Giedrius Bagaliunas - Days in Finland, Kokola

 

Damn, time goes fast. I really enjoyed this week and I am happy I could meet so many great peoples.

I have put lots of energy to make all tasks completed, still, I chose only few I really liked and wanted to show to you.

Photos by
Giedrius Bagaliunas

Moving pictures

On Thursday afternoon the Finnish dance students invited the visiting photography students to their rehearsals.

The dancers gave a small impromptu performance to show what they have been doing this autumn. As the music changed from classical to rock the photographers got a chance to see many different aspects of contemporary dance. And - off course - take pictures.

Studio works: Group photo II

Giedrius, Rasa, Gediminas, Heidi, Noora

Studio works: Group photo I

Tomas, Monika, Linda, Leena.

Train Station Tikkurila

Tutor Tomas had to guard groups bags for two hours until the train came, so he decided to create himself a comfortable workspace.

The atmosphere in Tikkurila train station.

People in Finland seem busy.

Two hours of waiting was too much for some of us.

Photos by 

Tomas Luksys

Vilnius college of technology and design

Tomasluksys(at)yahoo.com

Citizens of Earth, Welcome to Finland!

After long period of planning this years Shared Visions comes to reality when photography students from Vilnius, Lithuania come to Finland to study in Kokkola for a week.

It will be a busy week. Lithuanian and Finnish students will be working together and learning from each other.

On Tuesday we’ll be taking a trip to a nearby island called Ohtakari and  Wednesday we will visit the central of Kokkola. We hope the surprisingly early winter will not slow us down.

This week is about showing and sharing your own point of view. Students can pursue their own interest in photography and choose whether they like to use computers and work digitally or do photos traditionally in the darkroom.  

The theme for this years Shared Visions projects is “Citizens of Earth”. We wanted to focus on the climate issues and also how it feels to live in this world. What kind of challenges of modern citizenship we face in this global world of ours.

Shared visions 2

Purpose
The purpose of Shared Visions is to enrich learning environment and teaching methods, improve professional skills of photography and dance fields with international study trips and student and teacher exchange.
Our curricula emphasize the importance of international readiness as a part of professional development and study trips are integrated in our normal activity.

Partners
Keski-Pohjanmaan kulttuuriopisto as co-ordinating organisation together with Vilnius Vocational Training Centre for Service Business Specialists in Lithuania, Follo Folkhøgskole in Norway and Tallinna Polütehnikum in Estonia.

 

Funding and budget
Shared visions is funded by Nordplus Adult. Nordplus is the Nordic Council of Ministers' most important programme in the area of lifelong learning. Total budget of the project is 27 815€. Project period is 1.8.2010 – 31.7.2011

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Autumn 2010
Photography students and teachers from Vilnius to Kälviä.
 · Lithuanian students and teachers get to know Finnish culture, local
    history and life style: visits to local cultural, historical and nature places.
 · Lithuanian students and teachers take part in lessons: nature  and
    milieu photography, studio working and multi-media tasks.
 · Lithuanian students have an exhibition.
 · Finnish and Lithuanian students and teachers prepare a common
    multi-media presentation.

Dance students and teachers from Vestby to Kälviä

· Norwegian students and teachers get to know Finnish culture, local

   history and life style: visits to local cultural, historical and nature places.

·  Norwegian students take part in dance lessons and have a performance.

·  Norwegian teachers give lessons.

· Norwegian and Finnish students have a common public performance.

Dance or photography teacher from Kälviä to Copenhagen

·  Finnish teacher gets to know Danish educational system, culture and

    lifestyle and finds new contacts for future co-operation.

Spring 2011

Photography students and teachers from Kälviä and photography

teacher from Copenhagen to Vilnius

· Finnish students and teachers get to know Lithuanian culture, local history

   and life style.

·  Finnish students and teachers learn document photography.

·  Finnish and Lithuanian students have workshops and prepare a common

    exhibition on theme “Citizen of Earth”.

Dance students and teachers from Kälviä to Vestby

·  Finnish students and teachers get to know Norwegian culture, local

    history and life style: visits to local cultural and historical places.

· Finnish students take part in dance lessons and have a performance.

· Finnish teachers give lessons.

Dance teacher from Tallinn to Kälviä

·  Estonian students and teacher gets to know Finnish educational system, culture and

    life style and take part in lessons.
 · Lithuanian students have an exhibition.

For more information:

Keski-Pohjanmaan kulttuuriopisto/
Central Ostrobothnia Culture Institute

Minna Poutanen

Adult Education Administrator

Project Co-ordinator

Opistontie 1, 68300 Kälviä

puh. +358 44 7250 701

minna.poutanen(a)kpedu.fi