Anxiety / Relief – Neue finnische Animationkunst

Anxiety / Relief is an art exhibition by the Animation Crank Handle collective. The exhibition consists of ten works by ten well-known Finnish animation artists. Artists represented are Jan Andersson (born 1973), Maria Björklund (1970), Tommi Juutilainen (1972), Ami Lindholm (1982), Reetta Neittaanmäki (1974), Kaisa Penttilä (1975), Aiju Salminen (1979), Kristian Simolin (1974), Mark Ståhle (1971) and Niina Suominen (1973). Their works have been seen on many festivals around the world.

The exhibition aims to bridge the gap between animation and fine arts. Works include an interactive painting (Shoo!), a cross stiched, interactive animation, where the motion is created through the viewers own motion (Rushed Through) and a Lilliput, trapped in a small stereoscopic box. The versatile exhibition presents also a short film of a mannequin spending a weekend on the countryside, one of a jogging Herman Göring as well as five other works.

The exhibition has previously been seen at Kerava Art Museum in it’s entirety in fall 2011. Also selected works of the exhibition are exhibited in the art museums of Turku and Pori from November 2011 to January 2012. In Jan-Feb 2012 the exhibition will be seen in its entirety at Suomesta Galleria in Berlin. In March 2012 the exhibition can be seen at TR1 in Tampere during the Tampere Film Festival. The international promotion of the exhibition is supported by Finnish Film Foundation.

Works and artists represented:

Die illustrierte Stadt / Kuvitettu kaupunki / The Illustrated City
Jan Andersson
Sound und Musik: Anton Sundström
Trickfilm / Animaatioelokuva / Animation, Stopmotion and mixed technique

Kihi-Kuhi
Maria Björklund
Animierte Video-Installation / Animaatioinstallaatio / An animated video installation

Nebeneinanderstellung / Rinnastus / Juxtaposition
Tommi Juutilainen
Gezeichnete Animation / Piirrosanimaatio / A drawn animation

Bedrückt – Erleichtert / Ahdistaa – Helpottaa / Anxiety – Relief
Ami Lindholm
Animierte Video-Installation / Animaatioinstallaatio / An animated video installation

Liliputaner / Lilliputti / Lilliput
Reetta Neittaanmäki
Animierte Installation / Animaatioinstallaatio / An animation installation

Laufend gepisst (finnisches Sprichwort für pfuscherei) / Juosten kustu / Rushed Through
Kaisa Penttilä
Animierte Installation / Animaatioinstallaatio / An animation installation

Husch! / Hus! / Shoo!
Aiju Salminen
Animierte Video-Installation / Animaatioinstallaatio / An animated video installation

Not waiting for godot
Kristian Simolin
Animierte Installation / Animaatioinstallaatio / An animation installation

Substance
Mark Ståhle
Gezeichnete Animation / Piirrosanimaatio / A drawn animation

A Finnish Fable 2011
Niina Suominen
Experimentelle Objektanimation / Kokeellinen esineanimaatio / Experimental object animation

Ahdistaa / Helpottaa – Neue finnische Animationskunst
21.1. – 11.02.2012 (Opening 21.1. 7 pm)
Tue-Sat 1 pm – 6 pm
SUOMESTA
Project gallery for Finnish Contemporary art
Potsdamer Straße 91
10785 Berlin

More information:
Kimmo Välimäki
+358 (0)45 1215 017
kimmo.valimaki@gmail.com

Ahdistaa / Helpottaa – Neue finnische Animationskunst

Ahdistaa / Helpottaa beziehungsweise Bedrückt / Erleichtert ist der Titel einer Gruppenausstellung des Vereins Animaation apupyörä ry, an der zehn finnische Animationskünstler beteiligt sind: Jan Andersson (geb. 1973), Maria Björklund (geb. 1970), Tommi Juutilainen (geb. 1972), Ami Lindholm (geb. 1982), Reetta Neittaanmäki (geb. 1974), Kaisa Penttilä (geb. 1975), Aiju Salminen (geb. 1979), Kristian Simolin (geb. 1974), Mark Ståhle (geb. 1971) und Niina Suominen (geb. 1973). Sie alle haben mit ihren Arbeiten an vielen Festivals im In- und Ausland teilgenommen.

