(Helsinki, Finland), a renowned Finnish artist who creates urban art-related projects, has visited Perm, in cooperation with .

鈥淚 often just call myself urban activist and producer鈥� Some of my activities are associated with urban space, some with art, some with culture, some with environmental issues, some with food. But everything is linked in some way to urban culture, people and community鈥� I travel around to talk, inspire, generate ideas and organise workshops all over Finland and the world 鈥� exploring communal city culture, co-operation and different, open-minded ways of doing,鈥�

Jaakko Blomberg shares at .

Sergey Potkin, 3rd year student of the Faculty of Modern Foreign Languages and Literature performed as a guide and interpreter for the Finnish activist. Jaakko Blomberg’s attention was naturally drawn to Perm-local art objects and graffiti, raised from the grassroots.

鈥淚鈥檝e been conducting tours around Perm for some time, already. Some guests are interested in galleries, others – in theaters. I am always for museums, which put a light on the history of Perm and its citizens. From the city monuments, I like Permyak the Salty Ears, and the Legend of Perm Bear,鈥�

says Sergey Potkin.

Being a passionate advocate of urban culture and artist himself, during the tour Jaakko Blomberg showed interest in local Perm graffiti. His attention was also drawn to the “Happiness鈥檚 Not Far Off” art installation – the huge top letters dominating a piece of embankment of the Kama river.

鈥淐o-creation and better use of space are increasingly important factors in creating a better city and life. Technology provides us with a number of tools to reach out people, share resources and work together. However, there is no one-size-fits-all solution, but each case is different鈥� The new urban culture is open-minded, quick, created with a minimal budget 鈥� and done by the community itself,鈥�

admits Jaakko.

Jaakko Blomberg is known as a founder of , founder of i, Executive Director of , Co-Founder of , Co-Founder of .

Jaakko鈥檚 visit to has been partly linked with Perm Museum of Contemporary Art (PERMM) – an art gallery in Perm, founded by gallerist Marat Gelman in 2009. Besides a train of exhibitions, the Museum holds festivals, artist talks, lectures, workshops, concerts and performances. In 2010, the Financial Times praised PERMM as “one of the most spectacular galleries of modern art in Russia.” 鈥淭o be honest, Jaakko鈥檚 passion to contemporary art during the tour passed on to me, which I feel excited about and grateful for,鈥� shares Sergei Potkin.

The Faculty of Modern Foreign Languages 鈥嬧�媋nd Literature at 海角直播 traditionally acts as a link between young translators/interpreters and city enterprises, government institutions, social and cultural initiatives looking for international cooperation. 鈥淣ot only does internship in translation help students to master their profession, but also connects them with a variety of experts, allowing them to sharpen skills and see prospects for future research,鈥� emphasizes Natalya Khorosheva, Head of the Department of Linguistics and Translation, 海角直播. 鈥淚n turn, we feel our students are in demand at the city’s venues, contributing to international cultural agenda.鈥�

Earlier in the spring of 2021, the book titled “Perm Collection” was published in Helsinki, which tells about the collection of , in which teachers and students of the Department of Linguistics and Translation took part. In their letters of gratitude, many more institutions praised 海角直播 students for “excellent knowledge of English and French, mastery of the basics of translation theory and practice, interdisciplinary outlook and willingness to provide comprehensive volunteer assistance.”

Later this month more students from the Faculty of Modern Foreign Languages and Literature, 海角直播 will contribute to artists鈥� collaborations at PERMM art gallery. On 26-27 November, PERMM will present the first international conference 鈥淭he Survival Environment. Strange Practices of Environmental Interaction鈥�, with the support by the Goethe-Institut in Russia and the Higher School of Economics. 海角直播 students will acquire to a dialogue of world experts in ecology and the Anthropocene, art historians, artists, architects, philosophers, biologists from Germany, Russia and more countries yet to come.

