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Call for Proposals: Art & Science – Hybrid Art and Interdisciplinary Research

By ulla | Published: April 2, 2013

An international conference “Art & Science – Hybrid Art and Interdisciplinary Research” and related exhibition takes place in 2014, organized by the Graduate School of Culture Studies and Arts (GSCSA) and the Estonian Academy of Arts (EAA). The main goal is to nurture synergetic cooperation of art and science and to present a multiplicity of practices in different research fields by doctoral students, internationally renowned researchers and practitioners, and the emerging ideas regarding convergence and confluence of different disciplines.

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Biofilia Open Lecture 11th April 2013

By ulla | Published: March 25, 2013

Semi Living Muscle actuators as evocative “matter” by artist, researcher Ionat Zurr / SymbioticA, 11th April, 2013 at 11:00 – 12:30

An interesting phenomenon is emerging, heralded by developments in the life sciences and applied technologies, coupled with the introduction of engineering principles; the further life is being instrumentalised, becoming a product for human manipulation, matter – whether living, semi living or non-living – is being attributed with vitality and agency. Some refer to this as a ‘new materialism’ – most notably by Gilles Deleuze, Manuel de Landa and Jane Bennett. More than anything this phenomenon further blurs the ontological, perceptual (and technological) boundaries between what we consider living, semi-living and non-living.

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HIAP Talks 21.3. Angela Washko: Subversive strategies in online gamer culture

By agryfp | Published: March 12, 2013

March 21, from 17–19, Kiasma Seminar Room

What does World of Warcraft, the massively popular multiplayer online role-playing game, have to do with feminism, public space, and performative artistic practice? HIAP Talks in March will investigate the gendered virtual spaces of video games.

New York-based artist Angela Washko (b.1986) will give a talk on her investigations into and performances within the particular political space that evolves in World of Warcraft. The talk will be followed by a panel with invited commentators who will bring into the discussion viewpoints from recent game research and development.

“I am creating videos from performances inside of World of Warcraft that investigate the relationship between female players and the intensely complex social communities within WoW. I am working on instituting a system in which players in my community are forced to take responsibility for their oppressive behavior, help to create an environment that encourages women gamers to participate, and present performances and videos to a public that is unaware that these communities exist”.

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Center of Contemporary Art Pispala turns into a gallery without electricity

By ulla | Published: March 11, 2013

23rd March – 14th April: Exhibition by Ines Quêrido, Mari Paikkari and Tuomas Koskialho

Opening during the Earth Hour event 23rd March at 20.30-21.30

Center of Contemporary Art Pispala participates in the Earth Hour event by turning off its gallery space’s electricity for a month.

Earth Hour is a climate awareness event of global scale, which will take place on Saturday 23rd March at 20.30 – 21.30 local time. During this period, people across the globe express their concern for climate change by turning off all electric lights.

By its gesture Center of Contemporary Art Pispala hopes to challenge the art world, particularly the exhibition spaces to reflect on their roles in setting the norms on consumption in society and imagine new, radically low impact ways of producing and displaying art.

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Misc

Latvian Women’s e-Crowns

By agryfp | Published: March 8, 2013

Last summer June 2012, the eCrafts Collective (Ramyah Gowrishankar and Kati Hyyppä) made a journey to the Latvian countryside in order to explore traditional women’s costumes. They had the pleasure to stay in a residency at Interdisciplinary Art Centre SERDE, located in a small historical town called Aizpute, meeting many nice people who taught them traditional heritage crafts. Gowrishanker & Hyyppä’s explorations resulted in two eCrowns, which are pimped up versions of Latvian traditional single women’s headgear. It is a pleasure for Pixelache to highlight and promote them today on International Women’s Day.

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Call for applications: Ars Bioarctica Residency 2013

By ulla | Published: March 6, 2013

Since 2010 the Finnish Society of Bioart has organized the ARS BIOARCTICA RESIDENCY PROGRAM together with the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station of the University of Helsinki in the sub-Arctic Lapland.

The residency takes place in the facilities of the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station. It provides the residents with a combined living and working environment, a basic laboratory, internet connection and sauna.

The Kilpisjärvi Biological Station offers to the residents the same possibilities and infrastructure as its scientists and staff. This includes access to scientific equipment, laboratory facilities, the library and seminar room as well as the usage of field equipment. A dedicated contact person in Kilpisjärvi will familiarize residents with the local environment and customs.

The emphasis of the residency is on the Arctic environment, art&science collaboration and is open for artists, scientists and interdisciplinary research teams.

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Still spaces in Creative Coding for Live Visuals workshops: Extended call until 18.3.

By agryfp | Published: March 4, 2013

Last month we announced the Creative Coding for Live Visuals workshops that will take place from 10-13.4. as satellite events of AAVE Festival. Reminder: There are still some places available in all 3 workshops, so do reserve your place now if you wish to take part. We especially welcome beginners to get involved in Nuno Corriea’s ‘AVVX – Visual Music with Vector Graphics’ workshop. See open call for participants and information about all workshops. Note: Sign up deadline is extended to 18th March.

