Finnish Media Art Network

The Finnish Media Art Network (Finnish: Suomen Mediataideverkosto ry) is a Finnish association dedicated to the promotion and coordination of media art in Finland. It operates as a collaborative umbrella body, bringing together organisations and professionals in the field. Its most prominent documented activity is the coordination of the MEHI – Media Art History in Finland project (2021–2023), a joint initiative of seven organisations. The project aimed to strengthen the information infrastructure of the field by compiling a media art ontology and reference database, producing open data guidelines, digitising the archives of the MuuMediaFestival, and developing conservation plans for media art preservation. In August 2023, PARVS published the first anthology of Finnish media art history, and in January 2024 a seminar titled 'Media Art History in the Future' was held at MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre. The network's work is funded by AVEK, the Kone Foundation, the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Finnish Cultural Foundation, and the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, with preliminary study support from the Oskar Öflund Foundation. The MEHI consortium included AV-arkki ry, Mediakulttuuriyhdistys M-cult ry, MUU ry, Poike Productio Oy, the Finnish Bioart Society, and the Finnish Light Art Society FLASH ry. The network maintains a website at media-art-finland.fi.

The Finnish Media Art Network (Suomen Mediataideverkosto ry) is a Finnish association that coordinates and promotes media art in Finland. Its documented history centres on the MEHI – Media Art History in Finland project, which it coordinated from 2021 to 2023. This project was a collaborative effort of seven organisations: AV-arkki ry, Mediakulttuuriyhdistys M-cult ry, MUU ry, Poike Productio Oy, the Finnish Bioart Society, and the Finnish Light Art Society FLASH ry, alongside the network itself. The project received funding from AVEK, the Kone Foundation, the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Finnish Cultural Foundation, and the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, with preliminary study support from the Oskar Öflund Foundation. Key outputs included the compilation of a media art ontology and reference database, open data guidelines, digitisation of the MuuMediaFestival archives, and conservation planning for media art preservation. In August 2023, PARVS published the anthology 'The First Century of Finnish Media Art', and in January 2024 a seminar 'Media Art History in the Future' was held at MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre. The network continues to operate, maintaining a website at media-art-finland.fi.

• MEHI – Media Art History in Finland project coordinated by the network (2021–2023)

• PARVS publishes 'The First Century of Finnish Media Art' anthology (August 2023)

• Seminar 'Media Art History in the Future' held at MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre (January 2024)

1. 1Suomen Mediataideverkostomedia-art-finland.fi
2. 2Finnish Media Art Networkwikidata.org