# Art + communication 2004

> Art + Communication 2004 in Riga, the final event in the Trans-cultural Mapping series. Presenting Timeland with Even Westvang and visiting Piens.

- Page: https://www.elasticspace.com/2004/10/art-communication/
- Author: Timo Arnall (https://www.elasticspace.com/)
- Section: Notes (https://www.elasticspace.com/notes/)
- Published: 2004-10-06
- Updated: 2026-07-05
- Tags: Art, Conference, Even Westvang, GPS, Locative Media, Mapping, Media, Research
- Site map for agents: https://www.elasticspace.com/llms.txt

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A trip to Limbazi in northern Latvia, for the opening of the [Piens](http://locative.x-i.net/piens/info.html) (‘milk’) project, milk routes through the EU, mapped through the personal stories of the people along them. GPS used as a storytelling tool rather than a location tool.

*Art + Communication 2004 was organised by [RIXC](http://rixc.lv/) in Riga, Latvia, October 2004, the final event in the [Trans-cultural Mapping workshop series](https://www.elasticspace.com/2004/07/iceland-inside-out/) that had been running since spring. [Even Westvang](https://web.archive.org/web/20040615233437/http://www.polarfront.org:80/) and I presented our [Timeland](https://www.elasticspace.com/timeland/) project during the three-day conference and exhibition.*

![Art + Communication 2004 conference in Riga, Latvia](https://www.elasticspace.com/images/art-communication/artcommunication01.jpg)

*Art + Communication 2004 conference in Riga, Latvia*

I’ve made a large [photo set](http://www.flickr.com/photos/timo/sets/18602/) at Flickr, and we’ve been using the tag [art+communication](http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/artcommunication/) for collaborative documentation.

The Piens trip was a good example of GPS being used as a storytelling tool, a way of opening personal stories in a documentary process.

![Documentary photography from the Piens project in Limbazi, Latvia](https://www.elasticspace.com/images/art-communication/artcommunication02.jpg)

*Documentary photography from the Piens project in Limbazi, Latvia*

A big thankyou to the RIXC lot, and everyone involved.