Tampere Art Factory 09 Online - Part Three

Our annual festival - Tampere Art Factory (TAF) - was in May, but much of the student works seen there are still visible online. In this part of the story we present the games and music videos and the contribution of the Dutch Academy of Popculture.

In the first part films were presented, the second part presented fine art and animations.

Music videos

Of the music videos with lyrics in English shown at the TAF Lounge you can find online

Widescreenmode: Serotonin
Director Markus Aaltonen

I Was A Teenage Satan Worshipper: Boys Are Pigs
Director: Juha Kuoppala

Sole Convert: Desired Sadness Awaits
Director: Jussi Lindgren

Games

Our Game Development Club Score members presented Score and interactive media education in our school at Demola during TAF. The visitors could also play games developed by Score members.

Overboard
Villa Penguila
Unity

Score
Demola

Our first year students also presented their interactive projects at Demola, but they are all in Finnish.

Interactive VJ-show Nou & Herkauw

The days before TAF School of Art and Media had the International Week, with international workshops and seminars. Nou & Herkauw was the name of one of the workshops. It was lead by Adri Shokker from the Academy of Popculture, Netherlands. You can find a video presenting the result of the workshop, running at the opening reception of TAF. The video is made by the Academy of Popculture students who participated in the workshop.

Nou & Herkauw Workshop (Episode 3)

TAF promotion online

TAF 09 Photo Gallery
Kaisa Kukkonen and Sara Köteleki made the TAF Photo Gallery

TAF 09 commercial

TAF 09 Spot by Jaakko Kärnä (@Facebook)

Tampere Art Factory 09 Online - Part Two

Our annual festival - Tampere Art Factory (TAF) - was in May, but much of the student works seen there are still visible online. In this posting we present the fine art's students works and animations that were shown at TAF, which can be understood without knowledge of Finnish language.

In the first part of this story films were presented, and in the third part music videos and games will be presented.

Diskurssidisko (Discourse Disco)

The graduation show of Fine Art students was presented at Art Centre Mältinranta and at Exhibition Centre TR1. The website of the exhibitions is only in Finnish, but some parts of it is online without language problems for audience not understanding Finnish:

Johanna Havimäki has published a collection of photos from the Mältinranta part

Henna Inkinen has published her graduation work, Adaption at her website. You can also find other experimental videos there.

The graduation work Adaption by Sanni Rajapolvi, Hera, has a website with the trailer of this experimental piece of video art.

The Mältinranta Art Centre has published a representative collection of pictures.

More Video by art students online

Timo Bredenberg's Video Installation Nights was exhibited at Tampere Railway Station.

The Video Performace Burn-In by Mikko Rantanen and Päivi Viinikainen was screened along with the films of media students, likewise the Experimental Video Suicidal Tendensies by Henna Inkinen.

Animations

Of the animations showed at the TAF Lounge, you can find three online:

Fish Lie
The surreal story follows a journey of a fish from ocean to ground.
Animation by Karoliina Paappa.
Music by Mikko Rantanen.

It Dwells in the Depths
In the depths of the seas lies a treasure...and a curse. This animation was awarded with 2nd prize at the Swan Lake Moving Image & Music Award 2008.
Animation: Hanne Zenjuga and Vesa Jokinen
Music: Kathryn Toyama

The Sink
The drunk Erkki comes home but won't find his keys, so he tries to get in another way which leads to a fatal consequence.
Team: Tuuli Juntunen, Kiira Kalliomäki, Tuomas Korolainen, Kaisa Kukkonen and Veera Niemi

Tampere Art Factory 09 Online - Part One

Up with Attitude

Our annual festival - Tampere Art Factory (TAF) - was in May, but much of the student works seen there are still visible online. In this posting we present the films that were shown at TAF which can be understood without knowledge of Finnish language or with subtitles in English.

In our post in Finnish we have published a story with presentations of all TAF films with websites and/or trailers online and/or the entire film online.

This blog will later publish stories about TAF fine art work, animations, music videos etc. online.

Up with attitude - Askel asenteella
The documentary follows the working process of bboy ÄTÄ and choreographer Reija Wäre.
Director: Jussi Autio
Trailer with english subs

Kun Liikun / When I Move
A film about moving and the fear of stopping.
Director: Ville Salminen
Co-produced with Obscure Entertainment
Trailer

The Electrician
A Story of Marvin - an executioner in charge of the electric chair, who has to find a new way to use his unusual skill when he becomes unemployed.
Director: Miina Alajärvi
Co-production with Salford University
Website with trailer
More about the Electrician in School of Art and Media blog

Burn-In
An office-like movie setting works as a scene for performance.
Artists: Mikko Rantanen and Päivi Viinikainen
The performance online

Ennustus / Rain Must Fall
"When I was a child, I heard a story I wanted to hear over and over again. It was a fascinating story, because they said it was true." – Rain Must Fall will share that story with you.
Director: Niisku Haapala
Trailer with English subtitles

Rotsi / Fat Rat Jacket
Fat Rat Jacket tells a story of 17-year-old Raimo and his growth from a boy to a man.
Director: Hanna Hurri
Music video/trailer No Fool

Katusoittaja/The Busker
"If you try to get everything you want, you may lose whatever is available."
Director: Joonas Selin
The Busker online

Ihmisiä tiellä / Hit the Road
The drama takes place in an efficient, faceless school environment, where three members of the school staff are feeling uncomfortable in the brutal embrace of this uncommunity.
Director: Arttu Haglund
Homepage&trailer with English subs