here<\/strong><\/a>. The participants need to be at least 18 years old, the application also has to include contact information and a brief description why the person wishes to take part in the performance.<\/p>\nAs reported, the \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d Festival of Light will continue for five evenings from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. on the 14th to 18th of November. The \u201cStaro R\u012bga\u201d Festival of Light will experience a positive \u201cforce majeure\u201d during the European Capital of Culture year, becoming a platform for international and national multimedia light and technology art projects. The main exhibits at the festival will be video installations that have won international acclaim or were created specifically for the festival. In 2014, the festival also launches the public participation programme \u201cRiga Carnival\u201d for the first time that, with the motto \u201cLight Up Your City!\u201d, urges companies, government and municipal institutions, and residents to create colourful light installations in the windows and on facades of buildings until the 18th of November.<\/p>\n
\u201cLattelecom\u201d, the main co-operation partner of the \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d festival, will set up new WiFi hotspots at bus and trolley-bus stops near the Cabinet of Ministers and Riga Regional Court buildings, meant for the visitors to the festival. This in addition to the more than 1,000 free WiFi hotspots in Riga \u2013 the European capital of free WiFi. On the other hand, the \u201c1188\u201d directory assistance will, as usual, create an online map of all \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d exhibits, which will be convenient to use also in mobile phones and tablet computers.<\/p>\n
Insurance company ERGO, the official insurance partner of \u201cRiga 2014\u201d and a supporter of the main cultural events in Latvia this year, is the insurer of this and other key events in the European Capital of Culture programme of Riga.<\/p>\n
The \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d Festival of Light is financed by the Riga City Council, the festival\u2019s partner \u201cLattelecom\u201d and other co-operation partners, the \u201cConnecting Cities\u201d network of the European Union\u2019s programme \u201cCulture 2007-2013\u201d, and the EEA\/Norway Financial Instrument in Latvia. The festival is organised by the \u201cRiga 2014\u201d foundation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>","contentt":"The \u201cReader\u201d (\u201cLas\u012bt\u0101js\u201d) project, part of the \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d Festival of Light, will demonstrate what is going on in the human brain while reading. The performance will feature one festival visitor at a time who will listen someone read a book for him or her, while a brain frequency reader will register impulses in the person\u2019s brain, transforming them into colourful and unique video projections that will be projected onto the fa\u00e7ade of the Latvian National Museum of Art exhibition hall \u201cArsen\u0101ls\u201d (Tor\u0146a iela 1).\n\n\nThe spectators will see, literally, what is going on in the reader\u2019s head, how thought changes matter, in response to what is being read from some of the Top 100 books selected through the \u201cGreat Reading\u201d popular vote. These include books by Latvian authors, such as \u201cKitten\u2019s Watermill (K\u0101rlis Skalbe), \u201cThe Child of Man\u201d (J\u0101nis Kl\u012bdz\u0113js), \u201cEpiphanies\u201d (Imants Ziedonis), as well as foreign authors: \u201cThree Comrades\u201d (Erich Maria Remarque), \u201cWinnie-the-Pooh\u201d (A. A. Milne), \u201cThe Alchemist\u201d (Paulo Coelho), \u201cThe Count of Monte Cristo\u201d (Alexandre Dumas) and others.\n\u201cWhat happens when a reader embarks on a journey into the world of books? What feelings, associations does he or she have? This object of the festival of light will not only answer these questions, but also demonstrate it for the public,\u201d says Kristaps Banga, one of the designers of the object. \u201cWe have ordered brain sensors for the project from abroad, and we have been closely collaborating with neurologist Sandra Vestermane.\u201d\nThe idea of the project was suggested by M\u0101rti\u0146\u0161 D\u0101boli\u0146\u0161 and Kristaps Banga and his creative team. They have been participating in the festival for three years, but the festival this year is especially challenging, in part due to the large number of foreign artists participating, which is why the artists opted for a technologically innovative project this time.\nEvery performance will continue for ten minutes \u2013 an excerpt from a book will be read out loud, whereas the person participating in the performance will listen and try to visualise what he or she is hearing. The emotions and associations that the person goes through will be registered by EEG sensors, and the data obtained will create three-dimensional images resembling complex, mathematically-precise and harmonious architecture.\nThose who wish to participate in the \u201cReader\u201d performances are requested to fill out an application\u00a0here. The participants need to be at least 18 years old, the application also has to include contact information and a brief description why the person wishes to take part in the performance.\nAs reported, the \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d Festival of Light will continue for five evenings from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. on the 14th to 18th of November. The \u201cStaro R\u012bga\u201d Festival of Light will experience a positive \u201cforce majeure\u201d during the European Capital of Culture year, becoming a platform for international and national multimedia light and technology art projects. The main exhibits at the festival will be video installations that have won international acclaim or were created specifically for the festival. In 2014, the festival also launches the public participation programme \u201cRiga Carnival\u201d for the first time that, with the motto \u201cLight Up Your City!\u201d, urges companies, government and municipal institutions, and residents to create colourful light installations in the windows and on facades of buildings until the 18th of November.\n\u201cLattelecom\u201d, the main co-operation partner of the \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d festival, will set up new WiFi hotspots at bus and trolley-bus stops near the Cabinet of Ministers and Riga Regional Court buildings, meant for the visitors to the festival. This in addition to the more than 1,000 free WiFi hotspots in Riga \u2013 the European capital of free WiFi. On the other hand, the \u201c1188\u201d directory assistance will, as usual, create an online map of all \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d exhibits, which will be convenient to use also in mobile phones and tablet computers.\nInsurance company ERGO, the official insurance partner of \u201cRiga 2014\u201d and a supporter of the main cultural events in Latvia this year, is the insurer of this and other key events in the European Capital of Culture programme of Riga.\nThe \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d Festival of Light is financed by the Riga City Council, the festival\u2019s partner \u201cLattelecom\u201d and other co-operation partners, the \u201cConnecting Cities\u201d network of the European Union\u2019s programme \u201cCulture 2007-2013\u201d, and the EEA\/Norway Financial Instrument in Latvia. The festival is organised by the \u201cRiga 2014\u201d foundation.\n\n\n","content":"
