Media Programme application pre-task online!

• In 2009 they planned a global tenth anniversary celebration of mankind’s presence in Mars.
• In 2010 they created a concept for a digital sports game.
• In 2011 they designed a campaign to fight overweight and obesity.
• In 2012 they will arrange a global 24 hour party before the disastrous astroid hits Earth.

They are applicants of IMP, our international interactive media programme.

Application period for the international degree programmes of Finnish UAS is January 9 to February 14 2012.
For the Degree Programme in Media it is not enough that applicants fill in the online form, they also have to complete and send by the deadline a pre-task with two assignments.

The 60 eligible applicants having most points will be invited to the entrance exam 17th or 18th April, and finally 20 of them will start their Bachelor of Culture and Arts studies at Finlayson Campus right in the centre of Tampere in August.

The focus of the four year programme is in interactive media content design and production. The students learn about current digital media issues and they specialise in visual design, interaction design or project management.
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Observations about Visibility

As I was teaching scriptwriting to the Film & TV students last Monday and Tuesday, I noticed something strange. The assignment was to write a short dialogue scene between two unnamed people, A and B. Each student could decide what kind of people these two characters were.
To my surprise, most of the students wrote scenes between two male characters. One group of about 20 students, for instance, had only two scripts with a female character. I asked the students if they had noticed the invisibility of women in their scenes, and they themselves seemed also surprised by the result.

This reminded me of many of the projects made by the media students. Not that females are altogether missing in those as a potential target group, but in many projects all people over 35 years have seemed to be strangely absent as intended users.
Again, I have asked for the reasons for this phenomenon. The answers I got were mostly that middle-aged and elderly people do not use computers, or mobile devices, or tablet computers. They don't read or write blogs either, or play casual games, or flock in social media such as the Facebook. It seems that this mysterious group is not watching television, either. Perhaps they really don't exist at all?

Okay, perhaps I've made my point clear.

I know that it is a big temptation to run along and do exactly like all others are doing, especially if you're in a hurry and the deadline is getting near. But there should be always a little time to step back for a while and to think things over. Is this really my target group? Am I missing or not seeing something that would or should be worth noticing? Are the things the teacher or some other authority is telling contradictory to my actual experience?

I really do expect you to tell me that I'm wrong or very inaccurate with these observations.

Tahra&Ylhäisi - Working space part 3: Lunch break

Art act "Tahra&Ylhäisi - Working space part 3: Lunch break" was performed at Finlayson campus cafe on Tuesday November 29th.

"Tahra&Ylhäisi - Working space part 1" was performed last February by Tea Tahra and Elina Ylhäisi at Ikuinen Gallery, where these two second year Fine Art students worked for one week. Gallery space was transformed as a working space and art exhibition space at the same time. Presence of the two art students pushed the event towards an art act or art show. 

The duo continued working together and in spring 2011 their second production "Tahra&Ylhäisi - Working space part 2" was performed at a cultural club called "We were strangers", which took place in Tampere Klubi. In that art show / act Tahra&Ylhäisi brought their working space for a couple of minutes to the centre of  a club evening.

In their third event the duo had lunch with other people in the cafe. 

Tahra&Ylhäisi have made experimental shows combining different two-and three-dimensional art forms.

More info: http://tahraylhaisi.blogspot.com/

IMP now on Facebook!

Our international media programme (Degree Programme in Media) students have always had several groups on Facebook, but the programme has not until now had an official page on Facebook.

But now we are there! Media students Tuomas Lecklin and Mikko Haverila did the great job to create the page, which is now welcoming you at https://www.facebook.com/tamkmedia

The page contains information about the programme (and more will come), twitter feed, blog feed and photographs. The page was created for at three reasons:

• to give all editions of IMP a general insight of what other media students do
• to give applicants a window to IMP and an easy forum for questions
• to give our partners an uncomplicated way of seeing what our students can do

All Artmedia blog readers are warmly welcome on our page! Please try clicking on the Like button :-)

Ikuinen Galleria's Christmas Sale!

7.-11.12.2011

Every day 12-18

Finlaysoninkuja 3

33200 Tampere

Traditional Ikuinen Galleria Christmas Sale will be 7.-11.12. This is a great time to buy individual gifts and support local art.

There will be paintings, crafts, cards, photographs etc. All prices are decent.

Opening Wed 7th of Dec 4-6pm

There will be hot glogg!

Cash only!

Welcome!

PS. This year we will take part for Aamulehti`s Christmas Sale at Tamperetalo on Sat 10th of Dec 11am-3pm.

