On Saturday, September 3, the contemporary culture forum White Night will be held for the 17th time in Riga, during which, not only in the center of the capital city, but also in the surrounding areas, you will be able to see and enjoy more than 20 concert programs, performances and installations prepared by the organizers of the forum, as well as shows, exhibitions and special offer. Most events will take place between 18.00 and 03.00.
Installation “For peace!”, Poetry disco and “Biopoetics” in the city center
A more than 100-meter-long light installation “For peace!” can be viewed on Bastejkalnas. It consists of 50 two-meter-high illuminated silhouettes of runners that simulate movement as a form of manifesto.
On Saturday, every visitor to the White Night is invited to visit the Poetry Disco in Viesturdārza, which has become a tradition of the forum, the festival of unconventional music and film art “Skaņu mežs” at the Riga Anglican St. Savior Church, optical light projection “Biopoētiku” in the city canal near the Riga Free Port Authority building and other White Night events in the center of the capital.
Musical sound and light event “Glass. Einstein. Locītavas” and Kristīne Prauliņa’s concert in Pārdaugava
Jazz singer Kristīne Prauliņa, together with pianist Tomas Mikāls and double bassist Reina Ozoliņa, will await the visitors and listeners of the White Night in the cultural space “Strops” (in the Ēbelmuiža park), where the gathered will be delighted with a great end-of-summer concert. On the other hand, a series of fragments from the opera “Einsteins on the Beach” by composer Filip Glās, specially created for the 2022 Riga summer cultural program, is planned to be performed again in the Āgenskalns market pavilion.
Also, every visitor of the White Night on Saturday in Pārdaugava will be able to enjoy the concert program “Momentary” in the Latvian National Library and the multimedia performance “Branda māja” in the Jaunatnes garden in Āgenskaln.
Elsewhere in Riga
A wide range of events for White Night visitors is also prepared in other areas of Riga. An audiovisual installation of the urban environment will be on display in Ziedondarz, the center of which is an environmental object – the sunset. As each visitor approaches the artificial sun, it perceives the human presence and activates audio files, which record various poems about the sun by Latvian poets, as well as the sounds of Latvian nature. In the meantime, a concert by the group “alejas” will be played in the Great Hall of the Riga Culture Palace “Ziemeļblāzma”. On the other hand, in the cultural space “Strops” (Pļavniekos) you will be able to watch the magic trick show “White Night Magic”.
About White Night
White Night is a contemporary cultural forum organized and financed by Riga Municipality in cooperation with Latvian cultural organizations, involving Latvian and foreign artists. A more comprehensive program of the White Night is available on the website www.baltanakts.lv and on the Facebook page “Rīga vaņa”.
White Night in Riga is part of the international project White Nights of Europe, which was initiated by five European capitals – Brussels, Madrid, Paris, Riga and Rome. Currently, cities around the world have joined this network. The idea of the White Night is to make contemporary art more accessible to citizens, by involving interested parties in diverse art events one night a year.
Referring to the European Year of Youth declared by the EU, this year’s White Night cultural activities and events highlight such topics as participation, equality and inclusion, sustainability, well-being, a greener and more digital Europe, and the physical and mental health of young people.
