Department of Art and Media

Research

Research in the Department of Art and Media encompasses different practice-based, arts-based, artistic and other forms of research activities in a wide range of fields within arts and media. These include art education, contemporary art and curating, media culture and heritage, new media design and learning, photography, visual communication design, and visual culture, as well as sound design, game design, and interaction design. Our research is coordinated through several active research groups and focus areas as listed below.
Research

Research groups and focus areas

Installation view from Teemu Lehmusruusu: Maatuu uinuu henkii (Respiration Field), Kaisaniemi Botanic Garden, Helsinki, 2019. Photo credit: Telling Tree art+rsrch (2, close)
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Warm pastel colors of pinkish red on the left, sliding to warm tones of yellow in the middle and sliding towards light purple on the right. Color scheme is related to Luova Lämpiö co-research project and logo colors.

Artpreneurship Research Group

Artpreneurship research group is a team of interdisciplinary researchers focusing on bringing new knowledge on art entrepreneurship on academic and practical levels.

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Photo: Tuomas Uusheimo
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EDG Research Group

Embodied Design

Research group

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a colorful drawing depicting a fruit, a Black mermaid, a hairy person in underwear and boots, an orchid, a rainbow-colored blob, high heels, a person with a flower growing from their armpit, a unicorn, a person with long hair squatting in boots and text "power" reading in between their legs, a quote saying "let's meet. here's a pic"
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Image credits: Juuso Tervo
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Augmented Climbing Wall - Game Research Group

Game Research Group

Research group

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Image: courtesy of Paula Hohti
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+Andscape, Augmented reality sandbox
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Image of the Aalto ARTS photography studio by Antti Huittinen

Photography

Focus area

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Sopi
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Systems of Representation Research Group
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Art and Media Research Blog

This blog is for disseminating information about research activities and events in the Department of Art and Media.

Contact person

 Prof Masood Masoodian

Prof Masood Masoodian

Head of Research
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