Members of Reflektor ry range from artists and audiovisual-art professionals to enthusiasts of vibrant urban culture. The community gathers once a year at the festival’s opening reception. Annual membership costs €15, and every cent goes directly toward future Reflektor events. If you prefer, you can also join as a supporting member with a voluntary annual fee.

Muksut Mäppää

In collaboration:

Muksut Mäppää (Kids Mapping) is a community-art initiative within the Reflektor festival that boosts civic participation among primary-school children. The project invites kids from the festival’s surrounding neighbourhoods to become festival artists and uses projection-mapping to beam their creations—building-sized—into the cityscape.

By taking place inside schools, the project opens conversations about the children’s agency and their right to shared urban space, then hands them a tool to remake that space in their own image. Working in schools also levels access—especially for youngsters in socially vulnerable situations—and underlines every child’s right to make their voice heard in public.

Presented at: Reflektor Helsinki 2022–2024 | Reflektor Kerava 2024 | Muksut Mäppää Torikorttelit 2024

Metsä korvien välissä

In collaboration:

Metsä korvien välissä (The Forest Between the Ears) is a trilogy of community sound works created for 18–29-year-olds who live with mental-health challenges. Rolling out nationwide as part of the 2024–2025 Reflektor festivals, the project pairs three Finnish sound artists with young adults to co-compose site-specific pieces in natural settings. Scattered across Finland, the works invite listeners to explore the ties between nature and mental wellbeing, to reflect on hope and multiculturality, and to question the stigmas that still cling to mental health.

The concept draws inspiration from the Finnish Central Association for Mental Health’s Skutsi kuulee (“The Woods Are Listening”) initiative, which helps the same age group build a positive bond with nature and supports holistic wellbeing through outdoor activity. Building on that experience and insight, we aim to extend the impact—pushing the conversation further through the medium of art.

Presented at: Reflektor Vuosaari 2024

The association’s mission is to elevate the status and awareness of audiovisual art by expanding access to artistic experiences for everyone.

Its vision is to make high-quality, moving, joyful, and meaningful art experiences available nationwide, all year round.

Reflektor is guided by four core values: quality, courage, community, and equality.