The art event “Pseudoscience Conference” will open in the exhibition hall of the 2nd floor of the Latvian Academy of Sciences on November 10, where 10 works of art dedicated to pseudosciences will be offered, the representatives of the Foundation “Art Needs Space” informed. The “conference” is divided into five thematic blocks, with a total of ten artists participating in the conference, who are looking for references to a pseudo-theory in their works of art.
The artist Baiba Baiba will perform in tandem with Anna Malicka, Katrīna Neiburgs and Estere Grāvere, Krišs Salmanis together with GolfClayderman, Ivars Grāvlejs and Jānis Šneiders, and Miķelis Fišers will interpret the pseudo-scientific theory with her “reports” in pseudoscience.
The conference, which is divided into five thematic blocks, brings together five renowned and five younger artists to foster collaboration and exchange of experiences between artists of different generations. In these pairs, the senior artist will offer the younger one to interpret an existing work of art, finding and “pulling” a new pseudo-scientific theory in it. Theories will be presented at the conference through the works presented in the exhibition. The topics discussed at the conference are not revealed in advance, maintaining the conspiratorial atmosphere embodied by the frightening charm of pseudoscience.
Luīze Rukšāne, the curator of the art event, warns:
“If you are told at the entrance of the Academy of Sciences that there is no such exhibition hall on the second floor – don’t believe it! In these situations, find a python, wake him up and then slip. ”
The exhibition will be on view in November and December 2020 in the exhibition hall of the 2nd floor of the Latvian Academy of Sciences every working day from 08.30 to 17.00, while the opening ceremony of the conference will take place on November 10 from 17.00 to 19.30.
The group exhibition is organized by the Foundation “Art Needs Space”. Interpretation as a communication tool for visual art has always been the focus of the Art Needs Space Foundation. Through this interpretive approach, the curator aims to offer an artistic event that encourages its visitors to think about the authenticity or absurdity of the information offered, scientific methods and their meanings, the existence of objective truth, fake news and the difference between reliable or unreliable sources of information. It is for this reason that the Latvian Academy of Sciences has been conceptually chosen as the venue for the exhibition.
The architect of the exhibition is Pauls Rietums, the graphic design has been taken care of by Linda Viļumsone, while the technical solutions in the exhibition will be solved by Horens Stalbe.
The “Pseudoscientific Conference” is being created in cooperation with the State Cultural Capital Foundation, “Malduguni” and “Latvijas finieri”.
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