See you in 2028! ○

See you in 2028! ○

See you in 2028! ○

See you in 2028! ○

See you in 2028! ○

See you in 2028! ○

See you in 2028! ○

Schedule

Aavistus is a biennial of audiovisual art and VJ culture in Helsinki, Finland. The 2026 festival, held on 30.9.–4.10.2026, presents an international lineup of VJ and audiovisual performances, media art installations, screening of video art and fulldome films, projection mapping works, talks, workshops and more. All of these works are centered around this year's theme Attention, please!

Main events

WED
30.9.
THU
1.10.
FRI
2.10.
SAT
3.10.
SUN
4.10.
Main events

18.00-22.00
Aavistus Wednesday - AV Live Evening 1/3

LOCATION
WHS Teatteri Union, Siltavuorenranta 18
PROGRAMME

18.30
‍José Venditti & Marta Verde (ES): GAMMA

19.45
‍Project Vainiolla (FI): Liquid Drones

20.45
Roberto Maqueda (CH): (ex)tension


TICKETS‍
All-night advance tickets  (including all three acts) – 15 €.
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A limited number of tickets for each concert also be available at the door, unless sold out – 10 € / concert.

Admission to this event is also included in the Aavistus 2026 festival pass – 64 €.

If you have an advance ticket or a festival pass, please arrive at WHS Teatteri Union 15 minutes before the start of each performance.

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Main events

15.00-20.00
Aavistus Thursday - Fulldome art films

LOCATION
Heureka Planetarium, Tiedepuisto 1, Vantaa (Tikkurila)
FULLDOME FILMS, 15:00-20:00

Jeremy Oury (FR): Exo-Cortex 3.0

Julius Horsthuis (NL): Recombination: The Fulldome Journey

Ryoichi Kurokawa (JP): in s.ambli

Sergey Prokofyev (DE): Local Dystopias in the Global Utopia

Suvi Parrilla (FI): Parallel Universe
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SCREENING SCHEDULE

15.30Julius Horsthuis: Recombination (25 min)
16.15 Aavistus Screening: Prokofjev, Kurokawa, Oury & Parrilla (40 min)
17.15 Aavistus Screening: Prokofjev, Kurokawa, Oury & Parrilla (40 min)
18.15Julius Horsthuis: Recombination (25 min)
19.15 Aavistus Screening: Prokofjev, Kurokawa, Oury & Parrilla (40 min)
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PANEL DISCUSSION, 18:15-19:00

Expanded Cinema and Fulldome Fallacies
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Participants:
Jonas Johansson, Dome Dreaming
Suvi Parrilla, Aavistus Festival
Julius Horsthuis, Recombination Director
Sebastian Häger, Nordic Film Days
Sergey Prokofyev, Local Dystopias in the Global Utopia Director


TICKETS
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Presale tickets on Heureka.fi – 10 €
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Tickets at the door – 10 €
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The ticket includes admission to all Heureka exhibitions.
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The event is for all ages. The films might include intense and flickering lights.
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Admission to this event is also included in the Aavistus 2026 festival pass – 64 €

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Media art exhibition & Children's programme

11.00-19.00
Attention, please! Media Art Exhibition

LOCATION
Helsinki City Museum, Aleksanterinkatu 16-18, 00170 Helsinki
MEDIA ART EXHIBITION
4th Floor

BUNNY (FI)

Cristian Medel (FI)

Janne Ahola (IT)

KOELSE (FI)

TROJANOVSKX (UK)

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME
Children’s town (Lasten kaupunki)

Julia Sand (FI)

Nils Qvis (FI)


FREE ENTRY‍

Main events

18.00-22.30
Aavistus Friday – AV Live Evening 2/3

LOCATION
WHS Teatteri Union, Siltavuorenranta 18

AV LIVE

19.00

‍_mediaklub (UA): Rehearsal of the Victory Day Gig

20.00

‍EPSON (DE): Mixed Signals

21.15

‍Philipp Henkel (DE/TW): Body Count


DROP-IN WORKSHOP
18.00–22.30

Sten Heijster (NL): Invisible Lines


TICKETS
‍‍
All-night advance tickets  (including all three acts) – 15 €.
‍
A limited number of tickets for each concert also be available at the door – 10 € / concert.
‍
Admission to this event is also included in the Aavistus 2026 festival pass – 64 €.

