Report: Screening Helsinki in Tartu 18th of February 2012 (Fin, Eng)

Screening Helsinki jatkoi matkaansa 18. helmikuuta 2012 Tarttoon

Mobile Screening -näyttelykonsepti

Screening Helsinki -näyttelyprojektissa valokuvataidetta esitetään uudella tavalla. Teokset projisioidaan ulkotilassa rakennuksen seinään. Projisiointi tapahtuu autoon asennetun kaluston avulla, joten näyttely voidaan laittaa pystyyn lähes missä vain mihin auton voi ajaa. Näyttely pitää sisällään 15 valokuvataiteilijan teoksia (Mari Aaltonen, István Balogh, Katja Bohm, Lucie Dubreuil, Mikko Enqvist, Jenni Haili, Jyrki Kirjalainen, Tuija Lappalainen, Viivi Nieminen, Karoliina Paappa, Tanel Päll, Jari Silomäki, Virpi Stjerna, Sari Tervaniemi ja Séllei Zsolt). Screening Helsinki on kiertänyt aiemmin Helsingissä ja Tampereella. Tarton matka oli ensimmäinen ulkomaan näyttely.

Screening Helsinki Tartu suunnittelu

Tarton projekti aloitetiin syyskuussa 2011. FRAME tuki hanketta.

Matka suunniteltiin ja Tartosta etsittiin yhteistyöhenkilö. FRAMEn rahoituksen varmistuttua tarvittavat matka- ja majoitusjärjestelyt hoidettiin. Tarton Annelinnan kaupunginosan nuortenkeskuksen (Anne Noortekeskus) johtaja Ahto Külvet välitti käytännön järjestelytehtävät Uku Petersonille. Uku selvitti screening-paikat, hoiti luvat kapunginhallitukselta sekä markkinoi tapahtumaa Tartossa.

Ukun ohjaaman Annelinnan kapunginosan nuortenkeskuksen valokuvakerhon jäsenet liittyivät näyttelyyn Tartossa (Anni Nöps, Elge Aas, Elise Keskpaik, Kadi Kähär, Kaisa Maasik, Liisbet Järviste, Mari-Lill Kaul, Marta Jahhu, Martin Kraus, Martina Himma, Rauno Kalda sekä Ülla Tamm). Oli hienoa, että mukaan tuli paikallisia valokuvaajia teoksillaan. Tämä on myös etu kiertävässä digitaalisessa näyttelyssä: Esityksen sisältöä voidaan muokata lyhyellä varoitusajalla.

Näyttelyn markkinointi tehtiin pääosin Internetin kautta sekä sähköpostitse lehdistötiedotteella. Tapahtumaa näkyi lehdissä (Tartu Postimees, Tarton suurin paikallislehti), valokuvablogeissa sekä facebookissa:

  • https://www.facebook.com/events/186499634789129/
  • http://www.screeninghelsinki.com/
  • http://www.movinggallery.net/
  • http://www.tartupostimees.ee/741654/fotonaitus-huppab-seinalt-seinale/
  • http://fotoring.blogspot.com/2012/02/screening-helsinki-tartu-randnaitus.html
  • http://www.tartu.ee/index.php?page_id=36&lang_id=1&menu_id=6&lotus_url=%2Fteated.nsf
    %2Fweb%2Fviited%2F8E6B6B015F6189FAC22579A60041F627%3FOpenDocument
  • http://kultuuriaken.tartu.ee/?event=1329382901
  • http://multimeedialabor.blogspot.com/2012/02/screening-helsinki-tartu-randnaitus.html
  • http://fotoluks.ee/?op=body&id=7&art=938

Matka

Edellisten screening-matkojen perusteella matkaan osattiin valmistautua oikealla kalustolla ja aikataululla. Yllätysten varalta matkaan lähdettiin päivää ennen esitystä.

