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Album Published September 6, 2017

Helsinki Festival

Helsinki Festival is an admirable multi-arts festival in the Nordic countries. The event takes place all across the city of Helsinki and broadens the cultural fabric in theatre, circus, dance, music, visual arts amongst other forms of creativity.

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Content Published December 9, 2014

Multicultural

Play31 soccer tournaments bring people together from many different nations. This portrait depicts a new multicultural friendship made between an American, an African and a Danish football player.

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Content Published October 12, 2017

New Finnish jazz

The Blassics, an Ethiopian-jazz inspired septet at Teurastamo, the urban food district.

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Content Published October 12, 2017

The Blassics

The Blassics play original funk with afrobeat elements. The band coming from Hämeenlinna in Finland perform probably the grooviest Ethiopian jazz-inspired music I've ever heard in my life. At this occasion, the seven-piece live band was part of a Funky Amigo event at the urban food district Teurastamo in Helsinki.

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Album Published September 21, 2017

Helsinki Design Week

Helsinki Design Week is a 10-day event and the most outstanding design festival in the Nordic Countries.

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Content Published September 21, 2017

MC DJ Bunuel

Master of ceremonies at the main stage of the Funky Elephant Festival was no other than DJ Bunuel (aka Måns Strömberg). In the mid-seventies, he started as DJ and has been making programs for numerous radio stations. Also, he had a TV show presenting the Finnish Top40. In the nineties, he was one of the pioneers using the CD player as an instrument and has appeared in bands projects such as The Rasmus, RinneRadio, Linda Lampenius, Cool Sheiks, Lenni-Kalle Taipale, Giant Robot and much more. At this image, he is to introduce the British Soul legend, Omar.

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Content Published June 13, 2017

Folkevandring

It's quite a migration of festivalgoers walking between the camping sites and music festival area. You can easily walk a couple of kilometres in the heat of the summer.

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Content Published June 10, 2017

Beer can house

The Dream City at the Roskilde Festival is a makers place. Any any idea is possible if it can be built. For example, the beer can house was a unique installation in 2013.

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Content Published June 10, 2017

The Geodesic Dome

Kristoffer Tejlgaard and Benny Jepsen, are a recognised architects duo behind numerous geodesic dome projects in Denmark and elsewhere. The one in for Roskilde Festival is built up in 2012 with separate modules made out of plywood. Now, this is it how it looked a year after usage as party temple in the Dream City at the music festival.

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Content Published June 9, 2017

Irresponsible youth

Discovered in one of the camping areas of the Roskilde Festival.

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Content Published April 30, 2017

Love & Friendship

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Album Published April 26, 2017

Oslo Open

Oslo Open gives the possibility to explore contemporary art in the artists ateliers. We introduce to a few selected artists we have met in their studios to see their works.

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Content Published April 16, 2017

Turboweekend (live)

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Content Published April 16, 2017

When Saints Go Machine

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Content Published April 6, 2017

King Ayisoba & Band

King Ayisoba & Band from Ghana performing backstage after interview with German's broadcaster WDR.

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Content Published March 20, 2017

LED wall

Changing patterns at Interactive LED wall.

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Content Published February 22, 2017

Football unifies

Roskilde Festival is much more than a music event. There are many areas available for leisure and fun such as Hummel's sandy football beach.

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Content Published February 9, 2017

Human rights are central to Scandinavians

In the Nordic countries people are very concerned and supportive towards human rights causes. The attendence to hearing the two Russian human rights activists was incredible. The venue was packed with people.

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Content Published February 9, 2017

Learning of human rights abuses in Russia

Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova are members of protest punk art band Pussy Riot who were both imprisioned for criticizing Putin. Roskilde Festival invited both to gain a better understanding of human rights abuses in Russia.

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Content Published February 4, 2017

Den Sorte Skole

Den Sorte Skole live on their turntables. These guys are incredible, just like their unique exotic mix of electronica with world music. This image is from their Strøm concert on the Red Roof in DGI-byen.

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Content Published January 31, 2017

Food Court

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Content Published January 20, 2017

Mid-summer bar

The mid-summer bar was set up next to the barge. Panorama view on old silos and other industrial buildings at Refshale island.

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Content Published December 19, 2016

Below deck

Below deck on the barge next to staircase people were sitting, and talking. One whole interactive LED wall provided the light, embracing a new visual and social experience for the people.

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Content Published December 19, 2016

Wind, rain and fire

Denmark can be a very rainy place, and this midsummer was a wet and windy one. Nonetheless, the bonfire burnt well.

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Content Published December 13, 2016

Watching the Bonfire

Since rain poured down heavily I found a nice spot in a cabin experiencing the bonfire with others inside a cabin.

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Content Published December 10, 2016

St. Hans Day Bonfire

Observing on the top of art ship the St. Hans Day bonfire. A pretty rainy experience it was, however the bonfire was great.

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Album Published December 5, 2016

Søndagsvenner

Søndagsvenner (Friends of Sundays) is an event where the audience is participant rather than spectator. The event take place on Sundays only during summertime at Refshale island, an former industrial site in the harbor of Copenhagen.

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Album Published November 18, 2016

World Village Festival

World Village Festival brings cultures together from all over the world to meet in the centre of Helsinki. The event is among the biggest festivals in Northern Europe, and offers world views, as well as music, circus, dance, theatre, art and food.

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Content Published July 18, 2016

Jumping high (Suspekt)

Suspekt were jumping high at the stage, and the audience followed them accordingly. It was an incredible moment when everybody was energised by the sound of music.

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Content Published April 4, 2016

Pelle Peter in da tent

The party atmosphere was incredible during Pelle Peter's concert.

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Content Published April 4, 2016

Crazy audience

Back at the music festival the first act of the night was a local. The audience went crazy for Bornholm dj Pelle Peter Jensen.

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Content Published March 18, 2016

Grafitti Camp Roskilde 2013

The Danish Roskilde Festival is one of the largest music festivals in Europe and offers one of its kind of live experience. Nowadays the festival is much engaged with matters of sustainability, environmental issues, culture, art and co-creation amongst other directions.

valo.tv was invited to Roskilde Festival and took part of documenting a few of the Arts and Culture projects. This episode features the annual graffiti project which beautifies the festival area with originality. Over hundred of volunteer artists have painted one kilometer with world class graffiti before the festival officially started. During the festival every festival goer had a chance and opportunity to spray their own unique piece in the grafitti camp. Share and enjoy!

Music used thanks to courtesy of Raske Penge & Kontrafon. “Rundt feat. Klumben” Raske Penge. More info: raskepenge.dk

Lars Pedersen, Graffiti Project Leader was interviewed by Rafael Rybczynski at Roskilde Festival, 2013. Introduction to Roskilde Festival by Signe Cecilie Aarestrup. For more info roskilde-festival.dk/arts

Camera & Sound: Rafael Rybczynski
Stills Photographer: Rafael Rybczynski
Edited by Anna Siemieniuk
Copyright 2013 ValoTV

valo.tv is a new digital platform focusing on modern Nordic Culture. We are combing visual arts with interactive design, storytelling and documentaries.

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Content Published March 3, 2016

Mixed age audience

Copenhagen electropop band When Saints Go Machine gathered an audience of mixed ages.

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Content Published March 3, 2016

Artists Unplugged

Straight after the press conference, Danish National TV2 took over the scenery to record artists live playing a song of their music unplugged.

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Album Published March 1, 2016

Roskilde Festival Graffiti

Each year over hundred of international and Danish volunteer graffiti artists come together to create one kilometer of world class graffiti and other art engaging venues for the festivalgoers at Roskilde Festival.

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