German students in Finland finland 2008 – 2010

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What you are holding in your hands right now, is the result of our amaz- ing trip to Nakkila in September/ October 2009. Sponsored by the ArtECult Leon- ardo da Vinci mobility project, we spent three weeks in Finland. As a group of five we took the plane to Helsinki. During our stay we were supposed to get to know the 3D-programm LightWave, work on it with HDR photographies and design this magazine. Two of us were even able to gain insight into a Finnish advertising agency. A special thank you goes to all the teachers in charge in Germany as well as in Finland, who made this great experience possible.

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finland 06 germany 08 interview with harri sarri 10 interview with dirk hund 12 typical day at school 14 typical day in the agency 16 imprint 22

4 55 finland The Republic of Finland is a demo- tion density of 17 inhabitants per There are two major sights in Nak- cratic, parliamentary republic situ- square kilometer. kila, the church and the film studio ated in Northern Europe. Helsinki is the capital and largest Villilä (”Hollywood of Finland”). suomi It shares boarders with Sweden, city of Finland. It has a population Russia, Norway, and Estonia. Most of about 580,000. Along with the Film studio Villilä of the 5.3 million people inhabiting neighboring cities of Vantaa, Es- poo and Kauniainen it constitutes Villilä is located in the Nakkila com- what is known as the capital region munity and is starting to become with over 1 million inhabitants. a major film production centre in The country once belonged to Finland. Sweden and later became an au- The heart of the studio are the 800 tonomous part within the Russian square meter sound stage and its Empire. It finally declared its inde- supporting facilities, which have LapplaLaLapapppllananndd pendence from Russia in 1917. been built to accommodate pro- The Republic of Finland is also fessional feature film productions. called “the country of thousands Students can take lessons in pho- OOuluullulu of lakes and islands”, because of tography and animation there. Dif- its 187,888 lakes (bigger than 500 ferent programs, as LightWave, square meters) and 179,584 is- Flash and AfterEffects, are taught lands. there, which are also used for the Westfinnlantffinnlannnland OsOOstfsttfttfinnlafinniinnlannllalanand The Finnish landscape is mostly post-production of films.

PoPorriri covered by taiga forests and fens, NaNNakkilakkkkikila TaTamaampamperemmpmperppeereerree with just little tillable land. Language SüdfinnlaSüSüüdfiddfffiiinnnnnnnlanlannlanandnd HelsHHeHelsinkielsinelsinkilsikinkii Most Finns speak TTuurrkukuku Nakkila Finnish, the first official Nakkila is a small municipality in language, as their mother tongue. the province of Western Finland The largest minority language is Finland live in the southern part of and part of the Satakunta region. It Swedish, which is also the second the country. All in all, the repub- has a population of approximately official language. Many Finns know lic only has an average popula- 5,800 (June 2009). different foreign languages such

6 as English, Swedish and German, merical grading starts is decided accepted as a lower university de- although just a few claim to know locally. gree. French or Spanish. Tertiary education is divided into Universities, on the other hand are two sectors: universities (yliopisto, owned by the state. A bachelor’s Education universtitet) and polytechnics (am- degree takes about 3-4 years, al- mattikorkeakoulu). The national though it is usually only a inter- Compulsory educa- matriculation examination and mediate step towards a master’s tion in Finland starts entrance examination are used as degree. at the age of seven and criteria for student selection. At the moment there are no tuition ends at the age of 16. Pre- The polytechnics focus on prac- fees for university and polytech- school education is rare. tical skills as well as indepen- nics. However, there are plans to After graduation from com- dent research, and also engage introduce fees for students from prehensive school there is a choice in industry development projects. outside the European Union. between upper secondary school Polytechnics are mostly governed In the PISA-assessment Finnish (lukio) and vocational school (am- by municipalities. Outside Finland students have consistently been matillinen). This advanced level of aeducation polytechnic in fi degreenland is generally among the highest scorers world- education is not compulsory, but wide. academic vocational the majority attends either upper degrees degrees secondary or vocational school. Typically Finnish doctor employment Most education is arranged at mu- licentiate master polytechnic nicipal level. Today only around 2-3 Nowadays, “Sauna” is one of the