Christmas Sale on Facebook

Ikuinen Gallery on Facebook

Ikuinen Gallery

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Ikuinen gallery is a contemporary art project space located in the old factory complex Finlayson in central Tampere. The gallery is run by a board of fine art students in Tampere UAS School of Art and Media as part of their study program. Ikuinen gallery’s main focus is in presenting interesting and high quality student work, whereas work from other art school students and teachers as well as visiting artists are regularly also at show. 

More info:

ikuinengalleria@tamk.fi

IMP Pikkujoulu-Party report: my absolutely fabulous students

"Pikkujoulu" is a Finnish pre-Christmas party tradition. All companies, associations and other communities arrange their Pikkujoulu-parties during the four weeks before the Christmas break.

Our International Media Programme does not have ancient traditions because only third year is running, but arranging an IMP-Pikkujoulu is the self-evident obligation and privilege of first year students.

Having participated in some hundred Pikkujoulus over the decades I'm not too exited about them anymore. But this party made a difference, the ambience was something really special. Good humour, welcoming atmosphere, friendship was tangible. Many Pikkujoulu-parties rely on excessive use of alcohol and a show routine.  This party succeeded leaning on good food and lovely people.

Noora Honkaniemi, Laura Räsänen and Lukas Kallenbach of the muffins team

The 11IMPs prepared the party for weeks, and all Friday you could feel the tempting aroma of baking at Demola and TTVO café.

No snow yet, but the Kuusivooninkinen building was very welcoming

The party was arranged at Demola, where IMPs daytime work in multidisciplinary teams in cooperation with companies. Demola is at Finlayson, next to TAMK School of Art and Media.

The cakes were fantastic, "took the tongue with them" as Finns say

The spring rolls were genuine Chinese!

Good food is essential for well-being, the 11IMPs have discovered. With the exception of gingerbread everything was self-made with love. Being a vegetarian I often leave parties hungry, but not in this case. I must remember to ask for the spring rolls recipe to be able to surprise my family and friends!

Christmas hats was the dress code, but ladies also surprised with their gorgeous dresses

Happy faces Caroline Liu  Chang, Lukas Kallenbach, Emilia Kwiatkowska
and Heli Härkönen

The exchange students were of course also invited

Analysing photos and music, testing

This party didn't require games and shows. But since IMPs consider learning and working is fun, we spent happily 15 minutes to do testing for one of the 30 projects run by our students and exchange students at Demola.

Minna Eloranta was one of the main producers of the party
and also celebrated her birthday. "Thank you all for the GREAT party!
It was amazing how the whole class worked as a team to organize a
fantastic xmas-get together :)" she wrote on the 11IMP FB wall.

Also interaction design students of the old Media Programme in Finnish
were there. Pictured Juho Jorhonen and Juha Tapanila and the Arcade Games

Three IMP editions selecting the music: 11Daria Adamitskaya, 09Antti  Kareinen
and 10Mikko Haverila. And they found Rolling Stones to please their professor!

More photographs to see here.

So thanks 11IMPs, other IMPs, old Media Programme and exchange students! I'm already looking forward to participate in the pikkujoulu hosted by the 12IMPs!

Story: Cai Melakoski
Head of our international Degree Programme in Media
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Sleepless in Prague

In September 2011 ten TTVO students joined a team of ten fellow students from College of Media and Journalism in favor of attending History is not Silent -workshop held in the spectacular city of Prague.

There is a blog story about the workshop, which was written earlier by Vesa Rantanen. However, I felt like putting some of my Prague photos together and make a causal video clip just to recall those days working hard and having some good nights out. One more big Thanks to our wonderful Czech hosts.

Pump up the volume, set the video on HQ and see the video here.


P.s. I lost some of my materials due to an accident. Please forgive me if any student’s photo is missing from the clip. Two big kisses if that is the case XX

Story: Amir Abdi

Amir is student of our international Degree Programme in Media
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"24 hours in Tampere" in Istanbul, Graz, Novi Sad

GUEST POST BY RICHARD VICKERS

24.hours.in Tampere (www.24-hours.in) is an interactive documentary project exploring new opportunities for participation, collaboration and the potential democratisation of documentary production. With reference to Dziga Vertov’s seminal 1929 documentary film ‘Man with a Movie Camera’, the aim is for the project to document the city, the people that live there and their daily lives.

The initial 24.hours.in Tampere prototype was produced at the Tampere Art Factory International Week, hosted by TAMK School of Arts & Media in April 2011. I ran an interactive documentary workshop, working with students from TAMK, to produce a collaborative, participatory, experimental documentary project centred on 24-hours in Tampere.

