Pixelache Helsinki 08

A project by Tampere University of Applied Sciences/ School of Art and Media

People attended to the workshop will produce a performance in public space using equipment and practices familiar to VJ field. The performance will deal with some of the following themes discussed during the workshop: intervention in public space,  media art/activism as a form of audio-visual pranks, new (mobile) media as a tool to create unexpected and temporary meeting places in the public.

In Finland the cityscape isn't yet dominated by big digital advertising screens. In this situation there is a possibility to create alternative video/data projections and media events that have the power to challenge the normative use of digital media in public space. By re-mixing the media sphere of the public space we'll deconstruct the normative ways of using our mutual space, thus creating room for new ideas of the public.

The project will take place in various forms in the public space of Helsinki city during Pixelache Festival.

Working group:
Mikko Lipiäinen, Sari Tervaniemi, Ville Makkonen, Paula Lehtonen, Eero Yli-Vakkuri, Jenni Pystynen, Sadri Cetinkaya, Osku Tuominen