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The Leisure Board of the City of Rovaniemi has published a brand new brochure Open Your Senses to Culture. If you take a closer look at the leaflet, you find a nice surprise.

“Talo, the Rovaniemi Residency for Creative People, gives people from outside Rovaniemi the opportunity to live in the Arctic region for a few months and get inspired by the creative community.” That’s right, you should be here!

News from wintery Talo! In March the residency is celebrating it’s first birthday after a busy year. Each and every guest from Finland, Denmark and Germany has been charming. New connections has been established between residency visitors, Lapland and people living in Lapland.

Our arctic residency will continue offering a place to work for creative people as planned after the pilot year. Some changes has been made considering the costs. During year 2013 we have started to collect a small 100 € fee per month from the residency visitors. This fee includes everything from the apartment to the workspace in Talo.

And without further ado, welcome to Talo!

When you cannot get your thoughts together, making a puzzle might help?

Our guests in July and August cancelled their visit. So the most beautiful months of the summer are now available. Those months are the best to chill out in the terrace by the river. 

Would you like to be our guest in July and/or August? Or do you know somebody who would love to?

Send your informal application, CV, work plan, examples of your work and the desired length of the stay (1-2 months). Tell us who you are and why do you want to work at Talo. We are also interested to hear what the North means to you.

Applications may be sent to the e-mail address: katariina@flatlightfilms.com or via snail mail: Talo Residency, Kiviniementie 10, 96400 Rovaniemi.

The water is open and we love it! Some random chunks of ice floating down the stream remind us that the beach season is still far away, but when we close our eyes all we hear is the waves whispering the summer being right around the corner.

Differing information of the amount of champagne glasses seems to have bewildered many attentive readers. Are there 90 or 150 of them? Hold your breath, the question is to be answered right here and now!

Following amounts of champagne glasses were found at Talo:
The upper left cupboard: 54 glasses
The upper right cupboard: 6 glasses
The shelf: 38 glasses
Storehouse: 12 glasses
Total: 110 glasses

At Päivis place: ca 40 glasses.

At the residency apartment: 6 glasses

Total: ca 156 champagne glasses

It seems like they were both right. Aku didn’t count in the ones Päivi had and the ones that are in the storehouse and residency apartment. And forgot about 8.

Ensimmäinen viikko residenssityöskentelyä takana.

On ollut merkillistä totutella ajatukseen, että aika jonka olen (työ)päivääni varannut, on halutessani ainoastaan kirjoittamista ja siihen liittyvää oheistoimintaa varten. Se on mahdollista vain kun on poissa oman arjen askareista.

Työrutiini uudessa ympäristössä on hakenut muotoaan. Tänään työpäivän aloittaminen venyi poikkeuksellisesti myöhään iltaan.

Suoritin äsken virallisen koeajon residenssiin kuuluvan potkukelkan kanssa. Viimeisimmästä potkurikokemuksestani on ottanut aikaa varmasti sen kaksikymmentä vuotta. Mutta sen minkä nuorena oppii, niin..

Vauhti kiihtyi alamäessä yllättävän kovaksi. Tuuli humisi korvissa, aistit terävöityivät tien kaartaessa jyrkästi kohti jokivartta. Pudotin painopistettäni alemmas, nyt täytyy olla tarkkana. Nauratti.

Tuona hetkenä tajusin olevani residensseilyn ytimessä: kello ja kalenteri hukassa, potkukelkka alla, tähtitaivas kattona. Niin, ja matkalla töihin!

In the beginning of last summer Päivi found a beautiful table from “Tuhat tori” flea market, but for some reason we didn’t purchase it. After nine months we ran into the same table again and this time we decided to buy it. Now it has been properly cleaned and it has a new glass. Only thing bothering the table’s happiness is it’s identity crisis – who am I?

Have you seen this table before? Do you know who designed it? Help the table to find it’s true identity!