At TAF Tampere
The workshop participants were encouraged to embrace Vertov’s pioneering avant-garde approach to filmmaking, utilising camera phones and available devices to capture “life caught unawares”.  IMP students Jani Ilomaki, Robert Niva, Vaidotas Ambrozaitis and Guanjun Liu strolled the city, capturing scenes of everyday life, the cleaning of the streets after the long winter, going for lunch, political elections; providing a fascinating insight into aspects of everyday life in Tampere for viewers wide and far.

At ISEA, Istanbul
I presented the initial project and a paper on the democratization of documentary at the International Symposium on Electronic Arts (ISEA) in Istanbul in September, the project was very well received by the audience and the feedback was fantastic.

Trent Pancy, Richard Vickers, Anna-Kaisa Nässi, Erika Kim

At MindTrek, Tampere
In September I returned to Tampere to attend the Mindtrek conference and demonstrate the 24-hours.in Tampere project. During my visit I had the opportunity to once again to work with IMP students, Anna-Kaisa Nässi, Trent Pancy, Vesa Rantanen, Erika Kim and Tuomas Mikola enthusiastically taking on roles as documentary filmmakers. It was a fantastic opportunity to get more footage of life in Tampere, adding more video content to the project and continuing to build up a collective view of the city.My colleague at the Lincoln School of Media, James Field, has continued to develop the infrastructure for the project and since my first visit we have implemented FFmpeg on the server to automate the encoding process of the videos.

At WSYA Festival, Graz
Despite a few technical problems the new content was added using the online submission and encoding system and the updated version of the project is now viewable online. The project was recently presented at the EADiM Academic conference in Graz, Austria during the WSYA event there and continues to gain lots of attention around the world.

To VIEDOMEDEJA, Novi Sad
The most recent good news we have received is that 24-hours.in Tampere has been selected for the 15th International Video Festival VIDEOMEDEJA, in Novi Sad, Serbia that will take place in December http://videomedeja.org/

Kiitos to everyone who has been involved so far, there is still more video footage to add and the project is in continuous development, we hope that more students from TAMK will become involved with 24-hours.in Tampere – an interactive documentary!

Best wishes from England, hope to see you all soon

Richard 

Richard Vickers
Lincoln School of Media
University of Lincoln
United Kingdom

www.24-hours.in
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IMPD printing shirts with silk screens

On Thursday evening the IMPDesign people held a highly anticipated silk screen printing session. A few of us had already been to the demonstration lesson to know what to do with the equipment, and the rest learned as we worked on the designs. 

First the desired design was printed on a transparency

Tero was ahead of us and already printed at a good pace

Test paper became a statement...

Washing the paint covered equipment

Making sure that the transparencies are aligned

Adjusting the shirt straight before printing

The newest designs ready to be "light exposed"

Washing older designs clean of paint

Lukas keeping watch while others wash...

And of course, one shouldn't forget to use gloves (or which hand is which)!

Another shirt ready to be printed

Hair dryers helped the paint dry faster

After the paint was dry, it was time for ironing!

Awesome shirts were now ready to be worn!

The IMPD will probably hold another printing session next week for those who missed the first one. Be sure to check out our Facebook site to keep track on what's going on!


Story and pictures: Heidi Mäenpää

Photography Workshop Exhibition

A number of IMP(Media) students and many from other degrees took part in a Photography Workshop recently. It was a one week intensive course and the results of it were many nice pictures, abused school equipment and slightly more educated students. So, work well done, I'd say.

We learned more about the use of lighting in a studio and also how it affects shooting outdoors. The 15 best pictures were chosen by each of the three groups created within the course and we had a feedback session on them, describing how they were shot, what changes we made in Photoshop afterwards as well as the idea behind them.

3 from each group were chosen as the very best and that means you now have 9 pictures to look at when you enter the Finlayson campus. Our exhibition is right there in the "Washing drum" of the building's main entrance. It's free and it will remain there until December 3rd. Welcome!

What we've come to call "The Baboon Shot". Although it looks more like a gorilla.

Exhibition Info:

                 Photography Workshop Exhibition
                 "Washing Drum" of the TTVO campus
                 Finlaysoninkatu 7
                 Open Mon-Fri, 8 AM to 6 PM
               
Story: Vasia Tolou
Picture: Vasia Tolou. The Baboon Shot was taken by someone in our group.

Sanna Kuisma's post on the Workshop: Goodbye to camera's automatic settings at Photography Workshop!

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Winning the Demola mid-term pitching event… Why not?

From Demola Academy kick-off in September

Shaking hands, sweat of fear and trembling voice were the things you could see a lot yesterday during the Demola Academy NADC pitching event.

