Sižets FOLD, 3. oktobris, 2013 — Pasaulē aizvien populārākas kļūst vietas, kur radošo industriju pārstāvji var tikties un attīstīt atvērtā koda, dizaina un ražošanas produktus. Pēdējā desmitgadē aktuāls ir kļuvis «Fab Lab» koncepts. Plašāk par «Fab Lab» un savu pieredzi tajā stāsta Irīna Špičaka. «Fab Lab» ir izgatavošanas laboratorija (fabrication laboratory) — publiski pieejama darbnīca, kurā…

Interview for FOLD, July 15, 2013 — Beginning at an underground club in Andrejsala, it took seven years to develop an idea about a Latvian electronic music label with an active music community with its own record studio in Brasa. …

Article for Veto Magazine #25, February 2013 — The method of 3D projection mapping was born at the moment when the need for a new level of space in electronic audio visual performances met the initiative of visual performance artists. …

Article for Veto Magazine #24, December 2012 — Metascreen — a device, used in three different projects, which has changed the classical screen. A freelance author Irina Spicaka of the Veto magazine investigates digital media trends — outsized projections and real-time performances. It is generally considered that a screen is a flat quadrangle in proportion of 4:3 or…

Report by Krisjanis Rijnieks and Irina Spicaka, July 2013 — Creative Coding for Live Visuals in Helsinki was a project initiated by Irina Spicaka and was organized in cooperation with the Pixelache platform and the AAVE festival. …

Report by Krisjanis Rijnieks and Irina Spicaka, April 2, 2013 — Resonate is a platform for networking, information, knowledge sharing and education. It brings together distinguished, world class artists with an opportunity of participating in a forward-looking debate on the position of technology in art and culture. This is the second year when this festival is held in Belgrade-Serbia. Resonate festival…

Report by Irina Spicaka, February 15, 2013 — As said on the festival web-site, Transmediale is a Berlin-based festival and year-round project that draws out new connections between art, culture and technology. It has an exhibition programme, that presents thematically curated works in combination with a selection of entries from an annual call of works. There are also…