M-Cult is pleased to launch the inaugural edition of the Minna Tarkka Lectures, a new annual initiative focused on discussing and debating the potential of art, media, and technology to participate in and shape current and future democratic societies. These yearly lectures and workshops will celebrate the legacy of M-Cult’s founder and long-time director, Minna Tarkka, honouring her groundbreaking work in Finland and internationally in the fields of media and art and their intersections with social, political, and technological developments over the past 30 years.
For the first edition, M-Cult has invited artists Tellervo Kalleinen & Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen, artist Trevor Paglen and artists Julia Nisperos and Wax Roldan from Green Papaya Art Projects to deliver lectures at the HAM Helsinki Art Museum. In addition to these public events, the speakers lead workshops where they will share their working methods and research processes with local artists and other practitioners over cross-disciplinary fields of media and participatory art, activism, and critical research. These workshops are hosted by M-Cult and organised in collaboration with Aalto University and the Museum of Impossible Forms.
M-Cult is developing the Minna Tarkka Lectures as an experimental public forum and learning initiative to showcase critical activities in the arts—facilitating debates on the artistic, social, and technological urgencies of our time. This initiative creates a platform to underscore the roles of art and media as active contributors to civil society amid severe challenges to democratic life. With this initiative, we invite you to join us in reflecting what kinds of media art and participatory practices are meaningful now and in the future.
MINNA TARKKA LECTURES
December 2–5, 2024
Locations: HAM Helsinki Art Museum, Aalto University, the Museum of Impossible Forms, Online
Participants
Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen
Julia Nisperos and Wax Roldan from Green Papaya Art Projects
Trevor Paglen
Workshops
| December 2–5, 2024 | Aalto University, Museum of Impossible Forms, online | Registration required |
Public Lectures
| December 3, 2024 | 2 pm – 5.30 pm (EET) | HAM, also streamed on M-Cult’s YouTube channel | No registration required |
See the programme and register from here!
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M-Cult in collaboration with
HAM
https://www.hamhelsinki.fi/
@hamhelsinki
Aalto University
https://www.aalto.fi/fi
@aaltoarts
Museum of Impossible Forms
https://www.museumofimpossibleforms.org/
@museumofimpossibleforms