All the projects currently under development in Demola were divided into five groups. My team that is working on “New Factory – How did the story go?”  a.k.a. making a video for Demola project was placed in the public services section with 5 other teams – “Open Light – Movie teaser”, “The Story of Heikki”, “Utilization of FC Haka stadium”, “Local food from your local store” and “Kampuskauppa”. It was a nice and warm feeling among all of us, many familiar faces, lots of IMP students and Media exchange students.

With such good competition Ilkka Sallinen and I had to step it up and first of all relax because everything is so much better when you are just having fun with the pitch. Seeing our team members Lena, Benedikt and Lauri in the audience and some preparation in advance made us confident and eased us out.

By the time we had to step on the finalists’ stage my head was clear. We had nothing to lose. No stress, no sweat, no shaking hands. Overcoming the lack of a working clicker we started and in 1 min 31 sec gave it all. We had fun. And we won.

Story: Emilija Veselova
Emilija is student of our international Degree Programme in Media
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Mama Africa

Friday was another beautiful day to be a TTVO student. Cai arranged a FREE (to TTVO students) screening of Mika Kaurismäki's Documentary, Mama Africa. The story of Miriam Makeba, a singer from South Africa who, through her music, brought together the hearts and souls of South Africans, Black Americans, and countless other members of Caribbean and African spirits.

Over 70 students and faculty gathered to watch and learn about Miriam's story of music, exile, foreign success, and her impact on people throughout the world. The movie is not simply any other documentary, but it is a story about a passionate person, told through passionate and moving images.

For all of the IMP's, Media Exchange Students, and TTVO Staff, we were all moved. We all left the theater with a song in our heart, and a little bit more appreciation for music that comes from the soul. Anyone who has seen the movie will be singing "Pata Pata" all night long.

Another successful outing with the IMP Department. Lets hope they keep happening!

Story: Trent Pancy
Trent is student of our international Degree Programme in Media
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IMP @ TechNet

TechNet is an event organized by Microsoft and it was held on the 15th of November at the Finlandia Hall in Helsinki. The place was crowded with the professionals of the ICT industry and everyone seemed to be excited to learn new things at the seminars as well as meeting both old and new friends! The main theme of the day was, not so surprisingly, Windows Phone as a platform.

In the beginning of the day you could either choose a track to follow for the rest of the day or switch between seminars according to your interests. I followed a track called the Windows Phone UX Tour, and I could not be happier for doing so!

First the lecturer introduced many interesting and useful design principles, brainstorming techniques and ideation methods. Then they were applied to a real Windows Phone application to enhance the user experience of the product. It was amazing to see how much just the design can change the usability experience of an application. And let’s face it; no matter what features your application has, nobody wants to use it if it is badly designed and has a poor user experience. In the afternoon we were also shown the process of creating a Windows Phone application from scratch to finish. Much information to absorb for one day!

Before I headed back Tampere I also visited a consumer event organized by Microsoft, Hello Helsinki! at the Vanha Yliopistotalo. There I met our street team from TTVO and also got to play around with the brand new Nokia Lumia 800! Boy had I been waiting for that moment… I thought I loved Nokia N9 over everything else, but this one really puts down a tough fight! I also got to test the Halo Anniversary Edition which was both epic and beautiful as I had expected.

All in all Microsoft TechNet was an awesome event and I am really happy that I was able to attend it! Special thanks to Juha Ollikainen for providing the tickets to me and other interested students. Now I just cannot wait for Microsoft TechDays which will be held in March 2012…

Links:
http://technet.microsoft.com
http://microsoft.fi/geeksonwheels

Story: Anna Narinen
Anna is student of our international Degree Programme in Media
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Ikuinen Gallery: Elsa Trzaska: SummerDelight2011

Elsa Trzaska: "SummerDelight2011"
Ikuinen Galleria 21.11. -2.12.2011
mon-fri 12-16

My summer starts in spring when I get a crush on someone. And then of course you must get yourself a Summer Delight. Then the whole summer is all about adventures. At least until you realize that summer has turned to autumn, Christmas lights are on and your Summer Delight is gone. That’s the way it goes, I guess; in spring you have a lot of fun, in summer it’s quite fun and in autumn it’s no fun at all. Haha. But you mustn’t give in! Waiting for the next summer, or what ever.

I dedicate this exhibition to all Summer Delights and other delighted dudes too.

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Ikuinen gallery

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Youth Award Festival in Graz - day three (and four)

Waiting for the Gala, the climax of the festival, to start

The third festival day was workshops, second keynote session and the Gala. On Sunday we traveled back to Tampere via Vienna. Most of us were home after 4 on Monday morning.

