The Pixelversity 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. Slideshow of events in 2011..
In reverse chronological order/ Most recent first..
11.2011: INTRODUCING FOR 2012: SOCIAL IDENTITY, AUGMENTED REALITY & VIRTUALITY / TRASH LAB
DAVE GRIFFITHS PRESENTS NAKED ON PLUTO / VIRTUALITY STUDY GROUP
Date: Keskiviiko / Wednesday 09.11.2011 Time: 18.00-20.00 Where: Pixelache Office, Kaapelitehdas/Cable Factory Map: Tallberginkatu 1 C 23 (4. Kerros/Floor), Helsinki Event organisers: Andrew Gryf Paterson, Owen Kelly. Naked on Pluto is an open source, multiplayer online facebook game which serves as the focus for a wider examination of online privacy via a blog, interviews, public events and lectures. The project was developed during a shared residency at NIMk, BALTAN Laboratories and Piksel, between June and November 2010, by Dave Griffiths, Aymeric Mansoux and Marloes de Valk. This session also introduces the 'Social Identity, Augmented Reality & Virtuality' Study Group, initiated by Owen Kelly, which will explore over the next year: Digital tools, interfaces between public / private, personal / social & real / virtual. >> MORE INFORMATION
FIRST SOCIAL GATHERING ABOUT TRASHLAB IN PIXELVERSITY 2012
Date: Perjantai / Friday 11.11.2011 Time: 18.00-20.00 Where: Pub Magneetti, Vallila Map: Mäkelänkatu 20 B, Helsinki Event organisers: Andrew Gryf Paterson, Koelse, Kokomys, Aalto Media Factory. We meet up in informal situation (bar;) to meet & discuss what might be 'TrashLab' monthly workshop next year as part of Pixelversity, including ambitions, tool & material needs, & to decide upon it's name. The event follows on from the gathering that took place at Megapolis2026 on 13.10. but anyone is welcome to join. Anyone is welcome to join! 10.2011: EESTI OUTREACH & SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES
MAKER CONTRIBUTION TO MEGAPOLIS2026
Date: Lauantai / Saturday 15.10.2011 Time: 14.30-18.00 Where: Megapolis2026 venue, Galleria, 2. krs., Vanhan ylioppilastalo / Old student-hall Map: Mannerheimintie 3b, Helsinki Event organisers: Antti Ahonen (Koelse), Dodo ry. Megapolis 2026 Energetic cities is an urban festival which looks for urban solutions to environmental problems, It is organised by environmental organization Dodo with its partners. Dodo believes that a low energy life is not just about giving things up, it is about searching for and finding new and better ways to live. During this project-event space the following associations will demo different prototypes and discuss the relationship between art and energy: Kokeellisen electroniikan seura (Koelse), from Helsinki who build instruments from recycled electronics, MIM project from Tallinn, who have been producing their own energy for theatre, and also Kodinkonemusiikin ystävät (Kokomys) from Turku who make music with hacked household appliances. >> MORE INFORMATION 09.2011: EESTI OUTREACH & OPEN DESIGN PEDAGOGY
OPEN P2P DESIGN: HOW TO CO-DESIGN AN OPEN DESIGN COMMUNITY, LED BY MASSIMO MENICHINELLI
Date: Perjantai - Lauantai / Friday - Saturday 16-24.9.2011 Time: Perjantai / Friday: 18.00-20.00, Lauantai / Saturday: 11.00-18.00 Where: Pixelache Office, Kaapelitehdas/Cable Factory Map: Tallberginkatu 1 C 23 (4. Kerros/Floor), Helsinki Event organisers: Massimo Menichinelli. Two public presentations on two Fridays, and a sign-up workshop for makers, practitioners and other specialists on Saturdays related to open design, and sharing with community involvement. Workshop includes version-control systems, community analysis developing open p2p design process & product design. Led by international expert Massimo Menichielli, also currently doctoral student of Aalto University School of Art and Design. There will be a fee to attend the workshop sessions (30/50€) although the public lectures are free. This event is promoted also in Plektrum Festival in Tallinn, with several supported places for Estonian participants. >> MORE INFORMATION
