The Daily Ape show - facts about Finland

The Daily Ape Show is an animated comedy series made for the World Expo 2010 Shanghai. Everything aped; the world, celebrities, news, politics, countries... Everybody and everything.

You can follow the series at:
www.dailyape.com
Daily Ape Youtube channel

Kill Arman in 104 countries worldwide

Kill Arman –martial arts travel show has been sold to 104 countries. The reality television series follows the Iranian-born Finnish tailor Arman Alizad’s confrontations with masters of different martial arts. The tailor has four months to prepare himself for combating ten masters of different martial arts in ten different countries around the world.

Since last year the international distribution of the programme has been handled by Rabbit Films production company and the contract includes ten English language episodes of the series.

At the moment Kill Airman’s largest channels are BBC Africa and BBC Asia covering a total of over 70 countries.

More info:
www.killarman.com (only in Finnish at the moment)
Good News from Finland

Angry Birds are heading to Hollywood

According to Variety the "Angry Birds" are flocking to Hollywood.

Rovio, the Finnish creator of the hit iPhone and iPad game, which has sold more than 6.5 million downloads, wants to turn the property into a major franchise that crosses over to other platforms - from TV shows and movies to toys and comicbooks.

The rest of "Angry Birds" stats are also impressive: The game, which sells for 99 cents in the U.S., and about $1.14 in other markets, hit the 6.5 million sales mark this month. A more limited free version has been downloaded 11 million times. An iPad version, for $4.99, has racked up 200,000 sales.

Game is launched on other platforms like Google's Android, Blackberry and Palm in the coming months. Rovio also intends to expand the game to handheld videogame systems like Nintendo's DS, Sony's PSP Go and consoles like the PlayStation 3.

More info:
www.angrybirds.com

Helsinki tiloja - spaces

There are an enormous number of spaces in Helsinki that people normally do not see. Photographer Jussi Tiainen and architect Jussi Vepsäläinen have been travelling around downtown Helsinki taking a peep into some of these places. The list of lesser known but fascinating interioirs includes splendid works of architecture, industrial plants and qorkshops that service the City and its infrastructure. The subjects in the book extend from the highest points of the City down into the bowels of the earths; from the Cathedral clock-tower to undergroung pumping stations.

Helsinki tiloja - spaces book is published by Parvs Publishing.

Finska fotoklubben: Lust&Luxury 20.8 - 5.9 2010

Lust&Luxury exhibition is inspired by "Pappa betalar" culture...

More info:
Galleri Sinne
Yrjönkatu 23
Helsinki

Nordic short films in Helsinki: 24.-27.8.

Lyhytelokuvia kansalle! event screens the latest short films from Finland, Sweden and Norway. Movies are shown in bars, cafes and parks:

24.8. 0930pm Cafe Carusel (Merisatamanranta 10)
25.8. 0930pm Ravintola Nolla (Pohjoinen rautatiekatu 21)
26.8. 10pm Karhupuisto
27.8. 10pm Tervasaari (ampfitheater)

All films are subtitled in English.

Media Facades Festival Helsinki 2010

Media Facades Festival will explore the networked possibilities of urban screens and media facades via internet and new technologies on a European level. The format of the Media Facades Festival reflects on the increasing presence of massive-infrastructures with digital visual elements in public spaces while investigating their communicative function in the urban environment.

Here are some of the projects in Helsinki area:

Giants of the Hoods is an interactive mobile guerrilla art influenced by street performance and urban VJ intervention. In the project, local residents will create visual characters present in their neighbourhood.

The Air Hunger project creates a large-scale interactive projection, where the breathing pattern of a participant generates a landscape for a virtual character to move.
People can participate in the projection by wearing a wireless breath rate-monitoring belt around their chest.

For the complete listing of the all projects in Helsinki click here.

More info:
www.m-cult.org
www.mediafacades.eu

OpenHouseHelsinki 2.-4.9.2010

OpenHouseHelsinki event is here again...

The objective of the OpenHouseHelsinki event is to open the doors to both the inhabitants of Helsinki and visitors from elsewhere to places which are normally inaccessible. OpenHouseHelsinki organises guided tours to interesting interior spaces, city districts, inner courtyards, as well as new and old architectural sites.

Summer in the city

(photo by taivasalla)

"No summer day in Helsinki is complete without a stop at its many outdoor cafés." says the Helsinki.fi article here. Here are some additions to that article. Enjoy!

Flying Dutch & Pikku Dami (Pitkäsillanranta, Helsinki)
"Little Amsterdam" terrace next to Flying Dutch restaurant boat shifts you to Netherlands. Hmm... Well, almost.

Sininen huvila cafe (Linnunlauluntie 11, Helsinki)
The picturesque Cafe Sininen Huvila, or "Blue Villa", offers an amazing view over the Töölönlahti bay.

Cafe Piritta (Eläintarhantie 12, Tokoinranta, Helsinki)
Sense the feeling of Tokoinranta around the year.

Kahvila Tyyni (Helsinginkatu 56, right next to restaurant Töölönranta. EDIT ON 11TH OF JUNE 2011: SEEMS TO BE CLOSED FOR 2011)
Cafe Tyyni is open till September. They provide outdoor movies every Wed, Thu and Sunday evening.


Discover the locations of the terraces via Google Maps.