The report is again composed of the Twitter content generated by IMPs, the media students.

Tuomas Lecklin preparing workshop report

Workshops

• is exactly average in every single way RT @daniol_ The average age of the world's population is 27 :) #YouthAward
• #Hangover is a good reason not to come to hold a workshop...? May I use that in the future? #YouthAward #ttvo #tamk
• Governments need to redefine the term 'literate' because of mobile phones. -Osama Manzar #youthaward #tamk #ttvo
• Calvin has passion! RT @DhTier You need passion for being entrepeneur. We noticed that with @CalQuest #youthaward #ttvo
• You can't be a remaining activist if you don't learn English. (Better start learning ?? too!) #ttvo #tamk #youthaward #chinese

Alexandra Ostasheva pitching workshop results

• The problem with bringing new technology to developing countries is not the money - it's the "how?" that remains unanswered. #youthaward
• #DEFindia Promotes traditional weaving skills enhanced with modern technology defindia.net #youthaward #tamk #ttvo
• Second workshop starting soon at #YouthAwards. Now I also have a wifi connection! #tamk #ttvo
• 19 hours ago 
• The teams of InnoEvent are presenting their awesome ideas at #YouthAward workshop! #tamk #ttvo
• Normal day, saving African lives (on paper) in Austria #InnoEvent #YouthAward
• Two workshops almost done, interesting stuff. Although presentation stage fright and hence loss of coherence is akward. #youthaward #ttvo
• Congratulations to the workshop winners!! #youthaward #ttvo #tamk

Anna Narinen's team won the InnoEvent workshop creativity price 

• @SpionChick won the second prise in InnoEvent at #youthaward #ttvo Congrats!!
• InnoEvent made international groups think about how to decrease dangerous abortions and female deaths while giving birth #youthaward
• Our team just won the award for most creative concept at #YouthAward #InnoEvent! Congratz! #tamk #ttvo
• #youthaward People are not poor due to money but down to lack of information.
• Really good point at #youthaward that youth should tell their parents openly about what they are doing with technology #tamkmedia #ttvo
• In India you can call free to a service to know more about HIV/AIDS. Good system! Raise awareness! #youthaward #ttvo
• We're in #graz at the #youthaward learning about how Calvin could make the world a better place!

Keynote Session 2

• #Youthaward Keynote session 2 starting, first up: Dr Martina Roth! #tamk #ttvo
• Yaaaay! RT @SpionChick Our team just won the award for most creative concept at #YouthAward #InnoEvent! Congratz! #tamk #ttvo
• Don't pay for calling; the amount of rings indicates e.g. that husband is at home or children went to school #youthaward #ttvo
• What will happen with computers in the future? A good question.. #intel #youthaward #ttvo
• @DhTier I liked the Terminator idea the most #youthaward #ttvo #tamk
• I'm pretty sure that the computers won't be the big thing.. It's mobilisation! #intel #youthaward
• @heidi_maenpaa Stop reading my thoughts :D terminator it is.
• No new technology in the world is enough if there are no creative minds working with it! #youthaward #tamk #ttvo
• It has been 40 years since the invention of the first micro processor. What will be invented after the next 40 yrs pass? #intel #youthaward
• How are you going to use technology to fight hunger in Africa..? #youthaward #ttvo #tamk
• Invest in kids, especially in girls. Just don't forget the boys! #YouthAward #tamk #ttvo
• Everyone seems to work for the edudcation in developing countries here #youthawards #ttvo
• Accelerating pace of technology - where will it eventually go? When will it stop? #youthaward #ttvo #tamk
• How will YOU change the world? Strange. How could I do anything alone..? I'm not special #youthaward #ttvo
• @DhTier It's a trick question! You simply don't! #youthaward #tamk #ttvo
• Will the digital revolution leave too many people out to properly succeed? #youthaward #tamk #ttvo
• Will the technological revolution live up to its expectations in the end? A good question. #youthawards #ttvo #tamk
• Keynote by Martina Roth from Intel, how innovation connects the world and furthers development. #youthaward #ttvo
• I feel bad for the poor machines. Why should they do all the work when we just enjoy ourselves? #youthaward #ttvo #tamk
• 15% of the popumation possess 70% of the landlines which seriously compromise the internet access for all #ttvo #YouthAward
• Industrial revolution did not benefit everyone... Will the digital? #youthaward #ttvo
• How will the digital revolution play out? Some countries benefit, those who don't prepare will be left out. #YouthAward #ttvo
• Will all the countries in the world be able to catch up on the digital age? Some countries will always be more developed than others. #ttvo
• James H. Poisant: "Throughout the course of human history there has never been a better time to change the world." #YouthAward #ttvo
• Internet was created to be a highway that is owned and used by everyone. #youthaward #tamk #ttvo
• What will my grandchildren say about me? Have I changed the world..? Scary. #youthaward #ttvo
• What could be the next big thing after the invention of Internet? Ideas, anyone? ;) #youthaward #ttvo #tamk
• No one knows what the session's name is :D #youthaward #ttvo

