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'''PixelACHE''' (aka PikseliÄHKY) is a festival of electronic art and subcultures. Organised by [[Piknik Frequency]] in [[Helsinki]]. Presents activities of various international grassroot networks and communities such as VJ community, media activists, open source community and demoscene. Held annually in '''Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art'''. Travels to other destinations - so far the festival has been presented in [[Stockholm]] (2004), [[Bratislava]] (2003), New York (2003) and Montreal (2003).  
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'''Pixelache''' [[Helsinki]] is a platform for emerging art, design, research and activism.
  
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Pixelache is an association of artists, cultural producers, thinkers and activists involved in the creation of emerging cultural activities. Amongst its fields of interest are: experimental interaction and electronics, code-based art and culture, grassroot organising & networks, renewable energy production/use, participatory art, open-source cultures, bioarts and art-science culture, alternative economy cultures, politics and economics of media/technology, audiovisual culture, media literacy & ecology and engaging environmental issues. [https://pixelache.ac/pages/about (2022)]
  
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23-25 May '''2002: The first edition of PixelACHE''' presented 15 Finnish projects + artist guest Jarryd Lowder from New York. The festival consisted of presentations, workshops, concerts and performances which took place at a venue hosted by Aula co-operative.
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; Pixelache Helsinki Festival
  
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10-13 April '''2003: VIDEOJUKKA – the art of Vjing''' was the first event to bring together the Finnish VJ scene. Approx. 50 international artist guests, featuring The Light Surgeons (UK), Johnny Dekam (US), VJ Anyone (UK), Michael Heap (UK), SAT [mix_sessions] (Canada), John deKron (GER), AVCENTRALEN (SE), Klipp av (UK/SE) + many more.  
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Pixelache Helsinki ('Pikseliähky') began as a festival of electronic art and subcultures, organised in Helsinki since year 2002. The festival programme often consists of seminars, workshops, exhibitions, performances, concerts and club events. Since early 2012 the festival (and organisational) subtitle has been named variously; sometimes taking the form of a full cultural festival across Helsinki (and beyond), and sometimes taking the form of a smaller, more focused "camp"-style event. The most recent festivals have had different co-directors from the membership each year: In September 2015 (Living Spaces), September 2016 (Interfaces for Empathy), September 2017 (Local & Decentralized), then biennally onwards in May 2019 (Breaking the 5th Wall), and most recently in June 2021 (#Burn____).  
  
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1-4 April '''2004: Audiovisual Architecture''' explored how digital media can become a part of architecture and public space. The festival premiered projects from CNCD (FI), Animaatiokone industries (FI), Aether architecture (HU), AmbientTV.net (UK), Jodi Rose (AU) and many more. The Locative Media workshop which was held in connection with PixelACHE was the first workshop in a series of 6 workshops on the theme ‘Trans-Cultural Mapping’. The event brought together 30 artists, researchers, designers and architects from around the world. Signal|Process workshop was organized in collaboration with Center for Music & Technology, Sibelius Academy. The PixelACHE artist residency was organised for the first time, Mukul Patel and the AmbientTV crew stayed in Helsinki for one month to develop their projects.
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Pixelache Helsinki Festival is one of the oldest (Northern-)European emerging, electronic and experimental art and culture festivals still going, and adapting to changing circumstances.
  
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14-17 April '''2005: The Dot Org Boom'''. Dot Org Boom is the non-profit version of the Dot Com Boom (RIP). The essential ingredients of this rapidly growing phenomenon are open source community, open content initiatives, media activist networks and myriads of NGOs around the world. Program sections: VJ Culture and Audiovisual Performances, Experimental Interaction and Electronics, Interactive & Participatory Cinema, particle/wave hybrid radio workshop.
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Pixelache Helsinki is coordinated by the Finnish non-profit cultural association Piknik Frequency ry (see below). [https://pixelache.ac/pages/about (2022)]
  
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30 March - 2 April 2006 is next.
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* Armin Medosch, [http://www.mazine.ws/node/549 "The Pixel Still Aches"], 2007.
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* Armin Medosch: The Pixel Still Aches, 2007, http://www.mazine.ws/node/549
 
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http://www.pixelache.ac/
 
  
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* http://www.pixelache.ac/
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* [http://www.juhuu.nu/pixelache/ Archive of earlier Pixelache websites]
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* [https://www.pixelache.ac/events/contacts-20-years-of-pixelache CONTACTS 20 Years of Pixelache], Kiasma theatre, 2022
  
 
[[Category:Media art festivals]]
 
[[Category:Media art festivals]]

Revision as of 15:19, 1 December 2022

Pixelache Helsinki is a platform for emerging art, design, research and activism.

Pixelache is an association of artists, cultural producers, thinkers and activists involved in the creation of emerging cultural activities. Amongst its fields of interest are: experimental interaction and electronics, code-based art and culture, grassroot organising & networks, renewable energy production/use, participatory art, open-source cultures, bioarts and art-science culture, alternative economy cultures, politics and economics of media/technology, audiovisual culture, media literacy & ecology and engaging environmental issues. (2022)

Pixelache Helsinki Festival

Pixelache Helsinki ('Pikseliähky') began as a festival of electronic art and subcultures, organised in Helsinki since year 2002. The festival programme often consists of seminars, workshops, exhibitions, performances, concerts and club events. Since early 2012 the festival (and organisational) subtitle has been named variously; sometimes taking the form of a full cultural festival across Helsinki (and beyond), and sometimes taking the form of a smaller, more focused "camp"-style event. The most recent festivals have had different co-directors from the membership each year: In September 2015 (Living Spaces), September 2016 (Interfaces for Empathy), September 2017 (Local & Decentralized), then biennally onwards in May 2019 (Breaking the 5th Wall), and most recently in June 2021 (#Burn____).  

Pixelache Helsinki Festival is one of the oldest (Northern-)European emerging, electronic and experimental art and culture festivals still going, and adapting to changing circumstances.

Pixelache Helsinki is coordinated by the Finnish non-profit cultural association Piknik Frequency ry (see below). (2022)

Articles
Links
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