Opening event

WHS Teatteri Union, Thursday 6.10.2022 18:00–22:00

Siltavuorenranta 18, 00170 Helsinki

Tickets 12€

Audiovisual live performances:
18.15 Mikk-Mait Kivi, Emer Värk (EE): Year Without A Summer meets Tactile Distortion 
20.00 Post Human Dance AV: Glacies Era
21.00 Pink Twins

The performances include flashing lights and loud sounds. The performance Year Without a Summer meets Tactile Distortion uses material that may be disruptive and requires parental advisory for those under 18 years of age.

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Nordic Lights

WHS Teatteri Union, Friday 7.10.2022, 18:00–22:00

Siltavuorenranta 18, 00170 Helsinki

Tickets 12€

Audiovisual live performances:

18.30 Maria-Carmela Raso (CA/IS) & 林淼 Sui (HK/UK/SE): 順風 á ferðalaginu

19.45 Julius Norrbom (SE) & Liis Ring (SE/EE): Ukkonen

21.00 Ari Dykier (PL): Imaginarium.​​

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​The performances include flashing lights and loud sounds.

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Aavistus Club of AV art & VJ culture

Valkoinen Sali, Saturday 8.10.2022, 21:30–04:00

Aleksanterinkatu 16-18, 00170 Helsinki 
Tickets 12–15€ + security fee at the venue

VJ performances:

AMUSED (SE)

Emer Värk (EE)

Hora (SK)

Juan Qin (NO)

Katia Vonna Beltran (FR)

Monika Hauck

Neno (ES)

OSASTO

Pasuth Sa-ingthong (TH)

RÖD MJÖLK

VJ Aalavaan

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DJ performances: 
Emma Valtonen
hundredmillionthousand (CA, live)
Jori Hulkkonen
Mary Young
Renzo van Steenbergen (EE)

Projection mapping: 
VJ TURU SANOMA, JOKOJO Visuals

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​The performances include flashing lights and loud sounds.

Closing event

WHS Teatteri Union, Sunday 9.10.2022, 17.00-21.30

Siltavuorenranta 18, 00170 Helsinki

Tickets 12€

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Audiovisual live performances and screenings:

17.30 Videosyntezy – selection of video synthesis works, curated by Intermediale Festival (PL)

17.50 +aave+ (EE): "it’s so sad and dark in here"

19.00 quietSpeaker: remote/displaced
20.00 Echoes of Underground – cinema concert of early Finnish experimental film, curated by Claes Olsson. Live improvised music by Esa Kotilainen and Hasse Walli.

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​The performances include flashing lights and loud sounds.

Workshops

The Exquisite Machine – Co-creating visual stories through machine-dreaming

Jonas Johansson

Online & Helsinki City Museum (Aleksanterinkatu 16), 26.9.–6.10.2022

Participation fee 15–30€, registration ended on 15.9.
The workshop is in English.

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The workshop by Jonas Johansson gives the participants a thorough introduction to the field of AI and Machine Learning including multiple tools and methods. The participants will use machine learning to create and upscale text, images and video and will create a collaborative video piece to be presented at the festival.

Accidental response – Abstract animation with a 16 mm projector

Antti Polojärvi and Tuomas Ahva

Helsinki City Museum (Aleksanterinkatu 16), 8.10.2022 at 12:00–13:00.
Free entrance. The workshop is held in both Finnish and English. Children are welcome.

Antti Polojärvi creates abstract animations using old 16 mm projectors and transparent filmstrip. In the workshop, the techniques used to make animations are presented, and at the end, the participants get to create their own animation, which is recorded on video.

Drop-in workshop: Introduction to video art

Mark Buitenwerf (NL)

Helsinki City Museum's Kasari (Aleksanterinkatu 16) on Saturday 8.10.2022 at 15.00-18.00

Free entrance. The workshop is in English.

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The motto of this workshop is "everybody can do video art". During this workshop we'll dive into different methods of creating generative video using Resolume software. No prior experience is required, you will only need your laptop and an open mind. Licenses for Resolume will be provided during the workshop.

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The workshop is hosted by Mark Buitenwerf. Mark is a Dutch media-artist based in Groningen who fell in love with creative technology and new media while studying music at the Academy for Popular Culture in Leeuwarden. After finishing his master degree in New Media Art at the Frank Mohr Institute, he traveled from festival to festival creating interactive installations for kids and adults alike. Currently Mark is working at Resolume VJ Software in The Hague (NL) where he combines his passion for teaching with his interest in video art and VJ'ing.

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What to bring: your laptop (mac or pc) with the latest version of Resolume Arena installed (resolume.com/download).

Resolume VJ Software: Introduction

Random Doctors

Helsinki City Museum lobby (Aleksanterinkatu 16), 8.10.2022 at 16:00–17:30

Free entrance. The workshop is held in English.

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Short introduction to the basics of the VJ software Resolume and discussions about VJ-culture. Licenses for Resolume Arena 7 will be provided at the start of the workshop and are valid until 15.10.2022.

What to bring: your laptop (mac or pc) with the latest version of Resolume Arena installed (resolume.com/download).

Resolume Wire Introduction

Resolume VJ Software

Helsinki City Museum's Falkman Wing (Aleksanterinkatu 16) on Sunday 9.10.2022 at 13.00-15.00

Free entrance. The workshop is in English.

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Wire is a modular node-based patching environment to create effects, mixers and video generators for Resolume Arena & Avenue. This workshop is aimed at VJ's who want to tip their toes into creating their own effects and generators. No coding experience is required, Wire is a friendly patching environment that is easy to learn.

At the end of the workshop you'll go home with a new generator or effect that you made to be used in your next show.

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Resolume Arena/Avenue experience is not essential but recommended. 

Licenses for Resolume Arena and Resolume will be provided at the start of the workshop and are valid until month after the workshop.

What to bring: Your laptop (mac or pc) with the latest version of Resolume Arena installed (resolume.com/download). A projector (optional).

WHS Teatteri Union

Siltavuorenranta 18, 00170 Helsinki

AV live performances:
Opening event on 6.10.2022 at 18.00
Nordic Lights on 7.10.2022 at 18.00
Closing event on 9.10.2022 at 17.00

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Accessibility

Outdoor

There is one step outside the front door, which can be crossed using a loose ramp. We will put the ramp in place if necessary. There is a 4.5 cm threshold on the inside of the front door. There is a small loose ramp to the threshold.

Interiors and access

There is barrier-free access to the theater hall and bar counter as well as an accessible toilet. There are threshold ramps when going to the counter and at the theater hall door. There is usually one wheelchair space in the theater hall, which is located in the back row. If necessary, more wheelchair spaces can be arranged in the back row. There is no induction loop in the hall or counter. You can send a message in advance to the ticket office at liput@teatteriunion.fi about arriving with an aid or needing an assistant ticket.

Valkoinen Sali

Aleksanterinkatu 16-18, 00170 Helsinki 

VJ & DJ performances:
Aavistus Club of AV art & VJ culture on Saturday, 8.10.2022 at 22.00

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Accessibility

All areas accessible with a wheelchair. 

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Nature as Magic

Nature as Magic is a collaborative project creating audiovisual bridges between four organisations in three cities, supported by Finnish-Estonian Cultural Foundation. 

Nordic Lights 

Nordic Lights is the union of three emerging audiovisual festivals on a mission to explore culture synergies through experimental collaboration. It is time to build new pan-nordic friendships and bridges.

Aavistus on Air

Aavistus on Air is a bi-weekly online VJ & DJ programme. 

Hosted Suvi Suvereeni & Anni Laser, powered by SAY FM.