Calvin was there too. And Dorothy Gordon made a fantastic keynote

• Amazing.. Dorothy Gordon says that all the world would fit in Africa #youthaward #ttvo
• Take any other continent and you will realize that they all can fit into Africa -Dorothy K. Gordon #YouthAward #tamk #ttvo
• National competitiveness now depends on ICT, and this enables changing the world: spread ICT innovation. #youthaward #ttvo
• All Africans don't just play drums and dance all the time! #YouthAward #ttvo #tamk
• Have to say I admire Dorothy K. Gordon for her spirit and humor. A serious topic but a really powerful speaker! #youthaward #ttvo
• RT @DhTier Have to say I admire Dorothy K. Gordon for her spirit and humor. A serious topic but a really powerful speaker! #youthaward #ttvo
• #Swedes don't drive their own cars! They have drivers! #Youthaward #ttvo #tamk#
• It's true that it's easy to talk about hunger in other countries as long as your things are well.. #youthaward #ttvo
• Dorothy Gordon believes we have the leaders we deserve. #YouthAward #ttvo #tamk
• If you're a data sheep, you should be sheared. Speaking about the data you give to Facebook, for example. #YouthAward #ttvo
• How to make a killer app? Use birds! #YouthAward #tamk #ttvo #angrybirds
• Simplicity is one of the most difficult things to achieve. #youthaward #ttvo #tamk
• Keynote homework: ICANN, the USSR of the internet? Slightly older interview, but anyway: bit.ly/t1AhPA #youthaward #ttvo
• Misery is easier to bear when you have some money! #youthaward #tamk #ttvo
• Great keynote by Dorothy K. Gordon. Already looking for more info about what she talked about. #ttvo #YouthAward
• RT @haverila Great keynote by Dorothy K. Gordon. Already looking for more info about what she talked about. #ttvo #YouthAward
• Impressive project results shown by Mario Franco #youthaward #ttvo #tamk #portugal epractice.eu/en/cases/escho…
• Mario Franco presenting 21st century skills: critical thinking, creativity, problem solving, communication, collaboration. #YouthAward #ttvo
• Into the mountain we go! (Cavemen style...) Time for #YouthAward Gala!!! #tamk #ttvo
• Had a chance to brnstrm with WSYA winner Alexander Ojo about maternal mortality. He had some info about the subject;) @innoevent #youthaward
• #youthaward gala tonight!
• Had a great day in workshops at #youthaward in #graz . There was also goo insights to maternal mortality in Africa. Soon off to gala!
• really enjoing my time @graz #youthawards but Im not sure if my company is.... #ttvo
• good workshops today at #youthawards really interesting to hear about Indian rural areas and innovative societies there.. #ttvo
• pönthööö!!!! #ttvo #youthaward
• Great workshop today by Suzanne Stein: imagining the world in 2050 and finding solutions to the MDGs #youthaward #ttvo

Anna-Kaisa Nässi and Maria Haere interviewed Heba Habib for IMP travel
blog at the party after the gala

The Gala and thanks, #YouthAward!

• The World Summit Youth Award Gala 2011 has just started! #youthaward #tamk #ttvo
• WSYA 2011 gala begins now, excellent. #youthaward #ttvo yfrog.com/h2gpzygxj
• At #youthaward gala, winners getting their awards.
• We're at #youthaward gala. Amazing place, nice punk rockers in the garderobe and wsya winners on stage! #ttvo #tamk
• Congrats once again Girls only radio! Pro human rights go go! #ttvo #tamk #youthaward
• Thanks for everything you offered, #YouthAward! It's the final night for the IMPs in Graz, in the morning: Vienna! #tamk #ttvo
• #Youthaward was a great experience! Met nice people and learned about important projects! Thank you all and have a safe trip home! #ttvo
• Great experience in the WSYA in Graz pretty inspiring to hear about projects from people who hope to change the world #ttvo #YouthAward
• @EdGen receiving the #YouthAward in the Gala last night, with @EileenKnowles and @MilaLukic twitpic.com/7drd5h
• @heidi_maenpaa @EdGen @EileenKnowles @MilaLukic #YouthAward cool pic you took there Heidi :)

