Photo: MoA 2006

Gecic, Maja
Decomposing
Photo: Maja Gecic

Iivanainen, Susanna
From series World under the Sea - Sea over the Earth
Photo: Sakke Yrjölä

Kaakinen, Jussi
Suomen lasten historia
Photo: © Otava 2005

Niskakangas, Suvi
Blanket
Photo: Suvi Niskakangas

Paakkanen, Mikko
Vino
Photo: Aino Huhtaniemi

Suominen, Matti
Special running shoe collection for Karhu

Tikkanen, Petteri
Kanerva and one thing

Vuorinen, Kaisa
Images of Humans
Photo: Panu Jauhiainen

Wong Suk, Ki
Two Talking Artifacts
Photo: Ki Suk Wong

Curator Tomas Ivan Träskman:

The Next Generation and Waking Up the Next Morning

It feels as if the next generation is seldom taken seriously. This generation is defined by a kind of carnivalesque explosion and is destined to a sobering morning after. Maybe the next generation should be taken seriously?

What happens the morning after?
- Is life any different?
- Has quotidian existence changed?
- Does your fridge offer any new surprises?
- Are there new rules for courting?
- How does one celebrate a birthday?
- How does one get buried?

Or, is there a totally different perspective to be adopted? Do people feel any different when you touch them? Do they sound different? What do dreams or desires consist of today and the morning after?

The work of the young people at the University of Art and Design Helsinki points to a collective desire to create new areas of conviviality and to introduce new types of transaction with regard to cultural experiences. The festival is not a space to be walked through. The Masters of Arts Festival is presented as a period of time to be lived through. It is an opening to unlimited discussion.

The theme(s):

IN
The common denominator of the featured themes is the word in. What are the strategies for getting access in a world of networks and connectivity when you are considered inexperienced, ineffective, insecure, and an intruder?

For sure, the strategy is not desperation!

Therefore:

Infuse, Influence, In-between, Include, Innocence, Interpret, Infect, Intrepid, Interact, Interplay, Invert, Independent: here are the means of a generation whose main question is that of affirmative courage and local power.

Together the young people at the University of Art and Design Helsinki create an event that is both hilarious and touching, expressing everything that art and design is capable of. Masters of Arts Festival is a festival of capacity!

Exhibition is open every day
- Monday-Friday 10 am-20 pm
- Saturday-Sunday 11 am-17 pm

University of Art and Design Helsinki, Media Centre Lume
Hämeentie 135 C

	Selected Masters:
	Aalto, Klaus Aapro, Wesa Aarras, Tiina Aho, Henna Andersson, Eeva Andersson, Kirsi Arkio, Juhana Bastamow, Tanja Bembibre Belda, Daniel Blom, Liina Ekström, Jarno Ervamaa, Tuomas Estadieu, Alex Fagerlund, Maija Flittner von, Nicolas Forsström, Jan Gecic, Maja Häikiö, Paavo Heikkinen, Tero Hiltunen, Maarit Huber, Sasha Huurinainen, Marita Iivanainen, Susanna Ijäs, Mikko Jakku, Tero Jegal, Yun Juva, Petra Kärki, Laura Kaakinen, Jussi Kanervo, Anu Kauhaniemi, Anu Keto, Piia Kiraly, Reka Kivioja, Mikko Koivunen, Paula Korhonen, Jokko Kosonen, Krista Leikola, Heikki Leiponen, Mette Lenkkeri, Ville Lindholm, Daniel Mäkelä, Mia Makkonen, Marita Melander, Marco Mizutani, Michihito Mustonen, Taneli Myllynen, Maarit Niemi, Satu Niidome, Naoto Niskakangas, Suvi Ohta, Mai Paakkanen, Mikko Paukkonen, Satu Perttula, Kitta Pirkola, Sanna–Mari Puranen, Teija Rantala, Nina Saari, Anu Sainio, Kirsten Salin, Salla Salomäki, Sonja Sundén, Meri–Pauliina Suominen, Matti Takahashi, Yuka Takala, Annukka Talvitie–Lamberg, Karoliina Terho, Iina Tesolin, Jeremiah Tiitinen, Tuomas Tikkanen, Petteri Tuomainen, Kati Vepsäläinen, Aino Vesa, Jarno Viikka, Salla Vuoma, Laura Vuorinen, Kaisa Wong, Suk Ki