Dialab Oy

Repost:

During the winter of 2023, I had the joy of sharing 'Reacclimatizations (Gardens n.1)' as art in a public space with free access in the outdoor gardens of the Helsinki Botanical Garden. The piece was created based on the national digital collections of algae endemic to Finland.

This Saturday, I will be inaugurating 'Reacclimatizations (Gardens n.2)' in Turku, in response to an invitation from the Turku Botanical Garden to create a second installation in the series, this time working from the national collections of lichens.

Image1: 'Reacclimatizations (Gardens n.2),' detail, 2024

According to the calendar, I have now been in Dialab for 27 years.

However, the first memories of Dialab date back to approx 1986, when 7 year old Petri got to work with his father every now and then.

The biggest fun was jumping into big trash cans full of empty slide film cases and 120-film paper serpentine and run back and forth through the revolving doors of the darkrooms.

I also remember, of course, the pool table, the fridge full of Coca-cola and the cotton gloves that had to cut off the fingertips like Iron Maiden’s dudes. ( Which are not very practical for photo processing after that but look super cool ).

At a later age, a little less time has been spent in the trash, but luckily every morning I still love to go work and I sometimes take my own children to explore the magical world of photolabs.

In 27 years, I’ve seen photos from thousands of exhibitions, scanned oven 100 000 film frames, made c-prints, cibacrome-prints, developed films and much more.

But the best thing about this job has been getting to know amazing people and luckily we’ve always had awesome girls&guys at work doing your prints.

Unfortunately, I have too few pictures together with our customers, but here are a few of them and various pictures from over the years.

I hope this continues for a long time..

A humble thank you to everyone who uses our services and through that you make this dream job possible for me

Dialab on suljettuna kesälomien vuoksi 21.-30.6.

Palaamme normaaliin toimintaan 1.7. alkaen.

Pahoittelemme tästä mahdollisesti aiheutuvaa haittaa ja kiitämme ymmärryksestänne.

Aurinkoista kesää kaikille!

--------------------------

Dialab will be closed for summer holidays from June 21st to June 30th.

We will resume normal operations on July 1st.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.

Wishing everyone a sunny and pleasant summer!

Sometimes you get lucky and get to do something out of the ordinary like this Light Box for EGS /

Embassy of EGS / Didrichsen Art Museum /

7.6.–25.8.2024

The exhibition transforms the Didrichsen Art Museum into an embassy of an imaginary state, the Republic of EGS. The artist EGS (b. 1974) is a civil servant of the Republic and a cultural attaché. EGS, who began his career as a graffiti painter, has over the years moved closer to traditional visual art. The republic is a territory in the artist’s mind, a place that encompasses his entire creative output, including graffiti, site-specific works and installations, as well paintings created in the studio and art glass. The Embassy offers visitors six entry points to the Republic of EGS: geography, folklore, language, identity, landscape and subterranea, the underground.
​
The acronym EGS permeates the artist's entire oeuvre. In art, EGS is driven above all by curiosity: what further manifestations can the three letters have?

Framed fineart prints /

/

Purkutaide opens the 4000 m2 Ihmemaa X exhibition in the core of Kerava.

Purkutaide avaa 4000 m2 laajuisen Ihmemaa X -näyttelyn Keravan ydinkeskustassa

Kuva5:

Backlight prints

Markus Varesvuo /

Mounted & framed poster⁠
⁠
⁠
⁠
⁠
⁠

Posted • Gibralfaro.

Tein taulun itselleni omasta kuvasta. Tai no teki. M***a tilasin. 😄☝️📸

Haluaako joku muu? Voin tilata, Dialab tekee.

Konsta Punkka /

Aluwood framed Hahnenühle Fineart prints.

Juha Metso /

PRINCE

Prince, the enigmatic musical icon, transcended conventional boundaries and became a symbol of artistic freedom and individuality. With his eclectic blend of funk, rock, R&B, and pop, Prince challenged societal norms and fearlessly expressed his unique identity. He was a virtuoso musician, known for his mastery of multiple instruments and his captivating stage presence. Prince’s sensual lyrics and provocative performances pushed boundaries and ignited conversations about sexuality and gender.

