New media art week Update BACKUP in Liepaja is organised by Liepaja University Art Research Laboratory, MPLab in collaboration with ASTE, a foundation for Art, Science, Technology and Education, and RIXC, the center for new media culture.

Update BACKUP is for students, artists, experts, art critics and educators. The festival programme is free and open for public.

Unlike previous years, the festival programme is sequential, there will be no parallel sessions. All events will be streamed online. To take part in the discussion and workshops, please register by filling out the form (registered participants will receive MS Teams link, that they will be able to use to communicate with lecturers, presenters and workshop hosts).

To apply for the discussions and the workshop, please fill out this form:

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Update BACKUP is supported by the Creative Europe Programme of European Union, Liepaja city municipality administration, Kurzeme Planning Region, State Culture Capital Foundation and Liepaja University.