http://thinglink.org/user/MOA2006 Recent Things of MOA2006 en-us (c) 2007 20 Nov 2008 10:30:19 GMT Description:
Photo: Tanja Bastamow (still photo) The Lighthouse short-film is the result of a course called Special effects in movies, held in 2004 at the School of Film, Television and Production Design in the University of Art and Design Helsinki. I was in charge of designing and executing the digital effects for the film. This artistic segment of my diploma work is a part of the development work of digital production design going on in the Department of Production Design. It is the first compositing project carried out in the University of Art and Design Helsinki, where material shot on film has been used and working with digital effects using film resolution has been researched. I graduated as Master of Arts from the School of Motion Picture, Television and Production Design in December 2005. My specialisation includes virtual set design and digital effects. In addition to designing and producing virtual sets for film and television, I have also done animations as well as video and advertising graphics. Apart from film and television, I am also interested in the visual design of computer games and other New Media. Contact: tbastamow(at)gmail.com

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Photo: Suk Ki Wong Two Talking Artifacts is a story book inspired by a story written by a Hong Kong writer Yuen Chui Cheong. The work is presented in image sequence and dialogue; my perspective reading the story. Perspective distorts reality and makes the absolute truth unknowable. First, I translated the Chinese text into English; I arranged the sentences and paragraphs differently from the Chinese, which is based on the logic of Contemporary Chinese poem. Then I picked some of the sentences, mixed them up and rewrote them as a dialogue: Some people are talking about a woman named Wu Mei. Influenced by the interrelationship between images and words, inspired by the photo montage and the reading of comics, I explore the possibility of reading images. I start by looking at their rhythms and then present images by layering, which is very different from the conventional representation of lining photos on a flat surface. The images themselves and their positioning entail a message of ?something and nothing?, as if something has the quality to go from existent to non-existent. Suk Ki Wong who goes by the name Ki is one of the outstanding female photographers in Hong Kong. Specialised in portraiture, believing in instinct, afraid of being photographed; understanding the allure and the destruction/violence of photography. Therefore, her camera is always gentle when facing anyone who is photographed. She wishes to take pictures with a sense of humanity and humor. Perhaps fascinated by fairy tales and cartoons, and fond of short stories as well as prose, therefore, loves to talk and compose stories producing a series of photos to convey a story or an incident. Contact: sukkiwong(at)gmail.com, sukkiwong(at)yahoo.com.hk

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Photo: Panu Jauhiainen Competition, a symbol of the times and an element motivating human behaviour. Starting from childhood, a human being is taught to compete and achieve in almost all areas of life. Man has the tendency of arranging things based on seeming superiority; gold is most valuable, silver comes next and then bronze. The fast eat the slow. Man has manufactured monetary inequality for different metals. My degree show was exhibited at Gallery Johan S. June 10th-July 10th 2005 and at Galleria Atski December 7th-16th 2005. Using a layered metal technique called Mokume-gane, the jewellery I made has different metals layered in the same piece of jewellery. Gold, silver, bronze, brass and copper work as a whole and no one thing is more valuable than the other. There are no winners and losers. Sports medals found on flea-markets have been used as tools for the jewellery, giving the medals a new function. I graduated from the Institute of Design at the Lahti University of Applied Sciences in 1999, specialising in jewellery and object design. Since then I have worked as a self-employed designer, producing commissioned work and small jewellery collections. Up to 2005 I worked with Union Design goldsmiths, currently I work in Studiopaja. I began my MA studies at the University of Art and Design Helsinki in 2001. Jewellery is my medium. It is perfectly suited to express my ideas and the things that I am interested in. Jewellery is intimately connected to life, to the body and the mind. Contact: kvuorine(at)uiah.fi +358 40 715 4067

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Photo: Laura Vuoma Waking up is a space between dream and reality, the conscious and the unconscious; in some way also a moment between life and death. Waking up is giving up slumber, it brings one's being back to routine and corporality. A person who?s just awakened is strongly present in two realities, here and elsewhere. My photographs are portraits of awakening. Situations where a human being is physically present in the surrounding reality, but is still looking inward, at dreams. I examine a person?s way of presenting himself in a situation he cannot fully control. My portraits do not depict individuals per se, but rather the humanity they reflect. I was born in Oulu, and came to Helsinki seven years ago. Before that I studied cultural and art history in the University of Turku. I work as a freelance photographer for newspapers and periodicals. I especially enjoy taking photos of people, and one of the best things about this work is that I get to take a peek in other people's lives. Both in my work and in art what fascinates me is beauty in ordinary, everyday things. My hobby is my own native dialect and my dream is to go on a canoeing course. Contact: lvuoma(at)uiah.fi

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Photo: Salla Viikka A National Epic of a Lost People The Song of the Tail - A National Epic of a Lost People is a visualised, mythological fairytale for adults in the format of a picture book. It strives to come across as an authentic scientific art historical book that presents the fragmented images and poems of an ancient matriarchal people to a large audience for the first time in history. The imaginary research party who assembled the book elucidates age-old material with their own interpretations and observations. The wholeness becomes a hypothetical game in which the reader/spectator has to re-evaluate his/her outlook on science, historiography, and maybe even the world. The Song of the Tail is an expedition into an experimental picture book. Collaborator: Jaljentamo Jokela Oy Salla Viikka has realised that using imagination to understand the world is just as correct and proper as using the scientific approach. Besides, she adds, it is fun in the imaginary world! In addition to folktales and mythology, Viikka especially prefers art that challenges its receiver. In the near future she intends to focus on exploring the combined power of images and words. She is currently working on a visualised adventure story for children. Contact: sviikka(at)welho.com

