Pixelache is turning 10 in 2012 already!

Every year since 2002, Pixelache Helsinki has shown a different face,
continually searching for new strategies to present fresh and inspiring
projects on the interstices of experimental art, design, research and
activism. Pixelache continues in 2012 to explore new production models,
with an emphasised focus on all-the-year-round activities, which consider
change holistically, towards social, bio- energy and human sustenance.

The 11th edition of Pixelache Festival in Helsinki will be held during
10-13 May 2012 in Arbis <http://www.hel2.fi/arbis/> (The Swedish Adult
Education Centre of Helsinki) and several other locations in the centre of
Helsinki. It will be designed around one main seminar / presentation day in
the BarCamp <http://barcamp.org/w/page/402984/FrontPage>-style and the
theme of “Do It With Others” (D.I.W.O.). The main theme explores how
artists and cultural producers can work collaboratively with each other and
audiences, to create new models of co-production of artworks/events with
sustainability as the core goal. A call for proposals will be launched
during winter 2011.

Pixelversity <http://www.pixelache.ac/helsinki/pixelversity/>, the outreach
& education programme of Pixelache Helsinki scene around the year, develops
in 2012 around a set of themes, including for instance 'Renewable
Festivals', 'Citizen / Public Space & Creative Neighbourhood Skills' and
'Ecosystem and Environmental Monitoring'. The Pixelversity programme is
coordinated and facilitated by Andrew Paterson <http://agryfp.info/>,
consisting of presentations, workshops, camps, expeditions and other
events: some of which share and sustain ongoing local practice and others
that support activity outside the usual locations, including the nearby
regions.

The Suomenlinna Money
Lab<http://www.pixelache.ac/helsinki/suomenlinna-money-lab/> project
initiated last spring by artist Christian Nold <http://www.softhook.com/>
explores Suomenlinna <http://www.suomenlinna.fi/> island as a place of
social, cultural and economic contact and exchange. The concept is to focus
on ‘local money’ as a social medium for people, and a localised object that
shapes and represents a geographical place. During the recent autumn, a
series of workshops and experiments investigated the different ways that
the social and geographical combine to create ‘local value’. The project
runs in an open and participatory context, so anyone is free to join in and
help direct the research. We are aiming to launch the local currency during
summer 2012.

Juha Huuskonen <http://www.juhuu.nu/> has left his position as long-term
programme director to move on to new projects and endeavours. The programme
planning team of Pixelache 2012 includes Pixelache staff and board
(Nathalie Aubret, Andrew Paterson <http://agryfp.info/>, Ville
Hyvönen<http://www.villehyvonen.fi/>
, Jon Irigoyen <http://www.jonirigoyen.com/>, Mikko Laajola, Petri
Ruikka<http://www.woland.fi/#>
and Antti Ahonen <http://koti.welho.com/aahone22/index.html>), as well as
an invited expert group consisting of John Fail
(Ptarmigan<http://ptarmigan.fi/>),
Antti Ikonen (Media Lab <http://mlab.taik.fi/>), Kari Yli-Annala
(AAVE<http://www.aavefestival.org/>
+ Nomadic Academy <http://nomadinenakatemia.blogspot.com/>), Jaagup
Jalakas & Marge Paas (Plektrum-festivaali <http://www.plektrumfestival.ee/>),
Merja Nevala (Dodo ry <http://dodo.org/>), Antti Karttunen
(Hacklab<http://www.hacklab.fi/>)
and Mikko Lipiäinen (Pispalan nykytaiteen
keskus<http://www.hirvikatu10.net/wordpress.1/index.php>
).


More info: www.pixelache.ac