Curriculum Vitae
Andrejs Poikāns
Date and place of birth: 15th of September 1999; Riga, Latvia.
Education:
2020-present Masters of music - Sonology, Royal Conservatoire The Hague;
2017-2020 Bachelor of arts - New media art, Liepaja University;
2016-2017 Riga Commerce School;
2009-2016 Marās Muižnieces Riga School of Art;
September 2018 - February 2019 “Erasmus+” study exchange in Budapest Metropolitan University in Budapest, Hungary
Creative activity:
February 19, 2022; Live visuals for Amos Pelad and Liza Kuo, The Hague, Netherlands;
January-February, 2022; Participation in a group sound art exhibition with a quadrophonic version of an acousmatic composition “fTM” at “Liepājas Muzejs”, Liepaja, Latvia; (https://fb.me/e/2emTJTLsZ)
December 2021; Electro-acoustic composition and 3D sculpture “I used to take walks here, evading the pavement lines” for site specific augmented reality application “ART+” and new media art exhibition “EKONAUTI”, Liepaja, Latvia; (https://artplus.app/map/ , https://fb.me/e/esJEHR6BI)
September 15-21; 2021, “Let us therefore see, O human soul, whether present time can be long” exhibited in Riga, Latvia; (https://fb.me/e/2wniFCuIo)
August 14, 2021; Live electronics with Martin Hurych at festival “Bučení 4”, Lubna, Czech Republic; (http://buceni.prespolni.org/)
August 8, 2021; Live AV with Martin Hurych at SVITAVA - transmedia art lab, Brno, Czech Republic; (https://fb.me/e/18v73TKgl)
July 23, 2021; Participation in and visual id for group exhibition “Bankets II” at “DOM” gallery, Riga, Latvia; (https://www.instagram.com/p/CTy0hFkMqCM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link)
June-August 2021; A collaborative sound art installation “grain” with Dora Ramljak – exhibited in KABK, The Hague, Netherlands (June 2021); Copenhagen, Denmark (July 23, 2021); Media Mediterranea 23, Pula, Croatia (August 4, 2021, https://metamedia.hr/finalisti-zlatna-lubenica-5-0/)
June 12, 2021; “fTM” awarded as one of the best works in “Burn_Slow: Nordic-Baltic Sound and Radio Art for Mental Well-Being” electro-acoustic music and sound art competition in PIXELACHE festival, Helsinki, Finland; (https://burn.aste.gallery)
May 1, 2021; A collective live-stream music performance during “Sound Tent” festival with “Livestream Band” – Max Baraitser Smith, Andrejs Poikāns, Giulia Francavilla, Martin Hurych. The Hague, Netherlands; (http://streams.soundtent.org/2021/projects/livestream-band)
March 19, 2021; Radio show for “Orsimanirana Radio” together with Amos Peled, Hamburg, Germany; (https://radio-orsimanirana.com/p/?p=gut-shabbes)
December 10, 2020; Taking part in a group exhibition “Māksla garākai dzīvei” with a web art/calendar art/computer-instruction piece “Let us therefore see, O human soul, whether present time can be long”, Liepaja, Latvia; (https://gara.aste.gallery/viewer/LV.html)
September 9, 2020; Participation in an online group exhibition “Planting a Resort for Mental Ecology” with an audio drama/guided meditation “The Garden” as a part of Ars Electronica 2020; (https://ars.electronica.art/keplersgardens/de/mental-ecology/)
July 30, 2020; Video installation “Termināls” for “Bankets” group exhibition in “Bolderāja”, Riga, Latvia; (https://fb.me/e/dhV93RZRz)
July 26, 2020; Live visuals for concert program “Mēs bērni no trokšņu ciema” at Barona Buduārs , Riga, Latvia;
June 2020; Web gallery design for group exhibition “UNDELETED”; participation in group exhibition “UNDELETED” with an audio drama/guided meditation “The Garden” (undeleted.mplab.lv)
December 27, 2019; Audio-reactive visuals for electronics event “Portāls” in Riga, Latvia;
November 8, 2019; Live visuals for “iDisco” event at Kursas Putni, Liepaja, Latvia;
November 8-24, 2019; Participation in group exhibition “Plastic nature” with 4-channel generative sound installation based on field recordings made on the Curonian spit using Supercollider and Tidal cycles;
September 27 - October 20, 2019; "lost in google translation" exhibited at "Great Amber" concert hall, exhibition – “Starpliktuvē”, Liepaja, Latvia;
