Spring 2020 MA Thesis Presentations / Department of Media

The spring 2020 MA thesis presentations will be held online through Zoom, Mon, Tue & Wed 1.-3.6.2020.

MA in Photography

Monday 1.6.

9.00-9.15 Welcome, start
9:15-10.15 Evelin Kask: Levottomuuden kuvat. Presentation in Finnish 
10.15-10.30 Break
10.30-11.30 Pauliina Heinänen: Kahtaalla. Presentation in Finnish 
11.30-12.15 Lunch
12.15-13.15 Laura Konttinen: Kun mustarastaat palaavat. Presentation in Finnish
13.15-13.30 Break
13.30-14.30 Mortti Saarnia: Allerginen karjapaimen. Presentation in Finnish
14.30-14.45 Closing the event

Tuesday 2.6.

9.00-9.15 Welcome, start
9:15-10.15 Kukka-Maria Rosenlund: Syli. Presentation in Finnish 
10.15-10.30 Break
10.30-11.30 Laura Rämö: Pehmeä hämärä. Presentation in Finnish
11.30-12.15 Lunch
12.15-13.15 Jussi Nahkuri: Hetki on nyt. Presentation in Finnish
13.15-13.30 Break
13.30-14.30 Jonna Yletyinen: Roolileikkejä. Presentation in Finnish
14.30-14.45 Closing the event

Wednesday 3.6.

9.00-9.15 Welcome, start
9:15-10.15 Utu-Tuuli Jussila: IN/VISIBILITY, queer(ing) photography. Presentation in English 
10.15-10.30 Break
10.30-11.30 Fanny Haga: Non-binary Gaze. Presentation in English
11.30-12.15 Lunch
12.15-13.15 Ulla Kokki: Ihmeellinen on auringonpaiste. Presentation in Finnish
13.15-13.30 Break
13.30-14.30 Marina Losada: Väre - Photography as a mean for visible music. Presentation in English
14.30-14.45 Closing the event

MA in Visual Communication Design

Monday 1.6.2020

9.00-9.15 Welcome, start
9.15-10.00 Joosung Kang: Re-building context-oriented graphic design portfolio in the social media age (in English)
10.00-10.15 Break
10.15-11.00 Aina Viukari: Muotoilua vai muokkausta? – Visuaalisen viestinnän muotoilijoiden kokemuksia palaute- ja kritiikkitilanteista (in Finnish)
11.00-11.15 Break
11.15-12.00 Jacob Stewart: Design as Questions: Towards Visual Speculations (in English)
12.00-12.45 Lunch
12.45-13.30 Adina Renner: Beyond the PDF: Transforming Data-Driven Government Publications Through Participatory Information Design (in English)
13.30-13.45 Break
13.45-14.30 Thuy Ngo: My Helsinki a dynamic visual identity by visualizing experiences (in English)
14.30-14.45 Break
14.45-15.30 Vahid Mortezaei: Is Food a (Cross-cultural/Interpersonal) Communication Medium? (in English) 15.30-15.45 Closing the event

Tuesday 2.6.2020

9.00-9.15 Welcome, start
9:15-10.00 Brittaney Drake: Pigeon Vision: Exploring Illustrative Processes (in English)
10.00-10.15 Break
10.15-11.00 Oleg Galkin: ORIBOX: Paper Miura-Ori Fold as a Protective and Sustainable Packaging Element (in English)
11.00-11.15 Break
11.15-12.00 Lukasz Gertaowski: Visual Anxiolytics: developing theory and design guidelines for abstract affective visualizations aimed at alleviating episodes of anxiety (in English)
12.00-12.45 Lunch
12.45-13.30 Mikko Airikka: Designing Better Tourist Maps: How Can Illustration Be Used to Improve the Functionality of a Tourist Map? (in English)
13.30-13.45 Break
13.45-14.30 Stephan Garneau: GAUMLESS: Modelling the Capitalization of Human Action on the Internet (in English)
14.30-14.45 Break
14.45-15.30 Samar Zureik: Tirhal Family: A Bilingual Typeface Bridging Two Worlds (in English)
15.30-15.45 Closing the event

MA in New Media

Monday 1.6.
Place: Zoom Meeting – link: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/69570427263

9:00 Christian Anttonen: Modular Design Architecture: Accelerating Product Design Processes through Modularity
10:00 Elisa Spigai: Amarcordi, tangible memory cues for personal stories
11:00 Lu Priace Michavila: Exquisite Vessel: Portable and Collective Immersive Cinema Experiences
12:00 Régis Barreto Frias: Motley 2020: a kinetic visual identity

Tuesday 2.6.
Place: Zoom Meeting – link: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/63695380882

9:00 Kalle Jurvanen: Binaural beats and music: using Theta and Alpha waves in music to induce relaxation and meditation
10:00 Bryant Hoban: A Brief Statement on Contemporary Music Consumption
11:00 Sébastien Piquemal: hyperexistence - a web essay on individualism in late capitalist society
Lunch break 1h
13:00 Lassi Vapaakallio: Designing Climbing Games - Creating Shadowlings for ValoClimb
14:00 Silva Kuusniemi: Collaborative World-Building: Curating creative development of the cyberpunk live action role-playing game Beyond: The Neural Horizon
15:00 Athina Giokarini: Level design complexity in match-three games: a study of level design structural complexity in modern, casual, mobile match-three puzzle games