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WELTSTADT

Who creates the city?

Weltstadt Exhibition in Riga

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Looking back: Weltstadt in Berlin

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Weltstadt Newspaper: Riga

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Empty Spaces Workshop

Following the invitation of the Goethe-Institut Riga to this tour through the projects, all of the participants gathered on 11 June 2013 for a workshop... more

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Empty Spaces – the Kanepes Cultural Centre

To take the future into one's own hands – that's the guiding principle for the Kanepes Cultural Centre (KKC) in a quiet side-street of Riga...
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Empty Spaces – RIXC Association for Media Art

In the warehouse next door to kim?, yet another cultural initiative has settled in. RIXC is the name of the association for media art and also part of the project Empty Spaces... more

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Empty Spaces – kim? Art Association

Improvization and do-it-yourself are out of question for Zane Onckule and Linda Pavluta. Their art association kim? is another project that takes part in the project Empty Spaces... more

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Empty Spaces – Total Dobźe

Next stop on the tour through Riga's Empty Spaces projects: Total Dobźe... more

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Empty Spaces – Tabakas Fabrika

The Goethe Institute Riga invited to a tour through the projects of Empty Spaces. First stop: Tabakas Fabrika... more

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Cultural Repurposing of Vacant Commercial Buildings – The Project “Empty Spaces”

The current development in Riga is much affected by its history that has left the city with a plethora of abandoned commercial spaces. Today, it's artists who are pioneering in this – largely informal – process of urban appropriation... more

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