The annual Art & Tech Open Call offers audiovisual, design, gaming and other cutting-edge projects an opportunity to apply for development funding and a chance to use Aalto Studios’ state-of-the art production facilities. In this hybrid gala event, the winning teams of 2020-2022 showcase their projects and how they have utilised the support from Aalto University.
The Art & Tech Gala takes place on Aalto Studios' new Hybrid Stage enabling remote participation via streaming.
Link to stream
During the event day, the audience has the chance to experience three project demos. Prior to the Art & Tech Gala’s stage program, we welcome you to join two of the pre-event demos which take place in the Experimental Studio and in the Visualisation Hub, a 360-degree projection area using Igloo Vision technology for a shared immersive experience. Please make sure to register for the pre-event demos separately. The third demo takes place in the VR Hub, next to the Hybrid stage, after the stage presentations.
Art & Tech Gala – register here
Pre-event demos – register here
The Art & Tech Open Call is part of the Aalto Digital Creatives pre-incubator program tailored for the creative industries.
11.00–11.30 Theatrical Voice 3.0
12.00–13.00 VR nature experiments for patients in terminal care (3 x 15 min)
14.00 Opening words | Marcus Korhonen, Director of Aalto Studios
14.05 Opening words | Tuomas Auvinen, Dean of Aalto ARTS
14.10 Art & Tech Open Call Winners 2020-2022
14.10 Tom House the VR Experience | Márton Jelinkó & Carlos Marroquin
14.20 VR nature experiments for patients in terminal care | Katja Niemi & Heikki Kareranta
14.30 Artificial Designer | Matti Liimatainen
14.40 Theatrical Voice 3.0 | Hanna Rajakangas & Josué Moreno
14.50 Making art in my dreams | Leena Jääskeläinen & Marko Tandefelt
15.00 Introducing the Art & Tech Open Call ‘23
15.10 Closing words
15.20 Tom House the VR experience demo in the VR Hub
Tom House the VR Experience is an interactive virtual reality documentary piece that immerses the viewer into the rooms of 1421 Laveta Terrace, better known as Tom House.
It is the Los Angeles residence of late Finnish artist Tom of Finland (1920 - 1991), where he mastered his artwork and lived over the last decade of his life.
Coming in April 2023. Directed by Márton Jelinkó and Carlos Marroquin, produced by Sami Jahnukainen / Donkey Hotel creative studio.
Accessing nature with VR - a pilot project for terminal care units in Turku and how it spread further
Artificial Designer is a machine which can design and make clothing automatically, without any human help.
What kinds of possibilities sensors and data that is produced by a performer's body and one’s artistic choices bring along to the performative situation? How could the voice be represented in new ways in theater and performing art stages? What is the Theatrical Voice 3.0 like?
Follow a theremin player, a visual artist and a poet on a wild journey in their work and dreams. A virtual reality experience in production stage.
Further information:
Katja Reinikka
Producer | Aalto Digital Creatives | Aalto Studios
050 434 8872 | [email protected]
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Hybrid Stage events are tailored for simultaneous on-site and online participation. The venue has four robotic cameras that cover the whole event area. Please note that the audience might appear in the live stream and recordings.
The application period for the Aalto Digital Creatives pre-incubator program is open until 14.2.2023. To apply you need an idea for a business and a background in the creative industries.
Aalto Digital Creatives program continues the series of open afterwork sessions and warmly welcomes creative industry students, researchers and practitioners to join the next event.