duration 3-4 bachelor polytechnic 3% of the students are enrolled in 19 few Finnish words that are known upper private schools, which is less than 18 vocational all over the world. In Finland there 17 secondary school in other European countries. 16 school are more than 1.7 million saunas. Grades in primary and second- 15 Saturday is the traditional day for 14 ary schools are given on a scale 13 going to a sauna. from 4 to 10, with 4 being the low- 12 comprehensive school There are different types of saunas 11 est and 10 the highest. During the 10 on the countryside and in the cit- first years in school, grading may 9 ies: heated with wood or electricity. be limited to verbal assessments. 8 If you visit Finland it is recommend- 7 The level of education at which nu- pre-school ed to try a typical Finnish sauna! age 6

77 germany The Federal Republic of Germany is Language state, some generalizations can a country in Central Europe. It has, be observed. with 82 million inhabitants, the larg- German is Children aged three to six may saksa est population among the members the official and attend kindergarten. After that, of the European Union. Germany is predominant language school is compulsory for nine or a member of many multilateral insti- in Germany. ten years. From grades 1 to 4 tutions such as the United Nations, The standard German is a West children attend elementary school NATO, G8, G20 and the OECD Germanic language, which is (Grundschule), where the subjects Germany is bordered by Denmark, closely related to English, Dutch taught are the same for all. Poland, the Czech Republic, Aus- and Frisian languages. Signifi- Then, after the 4th grade, they tria, Switzerland, France, Luxem- cant minorities of words are de- are separated ac- bourg, Belgium, and the Nether- rived from Latin and Greek, with cording to their lands. smaller amount from French and academic ability With its central position in Europe, most recently from English. and the wishes of Germany is an important transpor- German is written by using the their families, and tation hub. This is reflected in its Latin alphabet. In addition to the attend one of three dif- dense and modern transportation 26 standard letters, German has ferent kinds of schools: networks. three vowels with Umlaute (ä, ö Hauptschule, Realschule or The country is a federal parliamen- und ü), as well as the Eszett (ß). Gymnasium. tary republic of sixteen states. The Around the world, German is spo- The Hauptschule (grades 5-9) federal chancellor (Bundeskanzler) ken by approximately 100 million teaches the subjects at a slow- - currently Angela Merkel - is the native speakers and about 80 mil- er pace and with some vocation- head of the government, while the lion non-native speakers. German al-oriented courses. It leads to federal president is the head of the is the main language of about 90 part-time enrollment in a voca- state, with primarily representative million people within the EU. tional school combined with ap- responsibilities. prenticeship in a company. The capital and largest city in Ger- Education Realschule (grades 5-10) leads many is Berlin, which was once to part-time vocational schools separated (as the whole state was) Though education in Germany is a and higher vocational schools. It during the Cold War and reunited in function of the federal states, and is possible for students with high 1989. there are differences from state to academic achievement to switch

8 to a Gymnasium after graduation Germany, after the capital Berlin ers are educated there. The lessons from Realschule. and the hanseatic city of Ham- are either held in block instructions Gymnasium (grades 5-12) leads burg. during a whole week or just once to a degree called the Abitur and The city is located on the river or twice a week. The rest of the prepares students for university Isar, about 50 kilometers north of time students of Alois Senefelder study or for a dual academic and the Bavarian Alps. vocational school spend working vocational credential. Famous sights in Munich are the in their companies. Gesamtschule is a more recent Marienplatz with the Old and the development and it can be only New Town Hall. The Frauenkirche, Typical Bavarian found in some of the states. It en- a beautiful church right in the city rolls students of all ability levels centre, serves as the cathedral of As everyone knows the fa- from grade 5 to 10. the Archdiocese of Munich mous Beer Festival (Ok- No matter what kind of school a and Freising. Many more toberfest) in Munich student attends, one must com- churches can be visited which probably displays plete at least nine years of educa- within a small radius: Pe- exactly what is consid- tion. terskirche, Michaelskirche ered to be typically Ba- Vocational school (Berufsschule) and the Theatinerkirche. varian: tasty food and combines part-time academic Munich is also full of lovely lots of beer. study and apprenticeship. The architecture and museums. The German beer consumption per successful completion of an ap- landscape around Munich (the person is declining but—at 116 li- prenticeship program leads to a Alps and the many lakes) is also ters annually—it is still among the certification in a particular field of well worth seeing. highest in the world. work. The best location to try vari- Alois-Senefelder – ous types of Bavarian food Munich Vocational-School (Weißwürste, Leb- erkäse, Brezen) is in Munich is the capital Alois Senefelder vocational school the Hofbräuhaus in of Bavaria, a state in is located in the centre of Munich, the centre of Munich Southern Germany. at Pranckstraße 2. or at the Viktualien- With its about 1.3 million inhabit- Media designers, as well as print- markt, a daily market ants, it is the third largest city in ers, photographers and bookbind- in the heart of the city.

