Art & Science Festival Showcase2025DIVINE COMEDY BY DAGS & DANTE · PROJECT HISTORY (2020–2026)

VEF Culture Palace · Future Man 2125

“BIRTH OF FUTURE MAN / NĀKOTNES CILVĒKU DZIMŠANA” — 10 Divine Comedy Masterpieces

Displayed for two months in the neoclassical halls of the VEF Culture Palace during the 2025 'Future Man 2125' Art & Science Festival, a curated selection of 10 monumental Divine Comedy canvases examined artificial intelligence, transhumanism, and the spiritual survival of humanity.

INSTITUTION / VENUE
VEF Culture Palace (Ropažu iela 2, Riga)
CITY / COUNTRY
Riga, Latvia
EXHIBITED SCALE
10 Selected Monumental Divine Comedy Works (2-Month Run)
CURATORIAL DIRECTION
Dags Vidulejs, Elizabete Viduleja & Artūrs Bērziņš
Divine Comedy selection installed in the grand halls of VEF Culture Palace

Divine Comedy selection installed in the grand halls of VEF Culture Palace

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INSTITUTIONAL CHAPTER 07 · 2025

Curatorial Essay & Exhibition Provenance

Founded and curated by Dags Vidulejs, the 'Future Man' festival is an interdisciplinary platform uniting scientists, philosophers, AI researchers, and contemporary artists around the question of civilization's trajectory over the next century.

In May and October–November 2025 at the historic VEF Culture Palace in Riga, 10 monumental paintings from the Divine Comedy cycle — including 'Butterflies and Spiders: Artificial Intelligence', 'Eternity Life of AI', and 'Avatar Farm' — stood as visual anchors for public debates on technology and human soul.

PROVENANCE & IMPACT

Institutional Highlights

  • ✓2-month public exhibition at Latvia's premier national cultural palace (VEF)
  • ✓Direct thematic synergy between Dante's cosmology, sociology, and Artificial Intelligence
  • ✓Accompanied by public panels, video archives, and interdisciplinary performances
FOR MUSEUM DIRECTORS & CURATORS (2026–2028 TOUR)

The 'Divine Comedy by Dags & Dante' collection (50 monumental oil canvases, configurable in 15 / 30 / 50 work modules) is available for international museum touring with EU, US & national grant co-financing.

PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE · 2025

Archival Exhibition Documentation

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Divine Comedy selection installed in the grand halls of VEF Culture Palace
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Divine Comedy selection installed in the grand halls of VEF Culture Palace
Future Man 2125 Art & Science Festival opening at VEF Culture Palace
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Future Man 2125 Art & Science Festival opening at VEF Culture Palace
Monumental canvases in dialogue with classical columns at VEF Palace
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Monumental canvases in dialogue with classical columns at VEF Palace
Visitors and festival participants viewing the 10 Divine Comedy works
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Visitors and festival participants viewing the 10 Divine Comedy works
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