Artifab

22/09/2026

Come experience Safe Spaces at Researchers night ar University of Oulu!

What brings you a sense of safety and calm?

In Safe Spaces, participants explored the people, places, memories and moments that are meaningful to them and transformed their ideas into light artworks using digital fabrication.

25 September 2026, Researchers’ Night
University of Oulu, Civitas glass cube near L1

The exhibition was created through a collaboration between the ARTiFAB project, artist Shima Salehi, Oulu City Youth Workshops, Vamos Oulu and Kulttuurivoimala.

Want a preview? Read more and watch the video on our blog:https://artifab.eu/2026/09/22/come-see-the-safe-spaces-light-art-at-researchers-night/?_thumbnail_id=1819

06/07/2026

After three more rounds of Safe Space workshops, we want to showcase what our participants consider to be part of their safe space. Read in our new blog post the thoughts our participants shared with us and see the commonalities that emerged connecting these artworks:

Explore our latest Safe Space workshops, showcasing diverse artwork themes representing personal peace and cherished memories.

03/07/2026

What happens when painting, recycled textiles, and digital fabrication come together?

Get to know our next artist collaborator, Anni Arffman, in our latest Artist Showcase. Discover her artistic practice, what inspires her work, and the ideas behind her New Camouflage workshop.

Read the full blog here: https://artifab.eu/2026/07/03/new-camouflage-anni-arffman-collaboration/

18/03/2026

New blog post about the workshop Envisioning Tech & Democracy: AI for Social Justice” available.

The youth workshop was organized on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at the Super Fab Lab facilities of the University of Oulu.

https://artifab.eu/2026/03/18/envisioning-tech-and-democracy-ai-for-social-justice/

Created in collaboration with Oulun yliopisto - University of Oulu, research projects Critical ChangeLab, Critical DataLit and ARTiFAB and Fab Lab Oulu

Envisioning Tech and Democracy: AI for social justice

18/03/2026

Envisioning Tech & Democracy: AI for Social Justice Workshop provided young participants with a space to explore how AI can be used to build a more just and democratic society and to create small objects related to the workshop theme using digital fabrication methods available at the FabLab.

Created in collaboration with research projests Critical ChangeLab, Critical DataLit and ARTiFAB, Oulun yliopisto - University of Oulu and Fab Lab Oulu

12/03/2026

Photos from the Safe Spaces Workshop this week.

In the workshop, each participant is designing and building their own personal Safe Space artwork, using layered laser-cut collages and LED lights programmed by the participants themselves.

Created in collaboration with artist Shima Salehi, Fab Lab Oulu, Oulun kaupungin nuorten työpajat and Oulun yliopisto - University of Oulu

Read more about the Safe Spaces concept and the last blog in our website:

https://artifab.eu/safe-spaces/
https://artifab.eu/2026/03/06/exploring-safe-space-through-art/

07/03/2026

New Workshop has launched!

The Safe Spaces workshop series started at the Super Fab Lab in Oulu. The Safe Spaces concept invites participants to reflect on what a safe space means to them personally and how to turn those ideas into artworks through digital fabrication.

In collaboration with artist Shima Salehi, Fab Lab Oulu, Oulun yliopisto - University of Oulu ja Oulun kaupungin nuorten työpajat

Read more about the workshop and the process in our new blog post:

https://artifab.eu/2026/03/06/exploring-safe-space-through-art/

02/03/2026

New blog post.

During the previous Lumo Light Festival in Oulu, ARTiFAB presented Hidden Voices at Cafe Konstantiina — a community-centered light art installation created through our Selfie Lightbox workshops.

The workshop was created in collaboration with local artist John Collingswood, Oulun yliopisto - University of Oulu, Fab Lab Oulu, Oulun kaupungin nuorten työpajat, Kulttuurivoimala - Culture Power Station ry

Read more: https://artifab.eu/2026/02/23/hidden-voices-illuminating-cafe-konstantiina/

Oulun lumo light festivaalien yhteisötaideteos Hidden Voices

24/02/2026

Lights on with programming.

Last week at the Safe Spaces workshop, young people got hands-on experience programming LED lights for their upcoming artworks.

In collaboration with Fab Lab Oulu, Oulun kaupungin nuorten työpajat.

Read more about the ARTiFAB project
www.artifab.eu

And more about artist collaboration
https://lnkd.in/dnQngJtp

24/02/2026

Calling all young people aged 11–24 to make cool stuff with digital fabrication at Fab Lab Oulu and think big about the future!

WORKSHOP:
Envisioning Tech & Democracy: AI for social justice

TIME:
Tuesday March 3rd 2026, 13:00-16:00

LOCATION:
Super Fab Lab Oulu, Oulun yliopisto - University of Oulu
Erkki Koiso-Kanttilan katu 3

This hands-on maker art workshop invites participants to explore how artificial intelligence can serve as a tool for building a more just and democratic society, as well as how it can be applied in art and creative expression.

Learn more and sign up today!

Welcome to the workshop for young people to explore, how artificial intelligence (AI) can help build a more just and democratic society!