SEMINAR AT PLEKTRUM FESTIVAL: LEARNING AND NETWORKING AROUND THE EASTERN BALTIC SEA
Date: Tiistai / Teisipäev / Tuesday 13.09.2011, Time: 17.30-19.00 Where: Kanuti Gildi SAAL. Map: Pikk 20, 10133 Tallinn. Organisers: Marge Paas, Andrew Gryf Paterson. This seminar event introduces the Pixelversity programme in Plektrum Festival in Tallinn, seeking new connections and strengthening friendships across the Gulf of Finland. The future proposal for the Pixelversity 2012 programme will be publically released, which focuses on network culture exchange between Estonia, Russia and Finland. Anticipating this process, Lilia Voronkova, researcher at Centre for Independent social research in St Petersburg, shares her insights and experience with the presentation 'Exploring Reality Together: Art-(social) science projects. >> MORE INFORMATION 09.2011: TAMPERE OUTREACH & COOPERATIVE PEDAGOGY
Coop Camp
Date: Perjantai - Sunnuntai / Friday - Sunday 9-11.9.2011 Time: Perjantai / Friday: 19.00-, Lauantai / Saturday: 10.00- Where: Hub Tampere, Hirvitalo, Pispalan Kirjasto Map: Tampere Event organisers: Hirvitalo (Mikko Lipiäinen, Markus Petz), Andrew Gryf Paterson. Coop Camp was a trans-disciplinary weekend of events that aimed to connect the non-formal (and cultural) practices of cooperation in Pirkkanmaa and wider Finland, with the more formal organisational and academic cooperative research, including the network cultural scenes of Pispala Kulttuuriyhdistys and Pixelache Helsinki. For those who joined this ‘tietotalkoot’, it was a co-operative camp that gathered not only Finnish perspectives, but those of a more international nature. The Saturday Coop Camp event will take an open organisational style: Instead of pre-selecting all presentations, we encourage certain people to come, as well as make open call for those to turn up on day to share their ideas, perspectives, processes of cooperation, according to the Unconference/BarCamp model. Not limited to just speaking presentations, participants could propose any type of activity that relates or suits cooperation or cooperative action, for example, cooking, construction, game-play, movement or physical actions, problem-solving, and so on. >> MORE INFORMATION 08.2011: ALTERNATIVE ECONOMY CULTURES & COOPERATIVE PEDAGOGY
Molly Scott Cato presents Green Economics
Date: Tiistai / Tuesday 23.8.2011 Time: 17.30-19.30 Where: Demos Helsinki Office Map: Laivurinkatu 41, kulmahuoneisto, 00150 Helsinki Organisers: Demos Helsinki, Andrew Gryf Paterson. Molly Scott Cato shared the topic of Green Economics with a local audience of researchers and activists. While visiting Finland as a key note speaker at the ICA2011 Conference in Mikkeli, Molly Scott Cato presented and debated her economic position. Demos Helsinki researchers and other participants attending helped to introduce the local context and debate on the subject to her. The language of the discussion event was English, and all were welcome to attend, listen, and contribute with their thoughts! >> MORE INFORMATION 07.2011: EESTI OUTREACH & SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES
UNCONFERENCE ON ART & SUSTAINABILITY
Date: Torstai - Sunnuntai / Thursday - Sunday 28-31.7.2011 Where: MIM Studio, 35km from Tallinn Map: Estonia Event organisers: MIM Project (Taavet Jansen, Maike Lond), Andrew Gryf Paterson, Antti Ahonen. This unconference event was a meeting of local, regional or international practitioners and organisers in the Estonian countryside (35km from Tallinn) to address the pressing topic of art & energy sustainability in cultural production. It served as a networking and sharing event about recent progress on the topic, group discussion, and a follow up event to last year’s Pixelversity workshop on Art & Sustainability. >> MORE INFORMATION 06.2011: CITIZEN & NEIGHBOURHOOD SKILLS
KALLIO EXPEDITION: USES AND ABUSES OF PUBLIC SPACE
