PMP News 2/2025
Hello dear PMP artists and partners!
In this 2nd issue of PMP News we have stories from the amazing Workshop Week in Barcelona and information about the coming activities in the autumn, hosted by our partner in Croatia. We are also happy to introduce two NAT artists from Finland.
Autumn activities
As we are getting ready to enjoy the summer, it is also time to start thinking about the autumn activities, signing up and applying. Here are links for more information and some reminders:
Theme for the autumn activities is Media and Professional Identity – how to build your professional identity and reflecting on what it really is and how it is shaped. Professional speakers and mentors will guide you to a journey to connect with yourself and your artistic practice – to find your authenticity but also to inspire you to experiment with how you want to present your work.
- Registration by 28.8.2025.
- Obligatory participation if you get to take part in the Split Workshop Week.
Split Workshop Week 13-17.10.2025
- Applications to your local PMP partner organization by the end of 15.6.2025.
- Two alternative, but equally exciting workshops to focus on: Landscapes Within: Weaving Nature, Art, and Self and My feed brings all the curators to my DM’s!
Hybrid Residency in Croatia 20.10.-12.12.2025
- For 2 artists who participated in the Workshop Week.
- Open Call 30.6-13.7.2025 by a motivational letter.
- Selection by the end of August 2025.
Barcelona workshop week
In March a group of NAT artists spent a week in Barcelona learning and experiencing Future Media with experienced mentors. Here are some stories from the week.
- Reflections: Week of future media in motion: Artists, algorithms, and shared realities.
- Artist testimonials: Exploring tech, storytelling and creativity.
- Management Team point of view: From creative chaos to important decisions.
Artist residency in Barcelona
After the Barcelona workshop week, Tianjun Li from Finland and Ivana Tkalčić from Croatia worked for a month in Barcelona. After the month, they continued their work for another 4 weeks online. During the residency they explored and engaged with themes related to humanity, ecosystems, technology, and creative expression.
Read more about their residency here: Artistic presence, regenerative media and AI ecologies.
Podcast
Ivana and Tianjun also recorded a podcast as part of the residency: An in-depth discussion on the shifting role of the artist in a hypermediated and ecologically precarious world. You can listen to it here: Intersections of Art, AI, and Ecology by Ivana Tkalčić & Tianjun Li.
Tips
Want to connect with other creatives around the world? Here is a great tip from Kristina from Youth for Equality (Slovakia): The best conferences and festivals for creatives, a recommendation by Creative Lunch Club.
Artist introductions
This time we have the pleasure to introduce two NAT artists from Finland:
Kirsikka Paakkinen – filmmaker
Kirsi-Marja Moberg – multimedia artist
We´d like to get to know more of you better. So if you would like to introduce yourself on the PMP website, reach out to your own host organization and they will tell you how.
Next issue
Next PMP News will come out mid September. If you have stories or news you´d like to share, or you think would interest your fellow NAT artists, please get in touch with your local PMP contact person.
Wishing you all a wonderful and art-full summer 2025!
PMP Turku team
Find the good in your world to fight the chaos around.
About this newsletter
This is primarily meant to support and inspire all you PMP NAT artists around Europe, as well as keeping all the project partners in the loop. We will share what´s been going on, inform you about the coming events and opportunities. We also want to support and inspire you by sharing and celebrating your successes and best practices. You also have the opportunity to introduce yourself and your work to the other artists.
What, how, where?
PMP News will have 3-4 issues during a year. All the material and content is collected via the local partner organisations. If you would like to share something, please get in touch with your local PMP contact and they´ll tell you what to do. PMP News is available on the PMP website. We will notify all the NAT artists by email when a new issue is out. If you don´t want to receive this notification, please send a message to pmp@turkuamk.fi.