FixC cooperative
Helsinki-based FixC is an independent artists co-operative, which was launched in April 2007 to generate, distribute and promote video art, media art and experimental cinema and to produce curated touring exhibitions, arrange screenings and special venues with artists talks.
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A screening event in collaboration with Päivölä Institute at Päivölä auditorium Päivöläntie 52 37770 Tarttila, Finland.
Friday 22 November 2024 at 17:30-
Free entry!
Artists are present.
EESTAAS, 2009 by Seppo Renvall
This time, the focus of the event is on Seppo Renvall's rarely seen almost one-hour (53:00) structural masterpiece EESTAAS from 2009. Seppo Renvall is one of the pioneers of Finnish experimental cinema and has made a wide range of films, videos, photographs and installations.
"EESTAAS is an expressive portrait of my mother, painter Pirkko Lanto. The film is based on 8, 16 and 35 mm film and video material. The idea started from a dream and took shape in a four-year process. The film turns backwards from midway through, when memory and remembering become part of its content. The film has no plot, but its purpose is to open up memories and create space for the viewer's own narratives. EESTAAS is also a kind of self-portrait.”
The work combines experimental film and electroacoustic music. They form a comprehensive experience that is more than the sum of its parts. The music was produced by Samuli "Teho" Majamäki and the other musicians performing on the soundtrack are Ilpo Väisänen (Pan sonic),Tapani Rinne and Verneri Lumi (Rinneradio).
Other works in the screening include:
A series of short films by visual artist Erkka Nissinen. Over the years, Nissinen has produced a body of video works and installations in which, with his do-it-yourself method, he uses everyday language and digital tools to create an absurd comic-philosophical world. In his art, Nissinen deals with diverse themes, such as social interaction, sexuality, violence and the origin of consciousness and creativity, through cartoon-like narratives and caricature-like characters – often portrayed by the artist himself. His latest work Sabath (2024) which will have its world premiere in Päivölä, represents Nissinen's uncompromising production at its best.
Visual artist and moving image researcher and teacher Kari Yli-Annala's Asteroid (2010) .. An asteroid travels its path in space. An asteroid impact could be the end of life or the beginning...
Juha van Ingen's abstract one-minute long GIF animation FLIP, colour wheel edit (2021) which has been inspired by 1920's Absolute Film.
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07-24
FixC cooperative exhibits works from VILKE collection and from MUTA collection in Poriginal Gallery, Pori 21.9-8.10.2024.
The name of the exhibition reflects the years of operation of the FixC cooperative up to the time of the exhibition. The exhibition presents a wide selection of high-quality art from the Museum of Teletext Art (MUTA) and the VILKE collection.
VILKE bows out with gratitude!
Among the exhibited works from VILKE collection, Philip von Knorring's video monitor installation Bevakad (1977) remains astonishingly relevant in its exploration of the relative nature of individual freedom amidst technological surveillance and control. Heidi Kilpeläinen, also known as HK119, anticipates the culture of artificial identities and dependencies among internet "YouTubers" and social media influencers in her work MIND (2008).
Among the artists of the MUseum of Teletext Art, the world's only teletext art museum founded in 2014 by the FixC cooperative, you can find e.g. Software art pioneer LIA, renoun media hacking duo ÛBERMORGEN and the master of mecanografía expandid Raquel Meyers.
Artists featured in the 07-24 exhibition
VILKE:
Philip von Knorring, Mika Taanila, Pekka Nevalainen, mfx, Alli Savolainen, Maria Duncker, Jimi Tenor, Heidi Kilpeläinen A.K.A. HK119 and Marjatta Oja.
MUTA:
LIA, Karin Ferrari, Jarkko Räsänen, Seppo Renvall, Kari Yli-Annala, Erkka Nissinen, Paula Lehtonen, ÜBERMORGEN, Ryo Ikeshiro, Raquel Meyers, Kathrin Günter, Dragan Espenschied, Ian Gouldstone, Juha van Ingen, Max Capacity, Emilie Gervais, Karin Andersen, Bakketun & Norum, Dan Farrimond, Karin Ferrari, Maria Lavman Vetö, Karin Andresson, Mad as Hell and Max Haarich.