Screeningpaikoiksi oli etukäteen valittu Tarton yliopiston kirjaston seinä klo. 19:30 – 20:30 (W.Struve 1) sekä Kaupunginaukion läheinen paikka klo 21:00 – 22:30 (Rüütli- ja Küütri-katujen risteys). Näytökset sujuivat suunnitellusti. Kirjaston seinä oli loistava sijaintinsa ja ajoituksen puolesta. Kirjasto suljettiin kahdeksalta, joten yleisöä syntyi poistuvista opiskelijoista. Paikalle oli tullut myös ennalta kutsuttuja vieraita n. 30 henkeä. Arvion mukaan tämän lisäksi näytöstä jäi seuraamaan n. 15 henkeä.

Toinen näyttelyn kohde oli hieman syrjässä kaupunginaukiolta. Tämän näytöksen ohitse käveli paljon ihmisiä. Tilanteen tarkkailun perusteella n. 10 henkeä puolessa tunnissa pysähtyi tarkastelemään valokuvia. Yhden illan 2,5 tunnin pop-up-näyttely keräsi siis varsin hyvin katsojia, ottaen huomioon että pakkasta oli n. -15 astetta. Tarjoiluna oli viiniä, teetä ja karkkia.

Näyttelyiltaa seuraavana päivänä lähdettiin melko ajoissa takaisin Helsingin suuntaan. Matkan varrella aikaa riitti henkilökohtaisen taiteellisen työskentelyn toteuttamiseen erään valokuvaprojektin osalta.

Lopuksi

Matka opetti paljon uutta liikkuvasta screening-näyttelystä ulkomailla. Esivalmistelut ovat tärkeä osa matkaa, ja niihin tarvitaan hyvä yhteistyökumppani kohteessa. Matka olisi voinut olla pidempikestoinen. Näytösillan jälkeen olisi ollut hyvä jäädä pariksi päiväksi tutustumaan näyttelyssä tavattuihin henkilöihin. Nyt suunnitelmissa on palata Tarttoon keväällä toteuttamaan nämä tapaamiset. Oli erittäin hienoa, että mukana oli paikallisten nuorten teoksia! Myös tulevissa screeningeissä pyritään ottamaan mukaan näyttelyjen kohdekaupunkien tekijöiden tuotantoa.

Tarton yliopiston kirjasto innostui hankeesta siinä määrin, että päätti toteuttaa oman valokuvaesityksensä keväällä samassa paikassa.

Screening Helsinki -projekti jää Tarton matkan jälkeen tauolle. Matkasta kuvattiin video, josta työstetään vielä dokumentaarinen lyhytelokuva.

Seuraava liikkuva screening -näyttelyprojekti suuntaa Unkariin kesällä 2012.

Screening Helsinki Tartu yhteistyökumppanit

Anne Noortekeskus
University of Tartu Library
Infolaine advert-site
Tartu City Government
FRAME (Finnish Fund for Art Exchange)


In English

Screening Helsinki continued its journey to Tartu 18th of February 2012

Mobile Screening Exhibition

Screening Helsinki introduces a new kind of outdoors photographic exhibition. There is an individual projection equipment installed inside a car. Building walls are used as a projection surface. So the exhibition can be set up basically anywhere you can drive a car to. The Screening Helsinki exhibition involves 15 photographers’ works (Mari Aaltonen, István Balogh, Katja Bohm, Lucie Dubreuil, Mikko Enqvist, Jenni Haili, Jyrki Kirjalainen, Tuija Lappalainen, Viivi Nieminen, Karoliina Paappa, Tanel Päll, Jari Silomäki, Virpi Stjerna, Sari Tervaniemi and Séllei Zsolt). The exhibition has previously been set up in Helsinki and in Tampere. Tartu was the first destination outside Finland.

Planning the Screening Helsinki Tartu

The plans for the Tartu project began in September 2011. After a grant from FRAME (the Finnish Fund for Art Exchange) the plan was realized. We looked for contact persons in Tartu and made reservations for the trip. Ahto Külvet, the director of Anne Youth Centre was our primary contact. He helped in the preliminary coordination and passed on the practical arrangements to Uku Peterson. Uku searched for the screening spots, got the permits from the city government and marketed the happening in Tartu.

