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Event theme in 1996 was Finnish Documentary . We had a major photography exhibition with 19 finnish photoartits. In the seminar discussion there were Raoul Grünstein, Asko Mäkelä and Inari Tennilä conversating the situation of documentary aspect in photoart.

Critical authenticity, the theme of the event, refers to the ability to respond and to exercise critical responsibility in authentic situations of social and ethical urgency.

In 1993 we had workshops, the artists were Jashi Kleine from Germany and Heinz Cibulka from Austria. In that event there was the open discussion; NamNam 93, at the theme on Morality and Religious in Photography and Advertising (of Benetton).

Backlight´s emphasis is against mainstream and opens a remarkable sequence of international exhibitions including classic photography, installation, sculpture, collage and projection.

In 1990 it was Danny Lyon from the US and Rifkhat Yakupov from the USSR who arrived to give lectures and teach in the workshops. Their exhibitions were displayd in Nykyaika. The theme was politically quite actual: East goes West.

The British photographers Martin Parr, Paul Graham and Vigtor Burgin were invited in 1987 as the first meeting`s guests in triennial of Nykyaika. Their show was arranged in cooperation with the Tampere Museum of Modern Art. The theme of the event was New British Documentary.