FMX 2012 Logo

Story: Sabrina Seidl and Alexandra Ostasheva
Less than 2 weeks remaining before FMX 2012 in Stuttgart, Germany, takes place. The program is online and looks promising.

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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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Story: Sabrina Seidl, Alexandra Ostasheva
And soon it is time again: KevätGraph in Helsinki, this edition with a high participation of TAMK Media Students.

Foretaste of the brand new TAMK Media showreel.

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Romka-97 shortfilm 2007 (13 min.) 
With English subtitles

Dinka (Anastasia Teplyakova) and Romka (Dmitry Filimonov) Photographer: Jaakko Slotte

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The annual Entrance Exam to IMP, our Degree Programme in Media took place this week. Invitations went to 61 best applicants and 57 of them participated in the one day exam on Tuesday and Wednesday. Candidates represented Austria, Colombia, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Iran, Latvia, Malaysia, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, UK, and the USA.

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Location of campuses and UVic centres

Story & Photos: Sabrina Seidl and Alexandra Ostasheva
„Lying halfway between the sea and the Pyrenees and sixty kilometers from Barcelona, Vic is the demographic, administrative and service centre for an area with 150.000 inhabitants. It's rich history, visible in the streets and squares of the old quarter, forms the backdrop to the dynamism of a modern diverse city.“, a quote from University of VIC.

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Story: Johanna Peltola
University of Salford, long-time exchange partner of TTVO, had a grand opening of its brand new MediaCityUK campus when the English royalties paid a visit. Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh were shown a piece of digital future created by Salford students. The visit was part of Queen’s Diamond Jubilee -tour to celebrate Her Majesty’s 60th year in reign.

The Queen arrives (Photo: Ula Jackowska)

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Story: Anne Alalantela
After easter we began the inspirational Le Dernier Cri workshop in a relaxed atmosphere with Pakito Bolino and Marie-Pierre Brunel.

Students of Tamk and artists already working in the field are participating in the workshop. Old drawings and sketchbooks have been dug out, from which new art is created in the spirit of Le Dernier Cri - using exaggerations, absurd uncompromised bursts and  fast tempo. The works are printed with serigraphy into artist books  and some of the graphics will be exhibited in Gallery Rajatila.

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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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When it is a sunny day like today you go rather to an outdoor than indoor art exhibition. There are always a lot of sculptures you can admire but in Tampere we have also a wonderful exhibition of images and photographs attached on the electricity distribution cabinets. The exhibition arranged by Tampere Museum of Contemporary Art is between the railway station and Hämeenpuisto. The exhibition runs until September and is open 24/7! No admission fee!

"In grand ma's shoes", Tessa Ojala 2011

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Murder Chairs - the experimental film directed by Nalle Mielonen (2010) - can now be seen on Vimeo with English subtitles. The film tells seven stories about violence and memory.

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Carrotia: The Journey is now available on App Store, and it is completely free all Easter! Get it now and help the bunnies conquer the world!

Carrotia puzzle game won the first MindTrek Indie Games Award last year. Carrotia is developed by TAMK Visual Design student Vilma Pekola, Interaction Design graduate Juhani Hujala and Business Information Systems student Jani Palovuori.

See the trailer and read the latest news on The Carrotia Art blog by Vilma Pekola.
Read previous Carrotia post on this blog

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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!

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Iron Sky is the biggest ever Finnish film production. The science fiction comedy directed by Timo Vuorensola has already been sold to 80 countries. Iron Sky premiered on 11 February 2012 at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, in the Panorama Special section. It will be released in Finland on 4 April and in Germany on 5 April.
The Premiere Gala was last week Monday in Tampere.

Left to right: Pekka Ollula, Samuli Torssonen, Juuso Kari and Jussi Lehtiniemi

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