Photography & VCD Master's Thesis Presentations Autumn 2020
Welcome to the MA thesis presentations of the Photography & Visual Communication Design programmes!
Photography
Wednesday 18.11.
9:00-10:00 Noora Sandgren: Kanssaolosta (language of the thesis: Finnish)
10:15-11:15 Karl Ketamo: Jäähyväiset maisemalle (Finnish)
12:00-13:00 Sirja Moberg: The Crater Lake Project (Finnish)
13:15-14:15 Laura Böök: Nyrjähtänyt todellinen (Finnish)
14:30-15:30 Sanni Siira: Les enfants terribles – lolitojen kuvia 2016-2019 (Finnish)
Thursday 19.11.
12:00-13:00 Esa Naukkarinen: Silent Thunder – elliptisyys muotikuvassa (Finnish)
13:15-14:15 Mark McGuinness: Slowly Westward: A Journey Through A Folded Landscape (English)
14:30-15:30 Jenni Holma: Intoxicated (English)
Visual Communication Design
Monday 16.11.
Passcode: 913406
9.00-9.45 Marianne Autio: Vastuullisuusviestintä ja tarinalliset mediasisällöt (in Finnish)
9.45-10.00 Break
10.00-10.45 Saara Majanne: Exploring and developing visual identity - Case Dagmar (in English)
10.45-11.00 Break
11.00-11.45 Robynn McPherson: OS/error: Operating system for the human, the computer, and the environment (in English)
11.45-12.45 Lunch
12.45-13.30 Santtu Oja: The Relationship of Form and Function in Visual Communication Design (in English)
13.30-13.45 Break
13.45-14.30 Utkarsh Raut: A [Retro]spection in Motion – Understanding nostalgic narratives in moving images through a participatory approach (in English)
14.30-14.45 Break
14.45-15.30 Miila Westin: The Mythical - A study on visual representations of mythical beings of folk religion in ancient Finland (in English)
15.30 Closing the event
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