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Album Published November 20, 2017

Pixelache Festival

Pixelache Festival is one of the earliest electronic and experimental art and culture festivals in Europe. The 2017 edition titled Local & Decentralised took place in Suvilahti, Helsinki, Finland.

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Content Published November 19, 2017

Visual show

Abstract made during Daniel Lanois visual show.

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Content Published October 7, 2017

Kinetic sculptures

Visiting Jessica MacMillan studio in the Artists' House. American multidisciplinary artist MacMillan creates sculptures and installations within astronomy and their relationship to the actuality of daily life on our planet. She explains to visitors her visions of this installation that in astronomy, reality and appearance are more disconnected than in any other area of human experience. The kinetic sculptures of household objects are aligned with the axis of the planet and mounted the same that are used for guiding telescopes.

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Content Published October 7, 2017

Memories of the Never Happened

Fine Art prints set of Istvan Virag's works "Memories of the Never Happened".

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Content Published September 28, 2017

Håkan Långstedt

Håkan Långstedt, CEO of Saas instruments, one of the panellists at Design Diplomacy event at the Danish Residence. Håkan runs a leading Finnish lamp manufacturing company that for the last thirty years has been designing and developing innovative lighting solutions. Saas Instruments clients include Löyly Helsinki, Ikano Umeå, Fazer Visitor Centre, the Manerba showroom in Milano and many more.

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Content Published September 28, 2017

Danish reception

At the Danish reception at the Helsinki Design Week's Design Diplomacy event visitors were greeted by the Embassy's personnel, the Minister-Counsellor Jens Christian Andersen and Commercial Counsellor Troels Jakobsen, and welcomed to a glass of champagne.

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Content Published September 24, 2017

Welcoming words

Welcoming words by Madam Ambassador to a Helsinki Design Week Design Diplomacy event at the Danish residence. Two leading Nordic lamp manufacturers were invited to this inspiring Q&A session. From Denmark Michael Simonsen from VITA Copenhagen and from Finland Håkan Långstedt from SAAS Instruments.

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Content Published August 13, 2017

Freshly sprayed mural

Grafitti sprayers compete weekly with mind-blowing new murals in Suvilahti, Helsinki. Each week you can find new works, and each time sprayers painted over some other artists murals.

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Content Published August 13, 2017

Artist at work

Artist at work in his studio. Alvar Gullichsen is a multi-gifted Finnish artist who is primarily known as a painter and sculptor. This image was taken in October 2013.

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Content Published July 4, 2017

Participatory design

Malmö Konsthall's approach to a co-operative design involving various stakeholders in the design process of decorating a separate part of the art hall with Islamic geometry and patterns.

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Content Published July 4, 2017

Transparency

Lars Englund's sculptures give a touch of transparency in the wide open space of the Malmö Konsthall.

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Content Published July 3, 2017

Malmö Konsthall vernissage

Lars Englund & Gerry Johansson vernissage at the Malmö Konsthall, Sweden. Lars Englund (b. 1933) presented his sculptures while Gerry Johansson (b. 1945) introduced to his black & white photography of empty places in urban scene context or romantic rural from the seventies and later.

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Content Published June 26, 2017

Dots & Music

Ask Brean works with contemporary technology in an attempt to harvest these processes own knowledge, detached from the user interface. In this image, he introduces to a curious art visitor of his studio some mode of operation that works in dialogue with music and prints dots.

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Content Published June 26, 2017

Kunstnernes Hus Bar og Restaurant

The ground floor of the Kunstnernes Hus is dedicated to a good kitchen, wine and beverages. Moreover, there is a stage for live concerts and performances.

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Content Published June 21, 2017

Anders Midtgaard

True friend and helping hand.

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Content Published June 12, 2017

Sculptures and prints

Anna Daniell

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Content Published June 12, 2017

Photography sculpture

by Istvan Virag

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Content Published June 10, 2017

Beer can house

The Dream City at the Roskilde Festival is a makers place. Any any idea is possible if it can be built. For example, the beer can house was a unique installation in 2013.

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Content Published May 31, 2017

Exploring artists vision

Oslo-Open presents. One of the talented artists introduced to the public. A spectator watches artists website.

This artist studio space is run by the Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo.

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Content Published May 31, 2017

Kunstnernes Hus

Where art flourishes. Kunstnernes Hus is a art driven plateau for Norwegian and international contemporary art. The house is artist-run, tenants include the Academy of Fine Arts.

www.kunstnerneshus.no

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