September 16-24, 2019; “Symposium on Baltic Media Art: 1989-2020. Cracks and Continuities” in Nida, Lithuania. Making of a group sound performance “Unravel” based on the field recordings made on the Curonian spit during the symposium;
September 11, 2019; Group performance “Parādīšu tev bildes aplaistīsim jautājumus man ir dažas atbildes” during the annual poetry festival “Poetry days” with live audio reactive visuals in Rainis and Aspazija museum, Riga, Latvia;
August 17, 2019; Organization and participation in music and arts festival “Laukā” with live visuals for Henrijs Poikāns composition “Music of change” for violin, cello, double bass, bassoon, electric guitar, clarinet, keyboard in Dunalka, Latvia;
May 2019; Group exhibition at “Ziemeļblāzma” culture centre with interactive installation “Veil” in Riga, Latvia;
April 29 - May 5, 2019; Participation in “Sound days” festival in Liepaja, Latvia –live music performance together with Gustavs Lociks under the moniker “2,147,483,647”; sound art installation “~” together with Sintija Plāce;
May 25-31, 2018; Participation in “Sound Days” festival in Liepaja, Latvia –Video mapping installation together with Sintija Plāce and Līga Vēliņa;
February 27, 2017; Directing, visuals, live electronics for a performance project “PPP” at the opening of group exhibition “Roots and apexes” guided by Vilnis Henrihsons at Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia;
Talks/workshops:
August 30, 2021; Conducting a field recording workshop for kids together with Krista Dintere at “Zinātnes un izglītības inovāciju centra (ZIIC) koprades telpa Dabas māja”, Liepaja, Latvia; (https://www.liepaja.lv/zinatnes-un-izglitibas-inovaciju-centrs-aicina-uz-meistarklasem/)(description of the workshop in Latvian available here)
May 2021; Conducting a workshop about field recordings for kids in The European School The Hague together with students from the Royal Conservatoire The Hague;
April 30, 2021; Participation in the online edition of “European Night of Science”(Eiropas Zinātnieku Nakts) conference with a video presentation titled “Commodities and copies: a conversations with objects” (Komodifikācija, kopija un sarunas ar preikšmetiem) as a research fellow of MPLab, Liepaja University; (https://mplab.lv/lv/notikumi/0/471/)
Residencies/extra-educational programmes:
March 14-18, 2022; Participation in a workshop guided by Katarina Petrović titled “Organization of Knowledge”, Art-Science interfaculty, The Hague, Netherlands;
March 2021; Taking part in a Field Recording workshop guided by Justin Bennett at the Royal Conservatoire The Hague;
April 29 - May 5, 2019; Taking part in Supercollider/Live coding workshop guided by Patrick Borgeat, Juan A. Romero, Liepaja, Latvia;
May 25-31, 2018; Taking part in field recording/deep listening workshop guided by William “Bilwa” Costa and Michael R. McDermott, Liepaja, Latvia;
September 2017; Participation in “iWeek - Fast Forward” new media art festival, Workshop: Adri Schokker “Virtual Photographic Depths” in Liepaja University art research center “MPLab” - 3D scanning practice and immersive environment development for virtual reality;
September 2016; Riga International Film festival – critical thinking in cinema, youth programme
November 2015; Participation in international exchange project for young artists at Mons, Belgium.
Professional and voluntary experience:
March 2021-present; "Crawl space" experimental music venue – part of the organization team (sound engineering, design), The Hague, Netherlands;
July 2021; Web design for "Bučení 4" experimental music festival;
July 2020 – March 2021; Poster and visual id design for new media arts workshop series “Open Lab“, Liepaja, Latvia;
August 8-9, 2020; Organization of experimental music and arts event “Laukā Laukā”, Dunalka, Latvija;
June-September 2018; Guide at Riga International Biennale of Contemporary Art - “RIBOCA1”;
October 2017; Voluntary work at RIXC Art and Science Festival "Virtualities and Realities”.
contact: andrejs.poikans@gmail.com