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2022
The May round of applications: 9.–31.5.2022
The theme of 2022: Contact Images
Under the theme of Contact Images, Olga and Vilho Linnamo Foundation announces a new call for applications from artists working with lens-based media. The thematic call aims at promoting artistic work in which the camera functions as a situated medium for addressing complex social issues.
The call is open for professional artists who live and work in Finland and who, through photography, video, or other lens-based medium, provide acute and original angles to the world thus enriching the political dimensions of lens-based arts. Projects related to photojournalism or documentary films are not included in the call.
Applications are welcome from both individual artists and working groups. The grants awarded by the Foundation are either working grants, expenditure grants, or travel grants directly related to the realisation of a particular project.
As a rule, the Foundation does not award individual grants exceeding the sum of twelve thousand (12,000) euros. However, in this year’s thematic grant call the Foundation will also award, at most, three individual one-year working grants. The amount of a one-year working grant is twenty-four thousand (24,000) euros. Guidelines for submitting an application are found on the Foundation’s website under the title Grants / For grant applicants.
The application period for the 2022 theme call is 9-31 May 2022.
The application and its required attachments must be submitted as a single pdf file by email to [email protected] at the latest by Tuesday 31 May 2022 at 23:59 p.m. (UTC+3).
Applications submitted after this time or in a form not corresponding with the Foundation's guidelines will not be reviewed.
Further information: [email protected]
Olga and Vilho Linnamo Foundation
Board of Trustees
Thematic call for 2022: Contact Images
Awarded grants
Autio, Mia (Master of Fine Arts)
For artistic work
12 000 €
Gelera, Amy (Master of Arts) & Fleischman, Dominik (Bachelor of Arts)
A working grant for finalising and exhibiting the series Hegemonia Saliva
6 000 €
Guzman, Paola (Master of Fine Arts)
A working grant for the creation of a film and an exhibition
11 000 €
Hwang, Seokho (Master of Arts)
A working grant for creating an experimental film
8 000 €
Irni, Marjukka (Visual artist)
For production and exhibition costs
2 000 €
Jasu, Appu (Master of Fine Arts)
For artistic work
6 000 €
Jussila, Utu-Tuuli (Master of Arts)
For production and exhibition costs
4 000 €
Karppanen, Joel (Visual artist)
For production costs of a video work
6 000 €
Kuikka, Aniko (Master of Fine Arts)
For artistic work
6 000 €
Leclin, Lasse (Master of Arts)
One-year grant for artistic work
24 000 €
Lähteenmäki, Lauri (Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Science)
For acquisition costs of equipment needed for artistic work
6 145 €
Manuchar, Zagros (Master of Fine Arts)
For artistic work
12 000 €
Pennanen, Anu (Master of Fine Arts)
One-year grant for artistic work
24 000 €
Pöyliö, Okko (Visual artist)
For artistic work
12 000 €
Rapia, Kati (Master of Arts)
For production and travel costs
7 800 €
Rastenberger, Patrik (Master of Arts)
For artistic work
8 000 €
Räinä, Harriina (Master of Fine Arts)
For artistic work with the project Volatile Shells
12 000 €
Salonen, Henri (Master of Social Sciences) and working group
For production and exhibition costs
7 300 €
Sippola, Jonne (Photographic artist)
For artistic work
6 000 €
Tammi, Maija (Doctor of Arts)
For exhibition costs
6 000 €
Yli-Vakkuri, Eero (Master of Arts)
For artistic work
10 000 €
2021
The May round of applications: 3.–31.5.2021
The theme of 2021: translations of science
The role of Finnish as a language of science is a topic that is actively discussed both within and outside the scientific communities in Finland. A growing emphasis on the international impact of research, together with the widespread use of English, has left the Finnish language an increasingly narrow role in several branches of science. This is a trajectory that threatens to confine the use of Finnish in the academia to the field of science popularisation. By adopting translations of science as the annual theme for its May round of applications, Olga and Vilho Linnamo Foundation seeks to support and strengthen the uses of Finnish as a language of science.
The thematic call aims at enhancing the availability of scientific information in the Finnish language by awarding grants for the translation of scientific books and other scientific texts (articles, essays) into Finnish. The call covers the following branches of science: social sciences, humanities, law and philosophy. Projects related to general non-fiction are not included in the call.
The May round of applications is open for researchers and translators (individuals and working groups) operating in the aforementioned fields and who are either Finnish citizens or who live and work in Finland. The applicants can apply for two types of grants: working grants and expenditure grants. As a rule, the Foundation does not award individual grants exceeding the sum of ten thousand (10 000) euros.