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More-than-Human Participation

By ulla | Published: February 19, 2013

Christian Nold (University College London); Royal Geographical Society with IBG, 28th-30th August 2013, London. Deadline for abstracts 23rd February 2013.

Addressing the conference theme of ‘new geographical frontiers’, this is one of three RGS-IBG sessions, dedicated to participatory science, to be held at the Science Museum’s Dana Centre. Entrance to these sessions is free.

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Biofilia Open Seminar: The Biology of Snow

By ulla | Published: February 18, 2013

The seminar “The Biology of Snow” at Aalto Biofilia observes the snow as a captivating natural phenomenon and a significant part of the water cycle. Natural scientists specialized in researching snow will present their research related with its origin, physiology, morphology and the significance for the life in the Earth.

The program, designed with artist and researcher Leena Valkeapää, will give an introduction to the nascency of the snow in the aerosphere, the essence of the snow fallen on to the ground and its significance for the flora and fauna. The snow and the organisms living in it will be contemplated under the microscope. The seminar will also introduce participants to the tools and methodologies used by natural scientists, and interconnect with artistic thinking and practice.

The seminar is open to the public and marks the beginning of “The Biology of Snow and Arctic Experience” workshop, that will take students north to the Kilpisjärvi Biological Field Station of the University of Helsinki.

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Ambassador Report / Misc

CTM.13 The Golden Age – Report by Irina Spicaka

By irina | Published: February 15, 2013

As said on the festival web-site, Transmediale is a Berlin-based festival and year-round project that draws out new connections between art, culture and technology. It has an exhibition programme, that presents thematically curated works in combination with a selection of entries from an annual call of works. There are also conference and workshop programmes that, depart from the festival theme, are using it to explore the critical dimension of networking, hacktivism, media theory and the politics of technological development. Furthermore, there is a video programme, that includes contemporary artistic video works and experimental film screenings with historical references.

The most interesting part for myself was the live audiovisual performance, workshop and exhibition programme that was a part of the CTM (formerly Club Transmediale), that annually supplements the Transmediale festival with adventurous music, club and art events. I wanted to be closer to the actual electronic audiovisual performace culture and activities within it, including talks, discussions, performances and parties, as right now I’m doing a research about this field in the Nordic-Baltic context.

Almost one week long event is over and a brief overview of mine can be found below.

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Audiovisual installation Metasphere 8-19.4. at Node Gallery

By agryfp | Published: March 27, 2013

Welcome to visit the audiovisual installation Metasphere a collaboration between Irina Spicaka (concept, visual design and mapping), Krisjanis Rijnieks (creative code, technical structure) and Platon Buravicky (sound) (all LV), on display at Node Gallery, located in the Aalto University Arabia campus, from April 8 to 19.

Opening hours are Mon-Thu 8:00-19:00, Fri 8:00-18:00.

More information

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Creative Coding performances 13.4. at Bar Sandro

By agryfp | Published: March 27, 2013

The Creative Coding for Live Visuals performance event, as part of AAVE Festival, will take place at Bar Sandro in Helsinki on Saturday April 13, from 22:00-02:00. AVVX + BALTIC DIVING CO. (EE+PT/FI), AXEL THESLEFF (FI) & VIDEO JACK (PT/FI), DKSTR & Månsteri (FI), Cinder & Quartz Composer workshop participants + Sander Mölder (EE)..

Further Information about the featured artists.

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Proposals for creative art+science, participatory, and open environmental education in Gulf of Finland / Baltic Sea Region

By agryfp | Published: March 19, 2013

Six proposals are introduced below for creative art+science, participatory and open approaches to environmental education and awareness in the Gulf of Finland Year 2014- / Baltic Sea region. They were first presented by Andrew Gryf Paterson at the Gulf of Finland Year Trilateral Environmental Education seminar, Tallinn, 28.2.2013, and are part of an ongoing dialogue and cooperation with Russian NGO Friends of the Baltic, based in St. Petersburg.

The aims of the proposals are to invigorate previous cultural association and environmental NGO work in the region, including recent Luonto-Liitto -led Itämeri-lahettilas toiminta (Baltic Sea Ambassadors activity); promote the role of trans-disciplinary collaborations, open solutions and systems-thinking; connect younger and experienced generations of environmentalists, combine old+new commons perspectives; and insist on ecological conservation+knowledge sustainability. It is also hoped they contribute to expanding the scope of the emergent Open Sustainability movement, by integrating OpenGLAM (in Finland) and Open Education Resources initiatives.

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Epilogue: Pixelache micro-residency on Food-info-activism

By Seungho | Published: March 11, 2013

This post is made as the epilogue of my micro-residency at Pixelache during March 18-22 2013. You can find a post on my blog about my expectations and anticipation made on the first day, which was for me to make sense of the collaboration.

It’s been already two weeks after I’ve spent my time in Pixelache. It was rather short, in part because I was ill for a day, but also Pixelache’s mode of operations was quite hard to comprehend in the beginning as to why Pixelache is interested in Food-Info-Activism.