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Photo: Jarno Vesa My diploma work deals with Toolonlahti area in Helsinki and its surroundings. I have researched the area?s complicated history, present time and near future, and looked for possibilities to create different action possibilities in the area, and structures to serve their purpose. In my work I propose ways to locate small saunas in the Toolonlahti area for town residents and tourists to rent, with consideration of the present situation of the area and the existing planning scheme. I also consider the applicability of the sauna model - that was born to fit the special requirements of the area ? in other environments. After finishing school and military service I studied to become a cabinet maker/artisan in the Oulu Institute of Arts and Crafts. After graduation I worked as a furniture and instrument maker, until in 2000 I began studying at the University of Art and Design Helsinki in the Department of Spatial and Furniture Design. Along with my studies I have been employed in several design agencies, and have also worked as a freelancer in various design and construction projects. Outside work my hobbies are fitness training and music. Contact: jarno.vesa(at)uiah.fi +358 50 528 0773

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Photo: Anu Akkanen Dining is a social event that joins friends and family together. As my diploma work I wanted to design a series of silverware that highlights the importance of the dining experience. Silver cutlery is a thing of festivities, yet I think that they are suited for everyday life as well, for important moments. I designed the silverware of today, a set that goes with many tables. The basis of my design was to create cutlery that are comfortable to use. Each of the pieces is designed with its application in mind. I have acknowledged the requirements of serial production both in terms of design and the arrangement of manufacturing methods. Changing the handle of the cutlery gives the series a new look and helps it stay timeless. Before studying to become a Master of Arts, I got a degree in jewellery and object design from the Institute of Design at Lahti University of Applied Sciences. Since I began studying at the University of Art and Design Helsinki I have founded a business of my own, designing and making products of precious metals, everything from engagement rings to ecclesiastical silver. In addition to commissioned work, I also participate in exhibitions and my jewellery is on sale in museums and galleries. The University of Art and Design Helsinki has given me an opportunity to develop my professional skills and taught me to know better the possibilities and the world of design. In my MA studies I have sought to expand my competence in the direction of design for serial production and also to learn about new materials. In my work I want to combine my skills as a designer with my knowledge of materials. I design objects on a human scale, starting from function, yet never forgetting beauty. Contact: avepsala(at)uiah.fi +358 50 355 6606

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Photo: Kati Tuomainen The idea for the work came from old lotto tickets that have piled up in the artist's desk drawers along the years. Wool yarn entered the picture because of its ordinariness to which the lotto tickets, symbols of striving for a better life, would connect. The ladders represent the stairway of dreams that gets climbed on in most Finnish homes on Saturday nights. It?s nice to fantasise what to do with a million even if the illusions never come through. Playing the lotto is a window to those things a person wants, if he had the courage to live out his dreams ? and one doesn?t need heaps of cash to do it. Kati Tuomainen began studying art in 1996 in the Laajasalo College, where she studied visual communication. She graduated as a designer from the Kuopio Academy of Design in 2001. She is complementing her degree in the School of Design at the University of Art and Design Helsinki, graduating as an MA in spring 2006. Since 1996 Tuomainen has actively exhibited her work around Finland. Her characteristic way of using recycled material to make art began with her first solo show in 1998. Also in her MA diploma work Tuomainen explores the use of recycled material in art, and intends to publish a book on the subject in the future. Tuomainen's international carees started in 2000 from Shigaraki ceramic cultural centre, Japan. Contact: kati.tuomainen(at)uiah.fi +358 50 591 1011

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Photo: Petteri Tikkanen Kanerva and One Thing is the first album-length comic strip I have ever made. The theme of the album is encountering death. Kanerva's grandmother is dying. Kanerva and her friend Eero try to make grandmother?s last days as pleasant as possible. Various things happen along the way. The physically passive old lady creates a fine balance to the frisky kids of the story. In my work I especially focused on the content of the story. Everything revolves around the story. I graduated from the Institute of Design at Lahti University of Applied Sciences in 2000 with a qualification in media. I have also studied in the Faculty of Art and Design in the University of Lapland. In the Liminka School of Art I was both a student and a teacher in the field of comics. As a teacher, I have worked in other schools in this field, and I have completed the Comics Specialisation module in the Lahti Adult Education Centre. I have worked as a professional illustrator and comics artist since 1996. I won the first prize of the national comics competition in Kemi for two consecutive years, 1997 and 1998. One of the places my work has been exhibited since then is Kiasma the Museum of Contemporary Art. My work has also been seen abroad in group exhibitions. The easiest way to see my work live is in the exhibitions of the group Golden Diamond. BLACK PEIDER is my alter ego. When I cannot take art any more, I pull a hood over my head and scream my head off on some live stage. Contact: otikkanen(at)uiah.fi +358 50 491 7475

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Photo: Tuomas Tiitinen Three stories about men and women My diploma work is about masculinity and femininity as the theme of textile designing. In my work I explored the relationship between a gendered culture and art and its contents. How do masculinity and femininity appear visually? My observations are interpreted in the form of three textile works. I combine masculine and feminine elements in my creations and consequently look for a new way of expression for my artistic work. Tuomas Tiitinen has always been interested in textiles. The most important thing for him in his work is balance between different elements. A designer must consider the total context created by totality of technique, materials, visuality and work. They must all support one another and form a small community. Motto: Everything is relative. Contact: tuomas.tiitinen(at)uiah.fi +358 40 520 5226

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