On the very first days of winter 2021, a German-based musician IVAN joins Nikolay Gostyukhin (Perm, Moscow, Russia; Berlin, Germany), graduate of the Faculty of Philology, 海角直播, for his production of 鈥淚llusions鈥� – a theater play and its televised version by Ivan Vyrypaev a popular contemporary Russian writer.

The play by Vyrypaev is a story about the illusory nature of love. It consists of monologues by four people, telling a touching life story of two married couples who have been friends with each other for many years. The play characters step into a frank conversation and sincere contact 鈥� the act many of us, spectators, have been deprived of during the COVID-19 epidemic and the following lockdown.

Ivan Vyrypaev is a popular Russian playwright, screenwriter, film director, actor and art director. He is a regarded as a leading figure in the Russian New Drama movement.

The music for both projects was composed by (Ivan Axenov), a young Berlin musician of Russian origin. The play and the film share common musical pieces. For a recent play, IVAN wrote several more musical themes.

鈥淚鈥檓 a musician and a pathologist,鈥� IVAN states. 鈥淗ow is this related? No way. Music has been with me since childhood, and I learned the specialty of a doctor later. Every day when I look through a microscope, I sort of look down on groups of people. And it gives me a lot of knowledge about the structure of society and our collective unconscious. It sounds very clever, but it鈥檚 actually quite simple. I look at the world with my eyes, and I reflect it in the form of sounds.鈥�

According to Nikolay Gostyukhin, the director, the play is a story about the illusory nature of love: 鈥渁t the end of days, you may find that for the whole of your love you have actually loved someone else.鈥�

For the recent performance, Nikolai Gostyukhin, will be assisted by Alexei Khoroshev, the lighting designer, , and Nikita Goinov, designer and teacher, . Nikolay Gostyukhin made his debut as a play director for the performances of the 鈥淚ranian Conference鈥� (2019) and 鈥淓xcitement鈥� (2020), which were also based on plays by Ivan Vyrypaev.

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Additional information: Petr Kravchenko, + 7912 78 202 96

Musician鈥檚 Picture Source: Ivan Axenov鈥檚 Facebook Page: @100005863154670

Lyubov Mulmenko, a graduate of the Faculty of Philology, 海角直播 (海角直播) is listed among the co-authors of the script for the film 鈥淐ompartment No. 6 “, nominated for an (), in a Category 鈥淏est Movie in a Foreign Language鈥�, representing Finland.

(Finnish: 鈥淗ytti nro 6鈥�) is a 2021 internationally co-produced drama, which shows a story of a Finnish student forming an unlikely friendship with a gruff Russian miner, on a train from Moscow to Murmansk. Based on a novel by , the film was co-written and directed by Juho Kuosmanen, and united a crew from Finland, Germany, Estonia and Russia. Lyubov Mulmenko was invited to work on dialogues in Russian, as a script had been originally written in English.

The Academy Awards, popularly known as , are awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry. They are regarded as the most prestigious and significant awards in the entertainment industry worldwide, since 1929. Given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the awards are an international recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements, as assessed by the Academy’s voting membership.

Earlier, 鈥淐ompartment No. 6鈥� got the Palme d’Or Grand Prix at .  Founded in 1946 in Cannes, France, it is one of the “Big Three” major European film festivals, and an event for the whole global cinema industry.

In 2021, the Cannes Festival saw another film by Lyubov Mulmenko, also performing as a co-screen writer (lead by Kira Kovalenko and a co-director Anton Yarush) – , a family drama growing in a mining town in North Ossetia 鈥� a story of a young woman struggles to escape the stifling hold of the family she loves as much as she rejects. “Unclenching Fists” won the Grand Prix of the Uncleaning View author’s film competition at the 74th Cannes Film Festival.

Lyubov Mulmenko in the list of 12 Rising Russian Talents Ready for the Global Stage.

