TAA 2014

Host Country: Finland
Every year, art students from the host country compete for the TENT Academy Best Foreign Film Award. Germany, the Benelux, Finland, Turkey, and Greece were previous runners in this category. Finland has a rich history in video art and continues to produce internationally known artists such as Mika Taanila (dOCUMENTA 2012, IFFR 2013 at TENT), and internationally exhibiting young artists such as Pilvi Takala and Erkka Nissinen. In 2012, The International Film Festival Rotterdam spotlighted the legendary Finnish filmmaker Mikko Niskanen and director Peter von Bagh, who is co-founder (along with the Kaurismäki- brothers in 1986) and artistic director of the Midnight Sun Festival in Sodankyla. Finland’s Aalto University School of Art and Design, was the first academy to offer a practice-based PhD program for audio-visual artists. By creating an exchange between Finnish and Dutch artists, TENT encourages collaborations and crossovers and stimulates international success.

Prize
The winner of the TAA 2014 receives a place on the HIAP artist residency program in Helsinki. The Finnish winner receives a residency at Het Wilde Weten in Rotterdam. Both receive a living/working budget of €1500 for the residency period.

The nominees for the TAA are:
Goof Kloosterman, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten – Utrecht
Nathaniël Bagijn, ArtEZ hogeschool voor de kunsten – Arnhem
Lyubov Matyunina , Gerrit Rietveld Academie – Amsterdam
Jasha Minkjan, ArtEZ hogeschool voor de kunsten – Zwolle
Michiel Eskens, Willem de Kooning Academie – Rotterdam
Jasper Bruijns, AKV|St. Joost – Breda
Adrian Mazzarolo, Koninklijke Academie Beeldende Kunsten – Den Haag
Roos Cornelius, Academie Minerva – Groningen
Jeffry Spekenbrink, ArtEZ hogeschool voor de kunsten – Enschede
Janina Frye, AKV|St. Joost – Den Bosch
Jerome Daly, Academie Beeldende Kunsten – Maastricht

Finnish nominees
Nominees in the category Best Foreign TAA 2014, scouted by Leevi Haapala and Kati Kivinen, curators Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Henna Paunu, curator Rauma Art Museum and Sakari Tervo, video artist,:

Martta Tuomaala, Aalto Univeristy – Helsinki
Joakim Pusenius , Academy Of Fine Arts – Helsinki
Saku Soukka, Academy Of Fine Arts – Helsinki
Jenny Timonen, University of Lapland – Rovaniemi
Joel Autio, University of Turku – Turku
Tiina Lehikoinen – Tampere University of Applied Sciences – Tampere

Jury 2014
Juha van ’t Zelfde (NL/FI)
Juha van ’t Zelfde is the artistic director of Lighthouse, a digital culture agency in Brighton, and co-founder of Non-fiction. He has worked with De Hallen Haarlem, Stedelijk Museum, Marres, Het Nieuwe Instituut, and with many international artists. His writings on the cultural implications of developments in technology have been published in De Volkskrant, VICE magazine, and Volume, among others. His book, Dread – The Dizziness of Freedom, was published in 2013.