As part of the exhibition, a series of new works will be presented on the Museum of Teletext Art pages on YLE Teletext (starting on pages 803, 805, and 806) from July to the end of December. These works are by Paula Lehtonen, Karin Ferrari, Max Haarich, Ryo Ikeshiro, Raquel Meyers, and Erkka Nissinen.
Special thanks to the Päivölä Institute, the YLE Teletext editorial team, all the participating artists, Pro Av Saarikko and Julia Gessl (ORF).
The exhibition is supported by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland.
Poriginal Gallery: PORIGINAL GALLERY
Open Tuesday to Sunday from 11 AM to 6 PM. Free admission.
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VILKE presents FixC
A screening event at Päivölä auditorium Päivöläntie 52 37770 Tarttila, Finland on Friday 10 November 2023 at 18:00-
Free entry!
This time, the VILKE event will focus on presenting the works of FixC cooperative member artists.
The screening starts with older works Seppo Renvall's Untitled 2 (1998), where experimental 16mm film is accompanied by the music of Manchester DJ Frost and Mash-D and Juha van Ingen's H.B. The Stake Out (2012), based on the film Gone in 60 seconds (1974) directed by H.B. Halick.
The brand-new films in the screening are Kari Yli-Annala's Sielun painovoima (Gravity of the Soul), which is dedicated to Jacob Böhme (1575–1624), a cobbler and Christian mystic who wrote about the forces of the universe and inspired Isaac Newton, who invented gravity, and Lasimestari, luultavasti... (The Glazier, probably...) which is a comment on the discussion of racism and religious undercurrents in our culture.
Jarkko Räsänen shows his Kultama (2022) which is a pilgrimage through the information Amazon and his latest film ALTLANTI, an AI-assisted dream of a lost continent.
We are also proud to present a unique series of new short films created by Erkka Nissinen! Most of the films are premiered in Finland in this screening.
Nissinen's works highlight the difficulties of social interaction, philosophy and media language.
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FixC cooperative collaborates 1.9.-22.9.2022 with:
TeleNFT,
ORF TELETEX
and ARD Text.
in Teletext is Art
The teletext exhibition “Teletext is Art” will be shown in a presentation at Deep Space 8K in Ars Electronica Center
during Ars Electronica festival 2022. Five of the participating artists present their artworks, provide insights into the technical implementation of teletext artworks and the aspect of immortalization as NFTs in the blockchain.
Teletext was launched by the BBC in 1974, ORF and ARD started their teletext offers in 1980; technically there have been hardly any changes since then. A teletext page is based on a grid of 24 rows and 40 columns. Each grid part can be used for a letter, number, special character, control character or up to six graphic pixels. And there are only six colours, black and white.
The works presented are characterized by their conscious handling of medium and context. Because of its technical limitations, teletext awakens very specific, reduced aesthetic expectations. Some works play with this ironically by producing even lower levels of detail, sometimes at great expense. Normally teletext users expect teletext, as a platform, to provide them with service information and news. Some of the participating artists also address current socially and politically relevant topics and do so – as expected and demanded of art – in a thoroughly critical manner.
For the first time for ORF TELETEXT and ARD Text, the topic of NFT is highlighted. The 15 artists involved are very familiar with NFT technology and were both the first to store teletext art as NFT on a blockchain and the first to show blockchain-based art on teletext. Several works in “Teletext is Art” therefore also thematically address the relationship between the crypto world and the classical financial world. All works shown are also intended for sale as NFT.
Apart from the Ars Electronica Festival Teletext is Art can also be explored on your television (ORF Teletext starting from page 560 or ARD Text starting from page 830) or on
www.teletextart.com
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MUTA 7 years non-stop!
The Museum of Teletext art, MUTA has been broadcasting artworks for seven years non-stop! To celebrate the occasion FixC cooperative/MUTA in collaboration with Yle presents MUTA7, an exhibition of teletext art. MUTA7 starts on the 20th November and runs untill 6th January 2022. You can access the works from Yle text page 805.
participating artists: Karin Ferrari, Jarkko Räsänen, Seppo Renvall, Dan Farrimond, Kari Yli-Annala, Erkka Nissinen, Paula Lehtonen,UBERMORGEN, Ryo Ikeshiro, Raquel Meyers, Kathrin Günter, Dragan Espenschied, Juha van Ingen, Max Capacity, Emilie Gervais and Maria Lavman Vetö.