IMPs in Vienna. Photo by Heidi Mäenpää

On the way home

• A few hours (too little) to spend in Vienna after WSYA in Graz. #TTVO #TAMK
• RT @windyafternoon A few hours (too little) to spend in Vienna after WSYA in Graz. #TTVO #TAMK
• Enroute to Finland with #ttvo students.
• At #Vienna airport, ready to fly back to Finland. And hoping that all IMPs fit in, since we are overbooked! #ttvo #tamk
• Time to fly back to Helsinki. Thanks @Melacai for arranging the trip! #YouthAward #ttvo #tamk
• little drama for the evening; almost lost my seat in the plane and almost missed the bus
• Just landed in Finland after a great trip at the WSYA 2011 in Graz. Thanks to all at the #YouthAward ! #ttvo
• Thanks to all for the amazing #YouthAward in Graz! Especially @Melacai and #TAMK! I hope everyone had a 
• My #YouthAward pics are now online, check them out! :D #ttvo #tamk goo.gl/photos/53p1dkW…

Read also the travel blog of the students: http://imps-wsya2011.blogspot.com/

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From TTVO to Hello Helsinki!

Street team getting to know their hardware.

TTVO has been acknowledged also in Helsinki! Few of our students were invited to participate in creating content for Microsoft's Hello Helsinki-week. Among other, the tasks included the following: creating audiovisual content for the events' blog, interviewing visitors, IT professionals and celebrities, and dressing up as Mesebuddies. We have been out in the streets and in the venue, Vanha ylioppilastalo. 

Big screen outside the entrance.

The adorable Mesebuddy-videos can be found in Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/HelloStreetTeam#p/u/7/EdQLCd3zyqQ .

Text and photos: Tia Tuovinen.

10IMPs in Graz & Vienna

The 10IMP excursion to the World Summit Youth Award in Graz began with us presenting each of the winning teams in the travel blog. We didn't know what to expect from the event in the beginning, since last year the IMPs went to the Europrix and not the WSYA. Nevertheless we decided to open our minds to everything new!

Thick morning fog surrounded us during the bus ride to Helsinki

Before we even knew it we were on the plane and on our way to Vienna, Austria. Even though some of us were slightly afraid of flying, and seemed very nervous, the flight went very well. The food we ate on the plane was just the beginning of an unforgettable food culture adventure...

From Vienna airport we took a bus to one of the city's railway stations. Of course our small group of 22 IMPs didn't fit into the first bus, so we had to wait for the second one, and we were able to take enjoy the surroundings of the airport. The weather was pretty much the same than in Finland, with a little less fog! Once we finally got into the bus and to the train station we noticed that the ticket office where we were supposed to go and get our tickets had closed twenty minutes before our arrival. If we had fit into the first bus there wouldn't have been any problems! But, luckily we are an adventurous bunch and we simply boarded the train without tickets. Our reservations were still visible inside the train, and when the conductor arrived our great guide Cai Melakoski was able to solve things out in fluent German!

The IMPs waiting and listening to instructions

Admiring art at Graz railway station

With the IMPs happy and with paid tickets (and sort of tired after the 2,5 hour train ride over the mountains) we arrived in Graz, UNESCO City of Design. In the darkness of the night there wasn't much to see, yet, but luckily we had time for scenery walks later. We checked into our lovely little accommodation place called Hotel Drei Raben. Some of the IMPs even felt brave enough to go out and embrace the Austrian night culture, but most of us seemed to stay at the hotel and get a good night sleep before the activities on Thursday.

On Thursday morning we had some free time to ourselves before we had any program, so we did some touring in the town centre.

Alex posing with the road workers
(They thought we were Americans...
I guess we took too many pictures!)

Town centre

Putting on our prettiest smiles...!

"How to throw leaves" by Alex

Nailed the shot!

Bridge view

The weather was perfect for taking photos

After a few hours of walking around the centre we took a tram to TAMK's exchange partner school FH Joanneum, where we were given a tour by Thomas Radeke, a lecturer at the school. Unfortunately the campus was so huge with multiple buildings that me and three others got lost trying to find our way to the "main lobby". We arrived slightly late but were still able to get all the necessary information! A few of us said right away that they might even be interested in coming there for the exchange period. We'll see!

Beginning of the presentation

Listening and Tweeting at the same time!

Our tour manager Thomas Radeke

A robot that shoots out vodka shots... Why not!

