Minna Tarkka (25 December 1960– 27 August 2023) was a Finnish critic, educator, producer and curator of media art and culture.[1] In 2000 she co-founded m-cult in Helsinki, Finland and remained as its director until 2023.[2][3]

Life and work

Tarkka was active in developing the first media art-related university courses in Finland, including the Faculty of Time and Space (Academy of Fine Arts) and the MA in New Media (University of Art and Design, Media Lab). She was a founder member and the first director of MUU (1989–91), as well as a founding member of AV-arkki, a distribution facility for media art, and the Finnish Media Art Network.[4]

ISEA, the International Symposium on Electronic Art, was held in Helsinki under Tarkka's direction in 1994 in partnership with the University of Art and Design, and again in 2004, where it took place both in Helsinki and in Tallinn, Estonia, and was produced by curator Amanda McDonald Crowley.[5]

In 2017, Tarkka was awarded the Finnish State Art Prize in Media Art category acknowledging her pioneering work and her commissions in collaborative new media art.[6]

Tarkka died on 27 August 2023, at the age of 62.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Suomalaisen mediataiteen uranuurtaja Minna Tarkka on kuollut". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Uraauurtavaa työtä mediataiteessa tehnyt Minna Tarkka on kuollut". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Minna Tarkka in memoriam". M-Cult. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Media Art in Finland". Finnish Media Art Network. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "ISEA Archives webpage for ISEA2004 12th International Symposium on Electronic Art". ISEA Archives. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Mediataiteen valtionpalkinnon sai Minna Tarkka". Taiteen edistämiskeskus. 8 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Minna Tarkka in memoriam". EMAP.
  • m-cult agency to develop and promote new forms of media art and digital culture


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