The Finnish Doctoral Programme in Art History and The Finnish Doctoral Programme for Literary Studies will organize international conference Imagined Worlds – Worldmaking in Arts and Literature, 21-23, August 2013 at the University of Helsinki. CALL FOR PAPERS: IMAGINED WORLDS – WORLDMAKING IN ARTS AND LITERATURE The conference /Imagined Worlds/ will focus on the imagined […]
Jenna Jauhiainen 11.10.2012 The days are growing shorter, the temperatures decrease and it is time to discuss youtube as a source of art. In answering the question ”how many videos are on youtube?” the admins put the amount of content in a rather poetic form: 48 hours of video uploaded every minute, resulting in nearly […]
Helsinki Photography Biennial on Valokuvataiteilijoiden liiton järjestämä tapahtuma, jossa esitellään uutta valokuvataidetta. Vuoden 2012 teemana on kaupunki ja urbaani. Valokuvaus ja kaupunki kuuluvat toisilleen. Valokuvalla ei oikeastaan – yhtä vähän kuin ihmisilläkään – ole ulospääsyä kaupungista. Se syntyi kaupunkiin, ja siellä se on myös koko olemassaolonsa ajan hakenut paikkaansa. Valokuva muuttaa todellisuutta tarinoiksi, jotka ovat […]
Artishok press release 14.02.2012 In a situation where Estonian art world is struggling for the preservation of the most basic functions – art education – it is a mixed feeling to announce that the next Artishok Biennale will take place October 10th-20th 2012 in Contemporary Museum of Art, Estonia, Tallinn. Artishok Biennale is an experimental […]
Making Space and Place with Geometry Symposium organized by Shoji Kato Saturday, 11th of February, 2012 13:00 – 18:30 Auditorium, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Kaikukatu 4, 00530 Helsinki Finland Contact: Henri Wegelius / Doctoral Studies Programme at Finnish Academy of Fine Arts henri.wegelius@kuva.fi The notions of space and place occupy important areas of not […]
It’s all Mediating – outlining and incorporating the roles of education and curating International conference on curating and education in the exhibition context 30-31 May, 2012 Venue: Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland Invited speakers: Lindsay Fryer, U.K. Valérie Lagier, France Maria Lind, Sweden Carmen Mörsch, Switzerland Nora Sternfeld, Austria Sally Tallant, U.K. Adela […]
29.11.2011 Alexandra Meincke In this essay the concept of art as a business and item of capital value – and its circulation within the cultural sphere, will be explored. Not only have understandings of what ‘art’ constitutes changed across periods in art history, but also, the way art is valued, for whom it is produced, […]
This is pretty cool. As someone said, ”Pixels are good but chromatophores are incredible! sciencefriday.com/videos
Changing Identities and Contexts in the Arts Seminar in Helsinki September 28-29 The seminar is organized by The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts and The Finnish National Gallery and it will take place at the Ateneum art museum. It is a part of the project Changing Identities and Contexts in the Arts: Artistic Research as […]
20.8.2011 Nikolai Sadik-Ogli The 28th annual FinnFest celebration (finnfest2011.com) was held this year at the Town and Country Resort in San Diego from 10-14 August 2011. As indicated on their website, FinnFest is a non-profit event made possible by the donations and support of various sponsors and advertisers, including government, industry and business entities, under […]