In January 2005 the Northern Media Culture Association Magneetti was set up by Minna Rainio, Mark Roberts and Jetta Huttunen. The principle aim of the association is to promote, plan and establish the Magneetti Contemporary Art and Media Culture Center project.

Magneetti's objectives are to promote northern media culture and contemporary art, create networks between artists and create an active network of contemporary arts in Lapland and Barents area.

It aims to do this by setting up a new center for contemporary art and media culture in the city of Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland. Magneetti will exist as an exciting new space for the organization of various interdisciplinerary media culture and contemporary art events

You can join the organisation as a member after it has been officially registered during the first half of 2005. The membership fee will be 10-20 euros. If you would like to keep up-to-date on the status of the project, or to receive notification of any other related activities, you can join the mailing list.

The organisation is run by a board comprised of the following elected members for the period 2005-2006:

Media artist Minna Rainio (Chairman)
Media artist Mark Roberts (Secretary)
Director Jetta Huttunen (Vice-Chairman)
Film Secretary Anna Häkkinen
Lecturer in Digital Media Tomi Knuutila
Sound Designer Vesa Tuisku