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 […]
Open Call for Papers Proceedings of the Art Museum of Estonia: TECHNICAL ART HISTORY – TECHNICS OF ART HISTORY? The time that divides the origin of the object from the present, and the distancing from the art object that the theory-ridden art historical approach often brings forth problems in understanding the object. Here, technical art […]
SHARE #1 Conference *A two day global dialogue on issues in doctoral studies and artistic research* Helsinki , Finland, Friday 4 – Saturday 5 November 2011 The first SHARE annual Conference will take place in Helsinki Friday 4 – Saturday 5 November 2011, hosted by the Finnish Academy of Fine Art. *SHARE #1* examines the […]
Conference: *ROMANTIC INTERMEDIALITY* Conference venue: University of Helsinki Date: 24.-26.11. 2011 Romanticism was a significant era in the definition of artistic interdisciplinarity. In Germany, Friedrich Schlegel’s concept of /universal poetry/ introduced a more synthetic awareness of arts and knowledge. In England, Coleridge’s idea of /intermedium/ put forward an idea of dynamism as a significant element […]
An international interdisciplinary conference *24-26 August 2011, University of Helsinki, Finland * *Conference venue*: University of Helsinki, Main building (Fabianinkatu 33). Literature and art mediate our experiences of the spaces and places surrounding us as well as within us. In contemporary discussion we use, besides the old term ‘landscape’, other ‘scapes’ which reflect a new […]
C a l l f o r P a p e r s : Ethics & Aesthetics of Architecture & the Environment 11th-13th July 2012 School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Newcastle University, UK ispaconference@gmail.com —- • ETHICS & AESTHETICS OF ARCHITECTURE: Invited Keynote Speakers: Andrew Ballantyne, Newcastle University • Ian Buchanan, University of Wollongong […]
Concurrent India, Helsinki Art Museum in Tennis Palace, 4.3. – 29.5.2011 Jenna Jauhiainen 31.3.2011 Currently there is an exhibition called Concurrent India in Helsinki Art Museum in Tennis Palace, and may I begin this review by saying, that it is one of the most interestingly varied exhibitions I have been to in a year or […]
HENVI Science Days on Interdisciplinary Environmental Research and Teaching – Why Does Society Need Environmental Research? 7th -8th April in the Main building of the University of Helsinki, Fabianinkatu 33. The HENVI Sience Days on will gather together researchers, students, authorities, politicians and representatives of the business sector to discuss the use of the environmental […]
Winter is the season of survival, and as such is not devoid of suffering. The weather conditions of Helsinki have struck me hard after a year without experiencing northern european winter. I had forgotten that it becomes impossible to “hang out” outside during the winter months in Helsinki, for me at least. Sunny side of […]