International Festival of Contemporary Theatre \u201cHomo Novus\u201d <\/a>will take place from August 29 to September 8 in Riga, Kuldiga and Kemeri (Latvia), luring the spectator in marsh streches, the waterfront, on choral stands, in the cinema and museums, as well as other open and hidden spaces.<\/strong><\/p>\nThrough a variety of media, portals and interfaces, the festival will address the eternal quote by Dorian Gray: \u201cIt is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors\u201d. Distorted reflections, self-directed cameras, deformations and carnivalesque exaggerations will invite the spectator to explore the power that lies within the relationship of artist, object and viewer; the border between the possible and the impossible – reality, memory, fantasy and the space of desire.<\/p>\n
\u201cHomo Novus 2024\u201d welcomes back festival favorites from the past, generates new collective practices and shares the latest works by Latvian and international artists, inviting new works and perspectives from regions that have rarely been represented in Latvia. With a focus on Canadian contemporary work, the festival presents Venice Biennale Silver Lion winner Dana Michel with her performance installation “MIKE”. PME-ART will transplant their work \u201cAdventures can be found anywhere, m\u00eame dans la r\u00e9p\u00e9tition” through concept touring, presenting the work in collaboration with 11 local artists. Whereas Mammalian Diving Reflex will collaborate with local arts professionals and teenagers as part of the Festival School. <\/p>\n
For their 30th birthday, Gob Squad return with their work “SUPER NIGHT SHOT”, which was presented in Riga in 2006: a rare invitation to return to a work, to see how it continues to resonate and how the city\u2019s imagery has developed in the years since. For the first time, \u201cHomo Novus\u201d presents the Italian company Dewey Dell with their version of \u201cSacre du Printemps\u201d. The festival also brings two new musical collaborations with \u201cOde to Joy\u201d, presented by Amanda Coogan, Lianne Quigley and the Latvian Association of the Deaf, and Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey with “Deluge” in collaboration with many Latvian musicians. The festival will close with \u201cSymphony Of Solitude – S.O.S\u201d by M\u00d8R Collective in collaboration with Riga Circus featuring the installation by Latvian artist Katrina Neiburga.<\/p>\n
Both the festival center in Berga Bazars shopping arcades and most of the venues will be accessible to people with different accessibility needs, and many events will be open to a wide range of audiences and casual passers-by.<\/p>\n
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