Project Counsellor Outi Söderholm administers the access cards.

The tutors helped the new students of the Film and Television, Fine Arts and Media to orientate to the TTVO’s mentality. “Life should not be taken too seriously.”
Speaking of tutors: How many tutors are needed to help a new student gain access card?

Report by tutor Jonna Rautala.


TAF International Week 2012 attracted a record of 60 international visitors: 30 academic and other staff members from 22 institutes of higher education, 25 students from three universities and five staff members of three enterprises. The International Week featured nine workshops lead by our guests, four seminars and one show of our student works & International Week workshop results, six exhibitions, one networking sauna event, visits to Demola and (Angry Bird) Rovio, one reception and one evening party, countless project and partnership meetings.

The biggest delegation, 13 persons, came from Tartu Art College, Estonia
(Rector Valeri Nuust on left). Also OCAD University from Canada sent a
remarkable delegation of nine persons.

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Yes, we are nervous - but only until the speeches are over!
The second half of the ERO graduation show of our Fine Art students had a cheerful, welcoming and international vernissage at TR1 Kunsthalle on Friday, the opening day of Tampere Art Factory (TAF). The first half opened on May 4 at Art Centre Mältinranta. (Read the story)Mediums divide the graduating artists into two rough categories depending on whether they use their hands or machines to create their works. This difference is brought under your eyes by dividing the artworks themselves into two exhibitions according to technique. TR1 Kunshalle shows this year only photography, moving image and media art. Artworks in the fields of painting, drawing and sculpture are on exhibit in Art Center Mältinranta.

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Our blog has already documented most workshops and the four seminars of Tampere Art Factory International Week 2012. If you have missed the introductions, check the links at the end of this post. In addition the programme included one show of our student works & International Week workshop results, six exhibitions, one networking sauna event, visits to Demola and (Angry Bird) Rovio, one reception and one evening party, countless project and partnership meetings. Belowed some of those events pictured.

The Networking Sauna at Marttilan Pirtti, Wednesday

Group photo in front of Marttilan pirtti. TAMK International Services
hosted the Networking Sauna evening

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Tampere Art Factory exhibition "fastbreak" May 12 - June 1 2012
Gallery Emil
The Old Library House
Keskustori 4, Tampere
Opening hours
Mon and Fri 10am – 4pm, Tue - Thu 10am - 6pm, Sat - Sun 11am - 5pm
Free admission


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Toronto, Seoul and Tampere wish You welcome to the
1 < 3 -exhibition
May 11-31 2012 Finlayson area, Tampere

Installing Penpals and You and I are

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On Thursday Tampere Art Factory International Week featured two seminars:

Awesome Art&Media 2 hosted by Sohvi Sirkesalo
Max Neupert, Bauhaus-University Weimar:
Applying Musical Strategies to Video

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On Wednesday Tampere Art Factory International Week seminars started. Here are the speakers and topics of the first session

Awesome Art and Media 1 hosted by Cai Melakoski:

Rosa Pons, University of Vic (ES):
 DobleClick -festival and workshops in University of Vic

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 Story and pictures: Heidi Mäenpää
TAF events are ongoing in the Finalyson campus area, and luckily there is still time to participate! This two-day Producing with the Audience -workshop was held by Cyrille Bloemers and Johan Rijpma from the Utrecht School of the Arts, Netherlands.


Cyrille and Johan contributing to the TAF Group Picture

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Four new workshops started today, the two-day Open everything: Theories, Methodologies and Practices by Yu-Wei Lin (University of Salford, UK), the four day Video mapping on custom sculptures by Olav Huizer, Jelle Valk and Joachim Rümke (WERC, the Netherlands), the one-day 24 hours.in - revisited by James Fields (University of Lincoln, UK) and the three day Arduino Workshop by Danica Mast and Joey van der Bie (The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands).


Open everything: Theories, Methodologies and Practices

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Story: Antti Haapio
One more Tampere Art Factory exhibition is open: The photo art exhibition in the painting studios, Finlayson campus third floor. The art Works are from courses Fine Art Photography I and II in spring semester 2012. So very fresh stuff!

J.A. Juvani: Poison tongue

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The first fifteen of our 60 International Week participants came this morning to Finlayson Campus, and the first workshops started their work.
Tampere Art Factory (TAF) international week will run until Friday, when the actual Tampere Art Factory Festival will begin.


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Tampere Art Factory International Week starts today with 60 international teachers, enterprise representatives and students.


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The first half of the graduation show of our Fine Art students had a joyous and welcoming vernissage at Art Centre Mältinranta on Friday. The second half will be opened on the opening day of Tampere Art Factory (TAF) next Friday at TR1 Kunsthalle, Finlayson.

Who is the crochet sculpture by Liisa Hietanen, who our lecturer
in Photography Art?


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HaloGen- exhibition offers a glance to socially engaged photography. The artists use methods that are familiar in fine art practices. Behind the the photograph, as an influence, affects installation, video, painting, performance and socially engaged art. Generaattorigalleria as a venue creates an experimental base for the exhibition, Welcome!

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Fifth Tampere Art Factory (TAF) International Week May 7-11


TAF International Week again preceeds the opening of Tampere Art Factory Festival. More than 60 international guests representing universities and enterprises will again participate, coming this time from Austria, Belgium, Canada, Estonia, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, Spain and the UK.

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Tampere University of Applied Sciences graduating visual arts students' final exhibition ERO's -pre audit can be seen in the Pirkanmaa 8th Art Navigation. Meet the graduating artists at the exciting moment and see their final works just before they are finished!

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Fifth Tampere Art Factory (TAF) International Week May 7-11


TAF International Week again preceeds the opening of Tampere Art Factory Festival. More than 50 international guests representing universities and enterprises will again participate, coming this time from Austria, Belgium, Canada, Estonia, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and the UK.

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The Easter Bunnys of TARINA has hiden ones chocolate-eggs to the building of Finlayson Campus, TTVO. There will also be 3 GOLDEN EGGS! Find one of those Golden Eggs and there will be a special surprise for you when you return it to Tarinas vice-chairman Jere in schools cafe at 2 o´clock.

Tarina wishes Merry Easter to everybody!

Tarina home
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The experimental film 'Sing to Me' directed by Katti E. Hellman is now online on Vimeo. This Kino TAMK production is a fruit of the cooperation between students of degree programmes in Fine Arts and Film & Television.

 Sing to Me from Katti Hellman on Vimeo.

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