More about MUTA/Teletext art: www.teletextart.com
CJC 50 years special screening
+ works by FixC cooperative artists.
Saturday 20th November 6PM - In Päivölä auditorium Päivöläntie 52 37770 Tarttila, Finland
Free entry!
The screening is organised by VILKE collection/FixC cooperative All works: Distribution Collectif Jeune Cinema.
CJC - Collectif Jeune Cinéma - founded in 1971, promotes visual experimental practices including distribution of experimental cinema, regular monthly screenings and the yearly Different and Experimental Cinema Festival of Paris. CJC’s catalogue includes more than 1650 films from more than 480 filmmakers, and still counting.
Films by: Frédéric Tachou, Calypso Debrot, David Matarasso, Michael Woods, Leyla Rodriguez, Carole Arcega and Marc Davorin.
Total duration 50 minutes.
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STAY @ HOME
To contain the COVID-19 outbreak people are encouraged to stay home and limit their social interaction.
To bring some art to homes in these difficult times FixC cooperative artists Juha van Ingen, Erkka Nissinen, Seppo Renvall, Jarkko Räsänen and Kari Yli Annala are sharing some videoworks from their archives + Other FixC projects you can enjoy from your homes:
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FixC cooperative screening at PS2Property House, 11 Rosemary Street, Belfast
Sunday 3 October 2021 6pm
Duration of the screening 40min: Juha van Ingen: (Dis)integrator, Seppo Renvall: Back to the Humanity, Kari Yli-annala: Life of One’s Own, Jarkko Räsänen: In Girum Imus Nocte Et Consumimur Igni, Kari Yli-annala: Guardian Creatures and Erkka Nissinen: Vantaa.
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The screening will be followed by a conversation between artist Jarkko Räsänen, curator Mirjami Schuppert and the audience.
Screening FB event.
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Teletext Art 2020, TART2020
Museum of Teletext Art, MUTA collaboration with Yle Teletext
25.2.-25.4.2020 in YLE Teletext from page 820
TART2020 is showcasing artworks from 11 international artists specifically created for the Teletext medium. The works of Nadine Arbeiter (Germany), Cordula Ditz (Germany), Daniel Egg (Austria), Dan Farrimond (Great Britain), Juha van Ingen (Finland), Kathrin Günter (Germany), Raquel Meyers (Spain), Matthias Moos (Switzerland), Niccolò Moronato (Italy), Jarkko Räsänen (Finland) and Seppo Renvall (Finland) show a wide variety of different approaches and implementations for teletext art.
The artworks of TART2020 have been first exhibited in the teletext exhibition “ORF TELETEXT meets art” resp. “ARD Text meets art”, a cooperation between ORF TELETEXT, ARD Text and the artists’ cooperative FixC, August 29th to September 19th 2019 in ORF TELETEXT and in ARD Text . The artworks have also been presented in Ars Electronica Festival Out of the Box – the Midlife Crisis of the Digital Revolution, Linz, 5.9.-9.9.2019.
The opening of TART2020 is on Tuesday 25th Feb. 18-19.30
at Bar Bronco
Hämeentie 23 00500 Helsinki
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FIXC PRESENTS: REGIMES AND SYSTEMS
14th October 20:00 in Institut finlandais, Paris.
The screening is curated by Kari Yli-Annala and made in collaboration with Institut finlandais, FixC cooperative and CJC - Collectif Jeune Cinéma.
Works:
/ Erkka Nissinen: Rigid Regime
/ Jarkko Räsänen: In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni
/ Kari Yli-Annala: Mainstream Catastrophe '75
/ Seppo Renvall: Circle of the Day
/ Maria Duncker: The Holy Road
/ Seppo Renvall, Juha van Ingen and Jarkko Räsänen: Made in Hong Kong
/ Juha van Ingen: GRID
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Electronic Art in Päivölä Sat. 21st September, 2019, 6 PM-10PM
Works by: Karin Ferrari, Sami van Ingen, Juha van Ingen, Sara Pathirane, Seppo Renvall, Jarkko Räsänen, Andrea Saggiomo and Kari Yli Annala...
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ORF TELETEXT meets art
“ORF TELETEXT meets art" is organized by ORF TELETEXT in collaboration with FixC cooperative. The project is dedicated to showcasing new Teletext Art in ORF TELETEXT, ARD Text, Ars Electronica Festival 2019 and www.teletextart.com.
