Street art has been pouring out on the streets of Finland during the last couple of years. But for it to gain the status as an art form has been a long and rocky road. The issue covers different sides of street art from graffiti to performance.
Christine Langinauer & Sini Mononen Street art has been pouring out on the streets of Finland during the last couple of years. But for it to gain the status as an art form has been a long and rocky road. Migrating from New York, street art harbored in Finland during the 1980s. It came together […]
Ljiljana Radosevic Putting street art into any serious discussion is quite a difficult undertaking. First and foremost because of the fact that there is not a clear delineation of what street art might represent in all its wideness. Secondly because understanding this phenomenon is easiest for those who practice street art, produce new meanings, and […]
Helena Björk A few years ago, pictures of knitted pieces on lamp posts and traffic signs started showing up on the internet. I must have been looking for a simple hat pattern when I ran into one of these. On the surface a silly craze, there was something about the phenomenon that kept teasing my […]
Jenna Jauhiainen Things on the streets of Helsinki have changed in the last few years. In 2008, the Stop töhryille! -project of the city of Helsinki ended, after ten years of a zero tolerance policy towards all forms of street art. I wrote about the matter here, in Finnish, in the spring of 2008, six […]
Teksti: Tuomas Jääskeläinen Kuvat: Helsinki Graffiti Spinner: Hip Hop Don’t Stop. Huopalahti, 1984–5 Graffiti tuli Suomeen break-tanssin mukana. Syksyllä 1984 saivat ensi-iltansa Beat Street ja Breakdancing -elokuvat. Helsingin tanssiopisto aloitti breikin opettamisen samana syksynä. Tanssiopiston tunneilla tavannut jengi muodosti ensimmäisen hip hop -yhteisön. Toiset keskittyivät tanssimaan, joku kiinnostui erityisesti musiikista, toisia graffiti veti puoleensa, mutta […]
Veera Jalava A few years ago I started an experimental project in which I aimed to discover and test innovative approaches to teaching seniors through street art. Today this project has developed into a fulltime job. However, it is still a work in progress. In the following article I will address and describe the process […]
Kalle Turakka-Purhonen Länsiväylä is a Helsinki based and focused open art group. It was founded in 2007 with the car window washing happening Länsiväylä in Ruoholahti, Helsinki. The event has since become annual. Länsiväylä’s second piece the Pyöräilykaista (Bike lane) was a more established one. It was done in co-operation with the Huuto-galleries and Kiasma’s […]
Jarkko Vikberg EASA (European Architecture Students Assembly) on vuosittain eri maissa järjestettävä arkkitehtiopiskelijoiden arkkitehtuurifestivaali. Heinäkuussa 2012 EASA toi Helsingin Suvilahteen 500 arkkitehtiopiskelija yli 42 maasta ja 240 arkkitehtuurikoulusta ympäri Eurooppaa. Helsingin EASA -tapahtuman teemana oli Wastelands. Intensiivinen, kahden viikon tapahtuma keskittyi maailman takapihojen, joutomaiden ja hukkatilojen nykytilaan sekä niiden mahdollisuuksiin. Ohjelmassa oli mukana seminaareja, verkostoitumistapahtumia […]
Mika Helin Kalasataman luvallista graffitiaitaa (Kuva: MH). Kirjoituksessa luon katsauksen kahteen keskeiseen, mutta toisistaan poikkeavaan kansainväliseen luvallisen graffitin tapaukseen: ”tapaus Bruggeen” (Belgia) ja ”tapaus The 5Poinziin” (NYC, USA). Tapauksien on tarkoitus kansainvälisinä esimerkkeinä taustoittaa ja herättää keskustelua Helsingissä sijaitsevien Suvilahden ja Kalasataman luvallisten graffitiaitojen elinkaaren eri vaiheissa, niin luvallisen graffitin kaupunginosakohtaisissa käynnistymisvaiheissa kuin mahdollisessa Kalasataman […]
Irmeli Hautamäki Since the 80’ bigger and smaller towns in Finland have been invaded by a generation who make and use graffiti. As a result various kinds of graffiti, stickers and wall paintings have become a permanent part of urban space. The urban generation has adjusted to public space in a different way than the […]