Submitted applications must include a work plan composed of the following parts: a description of the text to be translated indicating its relevance in the field, a project schedule, a cost estimate, and a publishing plan (printed publications: the potential publisher; digital or Open Access publications: the publishing platform). Guidelines for submitting an application are found on the Foundation's website under the title Grants / For grant applicants.
The application period for the 2021 theme call is 3–31 May 2021.
The application and its required attachments must be submitted as a single pdf file by email to [email protected] at the latest by Monday 31 May 2021 at 23:59 p.m. (UTC +3).
Applications submitted after this time or in a form not corresponding with the Foundation's guidelines will not be reviewed.
Further information: [email protected]
Olga and Vilho Linnamon Foundation
Thematic call for 2021: Translations of science
Awarded grants
Ahokas, Jussi (Master of Social Sciences)
For translating into Finnish the work Introduction to the Theory of Employment (1937) by the economist Joan Robinson
6.500 €
Ala-Hakula, Riitta (Master of Arts) and working group
For translating into Finnish the work Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto (2020) by the curator and writer Legacy Russell
10.000 €
Immonen, Antti (Master of Arts)
For translating into Finnish the most essential essays by the philosopher William James
5.000 €
Jansson, Sami (Master of Arts)
For translating into Finnish Book IX of Naturalis Historia by Pliny the Elder
10.000 €
Karhunen, Jaakko (Doctor of Philosophy)
For translating into Finnish the work Sur la logique et la théorie de la science (1946) by the philosopher Jean Cavaillès
6.000 €
Korhonen, Ari (Master of Arts) – Palmusaari, Jussi (Doctor of Philosophy)
For translating into Finnish the work Anthropologie in pragmatischer Hinsicht (1798) by the philosopher Immanuel Kant
15.000 €
Kurki, Janne (Docent)
For translating into Finnish the work Mad in America – Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill (2002) by the writer-journalist Robert Whitaker
5.000 €
Lakkala, Keijo (Master of Social Sciences)
For translating into Finnish the work How to be an anticapitalist in the 21st century (2019) by the sociologist Erik Olin Wright
8.000 €
Luhtala, Lotta (Master of Arts)
For translating into Finnish the article ”Framing Vegan Studies” by the literary scholar Laura Wright
2.000 €
Meijer, Miika (Master of Arts)
For translating into Finnish texts by Heraclitus and Empedocles
2.000 €
Nikkarla, Markus (Doctor of Philosophy)
For translating into Finnish the work Über Pädagogik (1803) by the philosopher Immanuel Kant
4.000 €
Nuopponen, Tommi (translator) – Salmela, Aki (poet, translator)
For translating into Finnish the work Eros the Bittersweet (1986) by the poet and classicist Anne Carson
8.000 €
Nurminen, Anna (Master of Arts)
For translating into Finnish the work Je suis un monstre qui vous parle (2020) by the philosopher Paul B. Preciado
5.000 €
Pekkola, Mika (Doctor of Philosophy)
For translating into Finnish the work Beyond the Chains of Illusion: My Encounter with Marx and Freud (1962) by the psychoanalyst and philosopher Erich Fromm
6.000 €
Ryynänen, Max (Docent)
For translating into Finnish the work Il sex-appeal dell-inorganico (1994) by the philosopher Mario Perniola
7.500 €
Salmenkivi, Erja (Doctor of Philosophy)
For translating into Finnish the work Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilization (3rd ed., 2018) by the egyptologist Barry Kemp
8.000 €
Sevón, Aura (Master of Arts)
For translating into Finnish the work Ce sexe qui n’en pas un (1977) by the philosopher Luce Irigaray
8.000 €
Tuomikoski, Anna (Master of Arts)
For translating into Finnish a collection of writings by the philosopher Étienne Balibar
10.000 €
Viitahuhta, Taneli (Master of Arts)
For translating into Finnish essays by the economist and philosopher Friedrich Pollock
5.000 €
Vuola, Aulikki (Master of Arts)
For translating into Finnish Books XII and XIII of Naturalis Historia by Pliny the Elder
10.000 €
Yli-Tepsa, Hermanni (Doctor of Philosophy)
For translating into Finnish essays published in English by the philosopher Sara Heinämaa
10.000 €
2020
The May round of applications: 8.–31.5.2020
The theme of 2020: documentary
"The absurdity of reality forces us to a form that shatters the realistic façade." – Theodor W. Adorno
What kind of evidentiary potential can we associate with visual art in a world in which a growing scepticism concerning claims of truth coexists with an unparalleled availability of scientific evidence? What kind of forms can documentary operations take in the practices of contemporary art? How can documentary materials facilitate new imaginaries and configurations of reality?
Under the theme of documentary, Olga and Vilho Linnamo Foundation announces a new call for applications from artists working with lens-based media. The call is open for professional artists who live and work in Finland and who operate with photography, video, or other lens-based medium in the space between fact and fiction. Projects related to photojournalism or documentary films are not included in the call.