In Tartu the members of Anne Youth Centre’s photo club, a class mentored by Uku, took part in the screening (Anni Nöps, Elge Aas, Elise Keskpaik, Kadi Kähär, Kaisa Maasik, Liisbet Järviste, Mari-Lill Kaul, Marta Jahhu, Martin Kraus, Martina Himma, Rauno Kalda and Ülla Tamm). It was great to have works of local photographers as part of the exhibition. This is a huge advantage in the digital touring exhibition as it is possible to change the contents of the presentation on a very short notice.

The marketing of the exhibition was implemented primarily in the Internet and with an emailed press release. The happening was promoted in the local news paper (Tartu Postimees), in photograhy blogs and in the facebook:

  • https://www.facebook.com/events/186499634789129/
  • http://www.screeninghelsinki.com/
  • http://www.movinggallery.net/
  • http://www.tartupostimees.ee/741654/fotonaitus-huppab-seinalt-seinale/
  • http://fotoring.blogspot.com/2012/02/screening-helsinki-tartu-randnaitus.html
  • http://www.tartu.ee/index.php?page_id=36&lang_id=1&menu_id=6&lotus_url=%2Fteated.nsf
    %2Fweb%2Fviited%2F8E6B6B015F6189FAC22579A60041F627%3FOpenDocument
  • http://kultuuriaken.tartu.ee/?event=1329382901
  • http://multimeedialabor.blogspot.com/2012/02/screening-helsinki-tartu-randnaitus.html
  • http://fotoluks.ee/?op=body&id=7&art=938

The Trip

A lot had been learned from the previous screenings. Now it was easy to make all the practical arrangements, fix the schedule and pack up all the necessary gear. The trip started a day before the exhbition to prepare for possible surprises on the way.

The screening spots were chosen beforehand. First there was the Tartu University Library at 19:30 – 20:30 (W.Struve 1). The second place was nearby the town square at 21:00 – 22:30 (across the Rüütli and Küütri streets). The presentations went as planned. The library wall was located perfectly and the timing was good: The library was closed at 20:00 and the students walked out to see the screening. There was also an invited audience of about 30 people. In addition to this an estimate of 15 people stayed to see the photographs. The second spot was a bit far aside from the town square. Many people passed by the place. By the observations it seemed that about 10 people in half an hour stopped for a moment to watch the screening. In conclusion a 2,5 hours pop-up exhibition gathered quite good audience in regards that it was about -15 degrees Celsius that night. Wine, tea and candy was served to the audience.

The journey continued back to Helsinki the next day. On the way back there was enough time to stop a couple of times to take photographs regarding another project. So, there was also a chance to carry out another artistic project on the trip.

In Conclusion

A lot was learned about how to arrange a mobile exhibition in a foreign country. Preliminary arrangements are a vital part of a successful screening. For this, it is necessary to have a reliable contact person in the destination. The trip could have been longer. After the screening it would have been good to stay for a day or two more and meet again the persons we met only briefly at the screening. Now the plan is to visit Tartu again during the Spring to carry out these meetings. It was an honour to have the local young photographers’ works as part of the exhibition! If possilbe, in the future we will also ask photographers from the screening destination to take part in the screening.

Tartu University Library liked the screening really much and they decided to set up their own photographic exhibition with the same concept in the same place during the Spring.

The Screening Helsinki project takes a break after the Tartu trip. A video was shot on the trip and a short documentary will be edited out of it.

The next mobile screening exhibition project will take us to Hungary in the summer of 2012.

