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Tapio Makela
Selected Curriculum Vitae
Contact information
Tapio Mäkelä (Helke Tapio Mäkelä)
Address: - available on request - Helsinki, Finland
Phone and fax: - available on request -
e-mail: tapio@translocal.net
Date of Birth: April 24th, 1965
Current occupations:
Researcher, Media Studies Department, University of Turku, Finland.
Studies
- 1986-1987 Chemistry and computer science at the Åbo Akademi (Kemisk Tekniska fakultetet), Turku, Finland
- 1990 Studies in cultural theory and media at the University of California at Berkeley, USA
- 1993 B.A., Cultural history and comparative literature at the University of Turku, Finland
- 1998 M.f.A, Media Studies, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
- 2000 - PHD Student, Media Studies, University of Turku, Finland
Work history
- Reporter for daily Turun Sanomat, summer 1984
- Teaching part time high school level, Turku 1986-1989
- Free lance graphic design, journalism and translations, 1990-
- Reporter for weekly magazine, Turun ylioppilaslehti, 1991
- Editor in chief for Turun ylioppilaslehti, 1993-1994
- Managing director of MUU, Finnish artist organization for media and interdisclipinary arts, 1994 - 1997
- Managing director of Meteori Books Inc., 1998-2000
- Head of development, (part time) Meteori Books Inc. 2000-2001
http://www.meteori.com
- Researcher, Media Studies, University of Turku, 2000-2003
http://www.utu.fi/hum/mediatutkimus/
- 2003-2004 Programme chair, ISEA2004 hosted by m-cult
http://www.isea2004.net -
- 2005- Researcher, USED project with HIIT & m-cult
Organiser in Conferences
- Co-organizer for international conferences held at the University of Turku: Ethnicity and Gender 1991, VIRTUAL ZONE 1992
- Main organizer for the conference Narratives of Colonialization 1993
- Organizer of Arts and New Technology conference, Helsinki 1995
- Organizer of Copenhagen '96 meets Helsinki 2000" -conference
- Organizer of Media and Ethics Symposium, Helsinki 1996
- Organizer of Connected - Networked Media Culture in a Changing Europe, Helsinki 1999
- Programme Chair of ISEA2004, Helsinki, Tallinn
Papers & presentations
- Men, Women and the Banal, paper, Jyväskylä, Finland 1990
- Cultural Study of Reception, paper, Jyväskylä, Finland 1991
- 10th Symposium of the Finnish Society for Semiotics, Imatra, Finland 1991
- Ethnicity and Gender, paper, University of Turku, Finland 1991
- Narratives and Narrated Subjects of Colonialism, paper, University of Turku 1993
- International Symposium of Electronic Arts, ISEA94, paper, Helsinki 1994
- Tidsvåg noll Conference, paper, Gothenburg, Sweden 1995
- Virtual Bodies, Embodied Knowledge. paper, Goldsmith´s College, London -95
- International Symposium of Electronic Arts, ISEA95, paper, Montréal 1995
- Dutch Electronic Arts Festival, panel presentation, Rotterdam 1996
- Cyber Body Soirée, paper, Titanic Gallery, Turku 1996
- Wiretap, paper, V2 Organisation, Rotterdam 1996
- Crossing Over 1, paper, Sofia 1997
- Reality Bites, paper, Stockholm 1997
- Aesthetique Feminine, paper, Institute Finlandais, Paris 1997
- New Expertise in Cultural Work, paper, Jyväskylä 1997
- Skövde University, Visiting Lecturer, Computer Arts Dept., Sweden, 1997
- Open Society, Translocal Cultures. paper, Finnish Institute, London, 1997
- Liverpool Electronic Art Festival, paper, Liverpool, 1997
- History and Memory Conference, paper, University of Turku, Finland, 1997
- Film+arc, paper, Graz, Austria, 1997
- International Symposium of Electronic Arts, ISEA97, paper, Chicago 1997
- Chicago Arts Institute, visiting lecturer, 1997
- University of Maryland, visiting lecturer, 1997
- University of Colorado at Bolder, Arizona, visiting lecturer, 1997
- From Practice to Policy: Towards a European Media Culture. Paper in a panel, Rotterdam/Amsterdam, 1997
- Digital Art, Youth art event, paper, Hyvinkää, Finland, 1997
- International Symposium of Electronic Arts, keynote, ISEA98, Manchester, 1998
- Crossroads in Cultural Studies, paper, Tampere, Finland, 1998
- Momentum conference: The Transformations of Art in the Age of Information, paper, Norway 1998
- Cached: Electronic Media Lecture Series, paper, ICA, London, 1998
- ROOT 1998, paper, Hull, UK, 1998
- Museum, Media, Markets. Paper in a panel, Finnish Museum for Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, 1998
- Multimedia education in Europe, panel, Tampere, 1999
- Summer School for Media Art Curation, Series of Papers, Hobart, Australia, 1999
- Superconductor, Banff Centre, Canada, 2000
- Art and Communication, Riga, Latvia, 2000
- A(o)IR, The 1st Confernece of Association of Internet Researchers: Internet Research 1.0: The State of the Interdiscipline. University of Kansas, USA, 2000
- Artist presentation. Nomads, Washington DC, USA, 2000
- Doing Things with Images. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, USA, 2000
- Net Art In Context. School of Visual Arts, NYC, USA, 2000
- Electrohype, Malmoe, Sweden, 2000
- Mediaterra, Athens, Greece, 2000
- Pro Arte, St.Petersburg, Russia, 2001
