The Center for Knowledge Societies and PikseliÄHKY present

DOORS NIGHT HELSINKI

Thursday, October 6 2005

Kulttuuritehdas Korjaamo Töölönkatu 51 B, 00250 Helsinki

Program:

7.30 pm

Presentations by

Aditya Dev Sood of CKS

and

Juha Huuskonen of PikseliÄHKY

followed by comments, questions and discussions by a special panel of experts and by the audience.

9.00 pm and onwards

VJ and DJ performances, special screenings of video artworks, drinks, dancing and discussion among the gathered community.

DOORS NIGHTS are a way for people who are interested in the Doors of Perception design conferences to connect in their own town. DOORS NIGHTS are also being planned for Tokyo (January) and Paris (April). If you think another city is ready to host one tell us about it online. www.doorsofperception.com

You could try blogging your images of the evening through the Doors of Perception group on Flickr. Try using the tag ‘doorsnighthelsinki’ and grouping your images at www.flickr.com/groups/97089260@N00

The Center for Knowledge Societies (CKS) is a research and design practice based in Bangalore and New Delhi. CKS is the author of Used in India, a multidisciplinary documentation project that captures the innovative ways in which Indians have used media and technology in the 20th century. It has produced recent editions of the acclaimed Doors of Perception design conference. Last year, CKS founded the Learning Lab Initiative to promote the creative use of mobile devices for public education in emerging economy environments. www.cks.in

PikseliÄHKY is a festival for electronic art and subcultures. PikseliÄHKY presents projects experimenting with media and technology from a broad range of disciplines: artists, engineers, designers, researchers and architects. PikseliÄHKY focuses especially in presenting activities of various international grassroot networks and communities such as VJ community, media activists, open source community and demoscene. The goal of PikseliÄHKY Festival is to act as a bridge between the traditional creative disciplines and rapidly developing electronic subcultures. www.pixelache.ac