99 interview Characteristic: at home grow vegetables in our greenhouse and garden (me and My name is Harri Sarri and I was my wife are vegetarians, which born 1957 in Tampere, which is might be rare in Bavaria. one of the biggest cities in Fin- land. My mother was working in a Differences between German and printing house and my father was Finnish students: haastattelu an actor. At school I was a difficult student, always in trouble, but fi- In my opinion Finnish students nally I got some teachers who un- don’t take their studies as serious- derstood my way of learning and ly as they should. Because they’re so I finished middle school with quite young they need more effort Curriculum vitae of Harri Sarri: very good degrees. After that my from the teacher to get them to life has been quite full of work and work, in particular as a group. Professional schools (after the studies. At the moment I’m work- normal Finnish school system): ing as an animation teacher of our German students are a bit older school. and work well on their own and Free Art School in Helsinki also as a group. Their motivation (Professional Artist), I live in Nakkila, which is a very is on a higher level. University of Industrial Arts small community at the west- and Design/Art Education coast of Finland, in a red house Thoughts about the German school Department (Master of Arts) on the river Kokemäki. I have a system: wife who is also a teacher, four Jobs: children, two grandchildren and I think the German school sys- two cats. In winter my hobbies are tem isn’t as flexible as the Finn- Extra and location manager in a mainly related with the computer ish school system. The German theatre, Printing press worker in (playing games and using anima- school system has everything well a printing house, Paper machine tion programs) and also archery planned, organized and disci- worker in a paper mill, Taxi driver in (shooting arrows with a bow), but plined, but maybe some creativity Helsinki, Professional artist, Teach- in the summer time I go out to and joy of learning gets buried un- er of art, Teacher of animation. the sea with my boat, and while der all that?

10 Further comments on the Leon- ally miss the pretzels and Augustin- Projects Harri Sarri worked on: ardo mobility project: er beer of Bavaria. The film projects I’ve done with I think it works quite fine between As a typical Finnish thing I could my Finnish students during the last Finland and Germany, though I mention the silence. We enjoy walk- three years are a good example of discussed with your teacher Man- ing in a big forest, or sitting by the my work. We’ve done some post- fred Slupina about some further fire on a small island, or just spend- production work for Jadewarrior improvements. Maybe we will try ing time with other people saying and Under the North Star films. In to use the same improvements nothing, in silence. practice the work is mostly remov- between other countries and ing or adding things, like in this ef- schools also. fect number 250 for the film Under Original the North Star. A 3D model of a Wishes for further students coming metal plate was added in front of to Finland: the burning fire.

In future projects we try to inte- grate Finnish and German stu- dents more together. We’ll also try to aim at a final product in the proj- ects, whether they’re training proj- After post-processing with LightWave ects, print products, multimedia or some kind of cultural projects. Our school in in Nakkila might of- fer some video or film projects, if some are in production while Ger- man students are here.