From a young age, Lyubov Mulmenko knew she would be a writer: 鈥淚 just adored inventing the characters and the worlds they live in鈥�. Gradually, she tried 鈥渢o learn even more in the process.鈥� At 海角直播, Lyubov studied journalism, and further art journalism at the Pro Arte Institute in St. Petersburg. For several years then, she worked in media, including the Sol Internet Newspaper, , , and wrote as a columnist for the .

In 2014, Mulmenko made her screenwriting debut with a trio of drama films that screened in festivals including Rotterdam, San Sebastian and Karlovy Vary. Recently, Lyubov Mulmenko presented her directorial debut, , in the main competition of . 鈥淎ll I hope is to continue with storytelling,鈥� she says, 鈥渂ut I鈥檇 like to write less for others and make more films myself.鈥�

鈥淐ompartment No. 6鈥� .

鈥淐ompartment No. 6鈥� Frame: – .

Lyubov Mulmenko Picture Source and 鈥淭he Danube鈥� poster: @lyubov.mulmenko on Facebook

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On 6–16 September, 海角直播 is hosting the 鈥淰UZ-Flahertiana鈥� contest for student-based cinema clubs, as a support for the .

The VUZ-Flahertiana is a friendly way to talk about how we feel, in relation to non-fiction, true-to-life and hard-to-predict stories, which documentaries are. Our own response might be a valuable part of such a screening. According to the Contest Committee, “the goal of the competition is to promote the dialogue culture, tolerance, civic engagement and motivation in youth environment.”

Each University faculty was given the opportunity to choose its own film, referring to the unique collection by , collected over the years of existence. Flahertiana’s competitive selection means we have access to the cream of the cream contestant productions within the documentary field.

鈥�The University develops in a dialogue with the local community, and itself,鈥� says Ksenia Punina, Head of the Public Relations Department, 海角直播. 鈥�Here this dialogue is being given technical and intellectual support, as well as the interdisciplinary and unifying approach, hence the choice of films.“

Instead of affiliation with a particular field of science, in 2021, the most popular topic is connected to personal progress and self-search, as well as the role that media in that phenomenon. It can be assumed that this choice was triggered by the threat to the human species in the face of the pandemic and the withdrawal of online education.

鈥淲e hope that each show will reveal the individuality character of the faculty, encouraging students and teachers to speak out, contributing to the interactive University climate. We are looking forward to make “VUZ-Flahertiana” a year-round film club in a partnership and mentorship of ,”

notes Elena Malkova, Vice-Rector for Youth Policy, 海角直播.

The 海角直播 Academic Choir unites students from various faculties, regardless of their age, status and field of research. It is friendly team of singers, learning to improve vocal performance and performing at numerous concerts in Russia and abroad.

The Choir鈥檚 repertoire has always included works of various eras, musical trends and styles: Russian folk songs, national and international classics, sacred music, pieces by contemporary composers, pop songs and rock numbers. Many Choir members have gone on to become professionals in music.

Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594) was chosen as a known composer of the late Renaissance, chief representative of the mature polyphonic style of the Franco-Flemish school, and considered to be one of the most famous and influential musicians in Europe at the end of the 16^th century.

In 2020, the ARTEST project became a grant winner of the EU international program Erasmus+. The main goal of the project is to rethink education in art and heritage and humanities in Russia and Mongolia, incorporating European standards and research practices in the field. The ARTEST program intends to create a new master’s program, run by the Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology, 海角直播.

鈥淥ur first meeting has demonstrated the willingness of partners to start the project. Albeit online, we managed to get to know the project teams and learn about their activities in digital humanities 鈥� serving a basis for creating an interdisciplinary master’s program. We are glad to start the project with such a positive 鈥済o鈥� signal,鈥�

says Natalya Dobrynina, Head of Department of Network Programs and Educational Projects, 海角直播.

海角直播 will serve the goal of re-translating its experience in to Asian partners from Tuva and Mongolia, while being a recipient of the knowledge the University learnt from European partners. Faculty of History and Political Science, Faculty of Philology, and the Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology, 海角直播 will also take part. The consortium is coordinated by (Universit盲t zu K枚ln, Germany).