Helsinki, 23-25 May 2002
PikseliÄHKY // pixelACHE festival was organised for the first time in spring 2002. The name 'pixelACHE' describes the feeling resulting from an overdose of screen-based media, a passive state where all the content starts to blur together into one monotonic ocean of boredom. PikseliÄHKY festival showcases people that can offer us at least a momentary escape from this - artists and experimental creators from various disciplines, who question the conventional ways of using audiovisual technologies. Open-minded do-it-yourself attitude is the essential element behind all pikseliÄHKY activity! PikseliÄHKY 2002 was held at Lasipalatsi in Helsinki, in a venue hosted by non-profit co-operative Aula. The festival featured screenings and performances but most of event was dedicated for presentations, talks and workshops. The events in Aula presented work from more than 15 local artists / artist groups and attracted an enthusiastic audience of approximately two hundred people. In addition pikseliÄHKY artists were featured in two successful club events, at Dotcoma in Saunabar and Club Bundolo in Mocambo. One international artist guest was invited to pikseliÄHKY 2002 - media artist Jarryd Lowder from New York. Jarryd is a faculty member of MFA Computer Art department, School of Visual Arts.
pikseliÄHKY was the second event in the OlentoAcademy series. The first event was AvantoAcademy, a series of workshops organised in connection to Avanto – Helsinki Media Art Festival. The OlentoAcademy events were organised by Olento Production Company.
OlentoAcademy was made possible by support from AVEK, The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture.
OlentoAcademy collaborating organisations:
Aula co-operative, Media Centre Lume, Avanto – Helsinki Media Art Festival,
Kipsari, Club Bundolo, Dotcoma.