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Get ready for INTAC - International Art Collaborations Course Intac was born in 2010 as a tandem project between two schools, TAMK University of Applied Sciences and OCAD University in Toronto, Canada. The core idea was that students from the two universities would ideate and realize art projects working together, using skype and other social media to communicate, and at the end they would organize a joint art exhibition. Five years passed by, and Intac is stronger than ever. Six universities are taking part in the project right now(TAMK, OCAD in Canada, Chung-Ang University in Seoul, Osaka University of Arts in Japan, BTK from Berlin and NID from India)and for the first year this year, the international students from the new Fine Arts study path are taking part in the project. Intac is a non conventional course. You might find yourself working late in the night as there might be seven time zones in between you and the person working on the same project. Even lessons have  to be sc...

5 days and 1 empty gallery. This is what we were given to realize our projects for the course ‘Art and Environment Workshop’ . I had never worked in a gallery before, so it was a wonderfully new experience. It was a different atmosphere to create something – a recycled space that had seen many different artistic settings. Although it cut into our autumn holidays and we couldn’t be physically present during all of the days, we managed to put together a unique exhibition-type event in Rajatila. Creating the title for our event was a bit tricky, since we were not sharing a common theme. After an hour of brainstorming, cookies and playing word games, it came down to ‘Fleeting Space’. Lavinia took the photo for the flyer, instructing us to walk around aimlessly and throw the pillows around. It felt silly, but we got the image we wanted! During the event itself, we presented our works-in-progress and the audience was welcomed to give suggestions and feedback. Our event had a h...

14 Art Media takes over Rajatila for a while Text by  Alexandra Mitiku Photos by Lavinia Colzani & Alexandra Mitiku 5 days and 1 empty gallery. This is what we were given to realize our projects for the course ‘Art and Environment Workshop’. I had never worked in a gallery before, so it was a wonderfully new experience. It was a different atmosphere to create something – a recycled space that had seen many different artistic settings. Although it cut into our autumn holidays and we couldn't be physically present during all of the days, we managed to put together a unique exhibition-type event in Rajatila. Creating the title for our event was a bit tricky, since we were not sharing a common theme. After an hour of brainstorming, cookies and playing word games, it came down to ‘Fleeting Space’. Lavinia took the photo for the flyer, instructing us to walk around aimlessly and throw the pillows around. It felt silly, but we got the image we wanted! During the event itself, we prese...

Photo: Alexandra Mitiku  I arrived with Lavinia on a wet Tuesday morning in Leeuwarden. We were running late for the opening of the international week at Leeuwarden and managed to get slightly lost. Eventually we stumbled into the presentation room of Minerva Academie voor Popcultuur . My first impression of the school was how liberal they were, from discussions to interior design. Also, how kind they were to offer free coffee. Photo: Fanny Niemi Junkola We were a part of the Urban Exploration Workshop. Originally we were supposed to make only installations based on the environment, but we ended up joining another workshop ‘Future City planning’ and consequently our workshop description was a fusion of planning a future Leeuwarden and making an art installation. It was an interesting twist in the program! During the two days of the workshop we interviewed strangers in the street about their ideas about their town, had interesting discussions about the history of the town and the e...