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Spring sale at Designtori

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Fine Arts students Spring sale at Designtori sun 3.5. at 11-18 Welcome! Tullikamarinaukio 2, 33101 Tampere     Ikuinen gallery is a contemporary art project space located in Tampere. The gallery is run by a board of fine art students in Tampere UAS School of Art and Media as part of their study program. Ikuinen gallery’s main focus is in presenting interesting and high quality student work, whereas work from other art school students and teachers as well as visiting artists are regularly also at show. Ikuinen Galleria Tampere ikuinengalleria@tamk.fi

Cool Week in Hong Kong 20.-24.4.2015

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View over Hong Kong, from the PolyU Innovation Tower Hong Kong skyline, near the Space Museum Between the 20th and 24th of April, two of our Tamk Media and Arts lecturers - Howell Istance and I, Carita Forsgren - went to visit Hong Kong. (Yes, the city, not the Finnish hardware and various items store by the same name.) We were there by the generous invitation of the University of Tampere, Centre for Practice as Research inTheatre . Thank you also for being such nice travel companions, Riku Roihankorpi and Maria Salomaa! What a pity that Jaakko Lenni-Taattola was not able to join us, due to attending another conference. Here's what the CPRP has published in their  blog . Howell Istance, Riku Roihankorpi and Maria Salomaa: our first evening in Hong Kong Riku tries out a student installation work at the Innovation Tower, HK PolyU Maria and Howell at the Happy Valley horse races So, what did we do in Hong Kong, except going to the Happy Valley horseraces , the Nan Lian gardens &

Photopool at ITK fair in Hämeenlinna

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The team of three Deadline was met with photopool-project last Friday in Hämeenlinna. Photopool is an app that was introduced at ITK-fair which is focused in interactive methods of education . Development started after the original concept by Tuomo Joronen, a lecturer at Degree Programme in Media. Group of three, Tuomo, Chrystal, student at Interactive Programme in Media and Mika, student at Computer Sciences welcome you to try the app which you can download at: www.photopool.fi . Currently there is an android version only. Most of the development process occurred during the summer of 2014 and slowly but surely the app was finetuned into a deliverable by the fair. Find more information of the fair at:  http://www.itk.fi/2015/info/english

TAMK Media Entrance Exams 15.-16.4.2015

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This year's entrance exams have now started, with last night's snow freshly melted from the shores of lake Tohloppi. Wednesday morning 15.4. at eight - registration in the Mediapolis lobby The tutoring students administer the registrations Lake Tohloppi still has an ice cover Timo Kivikangas is giving his welcoming speech to the applicants, in the orange lobby Text & photos: Carita Forsgren

Fine Arts students Spring sale in Mediapolis

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Fine Arts students Spring sale in Mediapolis wed 15.4. at 11-14. Come and find your favourites among paintings, drawings, cards etc. Cash only. Welcome! Ikuinen Gallery Mediapolis, TAMK-lobby, Tohlopinranta 31, 33270 Tampere Ikuinen gallery is a contemporary art project space located in Tampere. The gallery is run by a board of fine art students in Tampere UAS School of Art and Media as part of their study program. Ikuinen gallery’s main focus is in presenting interesting and high quality student work, whereas work from other art school students and teachers as well as visiting artists are regularly also at show. Ikuinen Galleria ikuinengalleria.tumblr.com ikuinengalleria@tamk.fi

Entrance exams practicalities

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Dear applicants, as you very well know, the entrance exams are approaching, and here you'll find some useful info that will help you having a smoother experience during these already tense days. HOW TO GET HERE: Take buses 8 or 17 from rautatieasema or keskustori, and stop in Mediapolis. Buses go quite frequently, and if you need to check the timetable you can use TKL's  Journey Planner Once you are at the bus stop, go on your right, where the Mediapolis sign is visible Just follow that road until the end Then, you'll find Mediapolises main entrance on your left You'll find the registration desk in our main lobby And after you have been registering, you will hear a welcome speech from our Head of Studies, Timo Kivikangas, in our orange lobby, which will also be an info point throughout the whole exam. More infos about the exams will be given directly to each applicant once you are here; but if you are in need remember that the tutors are there to help you(they'll we