Tuomas handing out school leaflets

Emma and Anna posing in front of FH Joanneum

After an afternoon spent in FH Joanneum everyone headed to eat something before the Youth Award registration. Me, Emma, Anna and Sanna decided to listen to our hotel receptionist's advice and chose a nearby local place called Zu Den 3 Goldenen Kugeln. It turned out to be an excellent idea! We got to taste the very popular schnitzels in various forms.

Sanna and Emma enjoying their spectacular schnitzels!

This food is a "must" for everyone who travels to Austria!

After a filling meal we headed to Hotel Mercure for registration coffees and teas. Because of some technical difficulties the nametags for IMPs weren't ready yet, so we had to spend the first evening without them. But since we are so unforgettable, walking around without them wasn't really a problem. After the registration we headed to the national broadcasting station of ORF for the festival opening and welcome cocktails. In there we also ran into Arnau Gifreu who held the IMPs a workshop about Intercative Multimedia last February. It was really great to see him again! 

ORF station in the darkness

Opening speeches

Winners' projects in a nutshell... Lightning pitching!

Yummy bread!

On Friday morning the IMPs headed to listen to the Youth Award winners pitch their projects at Karl-Franzen's University. We also finally got our nametags! After a very interesting lunch hour there was also some speeches, or Keynotes, from guest speekers.

The University looked magnificent inside and outside!

Kaisu's nametag indicated that she is from Denmark
instead of Finland... Hmm? Suspicious says I!

Enjoying the lunch

I have no idea what it was. Still don't. Kinda scared of it even now!

Interesting topics were discussed throughout the evening

The evening also included a guided Design Walk across Graz, but at least me and Sanna decided to take a longer tour instead and climb up all the way to Schloßberg.

Graz Art Museum at night, from the Design Walk (by Alex)

Schloßberg steps at night. Had fun climbing them!

Graz looked like a starry sky

A slightly creepy tree on top of the mountain

On Saturday morning we had four different workshops we could attend with the other WSYA participants. Unfortunately one workshop was cancelled because the person responsible for it didn't show up after all. Aside from that everything went well. During the final workshop Anna Narinen's team was awarded for the most inventive product idea. All IMPs felt proud! When the workshops were done some final speeches were made by partners and ambassadors, such as Mathias Haas from SuperSocial Marketing.

Ready for the final day in Graz!

Waiting for the first workshops to begin

Making notes? Or playing games? Can you guess?

Joonas and Tia discussing

Our Internet café... With free condoms!

Alex presenting her group's idea of pregnancy control

The judges thought hard on who should win the prizes

Congrats on the most inventive idea!

After all the hard work it was time to finally party! The WSYA Gala was held inside the Schloßberg mountain, in a popular clubbing place called Dom im Berg. All winners were presented once again by the hosts Nkemdilim Uwaje and Anshul Tewari, and awarded with flowers and trophies. The awarding ceremony lasted for a couple of hours, and afterwards it was time to dance and make final connections with people. IMPs know how that works! 

The big cave was an impressive setting for the gala

Education Generation receiving their award

All winners and speakers
©Mathias Haas

Sanna at the party

Maria and Anna-Kaisa looking very pretty!

Cai enjoying his time in the Gala

Me and Mathias doing a fancy pose!
©Mathias Haas

SuperSocial afterparty

IMPs connecting

We just couldn't stop making new friends!

On Sunday the IMPs left Graz with slightly wistful feelings and began their journey back towards Vienna. The train ride offered breathtaking views of the mountains, valleys and little towns in between. We even saw a sheep or two! 

Beautiful frost covered trees along the way

And of course, what would an IMP do without a laptop!

When we arrived in Vienna we checked in our bags beforehand so that we could enjoy the town without heavy luggage. With Cai leading us we walked through the city and into the town square, where Vienna Christmas Market (Wiener Christkindlmarkt) was being held. We went around tasting strange delicacies and buying souvenirs.

St. Stephen's Cathedral

IMPs at Stephansplatz

Paparazzi number one!

Paparazzi number two!

Pretty horses! (My favourite picture by Alex)

Walking towards the Christmas market

Let's just say that we weren't the only ones going there....

A few people indeed!

Yum yum!

The market just got prettier as the time went by!

Time for the last pictures before heading home

It was now time to get to the airport and fly back to Finland. With relative ease we all found our way to the plane (even though some arrangements had to be made because the flight was overbooked) and safely arrived back in Helsinki.

Waiting for the subway

All and all this was a great chance for the IMPs to see what is happening in the New Media business and get new contacts from all over the world. Thanks to Cai and the school for making this possible, let's hope next year the 11IMPs enjoy their trip as much as we enjoyed ours!

Story: Heidi Mäenpää

Pictures: Heidi Mäenpää, Alexandra Ostasheva, Mathias Haas

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