First ever release of prints of Prince by Metso. Signed and authenticated limited edition of collectable photographs printed in the most exclusive Fine Art Hahnemule paper.

The pictures are printed on the back surface of acrylic with lightbox settings. Ville has installed LED light bulbs behind the frames as a light source.

Ville Juurikkalan valokuvia rock-muusikoista Kalevan kirkkoon

Kalevan kirkossa avattiin 18. huhtikuuta valokuvaaja Ville Juurikkalan näyttely.
Kirkkosalissa järjestettävään näyttelyssä on esillä yli neljäkymmentä valokuvaa tunnetuista muusikoista. Rock Ikonit – Ville Juurikkalan valokuvanäyttely on kirkossa avoinna kesäkuun puoliväliin asti.

Kuvat näyttelystä: Hannu Jukola

--------------

Ville Juurikkala's photos of rock musicians at Kaleva church

On April 18, the exhibition of the photographer Ville Juurikkala was opened in the Kaleva church.
In the exhibition held in the church hall, more than forty photographs of well-known musicians are on display. Rock Icons - Ville Juurikkala's photo exhibition is open in the church until mid-June.

Photos from the exhibition: Hannu Jukola

Kreetta Järvenpää

Hahnemühle H**p Prints.

VV Neon Noir Photographic prints!

Signed by Ville Valo and photographer Joonas Brandt.

⁠
⁠
⁠
⁠
www.prindt.com ⁠
⁠
⁠
Printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta 315 g/m², highest quality cotton paper⁠

⁠
⁠

Mounted & framed poster

Huge canvas prints /

Niko Laurila / .laurila

Linnunradan lumoa

Hahnemühle H**p / Aluwood frame / Plexiglass

Inari Sandell /

Silisec® prints that are intentionally installed the wrong way around in the customer's own frames.

The pictures will be in the Butterfly Logic exhibition in Barcelona, ​​in the Espai 13 gallery of the Fundació Joan Miró Museum.

26/04/2024 — 07/07/2024

Inari Sandell explores some of the discourses and strategies of the psychiatric disciplinary system that have defined standard accounts of neurodiversity, and especially of autism spectrum disorder. These repressive methods are often aimed at reinforcing the dominant system to ensure that everything works. The control, internment, repression, and medication of disruptive agents are at the basis of this regulatory system. Accordingly, discipline and sanctions are intended to preserve what the capitalist system regards as a person's most valuable attributes: their capacity to produce and consume. In response to these structures and discourses surrounding neurodiversity, Sandell proposes an unexpected signifier to convey an idea of resistance: the butterfly.

Butterfly Logic takes as its starting point the survival strategies used by these insects. Their erratic, zigzagging movements protect them from being caught. Sandell invites us to transpose these patterns of behaviour into the social sphere. The images and objects shown in the exhibition present links and paradoxical relations with various elements and materials used in regulatory treatments of autism. Sandell combines fragility (glass, textiles, and transparency effects) with hardness (sharp edges, spikes, and metal).

The artist's work has received support from Frame Contemporary Art Finland and the Alfred Kordelin Foundation.

QEP

Mia Surakka & Erkko Badermann / .surakka &

The Federation of European Professional Photographers gathered in Catania, Italy, for its 44th qualification judging session.

2023 Saturday, November 25, the QEP jury have awarded 12 professional photographers with the QEP title.

A little late, but congrats to both of you!

Hei kaikki Dialabin mahtavat asiakkaat!

Sunnuntaina tuli 40 vuotta siitä, kun Seppo laittoi kehityskoneet käyntiin ja Dialabin tarina sai alkunsa!

Juhlistamme tänään pyöreitä vuosia klo 10-16 tiloissamme Kalasatamassa rennosti kakkukahvien merkeissä.

Olet lämpimästi tervetullut juhlimaan kanssamme!