If you have an advance ticket or a festival pass, please arrive at WHS Teatteri Union 15 minutes before the start of each performance.

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Workshops

12.00–18.00
Claimed Space - Exploring Hybrid Embodiment in XR

LOCATION
Helsinki City Museum, Aleksanterinkatu 16-18, 00170 Helsinki | Falkman Wing

Marie Dahlén / AMUSED (NO)

FREE ENTRY
Requires registration
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Media art exhibition & Children's programme

11.00-19.00
Attention, please! Media Art Exhibition

LOCATION
Helsinki City Museum, Aleksanterinkatu 16-18, 00170 Helsinki
MEDIA ART EXHIBITION
4th Floor

BUNNY (FI)

Cristian Medel (FI)

Janne Ahola (IT)

KOELSE (FI)

TROJANOVSKX (UK)

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME
Children’s town (Lasten kaupunki)

Julia Sand (FI)

Nils Qvis (FI)


FREE ENTRY‍

Main events

23.00-03.30
Aavistus Saturday – VJ Club Night & Main Event

LOCATION
Korjaamo Culture Factory, Töölönkatu 51 B

AV LIVE
23:00-23:45 Claimed Space / Slow Dance XR (NO)
01:30-02:30 N I T E F I S H (SE)

VJ
23:00-23:30 AVHS (Linda Nicolai) (DE)
23:30-00:00 VJ DIN-AVI
23:45-00:45 VizBiz (DE)
00:00-00:30 Pauline Kess (DE)
00:30-01:00 VJ mentalny jeż (PL)
01:00-01:30 Connor Cook (NL)
02:30-03:00 Sara Luna (DE)
03:00-03:30 fever dream (FI)

LIVE
00:00-00:45 Sofftronic (SE)
00:45-01:30 KABLAM (SE)

DJ
23:00-00:00 DJ Aleksi (FI)
23:45-00:45 DJ OW (FI)
02:30-03:30 MORA (FI)

PROJECTION MAPPING
20:00-03:30 PlayMarche (IT)

VIDEO ART SCREENING
23.00–03.00
Artificial Chaos – Egor Dmitriev (DE)
Tem Fé – Helen Esther Aschauer (CU/AR) & Leonor Patrocínio (PT)
I'd Rather Be a Concorde – Javier Fabregas (FI)
Every Epoch Dreams the Next – Johannes Gierlinger (AT)
Blame It on the Moon – Lien Po-Hung (TW)
Borderization – Maxim Imanou Fadeev (RU)
Spectacle is the Sun – Sami Sakari (FI)
From Autumn to Winter – TSAI Yi-Chin (FI)
Student Works – Media Art Innovation Lab (NO)



TICKETS
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Presale tickets on Biletti – 22 €.
Tickets from the door – 25 €.
Admission to this event is also included in the Aavistus 2026 festival pass – 64 €.
The presale ticket and festival pass guarantee instant entry to the Korjaamo event until 01:00 a.m.
After which there may be a queue.
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The presale ticket and festival pass do not include the compulsory security fee (3.90€), paid upon arrival.

