AVARA 2024
AVARA brings together professionals in art, culture, and technology. What new emerges when art, innovation, emerging technologies, and social impact intersect? Come join us, and you'll find out!
Thu 21st: ”Bridging Health and Creativity”
8:30 Registration and coffee
9:00 Opening the event
9:15 Dawn Prescott/ Lime Art (UK):
Create+ An Arts Referral Service for Healthcare Staff
10:00 Break
10:15 Antti Ikonen/ Aalto University (FIN):
A Friendly sounding Hospital -Children’s Hospital Sound Art Installation
11:00 Panel Discussion on Health and Creativity:
Taru Koivisto/ Research Institute, University of the Arts Helsinki
Andy Browning, EIT Culture and Creativity
Ville Pellinen, Lapinlahden Lähde/ AWAKE project
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Marie le Sourd/ On the Move (BE):
Psychosocial risks and inequalities in the arts and cultural sector:
How to work towards a moreperson-centred care approach to international cultural mobility?
13:40 Break
14:00 Alberto Sanna/ San Raffaele Scientific Institute (ITA):
NEFFIE, the NeuroAesthetic Photography
14:30 Coffee Break
14:45 Showcases/Workshops/Clinics:
AWAKE PROJECT
ARTS PROMOTION CENTRE/CREATIVE NET
HELSINKI XR CENTER
CREATIVE EUROPE/NORDIC CULTURE POINT
TASSU PROJECT
16:00 Closing day 1
Fri 22nd: “Beyond Entertainment: The Wellness Impact of Game Arts and Playing”
8:30 Registration and coffee
9:00 Performance:
Adventures of HarriHarri/ Harold Hejazi +Q&A 15min (CAN)
10:15 Break
10:30 Jaakko Kemppainen (FIN): More than “just games”: Wellbeing effects of gaming
11:00 Break
11:15 Panel Discussion on game arts and wellbeing
Petteri Ikonen, XAMK
KooPee Hiltunen, Neogames Finland Association
Michael Mondria, Ars Electronica Solutions
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Workshops and showcases:
Xamk/ Game Art Campus showcases: Trickle Down
Ars Electronica: Deep Space workshop
Christelle Mas & Olli Uikkanen: Oceanaia: Bloom of Synthesis
ANSEL Project: Unlocking Creative Potential of Low Latency Technology
14:30 Coffee Break
14:45 Michael Bergmann/Toronto Metropolitan University:
Wellness for who? An examination of wellness through a a research-creation student project
15:30 Blair Stevenson: Wrap-up for the event
15:45 Closing Day 2
17:00 LUMO LIGHT FESTIVAL OPENS
19:00 Reception by the city of Oulu
Installations
Toronto Metropolitan University
Line Wobbler, light art installation