Exhibition call for 2023 is open
The Northern Photographic Centre (PVK) exhibition call for 2023 is open until August 2 2022 23:59 (Finnish time). Exhibitions will be selected by the NPC exhibition committee. Three to five exhibition periods are available for application in 2023. The exhibitions are for a duration of 5–8 weeks. Northern Photographic Centre is profiled for high-quality, contemporary […]
Podcast: Tilannekuva – Taide, tiede ja vihreä siirtymä
Host Antti Tenetz talks with researcher-artist Antti Majava about the green transition, critical thinking, the intersections of science and art – and how we can build a shared situational understanding of the world. The conversation took place during the Meander Lab workshop at the Oulanka Research Station. On the freedom of the artist and the […]
Podcast: Exploring climate change and space trough earth observation, remote sensing and artistic thinking
“Exploring Climate Change Through Artistic Thinking” – This podcast theme will delve into the intersection of digital and ecological topics, specifically focusing on how artistic thinking and lens-based art can be used to study and understand climate change. Topics covered may include the use of satellite data and citizen science in artistic research, as well […]
Photo North visited North Norway in February 2025
Photo North has a long history in Nordic collaboration among art and culture organizations. Executive director of Photo North, Darja Zaitsev, artists and working group advisors Elina Juopperi and Kati Leinonen, and director Joonas Martikainen from Silence Festival travelled to North Norway and Kirkenes in late February to take part in Barents Spektakel festival organized […]
Welcome to Singing Sessions or Swimming with Elina Bry in June
Elina Bry, artist-in-residence through a collaboration between Photo North – Northern Photographic Centre, Street Level Photoworks in Scotland, and Art Centre KulttuuriKauppila, invites you to join communal singing sessions and swimming in Ii. During the singing sessions, participants will explore how we can imitate natural sounds such as the rustle of wind, the babble of […]
Photowalks in Kaukovainio will continue
Kaukovainio photowalks will continue in summer and fall 2025 with a new schedule.Photo North – Northern Photographic Centre invites residents living in Kaukovainio area and people who are fond about the place to be local guides to places that are important to them. There will be a series of photowalks, where visual artist Tuomo Kangasmaa […]
Screening curated by Photo North is exhibited in Tromsø
Photo North – Northern Photographic Centre’s screening programme Questions About the North, Time and Human Ecology takes the viewer on a journey from springs bubbling in the middle of wilderness through small forest-encircled city suburbs to reflect on the complex and conflicted relationship between humans and their surroundings. The screening will take place in Polar Film Labs’ […]
Multidisciplinary artist Elina Bry chosen as an artist in residence for Adaptation
Elina Bry has been chosen as an artist in residence for Ii KulttuuriKauppila Art Centre via Photo North’s Adaptation-project. During their residency, Bry will explore the relationship between humans and nature in our time of climate anxiety and climate change. The resulting work will address the topic through moving images, sound and performance. In Ii, […]
Photo North is organizing a series of portfolio reviews in the spring of 2025
Photo North – Northern Photographic Centre is organizing a series of online portfolio reviews for photographers and artists working with photography in the spring of 2025. The online reviews are for members of Photo North and joint members of other photographic centres. Each portfolio review will be for four artists. A single meeting lasts for […]
Pollution, flying cars and dinosaurs returning to earth – the future divides opinions from the youth
Photo North – Nordic Photographic Centre is a part of the Media education project led by The Finnish Museum of Photography called Impacting Image. The project is funded by the ministry of education and culture. As part of the project, Oulu-based media educator Mirkka Suhonen has developed teacher-led workshops for schools in co-operation with the […]
Photo North’s visitor survey is open – answer and win a photography book!
Photo North – Nordic Photographic Centre has opened a visitor survey for collecting comments from people visiting Photo North events and exhibitions. It only takes a few minutes to answer the survey and afterwards you can enter your email to participate in a raffle to win a photography book prize. The survey is open until […]