Screening Helsinki Tartu partners

Anne Noortekeskus
University of Tartu Library
Infolaine advert-site
Tartu City Government
FRAME (Finnish Fund for Art Exchange)


Photographs of the happening

(photos by Jenni Haili)

Pressiteade / Press Release: Screening Helsinki-Tartu – rändnäitus Tartus 18.2.2012 / Screening Helsinki Tartu – Travelling Exhibition in Tartu, Estonia 18.2.2012

Pressiteade / Press Release: Screening Helsinki-Tartu - rändnäitus Tartus 18.2.2012 / Screening Helsinki Tartu - Travelling Exhibition in Tartu, Estonia 18.2.2012

Pressiteade

Screening Helsinki-Tartu – rändnäitus Tartus 18.2.2012

Moving Gallery esitleb 18. veebruari õhtul Tartus fotode välinäitust, mis toimub

19.30-20.30 Tartu Ülikooli raamatukogu seinal (W. Struve 1)
21.00-22.30 Rüütli ja Küütri tänavate ristmikul

Fotonäituse idee on sarnane ammutuntud rändkinodele. Näitust näidatakse spetsiaalselt näituse tarvis ümberehitatud autost ning “fotolinana” kasutatakse Tartu majade seinu.

Paari põgusa tunni jooksul on võimalik näha 15 fotograafi teoste linastumist. Fotograafideks on Mari Aaltonen, István Balogh, Katja Bohm, Lucie Dubreuil, Mikko Enqvist, Jenni Haili, Jyrki Kirjalainen, Tuija Lappalainen, Viivi Nieminen, Karoliina Paappa, Tanel Päll, Jari Silomäki, Virpi Stjerna, Sari Tervaniemi ja Séllei Zsolt.

Tartu linastuse puhul on võimalik näha ka MTÜ Noored Toredate Mõtetega fotoringi näitust “hommik lõuna õhtu öö”. Fotode autorid on  Anni Nöps, Elge Aas, Elise Keskpaik, Kadi Kähär, Kaisa Maasik, Liisbet Järviste, Mari-Lill Kaul, Marta Jahhu, Martin Kraus, Martina Himma, Rauno Kalda ja Ülla Tamm.

Kuigi ööd on siin külmad, teevad huvitavad fotod õhtu soojaks. Kõik huvilised on oodatud!

Projekti kontaktid:
Jyrki Kirjalainen (Moving Gallery)
tel. +358 445114181
email jyrki(a)jyrkikirjalainen.net

Uku Peterson
tel. +372 58 243 008
email uku(a)disko.ee

* Screening Helsinki-Tartu Facebookis https://www.facebook.com/events/186499634789129/
* Täpsemat informatsiooni näituse kohta leiab http://screeninghelsinki.com/. Pärast Tartu linastust leiab sealt ülevaate Tartus toimunu kohta.
* Moving Gallery: http://www.movinggallery.net/ & https://www.facebook.com/movinggallery

Täname!

Anne Noortekeskus (Ahto Külvet, Uku Peterson)
Tartu Ülikooli raamatukogu
Infolaine kuulutustelehte
Tartu linnavalitsust
FRAME (Finnish Fund for Art Exchange)


Press Release

Screening Helsinki Tartu – Travelling Exhibition in Tartu, Estonia 18.2.2012

Moving Gallery presents an outdoors exhibition as photographs are projected on walls of buildings in Tartu. The presentation takes place in two different locations on
Saturday 18.2.2012:

Tartu University Library 19:30 – 20:30 (W.Struve 1) and
The Town Square 21:00 – 22:30 (across the Rüütli and Küütri Streets)

The travelling exhibition involves 15 photographers: Mari Aaltonen, István Balogh, Katja Bohm, Lucie Dubreuil, Mikko Enqvist, Jenni Haili, Jyrki Kirjalainen, Tuija Lappalainen, Viivi Nieminen, Karoliina Paappa, Tanel Päll, Jari Silomäki, Virpi Stjerna, Sari Tervaniemi and Séllei Zsolt.

