83:
17:
163:
I am confident that by about 2020 we have a
Knowledge, where people can easily create their own lists of public art, make their own public art routes in any city or their own living environment. Public art, often unknown, unnoticed and immovable only waits Knowledge to make it a live and animate part
148:
First, I usually contact local art museum or search for previously published lists of public art in net and create incomplete, so called âraw listâ of works. Finnish
Knowledge has a settled formula of these lists. After that I contact people in this city and ask if they would like to contribute in
105:
What is in it for me in public art? It is a great way to survey unknown areas in cities and new places. I usually use bicycle when photographing statues, memorials and public works of art. Camera? A good quality cellphone camera is good enough. When constructing these lists I get acquainted with
145:, which has about 500 public art works, of which we have gathered in Knowledge about 370 (June 2016). I think that mere listing is not sufficient for encyclopedia, so usually I write a brief definition and summary with the list.
36:
and have been teaching art and cultural subjects in many places, mostly colleges and universities. I have experience in education planning. My second job has been a freelance journalist. I am an
129:
Usually cities and towns have a history and profile of their own concerning public art in their squares, parks and streets. There are cities that are well known for their public art such as
149:
gathering further information, photographing and uploading pictures into
Finnish Knowledge. Wikimedia Suomi organizes editing events and plans to arrange competitions in this area.
102:
in
Finland into Finnish Knowledge. Many larger cities in Finland have been covered almost comprehensively but many other cities and towns are yet to be included.
74:
Many of my
Knowledge contributions have focused to different fields of art and culture, but in recent years I have edited articles in a wider scope.
49:
152:
In addition to writing articles in artists and art works, there are two
Wikimedia family members that are important with these lists. They are
187:
is a historical term for enthusiasm for public art. It refers to mostly times that have passed us, but sometimes I feel I am a statuomaniac.
133:. Public art is not only urban endeavor, we can find it in suburbs and countryside as well. Then there are more historic cities, such as as
82:
126:, surrounding landscape and architecture. Where I live, I orientate, relate and identify myself with public art.
95:
173:
115:
142:
60:
130:
29:
138:
123:
63:
in
Finland. I have been the president of Wikimedia Finland since January 2016. I live in
25:
16:
134:
87:
107:
41:
111:
33:
179:
99:
45:
37:
71:. I am again on board of Wikimedia Finland and its vice-president from 2023.
98:â. The primary task is to create consistent and comprehensive lists of all
153:
64:
68:
157:
119:
15:
184:
56:
110:and general history, rulers and folks, artists and
20:Heikki Kastemaa aka Kulttuurinavigaattori in 2014.
40:and have concentrated in cultural journalism and
94:In June 2016 I launched a Knowledge project â
28:in December 2005. I mostly contribute to the
8:
96:Public art in Finland into Finnish Knowledge
55:I was nominated to the board of association
81:
137:and of course the old Finnish capital
141:. Not to mention the present capital
7:
122:of art. I get to know both old and
14:
59:in 2015, which is the Wikimedia
46:The Finnish Critics' Association
176:in English language Knowledge.
1:
185:Statuomania (in Finnish only)
90:, Lithuania in summer 2003.
202:
164:of our cultural heritage.
30:Finnish language Knowledge
78:Public art into Knowledge
32:. By education I am an
26:first Knowledge article
91:
21:
85:
19:
174:Lists of public art
44:. I am a member of
92:
22:
193:
124:contemporary art
201:
200:
196:
195:
194:
192:
191:
190:
170:
80:
57:Wikimedia Suomi
12:
11:
5:
199:
197:
189:
188:
182:
177:
169:
166:
79:
76:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
198:
186:
183:
181:
178:
175:
172:
171:
168:On public art
167:
165:
161:
159:
155:
150:
146:
144:
140:
136:
132:
127:
125:
121:
117:
113:
109:
103:
101:
97:
89:
84:
77:
75:
72:
70:
66:
62:
58:
53:
51:
47:
43:
42:art criticism
39:
35:
31:
27:
18:
162:
151:
147:
128:
104:
93:
73:
54:
23:
112:art history
88:Grūtas Park
34:art teacher
24:I wrote my
180:Public art
100:public art
38:art critic
158:Wikimaps
154:Wikidata
143:Helsinki
65:Helsinki
69:Finland
61:chapter
120:genres
116:styles
139:Turku
135:Vaasa
131:Kotka
108:local
156:and
118:and
50:AICA
48:and
160:.
86:In
114:,
67:,
52:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
