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| People trying the games made by the Game Academy students, what a turnout! |
The second day of the iWeek started with the continuation of
the workshops from the previous day. In the United Studios the students from
the Game Academy showcased the games they have been working on. Later you could
try the games in the orange lobby where also the Virtual Gallery could be
experienced. Some of the games shown were about jousting, breaking stuff as a
cat, a multiplayer FPS with water guns and being a thief.
During the day in the United Studios there has been quite
many musical performances by a variety of artists and bands from different countries as well
as poem reciting. There has also been some lectures about music related topics
such as karaoke diplomacy. Today is definitely full of music and chilling to
the tunes.
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| Catalan musician Xavi presenting his first EP "Full Honesty". |
You can find amazing exhibitions and installations all over
the school. The second floor showcases most of the exhibitions. The
installations of the advanced sound design workshop 2018 can be found in both the
first and the second floor.
The installation by Aaro Arvola named Rough mixdown can be
found on the first floor in the orange lobby. On the second floor there are the
Disco box done by Eetu Tähtinen in the rooms 20019 and 20018 and the Disorder
simulations by Polina Hameltoja and Pauli Ondruska in the room 20011.
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| Liya Pirkuliyeva experiencing the Advanced Sound Design workshop piece "In heaven, all they talk about is the ocean" done by Kate Vasileva. |
There’s the UNPOLISHED exhibition which features photo art
from the photography minor and takes place in the 2nd floor corridor during the
iWeek. In the photography study module students created a photo art book on a
topics chosen by them. Themes of projects vary from a haptic taste of chocolate
to the existence of human in the universe.
The other exhibition WET PAINT showcases drawings and
paitings in Mediapolis 2nd Floor, rooms 20012, 20034, 20063 and 20064. The
pieces of works are done by the students in the Drawing and Painting minor.
“Like wet paint, we are fluid and unfixed. Fresh and new, anything is
possible.”
A quote from the students.
The last performance of the day is by none other than our
very own Eeverest, Niko Mansikka-aho. He’s a Finnish student at TAMK Music
Production study path who has been working as a DJ and a producer and is based
in Tampere. So hope everyone is ready to dance to his music!
And as in the last post, here are some summaries about the
ongoing workshops. Hope everyone is enjoying and gaining information and skills
from the ones they are participating in!
"Connected Neighborhoods: diverse_CITY" - by Graham Cooper,
Martyn Thayne (University of Lincoln, UK) and Anne Karen (Academy of Pop
Culture, Hanze University, NL), from Wednesday to Thursday between 9 am and 4
pm.
This workshop is about exploring the global / local
landscape and look at the key players / participants / neighbours in a
collaborative manner. The landscape is ever expanding and increasingly diverse.
The participants of the workshop will use design and discussion to explore and
celebrate the different aspects of the cities. The task is to use playful and
creative means to showcase the diversity within our surroundings.
“Jugaad: create or transform basic objects using trash materials!” - By
Tibor Kecskes (TK Studio), from Tuesday to Thursday between 10 am and 4 pm.
Jugaad is a wide spread activity especially in the
developing countries for upcycling broken constructions or creating basic
objects using trash / simple materials. The idea is to support upcycling /
repairing items instead of throwing them away. The results of the creative
minds and able hands of the participants will be shown in the form of an
exhibition and / or presented. It’s interesting to see if they can see the
hidden potential in so called trash objects and materials!
"Citizen journalism in the age of live streaming" - by Yuwei
Lin (University of Stirling, UK), Tuesday to Thursday from 9 am to 12 pm.
If you have ever wanted to learn how to report an event live
this workshop is for you. The event can be anything and in the workshop there
will be used a variety of social media tools to explore the possibilities. The
participants will go through how to prepare, what to cover, how to source the
content, maintain audience interests and ethics around live reporting.
Be sure to follow the Facebook page of the TAMK 11th
International Week for more live updates during the week. Also, there will be a
summary posted about the daily activities every evening in the TAMK Arts and
Media blog.
