During my last week in the amazing city of Berlin and within all the art and cultural happenings, I was pleased to meet with our head of Fine Art study path, Fanni Niemi-Junkola; presenting her new video work. The installation The Body and Protection consists of two video works Breath and Protection (2016). The artist is interested in presence, body and power & notions of freedom and safety.




The moment I received her invitation via Facebook I messaged her immediately and I asked if I can come in the pre-opening night due to my travelling back to Finland in the day of the opening 17.8.2016. She was very welcoming of the idea and invited me to the gallery.


The work itself was very intriguing and thought-provoking. The music was composed by Pekko Käppi – a master of ancient Finnish-Karelian bowed lyre - It added to the diverse layers of the work and supported the images. Cinematically the videos were carefully planned and pictorially impressive, that made it pleasing to watch.



Both videos have been filmed by Tommi Moilanen, who also works in TAMK as a lecturer of cinematography and lightning. The videos were edited by Ville Hakonen of Wacky Tie Films, a production company by our former students http://wackytie.fi.

Fanni & I at the Showroom Berliini

The exhibition is up until 10.9.2016 in Showroom Berliini, so give it a visit if you are there!
http://www.showroomberliini.com/showing-now/4591493496.

The Breath work will be shown later this fall in TAMK Kino at Mediapolis.


Text: Moe Mustafa, TAMK Art & Media student
Images: Fanni Niemi-Junkola, Tommi Moilanen


During my last week in the amazing city of Berlin and within all the art and cultural happenings,

I was pleased to meet with our head of Fine Art study path, FanniNiemi-Junkola; presenting her new video work. The installation The Body and Protection consists of two video works Breath and Protection (2016). The artist is interested in presence, body and power & notions of freedom and safety. 



The moment I received her invitation via Facebook I messaged her immediately and I asked if I can come in the pre-opening night due to my travelling back to Finland in the day of the opening 17.8.2016. She was very welcoming of the idea and invited me to the gallery.

The work itself was very intriguing and thought-provoking. The music was composed by Pekko Käppi – a master of ancient Finnish-Karelian bowed lyre - It added to the diverse layers of the work and supported the images. Cinematically the videos were carefully planned and pictorially impressive, that made it pleasing to watch. Both videos were filmed by Tommi Moilanen, who also works in TAMK as a lecturer of cinematography and lightning. The videos were edited by Ville Hakonen of Wacky Tie Films, a production company by our former students http://wackytie.fi.

The exhibition is up until 10.9.2016 in Showroom Berliini, so give it a visit if you are there!
http://www.showroomberliini.com/showing-now/4591493496.

The Breath work will be shown later this fall in TAMK Kino at Mediapolis.


Text: Moe Mustafa, TAMK Art & Media student

Mediapolis

Almost 30 exchange students have now arrived at the TAMK Mediapolis campus, and they were greeted by Sohvi Sirkesalo, our International Coordinator.

Sohvi Sirkesalo (left), with exchange students

This fall, we have exchange people from Germany, Lebanon, South Korea, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovenia, even Mexico and Uruguay, to name a few.

Lake Tohloppi

The Finnish weather was behaving exceptionally well, and let's hope some students will find the nice paths and beaches at Lake Tohloppi, and the public beach sauna!


Text and photos by Carita Forsgren, 2016


Riku Roihankorpi of UTA explains things for people at Hell's Gate

This project started with planning and team forming at the Tampere University OASIS premises. We went through the Hero's Journey model and talked about character types, but what I think made this project special, was how we were every day somehow connected to the nature. After all, our goal was to create a virtual reality app or game that would advance well-being and relax people with help of a forest-like experience.

Prof. Hanna Wirman from Hong Kong Polytechnic (left), at Lake Halimasjärvi with students
Lake Halimasjärvi in Tampere, climbing towards the Hero's Reward?
Meeting an Archetype: The Lake's Guardian (who measured the water quality)

I think the highlight of this project was the trip to Hell's Gorge, which is located in Helvetinjärvi (Hell's Lake) National park in Finland. 

Using our senses, sensei
Our guests from Hong Kong and Beijing universities were able to experience real Finnish nature and pick up some berries and mushrooms. Our task on that day was to experience nature with our senses and I think that was a nice way to think about the different aspects of the nature. For example, nature wouldn't feel the same if it did smell like a city centre.

Photo: E.Kyllönen

Photo: E.Kyllönen
 
Are these symbols of an ancient culture?

Lots of cute little Hell froggies!


Our whole week was an intense mix of walking in nature and building games and apps prototypes in our teams. 

We had abnormally good weather

A moment of relaxing at Hell's Lake (Helvetinjärvi)

This is NOT why they call this place Hell, but the climb feels like it anyway

The Heroes have returned from Hell, and are now Masters of Two Worlds. A moment of Dao
But it was also a great way to meet new people and work in international team while trying to build something different. I'm excited to see what happens when we go to Hong Kong and have our second Platinum workshop, in October 2016.

Platinum is more than just walking in forests

Text: Eve Kyllönen 2016
Photos: Eve Kyllönen, Carita Forsgren
Edits & Photo captions: CF