FixC members participationg: Juha van Ingen,Seppo Renvall and Jarkko Räsänen who will also be present in ARS Electronica teletext Art Hackathon.
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VILKE Collection of Finnish Electronic Art + FixC in Päivölä Sat. 24th Nov 2018 6-10 PM
VILKE collection of electronic art is focused in Finnish media art, video art, experimental film, and web-based art.
Works by: Heidi Kilpeläinen, mfx, Karin Ferrari, Kathrin Günter and FixC artists (Juha van Ingen,Seppo Renvall, Erkka Nissinen, Jarkko Räsänen and Kari Yli-Annala) + After screening live laptop music by Jarkko Räsänen
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VILKE Collection of Finnish Electronic Art + FixC in Gallery Pictor 1.9.-29.9.2018
VILKE collection of electronic art is focused in Finnish media art, video art, experimental film, and web-based art.
Works by: Philip von Knorring, Mika Taanila, Alli Savolainen, Mi Duncker, Heidi Kilpeläinen,Sami van Ingen & Petri Kuljuntausta,
and Laura Könönen
+ new works from FixC artists (Juha van Ingen,Seppo Renvall, Jarkko Räsänen and Kari Yli-Annala)
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Works by FixC artists ( Erkka Nissinen, Seppo Renvall, Jarkko Räsänen, Juha van Ingen, Kari Yliannala )
+ Made in Hong Kong, Berlin premiere In DEVIATION event 31.8-2.9. in ACUD Berlin.
DEVIATION
curated & produced by Musterzimmer Collective.
The definitions of art and culture are always running hand in hand, a few steps ahead of those who wish to define them. They seem to have a life of their own regardless of humans as individuals. Still, us individuals think we are part of the culture and art. And we also leave our bases, travel, learn and re-create ourselves and our understanding. We have to lift our feet in order to see under them.
DEVIATION consists of screening and performance program alongside exhibition and evenings with djays. On sunday a brunch will be served during the day, and time is reserved for social needs (the exhibition is open).
DEVIATION and Musterzimmer
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"Made in Hong Kong" a film by Juha van Ingen, Jarkko Räsänen and Seppo Renvall will be released 13. - 15.4. as a limited edition VHS tape in WHS:n cinema as a part of Alternative Audio Visual Event 2018 program.
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" Postinternet.art"
A Wrong online biennale pavilion from 1.11.2017 to 31.1.2018
Curated by Juha van Ingen & Jarkko Räsänen in collaboration with FISH Gallery / FixC cooperative
Artists:
Shahin Afrassiabi, Anne Horel, Natasha Angashanova, Karin Ferrari, Ville Kallio, Cordula Ditz, Bernhard Gustav, Anastasia Mikhaylova, Gretta Louw and Kristina Sedlerova
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FixC member Kari Yli-Annala receives The AVEK Award 2017. The most significant accolade in the Finnish field of media arts.++ info ++
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FixC in
7TH PAPAY GYRO NIGHTS ART FESTIVAL 2017 in Bergen
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FixC cooperative artists Juha van Ingen and Jarkko Räsänen in ARS17
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FixC cooperative artist Erkka Nissinen represents Finland in 2017 Venice Biennale.
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Exhibitions online:
NOVA goes Back to The Future! A collaborative project with Papay Gyro Nights Art Festival Hong Kong!
GIF animations by Amanda Siegel, Christina Kramer, Emilie Gervais, Genetic Moo, Gretta Louw, Haydiroket (Mert Keskin), Karin Ferrari, Kathrin Günter, Jarkko Räsänen, Juha van Ingen, Nicolas Boillot, Systaime A.K.A Michaël Borras, Raquel Meyers and Roland Gätzschmann in:
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OCEAN in collaboration with Papay Gyro Nights Art Festival Hong Kong!
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PARALLAX View an on-line gallery of animated GIF's + GIF/Super8 Action marking the opening of Parallax View on the streets of Venice during the opening days of the 55th International Art Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia.
GIF animations by Maggy Almao, Kim Asendorf and Ole Fach, Max Capacity, Lukas Hoffmann, Santtu Mustonen, Nicolas Sassoon and others...
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FixC cooperative PL 1147 00101 Helsinki contact: info (at) fixc (dot) fi