Minna Tarkka Lectures

Minna Tarkka Lectures is an annual initiative focused on discussing and debating the potential of art, media, and technology to participate in and shape current and future democratic societies. These yearly lectures and workshops will celebrate the legacy of M-Cult’s founder and long-time director, Minna Tarkka, honouring her groundbreaking work in Finland and internationally in the fields of media and art and their intersections with social, political, and technological developments over the past 30 years.


Minna Tarkka

Minna Tarkka (1960–2023) was the founder and director of M-Cult. She had extensive experience as a critic, educator, producer, and curator of media art. Minna was establishing the first Finnish university curricula related to media art and she was one of the founding members of MUU Artists’ Association and AV-arkki, the Centre for Finnish Media Art. In 2017, Minna Tarkka received the State Prize for Media Art for her pioneering contributions.