Date: Lauantai - Sunnuntai / Saturday - Sunday 18-19.6.2011 Where:, Sörnäisten metroaseman vieressä/Next to Sörnainen metro-station, Kallio Map: Vaasanpolku, 00500 Helsinki. Workshop organiser: Jon Irigoyen This expedition/workshop by artist Otto Karvonen and artist-curator Jon Irigoyen is focusing on Kallio, a neighbourhood that is undergoing a process of change, from a traditional working class neighbourhood into a new centre of creative culture. It will consist of a walking tour, picnic and discussion event to conclude. Please sign up by 03.6.2011. Participation is without cost. >> MORE INFORMATION 04-05.2011: KUEBIKO OUTREACH & SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES
KUEBIKO OUTDOOR ELECTRONICS LAB
Date: Perjantai - Sunnuntai / Friday - Sunday 20-22.5.2011 Where: Kimito-proto-dojo house Map: Pedersåvägen, 25700 Kimitoön, Finland Lab organisers: Tuomo Tammenpää, Andrew Gryf Paterson, Koelse, Kokomys. As part of the Pixelversity cooperation with Kuebiko 2011 programme, Koelse and Kokomys associations joined together in a temporary lab on outdoor electronics, to complement and support the sculptural endeavors. There was also an open call for a new apprentice for Koelse over the weekend. >> MORE INFORMATION
KUEBIKO 'SCARECROWS AND OTHER WAYS OF CARE-TAKING' SEMINAR
Date: Lauantai / Saturday 9.4.2011, klo 09.30-16.00 Where: Sagalund, the museum of Kimitoö/Kemiönsaari Map: Museivägen 7, 25700 Kimito Seminar organisers: Pia Lindén-Lamoureux, Sari Kippilä, Travel organiser: Andrew Gryf Paterson. As part of Kuebiko 2011 programme, this seminar brings together rural cultural heritage, participatory actions & bio-ecosystem awareness with self-organised art practices. Pixelversity makes open call to invite a small group (up to 8 persons) from Helsinki to participate in a subsidised overnight trip to Kimitoön/Kemiönsaari to attend the seminar. Register interest by 3.4. >> MORE INFORMATION 3.2011: FESTIVAL DISCUSSION: WHAT CAN BE PIXELVERSITY?
EDWARD SHANKEN PRESENTS CONTEMPORARY ART AND NEW MEDIA
Date: Maanantai / Monday 14.3.2011, klo 18.00-19.30 Where: Room 822. (8. Kerros / Floor), Aalto University School of Art and Design. Map: Hämeentie 135 C, Helsinki Organiser: Prof. Lily Diaz, Head of Research, Department of Media. Edward Shanken lectures on his current research, which attempts to bridge the gap between mainstream contemporary art and new media art, towards a hybrid discourse that addresses both. >> MORE INFORMATION
OPEN CIRCLE DISCUSSION ON NETWORKED CULTURE & EDUCATION
Date: Sunnuntai / Sunday 13.3.2011, from 15.30-17.00 Where NB! Updated: Taidekoulu MAA / Art School MAA Map: Suomenlinna B 20 F, Helsinki Organiser: Andrew Gryf Paterson What role do festivals and cultural organisations have in education? How can organised networks provide curricula? Welcome in joining festival guests and local educators exploring these and similar questions. >> MORE INFORMATION 2.2011: WARM UP WITH PRACTITIONER'S PRESENTATIONS
HENRY COLLINS PRESENTS VIDEO/DATA BENDING
Date: Torstai / Thursday 24.2.2011, klo 18.00-19.30 Where: Pixelache Office, Kaapelitehdas/Cable Factory Map: Tallberginkatu 1 C 23 (4. Kerros/Floor), Helsinki Organisers: Serendipity (proposed by Antti Ahonen/Tara Pattenden) Henry Collins (aka Shitmat), a sound artist and musician from England/UK presents his various practices focused on video and data-bending, exploiting errors for the creative misuse of digital media. >> MORE INFORMATION
DAVE GRIFFITHS PRESENTS FO.AM
Date: Tiistai / Tuesday 22.2.2011, klo 18.00-19.30 Where: Pixelache Office, Kaapelitehdas/Cable Factory Map: Tallberginkatu 1 C 23 (4. Kerros/Floor), Helsinki Organisers: Pixelache Office Dave Griffiths, a free software developer based in Helsinki, and guest curator/coordinator in Pixelache 2011 presents FoAM network's background and activity, as an enticing prelude to the upcoming Groworld Bazaar programme in March. >> MORE INFORMATION