Riga Performance Art Festival STARPTELPA

The Riga Performance Art Festival “Starptelpa” is a significant event on the international art scene, annually bringing together experienced and internationally recognized artists, curators, and scholars in Riga, while also giving a special platform to emerging and promising talents in performance art. The festival is now in its seventh year and is the most ambitious of its kind in the Baltic States.
This year’s theme is “More Than Human”, which centers on the interaction between humans, nature, and the material world.

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On May 30, at K.K. fon Stricka Villa, audiences will have the opportunity to witness fifteen performances by artists from Latvia and abroad.

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Programme:

Main Hall

• 17:00 Doors Open
• 17:30 Santa Igaune – Winter Bee Bodies (Latvia, 40 min)
• 18:30 Aman Askarizad (Finland, 30 min)
• 19:20 Anna Maskava – Ancestral Body II (Latvia, 60 min)
• 20:40 Hanna Ijäs – The Body Harvest (Finland, 25 min) // 18+
• 21:20 Noah Crandell – This is a Door (USA, 60 min)
• 22:40 Parsa Kamehkhosh – Untitled (Finland, 30 min)
• 23:30 Timo Viialainen – Of Hair (Finland, 35 min)

Small Hall

• 17:30 Ewan Hindes – Pagan of the Cthulucene (United Kingdom, durational performance)
• 20:40 Annija Sprīvule – Daugava – the Cradle of Our Sorrow (Latvia, 90 min)
• 22:20 Mafalda Garcia – COCOON: Adsumus (Here we are) (Portugal, durational performance)

Lobby

• 18:00 Rocky Meaney – Untitled (Ireland, 10 min)
• 18:30 Charlotte Østergaard – Becomings (Denmark, durational performance)

Library

• 17:30 Sanita Duka – All My Phonographs (Latvia, durational performance)

Mirror Hall

• 20:20 Elīza Eikerte – What’s In Your Bag? (Latvia, 40 min)

Urban Space

• 19:00 Māra Gaņģe – Ford LeMans (Latvia, durational performance, outdoor location, sign-up on site)

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The festival is organized by the Latvian Centre for Performance Art – a non-governmental organization that develops performance art in Latvia through organizing artistic, educational, and cultural events, as well as conducting academic research.

Ticket Types, Quantity, and Prices:

1. General admission – €10.00
2. Students – 50% discount (€5.00)
3. Free admission for pensioners and children/youth under 18 (children must be accompanied by a parent)

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