In Tartu a selection of works from Anne Youth Centre’s photo club students will be a part of the screening. The ‘Morning lunch evening night’ includes photographs from Anni Nöps, Elge Aas, Elise Keskpaik, Kadi Kähär, Kaisa Maasik, Liisbet Järviste, Mari-Lill Kaul, Marta Jahhu, Martin Kraus, Martina Himma, Rauno Kalda and Ülla Tamm.

Outdoors projection concept is similar to what was common decades ago as there were travelling movie theaters. This time the exhibition is set up with an individual projection equipment installed inside a car.

We invite all people to attend the exhibition. As the nights are cold, warm photographs will do the best to keep you warm.

Contacts regarding the project:

Jyrki Kirjalainen (Moving Gallery)
tel. +358 445114181
email jyrki(a)jyrkikirjalainen.net

Uku Peterson
tel. +372 58 243 008
email uku(a)disko.ee

* Screening Helsinki Tartu on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/186499634789129/
* For more information about the exhibition, visit http://screeninghelsinki.com/. The happening will also be documented on the site later on.
* Moving Gallery: http://www.movinggallery.net/ & https://www.facebook.com/movinggallery

Thanks!

Anne Noortekeskus (Ahto Külvet, Uku Peterson)
University of Tartu Library
Infolaine advert-site
Tartu City Government
FRAME (Finnish Fund for Art Exchange)

Screening Route:

Photographs from the previous happenings / Fotod eelmistest üritustest:

Screening Helsinki goes Tartu, Estonia from 17th to 19th of February 2012

Screening Helsinki goes Tartu, Estonia from 17th to 19th of February 2012

Screening Helsinki Photographic Exhibition will travel next to Tartu, Estonia. This will also be the final destination for the year-long exhibition. This will be Moving Gallery’s first exhibition run outside Finland.

We are still making arrangements regarding the trip.

The trip is funded by FRAME (Finnish Fund for Art Exchange).

See the route below.

Report: Screening Helsinki takes Asematunneli on Friday 18th of November 2011

Screening Helsinki was arranged at Asematunneli, Helsinki on Friday 18th of November 2011. Helsinki Asematunneli (station tunnel, Asematunneli in Wikipedia) is an underground level with small shops and kiosks in between the ground level and the metro tunnels.

For the presentation there was a 3 channel projection. In two of the channels there was the same video stream, in one channel there was a seperate one. Both of these stream looped the Screening Helsinki photography presentation slide show. The opening of the exhibition was held on Friday 18th of November 2011 from 5 to 8pm. The screening continued until Monday night 11pm during the opening hours of Asematunneli.

The technology and space for the Asematunneli screening was provided by Renna Group Ltd.

Jyrki Kirjalainen and a representative of the Renna Group acted as gallerists on the opening night. There were couple of chairs setup for the screening guests and candy was served at the opening. Some of the invitees arrived to see the show and there were discussions about the Asematunneli space as a place for art.

At Asematunneli there is always something happening. Nowadays there are more security guards than what there was in the 90′s, and the environment is much less hostile than what it used to be back then. Commuters and other people going from place A to B pass the undergroung space quickly, switching between metros, trains and busses. Some people hang around in the space until the security guards lead them outside the tunnel as loitering is forbidden in the Asematunneli.

In the tunnel there are lots of advertisements, posters and bright lights, so catching one’s attention with a somewhat discreet photographic exhibition is not easy. As we attended the opening for 3 hours, we saw lots of people passing by the screening without noticing it. But as some people noticed the photographs, they stopped and watched the show for a while. Guests who came by invitation were pleased to see art in the Asematunneli space.

Overall capacity of the audience passing by during the three hours must’ve been over a thousand. About 70 people noticed the photograhic exhibition and about 20 people stopped at the presentation. About 15 invited guests arrived.

The opening hours of Asematunneli are Mon – Sat, 7am – 11pm and Sun, 10am – 11pm. So we got exhibition time for the total of 51 hours which is about 7 working days. It’s quite hard to estimate the amount of audience reached, but as an act of art bringing a photographic exhibition in a place like this is something to talk about!

