Open Source ideas -- that has its origins in the scientific and computer programming communities, where research is shared within a network for the common advancement of the field -- will be used to set up the context for the RAM5 workshop in Riga.

The aim of the workshop is to investigate into how the Open Source concept, applied in contemporary practice of architecture, locative art and streaming media, can turn closed systems into open-ended narratives**. It also aims to explore how the Open Source concept changes the notion about copyright and intellectual property, facilitates free access to the (media) content, and promotes enhancement of the public domain - leading a step closer towards an interactive, shared and collaborative practice of copyright-free culture.

The 5th RAM workshop entitled "Open Source Media Architecture" will take place from May 4th to 9th, 2004 in Riga, Latvia, organised by the RIXC.