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Camp Pixelache 2013 on Naissaar, Estonia

By ulla | Published: March 7, 2013

We are organizing a new edition of ‘Camp Pixelache’ on 17-19 May 2013 as part of the Pixelache Festival 2013 programme. This year Pixelache is organised as a dual-city festival (16-19.5.2013) in Helsinki-Tallinn around the overarching theme of ‘Facing North – Facing South.

The main venue for Camp Pixelache will be Naissaar (formerly Nargen, Nargö), an island located near Tallinn, 10 km away from the Estonian coast. The island was rumoured to be “Terra Feminarum” (the island’s Estonian name literally translates as ‘island of women’) but had until WWII a historic Estonian-Swedish fishing community. The island’s military history still leaves its traces in tangible and intangible forms: military buildings, sea-mine relics, heavy minerals, and a vague 3-month period following the October Revolution when it was declared an anarcho-syndicalist autonomous republic. Closed as a military island during the Soviet period, the island now has a few dozen permanent residents, boosted in summer time with many visitors, a classical music festival, and is a place to respect as an Estonian nature conservation area.

We have invited Mary Mellor to give a keynote presentation on Naissaar. Mary Mellor is a Social Science Professor at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne (UK), who has a long-standing interest in alternative, green and feminist economics. Within the concert hall and related buildings open workshops can also be organised.

We are calling out for presentations and workshops!

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Camp Pixelache 2013: Call for presentations & workshops!

By ulla | Published: March 7, 2013

We are calling out for short presentations (5-15mins) for the unconference Camp Pixelache 2013 event from 17-19.5. on Naissaar, near Tallinn, Estonia.

Our curated themes for the Festival are emerging as Creative Development (North-South, Tallinn-Helsinki & other relations), Virtuality, Resonance, Anti-disciplinarity, Waste, Techno-ecologies, and Control. Welcome to be inspired by these or introduce other topics into the Camp!

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Volunteering at Pixelache Festival (16.-19.5.2013)

By nathalie | Published: March 6, 2013

We are looking for volunteers to help make Pixelache festival 2013 happen in May!

Getting involved in Pixelache festival is a unique opportunity to experience a major transdisciplinary arts event and to contribute to its success.

Helping hands are needed during the festival time in basic tasks such as ticket sales, info desk, hosting and transportation, etc. In addition we are also looking for people to help in more challenging tasks – setting up installations, assisting in video documentation, etc.

As a volunteer of the Pixelache festival, you will have the possibility to receive free entry to festival events, meet and connect with interesting people from all over the world, and most of all have fun!

If you are interested to participate in Pixelache festival as a volunteer, please contact office((a))pixelache.ac, explaining a bit about your skills and in what way you would like to be involved, and your availability in May.

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Trashlab Repair Cafe at Helsinki Hacklab 23.3.

By agryfp | Published: March 6, 2013

Each month we organise and promote a Trashlab Repair Cafe event at a different location. In March, Hacklab Helsinki hosts the repair cafe event on Saturday 23.3. from 14-18.

The Hacklab is Helsinki’s open-access hackerspace, bringing together hackers, tinkerers, coders, makers and engineers in their Valilla space (Nilsiänkatu 10-14 B, toinen kerros) since the middle of 2010. They have over 100 members of their related association, several of which we hope to encourage to join repair cafe movement.

Trashlab repair cafe events are social occasions to gather and try to fix the things you have that are broken, and meet others who care about tinkering, fixing, hacking, and the problem of waste and obsolescence in society. Each time we try to identify someone(s) in advance who has some experience/skills, although everyone is encourage to help each other.

Show your appreciation or attendance in upcoming Facebook event, join the Trashlab Facebook group, or emailing list following these instructions: send a blank email to: trashlab-subscribe [-at-] pixelache.ac [system will then send you a confirmation request, and once you reply to it, a message confirming that you are a subscriber]

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15.3. Waste Management Expedition led by Zen Robotics

By agryfp | Published: March 4, 2013

As part of the Waste/d theme of Pixelversity 2013 programme, Pixelache arranges a handful of expedition visits to different waste-management sites, mostly in Helsinki metropolitan region. We endeavor to learn about our material wastage which we typically contribute as part of everyday urban life, but rarely see again in its collective form.

The first expedition of the year on Friday afternoon 15.3. takes an especially innovative angle, visiting the ZenRobotics Recycler (ZRR) installation on Viikintie, North-west Helsinki. The first robotic waste sorting system in the world, it is currently designed for construction and demolition waste, reclaiming valuable raw materials – metal, wood & stone – with the help of advanced machine-learning technology.

Helsinki-based ZenRobotics Ltd. present themselves as the world-leader in robotic recycling systems, bringing articifical intelligence and high technology to waste management. The company’s main product is ZenRobotics Recycler. VP R&D Mika Raento will lead the expedition with explanation on-site from 14.00-16.00. See below for details.

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Pixelversity programme 2013 planned activity

By agryfp | Published: February 8, 2013

The Pixelversity programme for 2013 has taken it’s shape for the year, with several themes continuing on from 2012 with new names, and a couple new addition themes: Waste/d, AV Research, Techno-ecologies, Knowledge & Experience sharing, Food-info-activism. Read more below.

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