I would especially like to thank Renna Group for providing this artistic exhibition! Also thanks for the audience and thanks for the photographers that participates Screening Helsinki exhibiton!

Screening Helsinki takes Asematunneli on Friday 18th of November 2011

Screening Helsinki takes Asematunneli on Friday 18th of November 2011

The exhibition will take place in the Helsinki Asematunneli which a an underground level with small shops and kiosks in between the ground and metro tunnels.

The screening space can be seen in the photo below. There are 3 channels for the screening and in each of them will loop the Screening Helsinki slideshow / photography exhibition.

The opening of the exhibition is held next Friday 18th of November 2011 at 5 pm.
This vernissage will continue until 8 pm. The screening will continue until Monday night 11 pm.

Now there is a good change for you to see the photographic artworks live on stage at the center of Helsinki city.

Facebook event.

The technology and space for the Asematunneli screening is provided by Renna Group Oy. For more information about the implementation and collaboration opportunities visit www.rennagroup.fi or contact Toni Ritvanen 045-8748266 / rennaoy [at] gmail.com.

Screening Helsinki in Tartu 2012

We are currently making preliminary plans to take Screening Helsinki to Tartu in the February of 2012.

Screening Helsinki getting ready for the dark nights

In Finland the summer nights are very bright so there is no possibility to project stuff outside. Luckily now it’s getting darker in August and it’s also quite warm. So there are plans to go out and screen the photos again! I’m still looking for a good wall in Helsinki at a good spot. It’s not very easy, but from exprience I can say that when you find it, it will be great!

So expect good things of the Screening Helsinki project!!!

Screening Helsinki Documentary and the whole presentation

Screening Helsinki (screeninghelsinki.com) was presented first time in March 2011. We have now set up the screening in Helsinki and Tampere. The idea in the screening is to bring photographs among the people on site. Moving Gallery (movinggallery.net) provides the screening equipment and a presentation space in the web. Idea is that we drive the car with independent screening capabilities next to a wall and start to project the photographs from 15 artists.

We have got lots of attention and there has been discussion about where to take Screening Helsinki next. As ideas develop and plans are made, we will inform you here at this site. The ‘On The Road’ blog is updated frequently with the latest news about the screening.

We made a documentary video on our trip to Tampere 1st of April 2011. You can watch it here below.

watch@youtube

We also documented the whole screening while projected on the wall of Kiasma. The video is below. It is speeded up 3 times. You should get the idea of the screening pretty well with this, although this wall didn’t suit best for screening purposes as it was some sort of shiny metal.

watch@youtube



REPORT: Screening Helsinki at Kiasma 9th of April 2011

Kiasma is the best known museum of contemporary art in Finland and a place that many artist and curator consider as the place for new art to be.

Screening Helsinki jatkaa Suomen valloitusta. Kävimme testaamassa Kiasman pintaa projisiointitarkoituksiin. Samalla Screening Helsingin dia-show dokumentoitiin videokameralle, joka olikin tapahtuman lähes ainoa yleisö. Pyrimme testaamaan sekä fyysisiä että mielikuvallisia rajoja ja rajoittamattomuuksia projisiointipinnan suhteen. Nyt näyttely on ollut Kiasmassa. Tämä on uusi aluevaltaus. Jatkamme tästä.
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Screening Helsinki continues taking Finland. We went out and tested the wall of Kiasma as a projection surface. The Screening Helsinki slide show was dokumented on film at the same time. The video camera wa almost the only audience of this show. We will continue to test the locational aspects of the show as well as the conceptual ones. Now the exhibition has been to Kiasma. This is a new place to be for us. And here we should continue onwards!

Screening Helsinki looking for new playgrounds!!!

We are constantly looking for new places and ways to bring the photography to the people! Everyone needs art. Good art. Cities need art. Good art. We need art, even though we might not realize it! You know it when you see it!