{mosimage}This will come as no surprise to anybody as the Aku Ankka weekly magazine is still the biggest-selling magazine in Finland. In few other countries does Donald Duck gain such great popularity as in Finland. In the US, for example, sales of a Donald Duck magazine are practically non-existent, Alas, if you hold any illusions […]
{mosimage} The museum is a masterpiece in itself. Because of the architecture: like many other buildings by famous Finnish architect Viljo Revell, Villa Didrichsen is not just another L-shaped building but a perfect blend of art, architecture and nature. And because of the location: built in 1957 on the shore of the Laajalahti, the villa […]
{mosimage}Now, for the second round of Spring exhibitions, that will open from 8.2 until 29.4, that path has been followed introducing one of the most remarkable figures in contemporary Finnish art, and follower of the mathematical and geometrical lessons that Malevich helped to spread around the world: Raimo Utriainen (1927-1994). Utriainen´s fame has crossed the […]
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SHUSH!
{mosimage}The basement gallery of the respectable National Library is turned into a den of sin and debauchery. The exhibition consists of 'zines, comics, poetry, records, drawings, photographs and films that shook the conservative Finnish society of the late '60s. The efforts of the underground movement, based on psychedelia, experimental music, beat poetry, dada and student […]
{mosimage}”There's been a lot of talk about high record prices in Finland and we thought it would be interesting to see how much people would actually pay for music if given a choice”, says singer/guitarist Sami Konttinen from ultrasport. ”On the other hand we just wanted to put out some quality music for a price […]
{mosimage}In brief, cosplay (short for “costume play”) simply means dressing up as your favourite anime or manga character. Escapism has never been this colourful. The success of cosplay relates to the spread of Japanese popular culture. The growth of interest shows. For example, there are currently more than twenty associations in Finland that consist of […]
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Inside Surreal
The current exhibition, Stomach Pains, Head Aches and Dizziness, concentrates on the collision of reality and the digital world of media. The gallery is filled with art that combines the electric and inanimate with the material human body. For those with the desire to experiment, probably the most intriguing piece would be Laughing My Guts […]
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Kristina Schulgin’s candidates
{mosimage}The series of Mexican films came about through one such happy coincidence. The organizers of Mexican DOCSDF contacted DocPoint to ask for help in setting up their first documentary film festival. “I knew there had been a strong tradition of filmmaking in Mexico, and I had seen recent documentaries that were excellent,” says Schulgin. She […]
Of this year’s two featured countries, the Danish series focuses on the rise of Danish cinema with the likes of this year’s esteemed IDFA winners and films from the two generations of Leths, Jørgen, the celebrated film-making father and Asger, his son – both of who are also attending the festival this year – while […]
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Finnish design all around you
Finnish design has reached all kind of levels in our everyday life. You can see it in the latest model of mobile phone, or carried in the form of a bag by the trendiest teenager in a fashionable pub late at night. {mosimage}Roots & wings Marimekko is the leading Finnish textile and clothing design company, […]
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22-Pistepirkko
You always kept a very clear principle: make it your own way. In the early days, did you expect to get this far, to reach the 25th anniversary? Asko: Yes and no. When the first ten years were done, we were very surprised: “Wow, it has lasted this long”. But then the 15th anniversary was […]
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Burnside picks
Burnside’s picks Worldwide Evil Reverse That’s an evil one. Count me out. It makes your hip move Slow down The closest thing to country music we’ve done. It even has the pedal steel. Rock’N’Roll Bang! That’s pure Flaming Sideburns. A straightforward rock and roll song.
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Back where it all began
The CD starts playing at high volume before Jay Burnside starts his pint. Keys to the Highway kicks off with an angry drumbeat. It is furious, it’s pissed off. But against whom are these rockers mad? “This feeling is mainly against us. After touring for ten years, there was a little bit of frustration because […]
Expectations run high, first impressions are everything, the benchmark of quality must be set and now I am referring to the column, not my sexual technique, which has thankfully improved a little. Columns need to push the readers' right buttons, caress their intimate places, nibble their earlobes, stroke their thighs, lick their…ok, this is getting […]
He told me about it in Messenger. I cannot even remember how was possible to have a date and be at the right place at the right time before owning a mobile phone. My first one was looking (and weighing) more like a brick than like a phone, a huge Motorola, and I bought it […]