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Our Showcase
The latest from our artists, musicians, designers, filmmakers, etc.
Interviews
Learn about our artists, the latest projects and exhibitions, and read about Media and Arts at TAMK.

Who is Invictus?
With a heavy focus on underground dance music like Drum and Bass, Jungle, and Dubstep. You can expect groovy bass lines, hard hitting sounds and breakbeats. The energy levels are bound to be high.

Documenting the process of creating from home
Teuta Pashnjari is a first-year Fine Arts student at TAMK. She exhibited her work in iWeek’s painting exhibition. During COVID-19 lockdown Teuta worked in her new home studio, which she talks about with Luiza Preda. She explains to Isabella Presnal about how she began documenting her creative process and how it transformed into a short film.

The Expatriot
Ian McIntosh is a Canadian second-year Music Production student. In 2016 he and his family moved to Turkey, and since then he’s been living abroad. This spring he started a podcast, The Expatriot, and is interviewing others that have been or are ex-pats. Here is his story and the inspiration for the podcast.

He became a “loudspeaker” for a Finnish girl who saw her forests being destroyed
Ignacio Varela an artist from Uruguay. He was studying at Mediapolis as an exchange student during the fall of 2019, taking some photography courses. He presented his project What is a tree other than freedom? in iWeek’s photography exhibition. Read more about the project and Ignacio.

Amazine – the digital zine featuring artists
Amazine is a digital zine that brings together Media and Arts students.

BIG WHOOP
The Fine Art digital exhibition BIG WHOOP is a group show by and featuring young emerging artists.

Moving from photography to moving images, wasn’t as easy as it seemed
Yu-hsuan Harjula tells about her experience at TAMK, and her artwork in iWeek 2020.

Documenting the Affects of COVID-19 in Music Production
Anna Haaraoja interviewed seven people in the music industry, from the Mediapolis and Tampere Music Academy.

Meet the artist who uses her emotions to create powerful and abstract work
Natalija Sari Djakovic is a Finnish-Serbian visual artist. Her works range from paintings to drawings to sculptures.

Who is SHARKY?
SHARKY is undefined, mixing all genres. Read about SHARKY and her story.
Article and Essays
Read our articles and essays covering all things Media and Arts, from how we pulled off our first digital event to the changes in Music Production.
Recap iWeek 2020
Read about what happened during iWeek 2020, our first ever Digital Event.

Our Experience: Online iWeek
iWeek 2020 was the first virtual edition, and was a learning experience for the whole team.

Thank you for participating in iWeek 2020!
The Art, Media and Music International Week 2020 has come to an end. It was an amazing week filled with art, music, workshops, and many discussions! We would like to thank you for attending our First Ever Online iWeek! We really appreciate your support, curiosity and openness and we apologise for any mishaps that happened!Continue reading “Thank you for participating in iWeek 2020!”

The Last Day of iWeek 2020
The last day started with Tommi Moilanen and his workshop focused on Distance Teaching Media Students. Tommi shared how he has been teaching his Filming and Lighting course through streaming and online tools. The conversation focused on how to teach from home, and what digital tools there are. A big topic was how the theoreticalContinue reading “The Last Day of iWeek 2020”

Thursday, 23rd of April
In the morning we had the Fine Art video pitching session hosted by Fanny Niemi-Junkola with Tytti Rantanen, program coordinator from AV-Arkki, & Jenni Toikka, visual artist. You can watch the films here or on our YouTube channel. Afterward, we had the final lunchtime discussion hosted by Sohvi. The special guest was Chris Smith, whoContinue reading “Thursday, 23rd of April”