This edition's opening celebration was held on Friday, September 3rd, 2021 in cooperation with the poetry festival Dzejas Dienas.
Programme
Artist Anda Lāce's performance within installation "Valsi dejo tā!"/ "Waltz dances like that!" in cooperation with composer Alise Rancāne.
Excursion of the festival Survival Kit 12 curators Ovül Durmuşoglu and Joanna Warsza in three museums of the Central District in English starting with Rainis and Aspazija's house, where on the opening day it was possible to taste Dagna Jakubovska and Joanna Gavronska-Kula's "The Future Bread", made according to a speculative and experimental recipe, thinking about environmental and climate change on the planet. "Bread of the Future" is a series of innovative, experimental recipes and dishes that have emerged from different future scenarios and could be seen in the 12th exhibition of the festival Survival Kit at Rainis and Aspazija's house.
Opening reading of the Festival “Poetry Day 2021”.
Performers: Marija Luīze Meļķe, Andris Kalnozols, Ingmāra Balode and Edvīns Raups.
Analogue audiovisual performance by the artist and film curator Ieva Balode and the sound artist and poet Artūrs Punte.
DJ evening with music by Solvita Krese, director of the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Ovül Durmuşoglu, curator of Survival Kit 12 and co-curator of the “Poetry Day” Henriks Eliass Zēgners.
Venues & Partners:
> The Rainis and Aspazija House, Baznīcas iela 30, Rīga
> The Andrejs Upīts Memorial Museum, Brīvības iela 38-4, Rīga
> Museum of Romans Suta un Aleksandra Beļcova, Elizabetes iela 57a-26, Rīga
> The NOASS art centre, AB dambis 2, Rīga
Organised by:
Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art / Survival Kit 12
Festival “Poetry Day 2021” (“Dzejas dienas 2021”)
Online magazine "Satori"
Supporters:
Riga City Council, The State Culture Capital Foundation, Kultūrelpa, FRAME Contemporary Art Finland, SAHA - Turkish Contemporary Art Support Foundation, Goethe-Institut Riga, The French Institute in Latvia, Arctic Paper, Green Print, Arteritory, LSM.LV, Punctum, Satori, Domuzīme.