Typical German/Finnish:

I’m always interested in the food and drink of a country, and so I re-

1111 interview Since 2004: subject teacher at The ones who came to Munich BSZ Alois Senefelder, coordina- have always been highly creative tor of European-exchanges and and motivated for their on-the- quality management. job-learning period. Teacher for digital photography Some agencies took them (some- at ADBK/Academy of Arts in Mu- times two of them at the same nich. time!) without seeing their portfo- haastattelu lios, just because they have made Characteristic: good experiences with finnish students before. Born on February the 16th 1960 in Zell a.H. (Schwarzwald) Thoughts about the Finnish school My hobbies are photography, in- system: Curriculum vitae of Dirk Hund: ternet, history, hiking, biking and cross-country-skiing. My kids once enjoyed a week at Humanistic Grimmelshausen- The motivation for exchange with school in Tuusula and in Hyvinkää. Gymnasium in Offenburg the Finns was given to my whole I took them with me to Finland (graduation 1979) family. My grandfather in Munich supported by their teachers of Technical University Berlin worked as a stage director at a their elementary school. (Teaching degree) theatre in Tampere together with Teaching in Finland for me was a Studies of communication Kari Salosaari in the 70ties, my new experience, too. The possibil- design/photography in Dort- mother was growing up at the ity to have another look by teach- mund german side of the Baltic Sea and ing for two weeks in a different cul- my brother worked as a german ture gaves me lots of new ideas. Jobs: teacher near Lahti. I had the chance to cooperate with finnish photo teachers and Since 1989 work as free photo Differences between German and learnt a lot about their methods journalist and photographer with Finnish students: and style. advertisement studio, exhibitions, On the one hand courses seemed book productions and interna- Finnish students are silent and too relaxed, on the other hand I tional publications. sometimes (too) shy. registered a certain sort of indi-

12 vidual demanding for results. Wishes for further students com- Leonardo organization these prob- It was sometimes funny, seeing ing to Germany: lems will be seen and evaluated. how well the exchange worked for So work is in progress... me: first, finnish colleagues had a We have a lot of ideas what to do critical look at my way of teaching next. Typical German/Finnish: technical knowledges. We once want to try the german- When I started breaking and com- french “Tandem Principle” with Germans have their Oktoberfest- bining them with more creative Finland, as well as the partnership bier, but nothing’s better than content, it was a motivating ex- modell. Anyway, schools in the dif- finnish salmon. perience for the finnish students ferent countries have to manage too. their daily job. Meanwhile, the EU Projects Dirk Hund worked on: With my colleague Georg Hanke projects are a small highlight in our (who is managing the project with school year. Hungary; we are teaching in a tan- It will still be a long way to make it dem most of the time) I tried the a common thing, that students can same methods with the media lab- absolve even a small part of lessons orants here in Munich. I was not in another european country. If new quite sure that the new and modi- study plans are demanding that, we fied style will work too. have to work on it. New York’s transvestits Now we probably will get the Sending students and teachers is (photo reportage in Helsingin Sanomat) chance to describe the learning only the beginning of a long pro- fields for the media-laborants. cess, that is realized mostly in free For that the experiences, I made in time or by some given free hours. Finland, were great. For reaching long lasting results and realizing the stronger tasks of Further comments on the Leon- the EU, there should be more res- ardo mobility project: sources and more concludent act- ing in the upper and higher levels, Our student projects were evalu- too. ated as excellent. We want get the Regarding the questions of last “Atelierbesuche” “Drunter und Drüber” Leonardo Mobility Certificate. evaluation rapport for a higher (Museum Schloß Moyland, artist portraits)

13 a typical day 07.00

Some strange noises had ac- companied us to bed at night (a sheep licking a salt-cube below our window) and another strange and sudden noise wakes us in the morning (a cock crowing right un- 8.00 der our window). That’s how Finn- ish days are to begin every day With a wind chill factor of thirty de- starting today! grees below zero we walk the thirty Together with the French stu- minutes from our accommodation dents eat our breakfast in the main to Satakunta Arts and Crafts Insti- house, where Erkki and Ingrid pre- tute. pared tasty food for us. Harri really does his best to make katso myös seuraavat myös katso us familiar with the 3D-animation 11.30 program LightWave. After we got to know just a few of the many Lunch time in Finnish schools is difficult tools and features, it was something we had to get used to. great to see the first moves of our It’s free for every student, what “Pixar lamp”. that means that one can find sim- In between we rewarded ourselves ple food. But if you like potatoes, with chocolate and coffee from crisp bread and milk, that should the “Coffee lady”, who comes to be no problem for you. Strange, school every day. that they are drinking that much milk, while it seems that half of the Finns suffer from lactose intoler- ance.