Applications are welcome from both individual artists and working groups. The grants awarded by the Foundation are either working grants, expenditure grants, or travel grants directly related to the realisation of a particular project. As a rule, the Foundation does not award individual grants exceeding the sum of ten thousand (10 000) euros. Guidelines for submitting an application are found on the Foundation's website under the title Grants / For grant applicants.
The application period for the 2020 theme call is 8–31 May 2020.
The application and its required attachments must be submitted as a single pdf file by email to [email protected] at the latest by Sunday 31 May 2020 at 23:59 p.m. (UTC+3).
Applications submitted after this time or in a form not corresponding with the Foundation's guidelines will not be reviewed.
Further information: [email protected]
Olga and Vilho Linnamon Foundation
Thematic call for 2020: Documentary
Awarded grants
Airo, Henri (photographic artist)
A working grant for finalising the series Probable causes
6.500€
Blåfield, Maija (Master of Fine Arts)
For production costs of a multi-channel moving-image work
6.000 €
Conlon, Shia (Master of Fine Arts)
A working grant for making a photo and video work dealing with gendered violence
8.000 €
Haapala, Lilli (Master of Fine Arts)
For artistic work: scriptwriting and production of video material for the project A Museum of Possibilities (working title)
8.000 €
Heikkinen, Avi (comic artist)
For artistic work: creating a photo-based comic book
8.000 €
Henriksson-Boynik, Minna (Master of Fine Arts) & Boynik, Sezgin (Doctor of Social Sciences)
For production costs of an art book based on the film A Shot in the Factory (Laukaus tehtaalla, 1973) by Erkko Kivikoski
9.500 €
Humberg, Paula (Bachelor of Culture and Arts; Bachelor of Science in biology)
A working grant for making works dealing with biodiversity loss
10.000 €
Järvenpää, Tuija Asta (visual artist)
For production costs of a work entitled WMNS-Parliament and a related virtual salon and web page
5.000 €
Kaskinen, Heli (Master of Fine Arts)
For production costs of art works
4.000 €
Koivisto, Kaisu (Master of Arts)
For travel costs related to a working period in Greenland
2.500 €
Kokko, Jaana (Master of Arts; Master of Science in Economics)
For production costs of the film Green Land
7.000 €
Leclin, Johanna (Doctor of Fine Arts)
For production costs of a work that fictionalises documentary material entitled Heaven is Red and White
6.000 €
Linna, Lauri (Master of Arts)
For artistic work
8.000 €
Linna, Tuomas (Master of Fine Arts)
For acquisition costs of equipment needed for artistic work
5.000 €
Mikkola, Elian (Master of Fine Arts in Media Production)
For the pre-production and production of a documentary work in the form of an installation, dealing with the life of the German film actress Ruth Leuwerik
5.000 €
Motola, Haidi (Master of Fine Arts)
For production costs of the two final parts of a four-part video work Esperia
4.000 €
Närhinen, Tuula (Doctor of Fine Arts)
For installation, production and material costs of photography and video installations
6.500 €
Pennanen, Anu (Master of Fine Arts)
For creating an experimental film entitled Kati
8.000 €
Puolakka, Anni (Master of Fine Arts; Master of Arts)
For making a video work entitled T.OXO
6.000 €
Reiss, Sebastian (Master of Fine Arts)
For artistic work to conduct the project Wunderkammer
10.000 €
Roberts, Mark (visual artist, film maker)
For artistic work on a new multi-channel installation focusing on biodiversity and interspecies relationshipts
8.000 €
Roisin, Iona (Master of Fine Arts)
A working grant for making an essay film
8.000 €
Saarikoski, Aura (Master of Arts)
For artistic work on photography based autofiction
8.000 €
Saivosalmi-Katinas, Maria (Master of Arts, Dance) and working group
For artistic work to make a single channel video work “and then I saw myself in a different landscape”
8.000 €
Silomäki, Jari (Master of Arts)
For realising a documentary project dealing with photography as a vehicle for (re)defining the notion of an animal
10 000 €
Sirviö, Sauli (Master of Fine Arts)
For material costs of an exhibition
5.500 €
Taanila, Mika (visual artist)
For production costs of works dealing with archaeologies of the moving image
4.000 €
Viitahuhta, Marja (Master of Fine Arts) and working group
For production costs of the film Monsoon
6.000 €
Yiu, Sheung (visual artist) & Vasantola, Pekko (visual artist)
For production costs of the project Common Object in Context
7.500 €
Yli-Annala, Kari (Master of Fine Arts)
For post-production costs of a documentary VR-installation
3.500 €