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Video installations  Breath  and  Protection  by our Fine art lecturer Fanni Niemi-Junkola in the Finlayson Art Area  exhibition 9.6.-27.8.2017. The videoworks are located in Gallery Himmelblau 2. floor. Cinematography by Film and TV lecturer Tommi Moilanen.  The film crew included graduates from TAMK: Ville Hakonen , Sanni Hujanen and Jyrimatti Holm .  The camera for Protection, Mira Rasi.  The music was composed by Pekko Käppi. The installations were first exhibited in Berlin in 2016. http://finlaysonartarea.fi http://finlaysonartarea.fi/faa-2017-taiteilijat / https://www.facebook.com/finlaysonartarea/?fref=ts Text: Fanni Niemi-Junkola  Senior Lecturer / Head of Fine Art Study Path Degree Program in Media and Arts Tampere University of Applied Sciences  (TAMK) Mediapolis, Tohlopinranta 31 33270 Tampere FINLAND email: fanni.niemi-junkola@tamk.fi Tel. +358 50 3562803 www.tamk.fi

Eeverest started as a trio formed by two music production students Niko Mansikka-aho and Marcus Tikkanen in 2014 and it got introduced for a bigger audience by participating on UMK15-song contest.  However, journey ended at 2nd semifinal and gradually after that the group made changes for Eeverest line-up and started building up a new brand. Nowadays, Niko Mansikka-aho is presented as the main guy in Eeverest. Marcus Tikkanen is also involved in the project, but is hitting from the back and co-writing songs with Niko. On summer 2016 goals and deadlines were set for Eeverest and they started to create a portfolio of songs to be presented. The school has been also a major help pushing this project forward by organizing annual songwriting camps in Leeuwarden , Netherlands. Of course you need to really show dedication and skills, but also have a bit of luck to gain success from there. Niko and Marcus both got some of their contacts through the songwriting camp and it really gave hope and

Interested in seeing what Alexandra Mitiku , Veera Nelimarkka,   Elina Pasanen and Anniina Pasanen have been working on this semester? In the first months, the girls have been learning about managing an exhibition, and since April, they have had the chance to create the artworks. Come and see the results! Last Friday they arraged a pop up –exhibition in Pyynikki’s Trikootehdas. If you didn’t have time to go see the works, fear not! The exhibition opens up again, this time at a cultural centre called Uulu, in 2.6. The exhibition opening will be held at 17-19. The exhibition will be in Uulu for three weeks, so if you cannot make it to the opening, there is a lot of time to go and visit the gallery later. Welcome!