SOUND & VISION

SOUND & VISION
Thursday, 12.11.2026 • 13:00-16:00
Restaurant Kerubi, Sali (Main Hall)
Free admission • Advance registration required: Register here

Sound & Vision is Rokumentti’s new platform for dialogue and exchange, bringing people together to challenge established ways of thinking and explore the significance of art, culture, and creative work in a changing world.

What role does culture play in shaping identity, local communities, and society's resilience in times of crisis? Who gets to tell our collective stories? And what happens to creativity as artificial intelligence becomes increasingly involved in artistic creation? Who creates, who owns, and who decides what the future of our culture will look like?

Throughout the day, talks and panel discussions will explore cultural identity, local roots, comprehensive security, and the impact of artificial intelligence on creativity and authorship. The event offers fresh perspectives, thought-provoking encounters, and engaging conversations about the power, responsibility, and future of art.

The event will be hosted by Hanna Vienonen, Lecturer at Karelia University of Applied Sciences. The panel discussions will be moderated by Perttu Mutka, Film Commissioner at the Eastern Finland Film Commission.

The event will be held primarily in Finnish.

SCHEDULE AND PROGRAMME
12:00–13:00 – Lunch at Restaurant Kerubi
Lunch available at participants' own expense.

13:00 – Welcome!
Tiia-Mari Mäkinen, Executive Director, Joensuun Popmuusikot ry

13:15 – From Underestimation to Empowerment – No One Left Behind
Virpi Rautsiala, Actress, Member of the Arts and Culture Council, Board Member of WIFT

13:35 – The Role of Culture in Building Societal Resilience
Simo Häyrynen, Senior University Lecturer, University of Eastern Finland

13:55 – Exploring Cultural Originality
Ulla-Maaria Koivula, CEO, ThingLink Oy

14:15 – Cultural Forces: Countering Attempts to Influence Worldviews and Identities – The Cultural Sector's Role in Strengthening Society's Psychological Resilience
Mikko-Pekka Hanski, Investor, Entrepreneur and Board Professional

14:30 – Panel 1
What Keeps Us Here? – Culture, Local Identity and Belonging in a Changing World
What role do art and culture play in making us feel that we belong somewhere, recognise our own stories, and imagine a future for the places we call home?
The panel explores culture as a source of vitality, identity, and belonging – from the future of Eastern Finland to the Kalevala and Ukraine.

Panellists:
* Mikko-Pekka Hanski, Founder of Solovey Cultures
* Simo Häyrynen, Senior University Lecturer, University of Eastern Finland
*Antti Jokinen, Film Director and Screenwriter
* Virpi Rautsiala, Actress, Member of the Arts and Culture Council, Board Member of WIFT
* Tiia Turunen, Community Musician

15:15 – Break

15:30 – My Voice Speaks 25 Languages – and I Have No Idea What It's Saying
Christoffer Weiss, Actor and Voice Actor

15:55 – Who Creates, Who Owns? Creativity and AI from a Legal Perspective
Perttu Isohanni, Doctoral Researcher, Aalto University

16:15 – Perspective
Oona Airola, Actress and Singer

16:25 – Cyborg, Avatar, Virtual – Embodied Performing Practices in a Digital Environment (Keynote delivered in English)
Davide Giovanzana, Senior University Lecturer and Researcher, Tampere University

16:45 – AI in Audio Production – Today and Tomorrow
Jone Väänänen, Sound Designer, Producer and Sound Artist

17:00 – Panel 2
Whose Voice, Whose Work? – Creativity and Authorship in an Era of Technological Transformation
Where is the line between tool and creator? Who has the right to decide how an artist's work, voice, or expression may be altered? And what do we want to keep in human hands, even as technology becomes capable of doing more and more on our behalf?

The panel explores the opportunities opened up by artificial intelligence, alongside the questions it raises about authorship, originality, consent, and responsibility.

Panellists:
* Oona Airola, Actress and Singer
* Jari Kupiainen, Principal Lecturer in Media, Karelia University of Applied Sciences
* Janne Tanskanen, Director and Cinematographer, Movage Films Oy
* Perttu Isohanni, Doctoral Researcher, Aalto University
* Christoffer Weiss, Actor and Voice Actor

17:45 –Closing Remarks

18:00 – Event Concludes – Join Us Afterwards at the Music Video Club!

Sound & Vision is organised in collaboration with Genelec Oy, Karelia University of Applied Sciences, and the Eastern Finland Film Commission.