Get ready for INTAC - International Art Collaborations Course

Intac was born in 2010 as a tandem project between two schools, TAMK University of Applied Sciences and OCAD University in Toronto, Canada.
The core idea was that students from the two universities would ideate and realize art projects working together, using skype and other social media to communicate, and at the end they would organize a joint art exhibition.

Five years passed by, and Intac is stronger than ever. Six universities are taking part in the project right now(TAMK, OCAD in Canada, Chung-Ang University in Seoul, Osaka University of Arts in Japan, BTK from Berlin and NID from India)and for the first year this year, the international students from the new Fine Arts study path are taking part in the project.

Intac is a non conventional course. You might find yourself working late in the night as there might be seven time zones in between you and the person working on the same project.
Even lessons have  to be scheduled according to other partners availability, as we're dealing with the full extension of time zone, from extreme west to east(and I might add we and the guys at BTK are the lucky ones, as we all live roundabout in the middle).

It was pretty exciting to meet all the other people from the other universities! Here you can see our first contact with the students from Canada:

14 Art Media takes over Rajatila for a while

Text by  Alexandra Mitiku
Photos by Lavinia Colzani & Alexandra Mitiku

5 days and 1 empty gallery. This is what we were given to realize our projects for the course ‘Art and Environment Workshop’. I had never worked in a gallery before, so it was a wonderfully new experience.

It was a different atmosphere to create something – a recycled space that had seen many different
artistic settings.

Although it cut into our autumn holidays and we couldn't be physically present during all of the days, we managed to put together a unique exhibition-type event in Rajatila.




Creating the title for our event was a bit tricky, since we were not sharing a common theme. After an
hour of brainstorming, cookies and playing word games, it came down to ‘Fleeting Space’. Lavinia took the photo for the flyer, instructing us to walk around aimlessly and throw the pillows around. It felt silly, but we got the image we wanted!



During the event itself, we presented our works-in-progress and the audience was welcomed to give
suggestions and feedback. Our event had a handful of guests, besides our class, and it was interesting to hear their opinions of our pieces.




Jade Vesto created a magazine consisting of photos from her film camera and poetry that she had
written, exposing her vulnerabilities and nostalgic moments with her friends. Her written pieces were all in caption and punctuations were left out, giving the viewer a unique reading experience.



Lorenco Soares here is explaining about his installation, a video of leaves falling to a composed rhythm. The piece is meant to be viewed from outside, giving us an insight on nature in different space - and goosebumps for those who went to see the video without a jacket..



Annina Pasanen presented a political, yet playful, painting of a bear having a victory tea party after the defeat of humans.



Konsta Koivisto had a vision to create his own fashion brand made solely from recycled fabrics. His long term plan was to sell his company and use the money to buy a forest. Here he is showing some of his designs..which were pretty impressive considering he had never sewn before!



If you are interested in more about what our class is up to, look us up on one of these social media

channels:

Facebook- Art Media TAMK

Instagram- art_media_tamk

 Story and pictures: Heidi Mäenpää
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Story: Jaana Ristola and Ninni Luhtasaari
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Rakennetun ajan esitys
Gallery Rajatila
Hämeenpuisto 10
19.11.2010
19–22

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Anna Knappe, Timo Piikkilä, Mari Ljokkoi, Juuso Oksala, Jaana Ristola and Dimitri Okulov in Dortmundi preparing Inter-Cool 3.0. The exhibition will open in MedienKunstVerein 17.9

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Here you can get a clue of how it looked inside the camera:


4m2 - camera obscura project: In a camera from Liisa Hietanen on Vimeo.

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Youth from Härmälä group home and Schoool of Art and Media  students in a festival against racism in Tampere 21 March at Kuusela Centre for Seniors

Text: Pekka Niskanen and Anna Knappe
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