Additions to AYY’s art collection - works on display at the Museum of Student Life
![kuvassa kaksi taulua museon seinällä](/sites/g/files/flghsv231/files/styles/o_288w_ah_n/public/2023-03/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%28104%29.png?itok=WrQNwAMj)
Since 2017, AYY has been actively building its art collection with works by students. In November 2022, AYY held an open call for the latest additions with the theme “Uncertainty”.
Seven works of art were selected for the art collection: Sija (Mirva Paastela 2022), Riitta (Sandra Prami 2020), Half Truths (Monika Hauck 2022), Anonymous Self-Pity Society (Anna Bernal 2022), Not To Be Reproduced (Carlos Daniel Perez Moreno 2022), Under the surface (Raisa Mäkinen 2022) and Untitled (Raisa Mäkinen 2022). Various materials and techniques have been used in the selected works, such as silk screen printing, digital printing, risography, low fire ceramics, wheel thrown and joined ceramics as well as performance.
‘Natural processes and mysteries have inspired the creation of my works. The works can be seen to reflect uncertainty, but in a comforting way, just as nature is uncertain. The works remind us that we cannot know or control everything’, says Raisa Mäkinen about her works Under the surface and Untitled.
The works were selected by a jury consisting of arts advisor Elham Rahmati, visual artist, curator, co-founder and co-editor of NO NIIN magazine; Iida Nurminen, representative of TOKYO; Tomas Kurenniemi, representative of Aalto University Student Union and Mana Tashakorini, member of the Committee on Artistic Activities. The jury reviewed 26 applications.
The works of art can be seen in the temporary exhibition space of the Museum of Student Life. The museum is located in Otaniemi at Jämeräntaival 3, and the museum can be visited during the opening hours on Sundays from 2 pm to 4 pm.
Read more news
![vanha kuva teekkareista reklaamikulkueessa kylttien kanssa](/sites/g/files/flghsv231/files/styles/2_3_288w_125h_d/public/2024-06/Screenshot%202024-06-27%20183336.png?h=92a1041c&itok=W-Wzak4x)
Tempaus – harnessing community for advocacy work
This autumn, Aalto University Student Union will organise Tempaus after a break of several years. Kaikkien käsien jälki Tempaus (“A Collective Handprint”) takes place on the hundredth anniversary of the engineer with a sturdy beard, a mythical figure that supervises the actions of engineering students. In his article, Juuso Määttä delves into the history of Tempaus.![Joona Lipponen melko totisena](/sites/g/files/flghsv231/files/styles/2_3_288w_125h_d/public/2024-06/Hallitus_24-28.jpg?h=02cb7f90&itok=eb7J7kCV)
Government cuts put a stop to the construction of student housing
We are shocked by the recent cuts of the Finnish Government which put student housing and its construction at stake. In its session on spending limits, the Government made significant cuts to the special group investment grants for student housing construction, which makes the commencement of already planned housing projects in the capital region uncertain and complicates the housing situation for students as well as the housing activities of the Aalto University Student Union (AYY).![helsinki kiinteistö](/sites/g/files/flghsv231/files/styles/2_3_288w_125h_d/public/2024-06/Untitled%20design%20%282%29.png?h=10d202d3&itok=nqzzHvDB)
Changes to deposits in the autumn
There will be changes to the deposit policy. In the future, deposits will not be collected from all tenants, but only in certain situations.![Mante smiling with an EU flag](/sites/g/files/flghsv231/files/styles/2_3_288w_125h_d/public/2024-06/Mante_eu_blogi_nettiin-min.jpg?h=02cb7f90&itok=pWzaolh-)