(AUGE 2ND) Blockchain, Art and Climate: Challenges for Green & Digital Future artathon takes place on Thursday, September 21 at 15:00 (EEST // Latvia time) online and onsite in the National Library of Latvia in Riga, Latvia as part of the RIXC Art Science Festival 2023: Crypto, Art and Science, organized by the RIXC Center for New Media Culture.

The Augmented Europe (AUGE 2ND) project will continue with a large-scale Artathon "Blockchain, Art and Climate: Challenges for Green & Digital Future" at the National Library of Latvia (onsite) and online. As part of this event, young creatives are invited to register for both onsite workshops in Riga and online discussions with other participants joining in from Milan, Berlin, Barcelona and Gdansk. The Artathon will begin with the keynote lectures by international experts and artists. In the evening, the onsite participants are invited to the onsite artistic performances at the RIXC Gallery.

15.00 AUGE Artathon: Keynote Panel:
Eleonora BRIZI (IT) / Eric NOWAK (CH) / Jane TINGLEY (CA)

16.30 Artathon Workshops (4 Parallel Sessions/Challenges)
The National Library of Latvia / Zoom

W1. AI and Blockchain: Transforming Potential in Arts
W2. Art, AI and the Metaverse: Reality Shift
W3. Green Digital Utopia and Augmented Nature-Cultures
W4. Digital Future Challenges: Blockchain, Art and Economy (only for Polish participants from Laznia)

19:00  Sound Art Live Performance
Location: RIXC Gallery, Lencu iela 2, Riga

Full program:
https://festival2023.rixc.org/?page_id=2454

More information:
https://festival2023.rixc.org/
https://augenext.eu/

Artathon takes places as part of the AUGE 2ND project funded by the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) of the European Union.

Project partners: MEET (Milan), PAL (Berlin), RIXC (Riga), Espronceda (Barcelona), Laznia (Gdansk).