MetaMind
The Physics of Imagination
Twelve days exploring imagination not as a soft skill, but as a real, observable, trainable force — moving from personal intuition through scientific thinking to shared creation. How do ideas take shape? How does the mind work? And what does it mean to think creatively in a world shaped by algorithms?
Twelve days, one question: how do ideas take shape?
Each day began with two group sessions built around a core theme, followed by afternoon Studios & Labs and evening open activities — guided by clear thematic questions and enriched by workshops, sport and structured free time.
All Studios & Labs followed a project-based format. Campers worked in focused teams, developing ideas step by step with the guidance of mentors. Each studio culminated in a tangible outcome — a prototype, performance, installation, design proposal or built project — shared at the Open House.
Afternoons also included structured Free Time Options: sports games, outdoor activities, creative workshops, music sessions and science-based explorations — time to reset, pursue individual interests and connect informally with peers.
For campers in the boarding programme, each day continued with a curated Evening Programme on campus or outdoors — team challenges, creative gatherings, discussions, games, film screenings or relaxed social time. Quiet time began at 22:30.
A day inside MetaMind
Typical MetaMind Day
EIS Campus · Boarding & day campers- 8:30–10:00Wake-up & Welcome Time — morning sports, dance & yoga options
- 8:30–9:45Breakfast
- 10:00–10:30Morning Circle
- 10:30–11:30🧠 Group Session 1
- 12:00–13:00🧠 Group Session 2
- 13:00–14:00Lunch
- 14:00–15:00Free Time · Sports & Workshops
- 15:00–17:00🎨 Studios & Labs
- 17:15–17:30Evening Circle
- 17:30–18:30Sports & Open Air Options
- 19:00Dinner & Boarding Evening Programme
- 22:30Quiet Time
Weekend Adventures in Riga · 11–12 July
Saturday · 11 July
Sunday · 12 July
Five studios, one shift
Alongside the shared daily sessions, every camper picked one studio and went deep in it for the whole shift — building real skills with real instructors, working towards the Open House. A behind-the-scenes look:
Five studios ran across MetaMind:
VJing & Animation
Campers built their own visual language — hand-drawn frames scanned and mixed live, loops synced to music and projected big, blending animation with live visual performance.
Sculpture & Photo
Working with clay, wire and found materials, campers shaped physical objects — then lit and photographed them like real subjects. Making an idea something you can hold, and something you can frame.
Dance
No auditions, no cuts: campers built choreography together from scratch, turning the shift's big questions into movement, and performed it live at the Open House.
Science
Real hands-on experiments, not demonstrations — campers ran labs testing how thinking, perception and algorithms actually work, turning MetaMind's big questions into things they could measure and see.
True or False Studio
A media-literacy studio for an age of algorithms: campers investigated how images, videos and claims get made — and faked — then built their own examples to test each other on real vs. generated.
A creative journey
Studios Intro & Choice
Explore studio options and choose your creative path.
Noticing Imagination at Work
Observe and document your own imaginative process.
Translating Ideas into Form
Move from concept to material — making the invisible visible.
Authorship and Choice
Who makes decisions in your work? Developing creative voice.
Personal Voice
Finding what is distinctly yours in how you think and create.
When Curiosity Becomes Method
Research as a creative act — develop your own expressive system.
Creativity Through Movement
Embodied making — what the body knows before the mind.
Designing Meaningful Outcomes
What do you want your work to do in the world?
Beauty in the Eye of the Thinker
Aesthetics, perception and personal vision.
Final Session & Exhibition Prep
Cross-studio sharing, guest visits and final touches for Open House.
Open House
"Sharing How Thinking and Imagination Become Action"
Participants presented their Studios & Labs work, shared discoveries from the shift, and celebrated what they created — individually and together.
End of Camp
Want a summer like this?
The next shifts are already taking shape — same spirit, new questions. Ages 3–17, English environment, Jūrmala & EIS Campus.