DOMESTIC PARTNERS AND COLLABORATION
The Central Art Archives (part of the Finnish National Gallery) is a diverse information centre for visual arts that collects and stores materials related to Finnish visual arts in particular. AV-arkki collaborates with the Central Art Archives on the long term preservation of Finnish media art.
The Finnish Media Art Network is an association, which aims is to enhance cooperation between different media art organizations in Finland. The association creates and maintains international and domestic contacts and promotes media art and culture in Finland. The Finnish Media Art Network was founded in December 2009. Founding members include of the following organizations: AV-arkki, MUU, m-cult, Pixelache, CARTES, FixC and Alternative Party.
Finnish Society on Media Education, founded in 2005, is an association operating nation-wide in two main languages (Finnish and Swedish). Our aim is to support and develop the field of research and practices concerning media education, contribute to the public debate and provide opportunities to share media education experiences online and offline. AV-arkki was accepted as a member organization of the Finnish Society on Media Education in 2011.
FRAME Finnish Fund for Art Exchange, established in 1992, provides services and acts as an expert body in international exchanges related to visual arts.
HIAP Helsinki International Artists’ Recidency programme is one of the largest international residency centres in Finland and the only one operating in the capital. HIAP focuses primarily on the Visual Arts and is open to artists and curators from various disciplines.
ProAv Saarikko Oy is a Helsinki based company specialized in providing technical solutions and equipment to museums, galleries and media artists.
DOMESTIC FESTIVAL COLLABORATION
Korjaamo/Culture Tram, Tampere Film Festival, Helsinki Short Film Festival, Flux Festival, AAVE festival, Kino Kaiku, Forum Box, Reikäreuna Film Festival
INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS
DINAMO – Distribution Network of Artists’ Moving Image Organizations has meetings twice a year, during in Rotterdam Film Festival and the Oberhausen Film Festival. Other DINAMO’s member organizations include: Film Form /Sweden, V Tape /Canada, LUX/ United Kingdom, Electronic Arts Intermix / United States, Video Data Bank / Chicago, Light Cone / France, The Netherlands Media Art Institute / The Netherlands, Six Pack Films / Austria. DINAMO also runs an active discussion list for distributors of experimental and avant-garde media art.
GAMA – Gateway to Archives of Media Art provides access to a wealth of information about the works of both well-known and emerging media artists from European collections of media art.
AV-arkki collaborates with many domestic and internatinonal organizations and experts of visual arts, such as FRAME and HIAP, which are located next door to AV-arkki’s office. If you are interested in working with us and or visiting us, do not hesitate to contact us!
