An Elixir for the mind and senses

This Fall, forget the grey mood of the season, get rid of your long face and try to enjoy art to its fullest. If you are in Helsinki, Finland, until December 6, a visit to Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum is a must. Just proceed to the fifth floor of the venue, lie back on pillows and let yourself be carried away on the flow of the images and music created by the Swiss superstar of international video art Pipiloti Rist, who presents her Elixir, a medicine to the mind that cares, nourishes and energises.
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Pixel Art weekend in Riga

It’s been nine years since the first Waterpieces festival was held in the Latvian capital, Riga. Back then it was a one-day event but as years passed the festival grew and now three days seem not to be enough to show all the video art works and performances lined-up. The Waterpieces International Contemporary Art and Video Festival celebrates its ninth edition at the Betanovuss former personnel ship at AB dambis alongside the Noass floating galley across the water from the Old Town of Riga, from 4 to 6 of September, but you can visit the exhibitions until October 4.
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Harun Farocki videos in Prague

Elaborate video installations of Harun Farocki, an artist who has influenced many avant-garde filmmakers, artists and media theorists, is for the first time on display the Czech Republic. Tranzitdisplay, the Prague resource environment for contemporary art, presents Farocki’s works that have as a pivotal theme the process of creation and reproduction of images. This is what the artist himself most accurately defines as “film essays” or a certain “form of intelligence.” You can visit the exhibition until August 31, 2009.
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