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Workshops

11.30–13.30
How to VJ with Resolume Arena

LOCATION
Helsinki City Museum, Aleksanterinkatu 16-18, 00170 Helsinki

Resolume VJ Software (NL)

FREE ENTRY
Requires registration
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13.00–14.00
Ferromagnetic VJ Software

LOCATION
Helsinki City Museum, Aleksanterinkatu 16-18, 00170 Helsinki | Kasari meeting room

Daniel Eke (FI)

FREE ENTRY
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14:00–16:00
Total Visual Annihilation with Resolume Wire

LOCATION
Helsinki City Museum, Aleksanterinkatu 16-18, 00170 Helsinki

Resolume VJ Software (NL)

FREE ENTRY
Requires registration
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Screening & Projection mapping

19.00-22.30
Attention, please! – Aavistus Video Art Screening

LOCATION
Korjaamo Kino, Töölönkatu 51 B
VIDEO ART SCREENING

Artificial Chaos – Egor Dmitriev (DE)
Tem Fé – Helen Esther Aschauer (CU/AR) & Leonor Patrocínio (PT)
I'd Rather Be a Concorde – Javier Fabregas (FI)
Every Epoch Dreams the Next – Johannes Gierlinger (AT)
Blame It on the Moon – Lien Po-Hung (TW)
Borderization – Maxim Imanou Fadeev (RU)
Spectacle is the Sun – Sami Sakari (FI)
From Autumn to Winter – TSAI Yi-Chin (FI)
Student Works – Media Art Innovation Lab (NO)


FREE ENTRY‍

20.00-03.30
Attention, please! – Aavistus Projection mapping

LOCATION
Korjaamo Culture Factory facade, Töölönkatu 51 B

PlayMarche (IT): Näcken


FREE ENTRY‍

Presentations & Lecture performances

12.00–13.00
Forcing Attention: Towards resistance in immersive art

LOCATION
Helsinki City Museum | Lobby

Philipp Henkel (DE/TW)


FREE ENTRY‍

13.00–14.00
Faux Flora and Fauna: How AI Warps Our Perception of Nature

LOCATION
Helsinki City Museum | Lobby

Kristin Jakubek & Leon Brandt (DE)


FREE ENTRY‍

14.00–15.00
Embodied Interaction and Audio-Visuals in the Performing Arts

LOCATION
Helsinki City Museum | Lobby

Nuno Correia (PT/EE)


FREE ENTRY‍

15.00–15.30
I Am Here (Processing) – A Lecture Performance on EEG, Meditative Movement, and the Body as Perceptual Instrument

LOCATION
Helsinki City Museum | Lobby

Olesia Kvitka (UA/AT)


FREE ENTRY‍

Media art exhibition & Children's programme

11.00-17.00
Attention, please! Media Art Exhibition

LOCATION
Helsinki City Museum, Aleksanterinkatu 16-18, 00170 Helsinki
MEDIA ART EXHIBITION, 4th floor

BUNNY (FI)

Cristian Medel (FI)

Janne Ahola (IT)

KOELSE (FI), Live performance and talk 15.30-16.30

TROJANOVSKX (UK)

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME, Children's town

Julia Sand (FI)

Nils Qvis (FI)


FREE ENTRY‍

Main events

17.00-21.00
Aavistus Sunday – AV Live Evening 3/3

LOCATION
WHS Teatteri Union, Siltavuorenranta 18

17.30
Nettles & Irene Suosalo (FI)

18.30
‍Aleksi Myllykoski, Tapani Rinne & rajatonvimma (FI): Humanity

20.00
Juli Deák (HU) & Postnatural Artifacts (DE): Brisk / Apophenia


TICKETS‍

All-night advance tickets  (including all three acts) – 15 €
A limited number of tickets for each concert also be available at the door, unless sold out – 10 € / concert
Admission to this event is also included in the Aavistus 2026 festival pass – 64 €

If you have an advance ticket or a festival pass, please arrive at WHS Teatteri Union 15 minutes before the start of each performance.

BUY TICKETS
Media art exhibition & Children's programme

11.00-17.00
Attention, please! Media Art Exhibition

LOCATION
Helsinki City Museum, Aleksanterinkatu 16-18, 00170 Helsinki
MEDIA ART EXHIBITION, 4th floor

BUNNY (FI)

Cristian Medel (FI)

Janne Ahola (IT)

KOELSE (FI)

TROJANOVSKX (UK)

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME, Children's town

Julia Sand (FI)

Nils Qvis (FI)


FREE ENTRY‍

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