x-CITE has opened an augmented reality art exhibition in the lobby of newly renovated Tampere City Hall. The artworks magically appear on a mobile device’s screen, when the device is pointed at the Tampere.Finland banner located next to the wall.
The works in the exhibition are based on the Apophenia graduate exhibition of the Degree Programme in Media and Arts at Tampere University of Applied Sciences. While the artworks have been presented earlier at Gallery Himmelblau in spring 2026, the City Hall presentation brings them alive again in a new format and setting.
The exhibition features the following artists: Uliana Abrosimenkova, Alexia Bastea, Hai Dinh, Anastasia Gluštšenko, Linda Haume, Karoliina Koljonen, Utu Korhonen, Sini Loponen, Alisa Malin, Minttu Nurmi, Julianna Saarela, Annika Tammi, and Henna Videnoja. The exhibition is open until the end of August.
“Collaboration with TAMK provides a great opportunity to bring the works of emerging artists into the city in a new way. Using augmented reality, art can appear where people already move about — making the urban environment more engaging, experiential and surprising.”
– Sebastian Valkama, project manager / x-CITE
