Riga - European Capital of Culture 2014 candidate

tensityskycurrentfutureaustras koksblue mushroomamber roadspirituallifesequelprocessresinwhiteredblackocean war spirit ideakult[rix]Kult[rix] designates the cultural space, cultural territory ofRiga that embraces both traditions and innovations, combinesforms of daily life with the elitist and the professional, merges thelocal into the global and hides many yet undiscovered things. Thenotion Kult[rix] in Riga’s project denotes a new understanding ofculture marked by three basic principles or keys:• Creative abilities;• Expansion of borders (broadening of the understanding ofthe notion of culture through close interaction with other fields);• New forms of interaction.In implementing the project of the European Capital of Culture,Riga intends to call into being the new, broadened through Kult[rix]understanding of the notion of culture already before 2014 andensure the further development of this ‘platform’ after 2014, establishingit as a well-known hallmark of processes and events thatchange the way of thinking, based on perception of culture as acreator of added value, creative industries and all other fields andthe driving force of sustainable development of the city. Kult[rix]is a scheme of thinking, a set of tools contained in each eventin the programme of the year of the European Capital of Culture.earthseapastphysicalcauseAdventures of Austraskoks* in the world of force majeure (*a symbol of dawn in Latvian pagan tradition) | Egils Mednis19