Regina Linnanheimo (1915-1995) was passionate about movies from the very get-go: as a girl, she spent her every last penny on going to the cinema. She also had her sister […]
Pushing the limits of the human body
“The first incarnation of Circus Mundus Absurdus saw the light of day back in 1999, when I met Antti Kervinen and Eero Auvinen in art school in Tampere. It started […]
The party of the people at Kaisaniemi Park
The promoter of the festival, Johanna Eurakoski, explains more about what the visitor can find during the weekend: “The whole of Kaisaniemi park is filled with a marvellous cultural programme […]
Participating youth – A risk or an opportunity?
Annantalo Arts Centre is a member of the European Network of Art Organisations for Children and Young People (EUnetART) and will be hosting the event in Finland, along with EUnetART […]
Dance, dance, dance
Since the late-eighties an association of artists have worked for the production of modern dance performances and activities. In 1997 that association was established in a permanent place at Kaapeli […]
The circus is in town
The Eurovision Song Contest enjoys a healthy popularity and it is more kitsch than ever. Last year there were more than eight million votes (either by phone call or SMS) […]
The tigress of the world
Prima donna of the Grand Opera in Paris Aino Achté was born in Helsinki on the 23rd of April 1876 to Emmy and Niklas Achté. The Achtés were talented […]
Play your part!
Making films inside videogames has been a growing trend since the advent of 3D games in the '90s. Quake was the first videogame to give freedom and powerful resources to […]
Am I just a CC for you?
Is always sending e-mails an innocent action aimed at providing and exchanging information among co-workers? Answers to that question have recently been published in interesting study by Karianne Skovholt, who […]
Knut, the cute Polar Bear
Everybody seems to be delighted by the appearance of such a lovely creature that will be contemplated in future time in the German zoo. For me, I just can feel […]
Dark people make dark films
My next film is about the civil war. It will not be exactly hilarious. A darkish undertone exists in a large number of Finnish films, although lighter subject matters are […]
Miniature cups of coffee
My first social visit in Finland was becoming a success, although I really was bemused by the miniature cups. I actually started to become excited over the brewing coffee because […]
One big family!
But we are animals after all and have a strong need to belong to a group. Luckily there’s a solution to this. The communities and families have been replaced by […]
A postindustrial fairytale
By the end of the eighties the industrial production had moved out of the area. Ruoholahti was rebuilt into a residential area and City of Helsinki planned to demolish the […]