February 2024

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RIXC Center for New Media Culture is an arts organization based in Riga, Latvia. It was created in 2000,[1] developing out of the E-LAB originally founded by Rasa and Raitis Šmiti.[2]

RIXC hosts an annual Festival of Arts and Sciences in Riga.[3][4][5][6] This festival was first run by the E-LAB in 1996, and went by the name "Art+Communication" until 2015.[1]

In 2001, RIXC collaborated with the Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre (VIRAC) to explore creative artistic uses of a radio telescope nicknamed "Little Star" which had been abandoned by the retreating Soviet Army in 1993.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "RIXC Center for New Media Culture". rixc.org. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  2. ^ "Jauno mediju kultūras centra RIXC dibinātāji Rasa un Raitis Šmiti". klasika.lsm.lv. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  3. ^ ""Globālā kontrole un cenzūra" – "RIXC" mākslas un zinātnes festivālā iespējams aplūkot unikālu izstādi". tv3.lv (in Latvian). 2018-09-13. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  4. ^ "Man patīk ar kāpostiem. RIXC Mākslas un zinātnes festivāla izstāde pievēršas maņu stimulu pasaulei un medijiem". www.diena.lv. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  5. ^ "Sasista stikla trauka lauskas. RIXC mākslas un zinātnes festivāla apskats". www.lsm.lv (in Latvian). 11 September 2022. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  6. ^ "«Kripto, māksla un klimats» – sāksies RIXC Mākslas un zinātnes festivāls". www.lsm.lv (in Latvian). 19 September 2023. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  7. ^ Balet, Olivier; Subsol, Gérard; Torguet, Patrice (2003-11-04). Virtual Storytelling; Using Virtual Reality Technologies for Storytelling: Second International Conference, ICVS 2003, Toulouse, France, November 20-21, 2003, Proceedings. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 174–5. ISBN 978-3-540-20535-7.

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