- Bridges, Annenberg School of Communication, Los Angeles, USA, 2001
- Unforgiving Memory, Banff Centre for the Arts NMI, Banff, Canada, 2001
- Human Generosity, Banff Centre for the Arts NMI, Banff, Canada, 2001
- Affective Encounters, University of Turku, Finland, 2001
- Sustainable Information Society, Kouvola, Finland, 2001
- Solar Circuit, Hobart, Australia, 2002
Memberships
- Finnish Network for Cultural Studies 1989-
- Finnish Association for Semiotics 1989-1991
- Association for Cinema Studies 1990-1993
- Forum for Audiovisual Studies, 1992
- Finnish Journalist Union 1993-1999
- MUU association 1993-1999
- Inter Society for Electronic Arts, 1995-
- European Cultural Backbone, 1998-
- M-cult, Finnish Association for Media Culture, 2000-
Positions of trust
- Faculty of Arts Studies, University of Turku,
- board member 1989-1993
- Turku Cultural City Organization, board member 1993
- Photography association at the Univ. of Turku, vice chairman 1993-1994
- Turku Cable Television, board deputy member 1994-1995
- Member of editorial board at the Taide (Art) magazine
- Media Art Committee member, Ministry of Education, Finland 1996
- International assessor for the Arts Council for England 1999
- Expert member in the Board for media art, Arts Council of Finland 2001
- Board and founding member, m-cult Finnish Association of Media Culture 2000-
Exhibitions and events
- Turku Transaction, a interdisclipinary event for arts and science (program co-ordinator, press manager, and a hologram exhibition) 1992
- Virtual Zone, one of the organizers, press materials and posters, main organizer for the conference on interactive art, 1992
- 1993 Turku Transgression, an arts event (co-production)
- Street Talk -project, participating artist, 1994
- Sound Calendar, Finnish Broadcast Company, MUU; 2 minute sound piece, concept, production, and curation of 24 sound artists for national radio and 7 railway stations, Helsinki, 1994
- Founder of Muu Media Base, media lab for artists, Helsinki 1995
- Curation and concept development, founder of AMORPH performance and media art festival, Muu, 1995
- Sound Site, web sound project, Tornio, 1995
- Subsmile, video installation in Tampere Theatre Festival, 1995
- Breaking Eyes, Nordic Media Art Exhibition, Stockholm/Helsinki, concept, curation and co-production, 1996
- Net Academy, education series at Muu Media Base 1997
- Net project Puppet Love, directing, Tornio 1997
- Net project Monopoly, Helsinki 1997
- Polar Circuit 1 & 2, Intenational Media Art and Theory Workshop, concept & production, Tornio-Rovaniemi 1997, 1998
- Net Sauna, net project and installation, concept, participating artist, Ars Electronica, Linz, 1997
- Metropolitan Dreams, installation and web project with Susanna Paasonen, Mental Metro exhibition, Helsinki 1997
- Digital Drive in, net art project 1997
- Grand Arena, Web art and Critique on Board. Concept, production and curation, Smart Show, Silja Line Ferry, Helsinki-Stockholm, 1997
- Ostranenie Media Art Festival, participant, Cyber Knitting project, 1997
- Parasite, temporary media lab and installation in Helsinki, co-production with Attila, Rotterdam, 1997
- Finnish video screening, curator, Images Festival, Toronto
- Hygeia Revisited, Interactive installation and web project with Susanna Paasonen, ISEA 1999, Liverpool
- http://www.channel.org.uk/hygeia
- Ground net zine, ISEA emerging highlights, w/ Susanna Paasonen, 1999
- http://www.translocal.net/ground
- Pakattu/Packed, CD-ROM exhibit, co-production with Lasipalatsi media centre, Helsinki 1999
- Universal Tourist Project with Susanna Paasonen and Steve Bradley, Communication Front, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 2000
- Polar Circuit 3, co-production, Rovaniemi, 2000
- Project Internet Wild Life Foundation, Solar Circuit, The Wild Exhibition, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Australia, 2002
Publications
- Etnospektri (1991), writings on cultural identity, co-editing and an article.
- Virtual Zone (1992), the first book to published on interactive art and virtual reality in Finland, co-editing, lay-out.
- 5 published scientific articles, two of them in international anthologies.
- Hundreds of newspaper articles (book reviews, reviews of audiovisual culture, news, columns etc.)
Scholarships
- 1990 Finnish Ministry of Education
- 1990 Finnish Cultural Foundation
- 1992 Turun suomalainen yliopistoseura
- 1994 Arts Council of Finland, media art workstation
- 1995 Ministry of Education, travel grant
- 1995 Arts Council of Finland, travel grant
- 1996 Audio Visual Foundation, research grant
- 1996 Arts Council of Finland, travel grant
- 1997 Channel Project, Arts Council of England
- 1998 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland, travel grant
- 1998 Arts Council of Finland, travel grant
- 2000 Arts Council of Finland, travel grant
2000 Ministry of Education, travel grant
2001 Arts Council of Finland, travel grant
2002 Audio Visual Foundation, script writing grant
Updated February 20th, 2002