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.
STREET ART – FROM GUTTER TO GALLERY
Christine Langinauer & Sini Mononen Street art has been pouring out on the streets of Finland during the last couple of years. But for it
URBAN PROBLEM: HOW TO EVALUATE ANONYMOUS STREET ART AS ART?
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
LUVALLINEN GRAFFITI MUUTOKSESSA
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
KINETIC GRAFFITI – LIIKUTELTAVAA SEINÄMAALAUSTA
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
BY LÄNSIVÄYLÄ
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
SENIOR GRAFFITI – On an innovative participatory project among the elderly
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
KUN GRAFFITI TULI HELSINKIIN. NÄMÄ PIISSIT MUUTTIVAT KAUPUNGIN, HELSINKI 1984–88
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
FIVE PENNIES FOR STREET ART – A QUICK LOOK AT THE ART OF THE STREETS OF HELSINKI IN 2012
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
YARN MATTERS
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
STREET ART AND THE WAY IT HAS BEEN REAPPROPRIATED: PROBLEMS OF TERMINOLOGY AND INDEPENDENCE
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