Sanni Weckman is interviewed of her performance weaving work at the TAMK Fine Art Final Works exhibition at the Mältinranta gallery. Click to 3:55 in the video to see it!

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By Sirkku Niskanen and Hanna Tullila
Photos by Sirkku Niskanen, Hanna Tullila and Elina Ylhäisi

This fall it was possible to explore forms of performance in Fine Arts program’s workshop course. 

Performance was approached by theater professional, as well as from the perspective of an artist. During the course students thought over performance and live installation interfaces.

At the beginning of the course theater dramaturge Jarkko Suhola taught acting methods by different exercises. Students began to design their own performances of personal interest basis. They worked on them ahead of teachers Björn Aho and Minna Suoniemi. Through the process students broke their own boundaries and discovered new means of expression.

The result was an art event [Party]kkeli. Saturday 19/01/2013 students were able to present their works to the public. A spectacular evening consisted of four performances: Red Coat Rack, Mirror Tower, At That Point and Barzilla.

Performing students: Hinni Huttunen, Riikka Enne, Elina Ylhäisi, Niko Sirkiä, Hanna Tullila, Sirkku Niskanen, Laura Mykkänen, Laura Lehtinen, Jemina Lindholm, Tiina Lehikoinen and Tytti Mäkelä.

16. November is the official Medal Day! During this special day you’re able to thank and show respect to every day heroes or fellow citizens who make your days a little bit easier: a friendly buss driver, smiley cashier or market halls vendor who always greets every one.

The Medal Day was organized by volunteers. All the materials were also donaitons

The artist behind The Medal Day is Meiju Niskala and the first Medal Day was organized one year ago and this year The Medal Day is national.
In Tampere the Medal Spot was held in Keskustori.

Medal givers were asked to write the stories about the person who they gave the medals in facebook: www.facebook.com/Mitalipaiva/

Many people spent a while to pick up the best medal for the everyday hero

Mirka Kinnula responded Tampere Medal Spot. She has graduated from Fine art department in Tampere University of Applied Sciences 2012. At the moment she’s working as an assistant to the artist Meiju Niskala.
Anna Autio, Hinni Huttunen, Jemina Lindholm and Elina Ylhäisi were the current students from the third grade who were there also to volunteer.

Text and photos: Hinni Huttunen and Elina Ylhäisi

Story and photos: Riikka Gröndahl and Mari Ljokkoi
Twenty-six art students gathered in Tallinn in Let’s Make Some Noise workshop. Workshop took place in the end of August. Participants came from five different countries in Europe and from South Korea, Turkey and Israel. During the week the participants presented their own artistic practice, gave each other feedback and mingled. One aim of the workshop was to create a collective performance to Polymer art festival.

Making the place for the performance smaller

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11.4.2011 Monday

The aim of the course is to invent and create some kind of horrifying performance which audience can participate in a way or another. The day started by telling stories that have frighten us. We collected a huge pool of spooky things which come handy when we actualize our act later on this week.

No one in the group admitted to have seen a ghost but fairly many phobias were presented. Hales said he has been afraid of only one of his student's work and he has had hundreds of students in his workshops. It's very hard to come up with anything that scares people. I find it hilarious that we are so individualistic when it comes to being afraid of something and at the same time we have a collective opinion that the horror films sucks.

I must admit that creating horror stories is hard work. After seven hours of thinking and trying to catch the scariness of life in our safe little school I feel totally exhausted. I don't blame Lovecraft for being depressed and wrecked after too many years of writing horror stuff. It ain't easy.

Make Liepaja Happy performance

Arrived in Liepaja, Latvia on Tuesday for the International New Media Art Week, the iweek, of the Art Research Lab of University of Liepaja.

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We will own it on Friday 5.11.2010 when 27 students will be walking around Tampere centre wearing bullet boards.

Come and write your message, glue you stickers, tag your posters or just to leave you own print.

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