Minna Tarkka Lectures 2025: Collective Imagination in the Era of Optimisation
M-Cult presents the second edition of the Minna Tarkka Lectures, an annual get-together focused on discussing and debating the potential of art, media, and technology reshaping current and future democratic societies. Inspired by the legacy of media art pioneer and M-Cult’s founder Minna Tarkka (1960–2023), this series continues her commitment to critical experimentation, socially engaged practices rooted in deep commitment to hospitality and the intersections of political and technological development.
This year’s edition asks: What forms of togetherness and resistance surface through media within the context of artistic practices today? How can artists, communities, and technologies rewire shared futures when the dominant narratives are acceleration and optimisation?
Speakers:
Artist, researcher, curator, and organiser Ruth Catlow
Artist collective eeefff
Artist and Game Designer Harold Hejazi
Respondents:
Artist-organiser Andrew Gryf Paterson
PhD Marleena Huuhka
Artist, educator, and co-founder of Station of Commons Grégoire Rousseau
Food pairings for the lectures by artists:
Alejandra Alarcón
Koira1 and Emma Vilppula
Caroline Suinner
Produced by Media Culture and Art Agency M-Cult
Partners: Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Aalto University, Aalto Media Lab
Funded by: Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation
Registrations to the workshops at Aalto:
eeefff: Algosomatic Session
Ruth Catlow: Finding Our Role in the World Wild Web – Solidarity Practices in Our More-than-Human Society
Harold Hejazi: Reprogramming Public Spaces through Multiplayer Gameplay
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