This year's festival program includes workshops for registered participants and public events for everyone – masterclasses, a Family Day with workshops for families and children, a science symposium, an exhibition, and performances by various sound artists and musicians.
Part of the festival program is for registered participants, while another part is open to the public. Registration is required to join the workshops, but other festival activities are available without pre-registration. Since the festival is organized in cooperation with international partners, some parts of the program will be in English. All festival activities are free of charge.
As part of the festival, the “Liepāja 2027 Foundation” (“Nodibinājums Liepāja 2027”) is organizing an artist residency. This September, two artists will arrive in Liepāja: Carlos Munnoz from Spain and Iryna Loskot from Ukraine.
During the residency, the two artists will collaborate with Liepāja-based artists to create and exhibit new artworks as part of the UPDATE festival exhibition in November. Carlos Munnoz will share his experience of working with artificial intelligence during the festival's workshops, while Iryna Loskot will present a performance exploring the sense of belonging and ecology in the The Printing House Creative Quarter on September 28, during the Afternoon for Art and Science
Full details of the program are available at the festival website: www.updatefestival.lv
UPDATE is organised by the association of Liepaja media artists ASTE and RTU Liepaja Academy Art Research Laboratory.
