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International Week 2016: Day 3

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Some pics from the third day of the TAMK Art, Music and Media International week at Mediapolis. You can read more from the iWeek blog ! United Studios United Studios Photorealistic 3D in Blender workshop Free to Play workshop Connected neighborhoods workshop - What is a 100 meters? Connected neighborhoods workshop - What is a 100 meters?  Photos: Carita Forsgren 2016

International Week: Free to Play workshop

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Games as a Service: Free to Play workshop by Simon Rozner (Rovio) and Howell Istance (TAMK, UTA) The workshop kicked off with a very informative session of the basics and highlights of free to play mobile games.      Simply finding a correct and precise definition for this type of game helped us redefine what the game should aim for.   As with most products, knowledge of your customer is key to building a service that is aimed to particular needs and limitations. Free to play games require developers to truly understand who they are designing for.      After learning about the important elements, we dove into exercises which helped us improve our chosen game (in our case, a game we are building for a Museum). We developed extra elements and incorporated them into our game to add a little extra to it. I believe our game has became much more with all the extra elements that we have added thanks to this workshop. All in all, I have enjoyed the...

International week starts!

Hi all, Now it starts: Welcome to the 9th International week’s opening ceremony on Tuesday morning at 10.00 (KINO)! Hope you enjoy the programme http://artmusicmediaweek.tamk.fi/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/iweek9_timetable1.pdf and explore as many workshops, seminars etc. as possible! On behalf of the organizing team, -timo- *************** Timo Kivikangas Head of Degree Programme in Media and Arts Tampere University of Applied Sciences +358 40 8698840 timo.kivikangas@tamk.fi www.tamk.fi

TAMK Art, Music and Media entrance exams on 13th and 14th April 2016!

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Here is some practical information on how to get to the TAMK Art, Music and Media entrance exam. The Entrance Exam is arranged at TAMK School of Art, Music and Media at the Mediapolis Campus, Tohlopinranta 31 , 33270 Tampere . The Mediapolis area is located 6,5 km from the Tampere city center. http://www.mediapolis.fi/en/   Buses number 8, 17 and 36 run from the city center to the Mediapolis area. The ride from Tampere Central Square (Keskustori) to Mediapolis takes approximately 20-30 minutes. Timetables of the buses are available on the TKL-website http://reittiopas.tampere.fi/en/#mapcenter%28kkj3*3326933*6823534%29. Note that a single-fare ticket costs 3 € , and a day ticket is 6,50 €. Once you are at the bus stop, go on your right, where the Mediapolis sign is visible.  Just follow that road until the end. (Not quite a yellow brick road...) Then, you'll find the Mediapolis main entrance on your left. You'll find the registration desk in our main lobby... After ...

TAMK Fine art student Sanni Weckman's new work in the YLE News

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Sanni Weckman is interviewed of her performance weaving work at the TAMK Fine Art Final Works exhibition at the Mältinranta gallery. Click to 3:55 in the video to see it! http://areena.yle.fi/1-3351469

Time to apply!

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Here’s is an example of the course work of two of our students: Fernando Otero Martinez & Pablo Sánchez Hidalgo. Enjoy!  Are you interested in video games and interactivity? Or is your passion in producing amazing music? Perhaps your heart beats for things like drawing, painting and animation? If you answered yes for at least one of the above, you have come to the right place! It’s time to fill in your application for the TAMK degree programme in Media and Arts, located in the beautiful and modern city of Tampere , Finland. As our student you will get access to the exciting international work environment of Mediapolis , where students and companies coexist and interact with each other on a daily basis. You’ll learn the latest workflows and production techniques of your field and get an amazing chance to network with skilled and passionate students like yourself from all around the world. The application period is 8 - 27 January 2016. Applicants will be invited to the entrance ...

INTAC’s exhibition in Berlin

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For one week most of our class travelled to Berlin for fun... ...But also to create an amazing exhibition with our fellow INTAC classmates!  Walter from Berliner Technischer Kunstschule had provided us with a great space in Kreuzberg in the Bethanian.  Juuso Kuivila For three days before the opening everyone worked together to organize the placings and set everything up. Unfortunately everyone wasn’t able to make it, but we found enough space and volunteers for all the works to be put up. It was such an experience to fill the empty white rooms with our art pieces and see the atmosphere progress.  Juuso Kuivila Juuso Kuivila Juuso Kuivila Everyone was full of anticipation on the opening night. It was so exciting to see the gallery gradually fill up and realize what a success our event had become. Here is a video so you get a glimpse of the evening: Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZhDk5Hz62k Our exhibition stayed there for the rest of the week and we...