TAMK School of Art and Media Exhibitions and TV shows in July

TAMK is having summer holidays, but the fine art students are busy with exhibitions and the Finnish National Broadcasting Company YLE shows nine School of Art and Media films in July.

ARS VIIKINSAARI 09
Environmental Art Exhibition
12.7.-15.8.2009
In July daily, not on Mondays in August
Departure from Laukontori harbor every hour
Boat tickets: Adults 8 €, senior citizens and students 7 €, children (age 4-17) 4 €.
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Tourist Information art Project
10.7 18 - 9.8.
Galleria Huoltamo
Suvantokatu 4 Tampere
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On TV:

If I Fall (Jos kaadun) by Hannaleena Hauru
TV1 Tuesday 14.7.2009 2:00 - 2:15 pm
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The YLE Documentary Project shows July 22 seven TAMK School of Art and Media documentaries with the title "Tulevaisuuden tekijät" - Makers of the Future.

TV2 Wednesday 22.7.
at 23:00 Expensive Shit - Melko kallista paskaa by Antti Tuomikoski

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23:45 - 00:48 short documentaries:
Ilkka Rautio: Treasured Waters - Ei vettä rantaa rakkaampaa
Seija Hirstiö: Hiljaisuus
Kristiina Lehto: Asperger syndroomaisen päiväkirja
Jussi Autio: Up with attitude - Askel asenteella
Henna Inkinen: Viimeinen päivä
Helena Yli-Kyyny: Sotilasmuistioni

All the films will be presented in the blog in Finnish of the School of Art and Media starting Thursday July 16.

And the final TAMK film shown by YLE in July is:

YRITÄ EES! Hey Please! by Maiju Asikainen
TV2 29.7.2009 at 22.55
Hey Please!

National Center for Mariculture - Practical Training Vol. 4

Summer is here. Temperatures rounding from +38 to +45... Just too much...

These conditions, of course, effect the animals too. Rising temperatures causes better habitats for bacterias and parasites to grow and get strong specialy in standing water locations. In this case - Fish tanks.

(Figure 1 - Denitrification Reactor's system) During june we have been fighting the famous Mycobacterium which similar to human's Tuberculosis together with some other parasites as Benedenia and cryptocarium. Some have easier treatments while some have non.

While not able to work with groupers, i have been focusing more at the growth of gilt-head Bream in the Denitrification system. A project which supported by the USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) and providing a cooperation between Israeli NCM (National Center for Mariculture) in Eilat and Jordanian MSS (Marine Science Station) in Aqaba.

The work at the denitrification system currently been about the oxygen levels inside the reactor. Instead of oxygen level between 0% to 1% there are around 20-30% and most efforts are to locate where and how this oxygen penetrate inside.

(Figure 2- Large scale denitrification reactor pilot's project)

Another problems found out in the system is problematic blocks in the pipes caused by the sludge flowing from the reactor to the solid settler.

After come to decision that in order to make the sludge more active, a removal of some older less active might be a good solution. This will make the sludge younger and hopefully more active and by that more effective in consuming oxygen.
Measurements as OUR (Oxigen Uptake Rate) and NUR (Nitrogen Uptake Rate) helped to confirm the different assumptions.

During the last month i have been experiencing some laboratory work, getting more confident doing that which is why i am here.

Have a safe, relaxed summer and dont forget to put sunscreen when you go out!

Yoav Magen, Environmental Engineering Degree Program.

Ars Viikinsaari 09

ARS VIIKINSAARI 09
Environmental Art Exhibition
12.7.-15.8.2009
In July daily, not on Mondays in August
Departure from Laukontori harbor every hour
Boat tickets: Adults 8 €, senior citizens and students 7 €, children (age 4–17) 4 €.

Welcome to the vernissage Sat 11.7. 19:00-00:30

Viikinsaari is a beautiful summer recreation island only 20 minutes boat trip away from Tampere city center. Every summer the Fine Art students of TAMK School of Art and Media host an environmental art exhibition on the island in cooperation with the City of Tampere Cultural Office. This year the exhibition is called Ars Viikinsaari 09.

The artists are: Vera Arjoma, Anni Hujala, Riikka Kunnari, Tuija Lappalainen, Petra Lukkari, Vili Nissinen, Karoliina Paappa, Kristian Tuomainen and Päivi Viinikainen.

The artists describe their work:
"The reality of the nature and human created culture meet at the Ars Viikinsaari 09 exhibition. Nine artists take in various ways advantage of the means of modern art in their works. The works open a dialogue with the environment and the viewer, inviting to reflect on the human relationship with nature, its meaning and essence.

The works communicate about the tension between the momentary and the permanent, about the effects of deeds and events, and the desire and longing of the human to be close to the nature, although grown away. The methods used include sculpture, photography and installations. In some of the works recycled materials, even waste have been used.

Nature does not consider which social class humans belong to, it is the same for everyone. And the human traces are ultimately the same."

Viikinsaari island
Photos "Making of Ars Viikinsaari" by Vili Nissinen

Lep pozdrav iz Slovenije!

Greetings from Slovenia, Ljubljana. I have been here four months as an exchange student. For once I have had a good chance to enjoy a Real summer. It has been nearly +30 decrees almost every day. So you can gain a really nice tan.

I have paid attention that these middle Europeans like making out on a bench in the park. People are really hospitable, considerate and generous. And they all wear slippers inside the house.

Dober dan! = Good afternoon!
Nasvidenje! = Goodbye!
Hvala = Thank you
Glava me boli. = My head hurts.
Ti si umazan. = You are dirty.

You'll get a long well with these phrases.

regards: Merja Laine, visual arts-06This is a postcard from Merja Laine, Degree Programme in Fine Arts student. Merja has done her student exchange this spring in the Faculty of Fine Arts at University of Ljubljana.

One of the best of the good sides of TAMK UAS is encouraging everybody to internationalise. All students who have progressed properly with their studies, can do an international exchange period. It is most practical to choose one of the TAMK international partner institutions in 40 countries, but it is possible to make an exchange elsewhere as well.

University of Ljublajana
TAMK partner institutions

A Japanese Student's View on Life and Studies in Finland

In this blog there are many stories written by the international students of our Degree Programme in Environmental Engineering. Some of our international students also have their own blogs. Some time ago I found the "Better together" blog written by Onnellinen (=happy in Finnish). He is a student of the Degree Programme in International Business from Japan. The blog reflects experiences and observations of a foreign student in Finland.

Some of the postings are written in English, some in Japanese. If you don't know Japanese, you are able to enjoy the stories anyway, because Onnellinen likes to use the camera and prints a lot of great photos in the blog. Therefore you can also join his long trip to Lapland over the Midsommer in June. The blog is established in March, so you can also see photos from winter-time.

Onnellinen about studies at TAMK and in Finland
Better together blog