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Another exercise we had to bring to an end during our stay in Nak- kila was designing a magazine as a summary of the project. It was difficult to work with the normal programs like Photoshop and In- Design, when everything is in Eng- lish or even worse Finnish. Thus, we spend lots of time deciding on 16.00 pictures and fonts, writing texts and discussing the design of the Having dinner in the Finnish out- magazine. back does not just mean eating for the sake of eating, but also eating in order to stop boredom. So the supermarket is an impor- tant daily stop on our way back home. Food in Finland in general 18.00 is expensive, but after a few days, it is easy to take the right things. Beside eating and playing cards And there are always nice people (of course we brought typical Ba- to translate the incomprehensible varian cards with us), the Finns Finnish words ;o) tend to spend much time in the sauna in the evening. It is hotter than Germans are used to, but definitely something you should experience!

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16 Placement “bm&m” the main difficulty was to be cre- ative in improving the existent and The advertising agency bm&m is bringing the product to a new level located in Pori, which is about 30 but also keep the corporate iden- minutes from Nakkila by bus. Six tity of the company visible. This employees work here on different way I designed flyers and posters divisions, like web design, print for restaurants, events or an online and logo design. Most of the cus- mail order for example. I got the tomers are situated in or around text which should be contained, the city Pori. looked for suitable pictures on the bm&m did internet presences for web and then put them together cosmetic- and photostudios, the- using Adobe Photoshop for graph- ater- and movieposters and a cou- ics and Adobe InDesign for the ple of logos for all kinds of finnish layout. After I finished the design companies. The head of the com- my work went through a couple of pany is Altti Papinsaari who is also check-ups before I could send it to its owner. the customer. Our usual workflow during the Hannes had a similar job besides week, we spent there, was like he did his designs for the screen. this: after arriving at the office in He worked in the web-section and the morning we were briefed from had to redesign existing homepag- Altti what has to be done during es for the customers. The graphics the day. which he did with Photoshop were For me, working at the the print later put together by the program- section, the briefing included as- mers to the final web-presence of pects like figuring out the inter- the customer. ests of the costumer, reviewing Monika Link former versions of the product or its advertising, overworking it Picture left: The amazing collection and showing the new, optimized of disc records of Altti Papinsaari, results to the customer. Thereby the owner of bm&m

1717 Yytteri Beach, Holy Cross Church of Rauma and other impressions of Finland

18 1919 A sunny day in Nakkila: on our daily way to school.

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Photography by the participants Sara D’Antino Martin Erd Georg Goppert Franziska Hartmann Mona Kornberger Jana Kuchenbaur Ginelle Lindemann Monika Link Marcel Luber Wenke Mähler Jovita Mockeviciute Valentina Raihofer Julian Reimers Michael Scheck Layout, Text and Illustration Hannah Sirch Franziska Hartmann Magdalena Vidovic Mona Kornberger Johannes Wohlhaupter Jovita Mockeviciute Julia Wünsch

22 2323 Special thanks to all the people who helped to make this experience possible:

Coordinators Munich: Dirk Hund, Karl-Heinz Schmid (principal of BSZ Alois Senefelder)

Coordinator artecult network Finland: Suvi Lindberg (deputy principal of Satakunta Arts and Crafts Institute)

Print-Team at BSZ Alois Senefelder: Matthias Dewald, Udo Gassmann, Karl Mader

We are grateful for the support of the following institutions and companies:

Schul- und Kultusreferat Muenchen BSZ Alois Senefelder, Munich SKTO Satakunta Arts and Crafts Institute Stefan Thonesen from Leica Camera AG for cameras and workshop in Finland Leonardo da Vinci Mobility-Project, Cologne

Dieses Projekt wurde mit Unterstützung der Europäischen Kommission finanziert. Die Verantwortung für den Inhalt dieser Veröffentlichung trägt allein der Verfasser; die Kommission haftet nicht für die weitere Verwendung der darin enthaltenen Angaben.