9.30 Philip Dean presents the programme; coffee served

10.00 MLAB PRODUCTION
• finnishdesign.fi - Finnish design on the Internet, presented by Anu Lehtonen and Raino Ranta
• da vinci project - online multimedia education presented by Lauri Mäkelä

10.45 MATKAIN
• prototype for an interactive travel service, presented by Minna Tarkka and demoed by Teppo Veijonen, Matti Väisänen & Rasmus Vuori

11.00 DIGITAL MUSEUM DESIGN
• Olavinlinna and Aboa Vetus & Nova multimedia by Hannu Riihimäki & Henrik Niinimäki, demoed by Philip Dean
• Interactive museum concepts realised in Larry Friedlander's workshop Interaction in the Public Sphere
- Arabianranta museum concept - demoed by Petri Saarikko & co
- National Museum www - demoed by Maari Fabritius & co
- Kiasma Children's room - demoed by Rasmus Vuori & co

11.45 100 HOMES & FUTURE MEDIA HOME
• 100 homes report demoed by Raimo LŒng and Kari-Hans Kommonen
• desVE project mid-term report - study project in design of virtual environments, presented by the students
• Future Media Home research project presented by Kari-Hans Kommonen

13.30 Minna Tarkka presents the program for the afternoon; coffee served

13.45 CAP PRESENTS
• recent work done in digital photography, presented by Jon Nykänen and Antti Huittinen

14.00 INTERACTIVE ART
• Minna Tarkka and Heidi Tikka present the interactive art study project • Real Life project presented by Okko Oinonen
• Body =Home project presented by Jaakko Nousiainen, KirsiMarja Metsähuone and Sanna Järvinen

14.30 ITV PILOTS
• Interactive television concepts realised in the ITV study project
- Noblesse Oblige - demoed by Kai Lappalainen & co
- Action TV - demoed by Rasmus Vuori & co
- Chat TV - demoed by Mia Mäkelä & co

15.15 3D AND DIGITAL CINEMA
• The Touch - preview material for a digitally enhanced film presented by Juha Vanhanen
• animation projects by Jonathan Davies
• results of the CA study project - expert course in computer animation demoed by Kai Lappalainen, Mika Ripatti & co
• The Lighthouse - a multi-user VRML environment presented by Minna Jyvälä

16.00 closing of the day

AKENO butoh dancer, producer, Tokyo

Telematic Dancing: The Telepresence Project

The '97 Telepresence project was a Tokyo-New York multimedia collaboration of butoh (Tomoe Shizune & Hakutobo), bunraku (Yoshida Tamamatsu), music (Elliot Sharp), motion capture (imagica sakuratei) and visual media (Floating Point Unit) using the ISDN. The project was directed and produced by Akeno, who belongs to the butoh group Tomoe Shizune & Hakutobo and also runs Akeno project, a tour of solo performances and improvisations. Her solo performance Renyo sho - Far from the Lotus is in the Helsinki Asia Festival programme at the Alexander theatre on May 11.

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Welcome to the opening of finnishdesign.fi
Tuesday 6 May 1997 at 2.30 p.m. at Design Forum,
Fabianinkatu 10, 00130 Helsinki.

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