Die Ausstellung lässt die Grenzen der Animationskunst näher an die konventionellere bildende Kunst heranrücken. Und umgekehrt. Zu den Exponaten gehören u. a. die interaktive Malerei Husch!, die in Kreuzstichtechnik ausgeführte Arbeit Im Laufschritt erledigt, in der die Bewegung aus der Bewegung des Betrachters heraus entsteht, sowie der in eine kleine stereoskopische Schachtel eingeschlossene Liliputaner. Außerdem werden in der vielseitigen Ausstellung auch Filme – einer mit einer Schaufensterpuppe, die ein traditionelles finnisches Wochenende im Sommerhaus verbringt, und einer mit einem joggenden Hermann Göring – sowie fünf andere, die gewohnten Grenzen durchbrechende Arbeiten gezeigt.

In ihrem vollen Umfang war die Exposition bereits im Herbst 2011 im Kunstmuseum Kerava zu sehen, einige Teile sind gegenwärtig auch in den Kunstmuseen Turku und Pori ausgestellt. Im Januar 2012 wird die gesamte Exposition mit Unterstützung der Finnischen Filmstiftung Suomen Elokuvasäätio in der Galerie SUOMESTA in Berlin gezeigt.

Animaation apupyörä ry ist ein eingetragener Verein mit derzeit etwa 40 Mitgliedern. Zu seinen Zielen gehört es u. a., die Animation als Kunstgattung zu fördern und die fachliche Kompetenz der Animatoren noch weiter zu erhöhen. Der Name des Vereins lässt sich wörtlich mit Animations-Stützrad übersetzen.

Exponate:

Die illustrierte Stadt / Kuvitettu kaupunki / The Illustrated City
Jan Andersson
Sound und Musik: Anton Sundström
Trickfilm / Animaatioelokuva / Animation, Stopmotion and mixed technique

Kihi-Kuhi
Maria Björklund
Animierte Video-Installation / Animaatioinstallaatio / An animated video installation

Nebeneinanderstellung / Rinnastus / Juxtaposition
Tommi Juutilainen
Gezeichnete Animation / Piirrosanimaatio / A drawn animation

Bedrückt – Erleichtert / Ahdistaa – Helpottaa / Anxiety – Relief
Ami Lindholm
Animierte Video-Installation / Animaatioinstallaatio / An animated video installation

Liliputaner / Lilliputti / Lilliput
Reetta Neittaanmäki
Animierte Installation / Animaatioinstallaatio / An animation installation

Im Laufschritt erledigt / Juosten kustu / Rushed Through
Kaisa Penttilä
Animierte Installation / Animaatioinstallaatio / An animation installation

Husch! / Hus! / Schoo!
Aiju Salminen
Animierte Video-Installation / Animaatioinstallaatio / An animated video installation

Not waiting for godot
Kristian Simolin
Animierte Installation / Animaatioinstallaatio / An animation installation

Substance
Mark Ståhle
Gezeichnete Animation / Piirrosanimaatio / A drawn animation

A Finnish Fable 2011
Niina Suominen
Experimentelle Objektanimation / Kokeellinen esineanimaatio / Experimental object animation

Ahdistaa / Helpottaa – Neue finnische Animationskunst
07. – 28.01.2012
Di-Sa 13-18 Uhr
SUOMESTA
Project gallery for Finnish Contemporary art
Potsdamer Straße 91
10785 Berlin

Weitere Informationen:
Kimmo Välimäki
+358 (0)45 1215 017
kimmo.valimaki@gmail.com

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The Centre For Creative Photography Association was set up in May 1989 in Jyväskylä, Finland and is an association dedicated to advancing photography as an art form and making it more widely known among the public. The association is also concerned with bettering the overall conditions shared by photographers in its given area. Yet another focal point is furthering both domestic and international contacts.
The Centre serves as a regional institution promoting photographic art in Central Finland. Being part of a national network of photographic centres, it also looks beyond its own area. The profile of exhibitions and educational activities is mainly focused on contemporary photography and between art photography and visual arts.
The members of the association are professional and non-professional photographers and artists. The Centre provides darkroom facilities for member and workshop use as well as computer lab for photo editing and printing.