The \u201cReader\u201d (\u201cLas\u012bt\u0101js\u201d) project, part of the \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d Festival of Light, will demonstrate what is going on in the human brain while reading. The performance will feature one festival visitor at a time who will listen someone read a book for him or her, while a brain frequency reader will register impulses in the person\u2019s brain, transforming them into colourful and unique video projections that will be projected onto the fa\u00e7ade of the Latvian National Museum of Art exhibition hall \u201cArsen\u0101ls\u201d (Tor\u0146a iela 1).<\/p>\n
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The spectators will see, literally, what is going on in the reader\u2019s head, how thought changes matter, in response to what is being read from some of the Top 100 books selected through the \u201cGreat Reading\u201d popular vote. These include books by Latvian authors, such as \u201cKitten\u2019s Watermill (K\u0101rlis Skalbe), \u201cThe Child of Man\u201d (J\u0101nis Kl\u012bdz\u0113js), \u201cEpiphanies\u201d (Imants Ziedonis), as well as foreign authors: \u201cThree Comrades\u201d (Erich Maria Remarque), \u201cWinnie-the-Pooh\u201d (A. A. Milne), \u201cThe Alchemist\u201d (Paulo Coelho), \u201cThe Count of Monte Cristo\u201d (Alexandre Dumas) and others.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happens when a reader embarks on a journey into the world of books? What feelings, associations does he or she have? This object of the festival of light will not only answer these questions, but also demonstrate it for the public,\u201d says Kristaps Banga, one of the designers of the object. \u201cWe have ordered brain sensors for the project from abroad, and we have been closely collaborating with neurologist Sandra Vestermane.\u201d<\/p>\n
The idea of the project was suggested by M\u0101rti\u0146\u0161 D\u0101boli\u0146\u0161 and Kristaps Banga and his creative team. They have been participating in the festival for three years, but the festival this year is especially challenging, in part due to the large number of foreign artists participating, which is why the artists opted for a technologically innovative project this time.<\/p>\n
Every performance will continue for ten minutes \u2013 an excerpt from a book will be read out loud, whereas the person participating in the performance will listen and try to visualise what he or she is hearing. The emotions and associations that the person goes through will be registered by EEG sensors, and the data obtained will create three-dimensional images resembling complex, mathematically-precise and harmonious architecture.<\/p>\n
Those who wish to participate in the \u201cReader\u201d performances are requested to fill out an application\u00a0here<\/strong><\/a>. The participants need to be at least 18 years old, the application also has to include contact information and a brief description why the person wishes to take part in the performance.<\/p>\nAs reported, the \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d Festival of Light will continue for five evenings from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. on the 14th to 18th of November. The \u201cStaro R\u012bga\u201d Festival of Light will experience a positive \u201cforce majeure\u201d during the European Capital of Culture year, becoming a platform for international and national multimedia light and technology art projects. The main exhibits at the festival will be video installations that have won international acclaim or were created specifically for the festival. In 2014, the festival also launches the public participation programme \u201cRiga Carnival\u201d for the first time that, with the motto \u201cLight Up Your City!\u201d, urges companies, government and municipal institutions, and residents to create colourful light installations in the windows and on facades of buildings until the 18th of November.<\/p>\n
\u201cLattelecom\u201d, the main co-operation partner of the \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d festival, will set up new WiFi hotspots at bus and trolley-bus stops near the Cabinet of Ministers and Riga Regional Court buildings, meant for the visitors to the festival. This in addition to the more than 1,000 free WiFi hotspots in Riga \u2013 the European capital of free WiFi. On the other hand, the \u201c1188\u201d directory assistance will, as usual, create an online map of all \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d exhibits, which will be convenient to use also in mobile phones and tablet computers.<\/p>\n
Insurance company ERGO, the official insurance partner of \u201cRiga 2014\u201d and a supporter of the main cultural events in Latvia this year, is the insurer of this and other key events in the European Capital of Culture programme of Riga.<\/p>\n
The \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d Festival of Light is financed by the Riga City Council, the festival\u2019s partner \u201cLattelecom\u201d and other co-operation partners, the \u201cConnecting Cities\u201d network of the European Union\u2019s programme \u201cCulture 2007-2013\u201d, and the EEA\/Norway Financial Instrument in Latvia. The festival is organised by the \u201cRiga 2014\u201d foundation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The \u201cReader\u201d (\u201cLas\u012bt\u0101js\u201d) project, part of the \u201cStaro R\u012bga 2014\u201d Festival of Light, will demonstrate what is going on in the human brain while reading. The performance will feature one festival visitor at a time who will listen someone read a book for him or her, while a brain frequency reader will register impulses in […]<\/p>\n","link":"https:\/\/staroriga.lv\/en\/jaunumi\/uz-arsenala-fasades-cilveku-smadzenu-impulsi-tiks-parveidoti-krasna-videoprojekcija\/"}