In conjunction to the contemporary art festival SURVIVAL KIT 9 a programme aimed for art students and young art and culture professionals, called *School* will take place from September 7- 10, directed towards the broadening of perception and learning from nature.

Contributors of the *School*

Lotta Antonsson, Mari Armei, Andris Eglītis, Ieva Epnere, Jim Holyoak, Nona Inescu, Sarat Maharaj, Andrej Polukord, Krišs Salmanis, Artis Svece, Ehsan Ul Haq, Gediminas & Nomeda Urbonas, Oxana Timofeeva, James Webb, Gernot Wieland Wong Kit Yi

Program of the *School*

7.09. Thursday

15.00-17.00 Introduction session with the curators of the festival Jonatan Habib Engqvist, Solvita Krese and Inga Lāce, participants of the *School* introducing their own practices

18.00-21.00 Opening of the SURVIVAL KIT 9 and artist talk by Gediminas & Nomeda Urbonas Zooetics. Pavilion and Ballardian Technologies, lecture-performance Depression in Animals by Gernot Wieland, Reading from his Book of Nineteen Nocturnes by Jim Holyoak

8.09. Friday

11.00-13.00 Reading workshop with the artist, teacher of the Estonian Art Academy Mari Armei

15.00-16.00 Artist talk There Are Far Too Few Friday Nights Left In The World by James Webb

16.00-18.00 Guided tour with curators and artists Andris Eglītis, Ieva Epnere, Nona Insecu, Wong Kit Yi

18.00 Lecture by writer, curator and researcher Sarat Maharaj

9.09. Saturday

12.00-13.00 Lecture The Living Soul by Oxana Timofeeva

13.00-15.00 Guided tour with curators and artists Ehsan Ul Haq, Krišs Salmanis, Jim Holyoak, Andrej Polukord, Hildur Bjarnadóttir

16.00-18.00 Reading workshop with curators Jonatan Habib Engqvist, Solvita Krese, Inga Lāce

10.09. Sunday

11.00-14.00 Workshop with philosopher, researcher Artis Svece

More information: inga@lcca.lv

Supported by the State Culture Capital Foundation (Valsts kultūrkapitāla fonds)