At exhibiton STILLS at SUOMESTA galleria CCP provides works of seven photographers:
Maija Holma
Juho Jäppinen
Kapa
Emma Lappalainen
Jyrki Markkanen
Aino-Kaarina Pajari
Pekka Suomäki

www.ccp.fi

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Niina Suominen (b.1973) has graduated from the Arts Academy at Turku in 2004. She works as a film director and media artist using traditional animation techniques requiring hand-work. She is fascinated about organic materials and textures. Her works have been shown widely at the festivals both in Finland and abroad.

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Biography
Mark Ståhle is born 1971. He studied animation at the Turku Arts Academy. Besides making animation, he also draws comics and teaches both.
short filmography:
Animals for animals , 10min. flash-animation 2011
Substance, 7.35min. drawn animation 2011
After the news, 3min. drawn animation 2007
Overtime, 10min. flash-animation 2007
Granny, 6min. flash- animation 2003
Delirium isolated, 3.40min. cut-out animation 2001

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Born 1979 in some boring small town in the middle of Finland. Studied film culture in Lahti and Animation in Turku Arts Academy. Works as a freelance illustrator and a comic artist. Plays in two garage punk bands and is a hostess for Dr.Sketchy’s Anti-Art-School Helsinki. Currently working on a photo novel comic book about a swamp monster attending the Olympic Games.

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Reetta Neittaanmäki lives in Helsinki and works as a freelancer in different animation art projects. She studied animation in Turku Arts Academy and graduated in 2001. She continued her new media studies at Aalto University School of Art and Design in 2007 and graduated as Master of Arts in 2011. Clay Feet (2000) is her first drawn animation. Pixillation animation Bachelor’s life (2001) was her graduate film from Turku Arts Academy. Adaptation of the Species (2007) is a 2D computer short film made for Animation Crank Handle’s Law of the Nature animated series. Mr. Hunt (2008) is one “lesson” for Turun Anikistit collective’s short film English Lessons. Her films have been shown on television and festivals. She is a member of Turun Anikistit and Animation Crank Handle animation collectives. Animation as an art form fascinates her because of the possibility to show the world from a new kind of perspective and playing with different techniques and visual styles.

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Biography
Born in 1982 in Finland, Ami Lindholm became interested in animation as a way to combine all art forms in one medium. She studied animation at Turku Arts Academy and graduated in 2008. Her first short film, The Irresistible Smile (2006), is an award-winning drawn animation of an overbooked flight attendant. She directed two more films as a student – the puppet animation Bird House (2007) and her graduation film, The Year I Cut My Hair (2008). Upon graduating, Lindholm has been working in the animation group Tuhru an in her own company, Coop Paperhat. She has done illustrations for magazines, designed murals for a hospital, contributed animations to documentaries and coordinated the production of community-made animated films. A simple style, a positive touch, hope, humor and warm characters are the hallmarks of Lindholm’s art.

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Biography
Tommi Juutilainen was born 1972 in Varkaus, Finland. Currently he is living in Turku, Finland. In the middle of the 90’s Tommi studied in Institute of Fine Arts, Lahti and after that Animation in Turku Arts Academy.

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Biography
Born October 10th 1970.
Education: – Master of Arts (2005, University of Art and Design Helsinki) – Graphic designer (1994, Rovaniemi Institute of Applied Arts) – Visual arts studies (Varsinais-Suomen Kansanopisto 1989 – 90)
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Worked as a freelance animator, comics artist and illustrator since 1994. Is a founding member of the animation company Animaatiokopla (www.animaatiokopla.fi) established in 2004. Currently works in Animaatiokopla with various commercial projects as well as making her own animated short films.
Has published comics in dozens of publications in Europe and a few in Australia, Hong Kong and Brazil. Her solo comic books have been published in Finland, Portugal and Lithuania.

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Jan Andersson lives and works in Helsinki, Finland. He works as an animator, director, writer and as whatever is interesting at the moment. He would really like to draw comic books but he ́s too lazy. But he ́s trying.

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Kristian Simolin (1974) lives in Espoo and works as senior lecturer in 3D Animation and Visualisation in Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. He studied art history in University of Turku and sculpture in Turku School of Fine Arts before moving to Helsinki and going digital in Media Lab (University of Art and Design Helsinki).
Simolin’s animated works portray silent, introverted and nervous male figures usually in minimalistic surroundings. His works has been exhibited in more than 30 exhibitions in Europe and North America.
Simolin is doctoral student in Media Lab (Aalto University). His focus is on expressive scripted real-time 3d character animation.

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