Last week the Finnish Government made an important decision - that all public institutions should make their data easily available in a digital form, without cost. Announcement about this in FinnishAt the moment there is a lot of information that can be...

The Return of the Unexpected - Computational Photography exhibition opens on Friday 11 March, with an opening event at 18-20. We are currently building the exhibition and quite excited about the four featured projects (more info).As a special opening treat...

In the context of the map me if you will programme of Pixelache Helsinki 2011, Christian Nold (UK) has been invited to realise a new artwork in Helsinki during 2011-2012. This new artwork will be situated on Suomenlinna island and will be a kind of...

(information in Finnish below / suomenkielinen versio tekstin lopussa)HIAP TalksBrian Holmes: A Cultural Critique for the 21st Century?Pajasali, Suomenlinna, Helsinki6pm Thursday, 10 March 2011In this edition of HIAP Talks, the American writer and activist...

The Acoustic Space No 8: "Energy" publication has just been published and will be presented in Camp Pixelache on Sunday 13 March. More information in the announcement below.- - - -We are pleased to announce that the ENERGY publication has been just...

Rhizome published an interview last week, initiated and compiled by Lisa Baldini (US), featuring Andrew Gryf Paterson, Ulla Taipale, and Signe Pucena, initiators and co-organisers of Herbologies/Foraging Networks project in 2010.Read the interview...

The daily poll question two weeks ago on the website of Helsingin Sanomat (the biggest mainstream newspaper in Finland) was 'Can a crime be considered less severe, if it's committed for the sake of art?' (In Finnish: Lieveneekö rikos, jos se tehdään taiteen...

Welcome to the 'Foraging in Central Kurzeme' book event on Tuesday 8.3. at 6pm by Signe Pucena (LV) and Andrew Gryf Paterson (SCO/FI) at Arkadia International Bookshop (Pohjoinen Hesperiankatu 9) in Töölö, Helsinki.Signe and Andrew will present the context,...

Photo: Temporary photoElectric Digestopians worklab at TEXTILE FUTURES / Feb 2011The deadline for signing up to Pixelache Helsinki 2011 pre-festival workshops is Monday 7 March!There is still room in: Timelab Mini-CNC-kit workshop Temporary photoElectric...

Photo: Sensor development during M.A.R.I.N. Hacklab at the Sea workshop, summer 2010. Picture Tuomo Tammenpää.- - -Below you can find info about an open call for proposals for the M.A.R.I.N residencies during summer 2011 around the Baltic Sea.The Pixelache...

This year, with our new island venue for the festival, and a scheduled Pixelversity programme of education events throughout the year, we also adopt a new online ticketing service called Fläbät. Some of you maybe have already used to buy festival passes and...

Helsinki 3 weeks before Pixelache 2011: bright sunshine, a lot of snow, a steadily frozen Baltic Sea, temperature approx -20 Celsius.It's likely that during the festival the weather will not be as cold as right now, but it's also certain that it won't be...