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URB 12: The festival of urban art

World Political City Walk (Friday August 3 at 5pm, in English)
Street art project by Timofey Radya (Friday and Saturday August 3-4)
Football Opera (Friday-Sunday August 3-5)
More info: URB 12

Sarpaneva Korona Moonshine

Sarpaneva Watches manufactures mechanical timepieces of outstanding quality, created in the spirit of the traditional watchmaker's art.

Perfectionism, enthusiasm and an infinite passion for watchmaking. Do I need to say more? These products reflect well the Finnish way of thinking. If you do something, do it better than well.

More info:
www.sarpanevawatches.com

Paperfangs - Lifelong

Zebra And Snake, Paperfangs

Kulttuuritehdas Korjaamo, vintti, Helsinki
Sat 03.03.2012
19:00-03:00
Showtime 22:00

The Best of Tampere Film Festival 2012

A Kiasma Theatre tradition, the Best of Tampere Film Festival screening showcases a selection of the best entries in 2012.

Details of this year’s screenings will be published in the week before the event here.

Kiasma theatre
Sat 17.3. 14:00
Tickets 7eur

Comics in Concert@Kiasma theatre

A Finnish trio consisting of an illustrator, guitarist and accordion player create fascinating new art.

The musicians’ improvised jazz sound is complemented by a third, soundless instrument, while the live comic drawing takes its inspiration from the music. Ville Ranta, Aleksi Ranta and Niko Kumpuvaara are all masters of their own craft but Comics in Concert is more than the sum of its parts; here, drawing becomes music and music becomes storytelling.

Comic artist Ville Ranta has performed at comic concerts at the Angoulême comics festival in France, sharing the stage with other musicians and illustrators. For the past five years, these concerts have ranked among the most popular events at the festival. The collaboration between the Ranta brothers and Kumpuvaara takes the idea a step further towards a deeper and more experimental musicality. The trio have performed at musical and comics events across Finland and in Sweden.

Comics in Concert @ Kiasma theatre
Sat 26.5.2012 16:00
Free admission

More info:
Kiasma (Museum of Contemporary art)

The sci-fi movie Hollywood would not dare to make

Iron Sky, a Finnish dark sci-fi comedy about Nazis who have been living on the dark side of the moon since the end of the Second World War has turned out to be the unlikely hot ticket of this year's Berlin Film Festival.

The mood in Iron Sky is pretty the same as in Finnish Motion Novel movie called Thesis of Evil: dark scifi.

Seems the Iron Sky community has been involved somehow in Thesis of Evil also? The crew of the Thesis of Evil want to thank the Energia/Iron Sky community for the support!

More info:
Official site of the Iron Sky
Review by The Independent

Motion novel: Thesis of Evil

The animators of Thesis of Evil were wondering what to call their project in terms of genre. Is it animation? Well, sort of, but not in a traditional sense.

They (Mutant Koala Pictures) are using computer-generated camera movements to build a 3D space with elements moving in parallel layers to create a sense of depth. They photograph all the actors and add backgrounds, effects and camera movements in post-production. This gives us a look and feel of a graphic novel with live action and sound.

They decided to call it Motion Novel.

More info:
Thesis of Evil

Thank You for the Music: 20.1.2012 -17.6.2012

Eduardo Balanza, The Record Is Not Over Yet, 2011.
Music speaks directly to our emotions. Hearing a song can take us back in time. We copy the dress of our idols, our mood changes with music. Thank You for the Music – How Music Moves Us is an exhibition on how the experiences of listening to music, watching music videos or going to a concert can appear in the life and work of an artist, a music lover, a fan.

The title of the exhibition is taken from a song by the Swedish band ABBA. Indeed, we have music to thank for the pieces in this exhibition.

More info:
Kiasma - Museum of contemporary art
www.kiasma.fi

Docpoint: 24.-29.1.2012

The 11th DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival takes place in the cinemas of Helsinki city centre between the 24th and the 29th of January 2012.
The complete programme will be released in the turn of the year.

More info:
www.docpoint.info