Tänään aamulla alkoivat myös päivän mittaiset -40% tarjoukset!
https://www.dialab.fi/tarjoukset/40vuotta

Toivottavasti nähdään kaffeilla!

DIALAB 40-VUOTISJUHLAT ! — Dialab Fine Art Hei kaikki Dialabin mahtavat asiakkaat! Sunnuntaina tuli 40 vuotta siitä, kun Seppo laittoi kehityskoneet käyntiin ja Dialabin tarina sai alkunsa! Juhlistamme keskiviikkona pyöreitä vuosia klo 10-16 tiloissamme Kalasatamassa rennosti kakkukahvien merkeissä. Olet lämpimästi tervetullut juh

Jetro Luhtaa /

Hahnemühle Matt Fibre Print.

Mounted & Aluwood framed posters.

Riitta Sourander /

Hahnemühle H**p prints / Aluwood frame.

Dialabin 40-vuotisjuhlat / Dialab's 40th anniversary

Hei kaikki Dialabin mahtavat asiakkaat!

Sunnuntaina tulee 40 vuotta siitä, kun Seppo laittoi kehityskoneet käyntiin ja Dialabin tarina sai alkunsa!

Juhlistamme Dialabin pyöreitä vuosia ensi keskiviikkona 3.4. klo 10-16 tiloissamme Kalasatamassa rennosti kakkukahvien merkeissä. Olet lämpimästi tervetullut juhlimaan kanssamme!

Keskiviikkoaamuna Dialabin nettisivuilla ja somekanavissa alkavat myös päivän mittaiset -40% tarjoukset! Kannattaa siis olla kuulolla!

Toivottavasti nähdään kaffeilla!

Lämpimin terveisin,

Dialab Oy:n porukka

-------------

Hello all Dialab's wonderful customers!

On Sunday, it will be 40 years since Seppo started the development machines and Dialab's story began!

We will celebrate Dialab's round years next Wednesday, April 3. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at our premises in Kalasatama, relaxedly with cake and coffee. You are warmly welcome to celebrate with us!

On Wednesday morning, the day-long -40% offers also start on Dialab's website and social channels! So it's worth listening!

Hope to see you over coffee!

Best regards,

Dialab Oy's team

Fineart Prints.

Kaisu Koivisto /

Framed painting

Pasi Pentikäinen

Ville Heino /

In yesterday's Huvila & huussi TV show, there was a Matt Silisec®-print we made from Ville Heino's photo.

Photos: Ville Heino

You can buy prints of Ville's pictures here: www.villeheino.com/print-shop

Hahnemühle German Etching Fineart prints.

Netta Tiitinen - Diversiteetti /

Gumbostrand Konst & Form / 29.02.2024 - 21.04.2024

Pohjolan luontotyyppien kiehtova monimuotoisuus & maalaustekniikoiden inspiroiva monipuolisuus.

Luonnossa liikkujan elämyksistä ammentava ja monimuotoisen luonnon arvostusta korostava kokonaisuus tutkii biodiversiteettien piirteitä, ihmisen ollessa pieni osa luontoa ja sen monenkirjavaa lajistoa.

Luonto on ollut minulle syntymästä asti luonnollisen olennainen osa elämää ja identiteetin runkoa, samoin kuin moniulotteinen pohdinta, uteliaisuus ja rohkea erilaisten asioiden kokeileminen. Sosiologian ja sosiaalipsykologian intohimoinen opiskelu on viimeaikoina vahvistanut ymmärrystä siitä, kuinka ihmisen valinnat ja prioriteetit rakentuvat sen ympärille, mitä he sisimmässään arvostavat eniten ja välinpitämättömyys kohdistuu siihen, mikä on jotain kaukaista ja tuntematonta. On siis tuotava luonto lähemmäs ja näkyvämmäksi osaksi arkea, sillä ihminen, joka oppii ymmärtämään luonnon kauneuden ja sen tasapainon herkkyyden sekä monen lajin välttämättömät riippuvuussuhteet, osaa myöskin arvostaa ja kunnioittaa sitä enemmän.