- was the outreach & education programme of Pixelache Helsinki scene around the year (2010-2014)
PIXELVERSITY = PIXELACHE + DIVERSITY / UNIVERSITY
- on Pixelache-festivaalin toimintakenttää laajentava ympärivuotinen koulutusohjelma
- är Pixelache-festivalens året runt-aktiva, utåtriktade och uppsökande utbildningsverksamhet
- on Pixelache Helsinki raames kogu aasta vältel aset leidev teavitus- ja haridusprogramm
- это круглогодичная программа Pixelache в Хельсинки по образованию и распространению знаний
Pixelache Helsinki is a transdisciplinary platform for experimental art, design, research and activism. Amongst our fields of interest are: experimental interaction and electronics; renewable energy production/use; bioarts and art-science culture; grassroot organising and networks; politics and economics of media/technology; alternative economy cultures; VJ culture and audiovisual performances; media literacy and engaging environmental issues.
Related pedagogy on the above topics aims to support the regional grassroots scene(s), and is based upon learning from experience and from peers: Learning by doing, and doing it together. The programme variably consists of presentations, workshops, camps, expeditions and other events: Some share and sustain ongoing local practice; others benefit from serendipity and specialists visiting Helsinki; or support activity that happens outside the usual locations, including the nearby regions.
Pixelversity aims to be a ‘learning bridge’ between practitioners, cultural and non-profit organisations, interested individuals and larger institutions, and an outreach programme extending beyond Helsinki. Consideration is given to the relationships between the different activities, and how they may build up accumulative knowledge and skills towards future Pixelache events. Click to read more.
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PAST ARCHIVE OF EVENTS 2013-2010
Links and much documentation of events can be found via this page: Pixelversity Programme 2013.
Download slides showing Pixelversity Overview 2011-2012 [16.2mb pdf]
(presented in Mal Au Pixel Festival in Paris, 28.10.2012) NB: Slideshow including 2013 images to be developed.
The 2011 programme was composed of proposals from artists, makers, organisers and researchers who are Pixelache association members, and invited guest contributors. The events also offered a meeting point for the local Pixelache scene outside the festival period, and an opportunity to check out partner activity in Kemiönsaari/Kimitoön, Tampere and Tallinn. Going further back, read more details about Pixelversity Programme 2010.
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CONTACT
The programme was coordinated and facilitated by local artist-organiser Andrew Gryf Paterson.
Information about programme was shared in English, but also, when possible, in other local languages.
andrew [-at-] pixelache .ac
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BACKGROUND
From the beginning, Pixelache Helsinki Festival has featured workshops and skill-sharing as a core part of its production. Since 2006, educational events have also taken place at other times outside the Festival week. In particular during 2008, a ‘Pixelache University’ theme informed that year’s festival activity and events which stretched over the year. Hence onwards, the ongoing programme took on the portmanteau name ‘Pixelversity’, with an inclusive and adaptive approach thoughout the year.
In 2009 there was an experimental ‘curated pedagogy’ event called PixelIST that took place in Istanbul as part of the Pixelache Network development, coordinated by Finnish curator Aura Seikkula and artist-organiser Andrew Gryf Paterson, in collaboration with the then artist-lecturer Ahmet Atif Akin, Visual Communications Department of Bilgi University, Turkey.
PEER PRODUCTION LICENSE
All text, digital materials and media shared from the context of Pixelversity are shared with the aims of the Peer Production License.
Let's meet again, repair, thinker, fix, break, up-cycle and reuse our broken things! A (semi-) expert team of fixers and avid thinkerers will be at your disposal and ready to help you with your broken stuff, but self-reliancy and experimentation is encouraged!
* In this TrashLab we will be concentrating on our electronic waste! The event is open to everyone, free of charge and you are encouraged to bring your own objects for repairing, mending or up-cycling. The repairs are made for free, but please note that they take time and that the organisers do not have every tool or replacement part...
TRASHLAB events are social occasions to gather, try to fix broken things, while meeting others who care about tinkering, fixing, hacking, and the problem of waste and obsolescence in society. For each event, the expert hosts will try to identify the problems or diagnose the broken item and direct participants on how they can fix their item.
Trashlab will be at Temporary which is located at:
Kolmas Linja 7, 00530 Helsinki
The gate code, to get into the courtyard where Temporary is located, is "1906"
TRASHLAB (formerly known as Trashlab Repair Cafe) events are social occasions to gather, try to fix broken things, while meeting others who care about tinkering, fixing, hacking, and the problem of waste and obsolescence in society. For each event, the expert hosts (Justin Tyler Tate and others, TBD) will try to identify the problems or diagnose the broken item and direct participants on how they can fix their item. We encourage people also to share their skills, learn from peer to peer and develop their own methods. While Trashlab cannot guarantee that all items are fixed (some might get...
TRASHLAB events are social occasions to gather and totry to fix broken things, while meeting others who care about tinkering, fixing, hacking, and the problem of waste and obsolescence in society. For each event, the expert hosts will try to identify the problems or diagnose the broken item and direct participants on how they can fix their item.
This is the second Trashlab session at Temporary and will also serve as the pikkujoulu/holiday party for Temporary. We'll have some glögi and snacks and other holiday-type stuff.
More info can be found on the Temporary website.
TRASHLAB (formerly known as Trashlab Repair Cafe)events are social occasions to gather, and to try to fix broken things, while meeting others who care about tinkering, fixing, hacking, and the problem of waste and obsolescence in society. For each event, the expert hosts will try to identify the problems or diagnose the broken item and direct participants on how they can fix their item.
We encourage people also to share their skills, learn from peer to peer and develop their own methods. While Trashlab cannot guarantee that all items are fixed (some might get diagnosed, some even more...
Next TRASHLAB is about to happen 29.5.!
Trashlabevents are social occasions to gather, try to fix broken things, while meeting others who care about tinkering, fixing, hacking, and the problem of waste and obsolescence in society. We encourage people also to share their skills, learn from peer to peer and develop their own methods. While Trashlab cannot guarantee that all items are fixed (some might get diagnosed, some even more broken) - we can guarantee that participants will get more information on how to proceed with their broken item. Trashlab provides basic tools and materials for...
TRASHLAB (formerly known as Trashlab Repair Cafe) events are social occasions to gather,try to fix brokenthings, whilemeeting others who care about tinkering, fixing, hacking, and the problem of waste and obsolescence in society. For each event, the expert host(s)will try to identify the problems or diagnose the broken item and direct participants on how they can fix their item. We encourage people also to share their skills, learn from peer to peer and develop their own methods. While Trashlab cannot guarantee that all items are fixed (some might get diagnosed, some even more broken) - we...
You are invited to take part in Living Chatter, which is a part of this year'sPixelache Festival. Living Chatter will take place at Arcada University of Applied Science on Friday, 25 September. It will begin in Oasis, Room C350, at 11:00. It is scheduled to end sometime after 16:00. In this particular case, despite what people say, there will be a free lunch!
What is Living Chatter?Living Chatter is an experimental think-in using a format that we have devised. It will be a structured discussion that we hope will produce concrete results that may, in turn, help define Pixelache's future...