ActinArt

02/09/2022

Mannhaf: an ocean of humans by Áki Sebastian Frostason with Joel Väli is a sculpture and video project that draws attention to the current state of the fishing industry in Iceland and across the globe 🐟🦭 Our oceans are not only full of cotton swabs and straws (however, the number of these has decreased) but also nets, buoys, strings and other waste from the fishing industry - that is seen as a normal and even charming part of the Icelandic coastal environment 🌿

This sculpture, "a ghost" of fishing nets, is located next to the seaside in the centre of Akureyri, Iceland. This is "a ghost" returning from its wet grave, coming back to hunt the humans who summoned its devious existence...🐋

Read more about their experience and the story of the sculpture from our blog 👇

Writer: Áki Frostason / Editor: Liisa Nurmela With the first ideas drafted in late 2021, my Estonian collaborator Joel Väli […]

14/06/2022

🌱🌎🌿 In April, we had our first Bootcamp after a two-year break because of the pandemic. For five days, students from Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia engaged in an innovative laboratory involving a wide range of facilitative and learning methods such as mentoring, lecturing, hackathons, group work sessions, workshops and open practices. The theme for this year was - Sustainable well-being: Re-discovering the place for artistic practices in times of biggest challenges.

Check out what we did 👇

08/06/2022

Tom Powels writes about their passion for the video opera An Index of Metals, created in 2003 by Ictus, the Brussels-based ensemble, that they performed for the first time in Tallinn.

The video opera An Index of Metals was created in 2003 by Ictus, the Brussels-based ensemble of which I am the guitarist and co-artistic director.

09/05/2022

Now when Eurovision is right around the corner, our biggest Eurovision fan Tural Abdulla from Azerbaijan visited the Land of Fire and Ice to see the Icelandic local selection show called Söngvakeppnin. Read about his adventures and reflection on the Eurovision song selection and fairness in our blog 🔥❄️

An Azerbaijani’s journey exploring Iceland’s singing competition culture, and nature.

21/03/2022

⚡️JUST IN: Career development – a strategic effort or wishful thinking?⚡️

Virgo Sillamaa opens up about the challenges of many young professionals emerging from the protected academic gardens of music struggling to find their feet, reflecting on his own experience of becoming a young freelance musician in the early 2000s.

Read more in his article👇

Author: Virgo Sillamaa, March 2022 In the spring of 2021, I conducted two workshops for ActinArt on goal setting and […]

15/03/2022

Did you know that if you are a student in our member university, you can apply for mobility funding up to 1300€?

Check it out 👉 https://actinart.org/activities/mobility/

25/02/2022

ActinArt is a network with a mission to support and facilitate Nordic & Baltic artistic Higher Education Institutions’ process in developing an entrepreneurial mindset within artistic curricula for teachers and students.

Read more about what we do and apply as a member 👇

About us The mission of ActinArt network is to support and facilitate Nordic/Baltic artistic Higher Education Institutions’ process in developing […]