The Posture of Impermanence: Performances
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Performances 11.11.-23.1.
Thu 11.11. 5-7 p.m.
Fri 12.11. 3-6 p.m.
Thu 25.11. 3-8 p.m. / 8 p.m.-2 a.m.
Sat 04.12. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. / 8 p.m.-2 a.m.
Sat 22.01. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. live performances CANCELLED
Sun 23.01. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. live performances CANCELLED
Performance events
Read more about the past performance events.
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Changes in the program are possible.
Mon 17.1. 15.-15.15 pm. : Bulb. Online performance – Timo Viialainen
A physical reaction in things that normally keep their silence.
A Tension that comes with high expectations.
An electric stove.
A cast iron pan.
A microphone that controls a light bulb.
Dry ice.
My voice.
Timo Viialainen (1981) works in the fields of visual art, performance art and sound art. Though most part of his work has been live performances, his contemporary work usually takes its shape in conceptual sculptures that often feature an activating element which engages the viewer. His interest lies in intuitive prelinguistic experience and contradictory concepts that can be found in the various capitalised environments in which we exist. As a performance artist he has performed actively since 2011 in various events in 19 different countries. Timo is a graduate from the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of the Arts Helsinki (2021).
“Bulb” was scheduled to be performed in Artsi´s exhibition hall during the museums performance event weekend, but because of COVID-19 restrictions all indoor public events in Uusimaa are at the moment prohibited.
Viialainen´s performance will be streamed online on Artsi´s Facebook event page on Mon 17th January at 3 p.m. The duration of the performance is around 15 minutes and it will happen in the exhibition space but without live audience. The recording will be on display for about two weeks.
Sat 22.1. 11 am. and 1 pm. : Errand Hang / one-to-one performance – Petros Konnaris, online (whatsapp)
Errand Hang, by Petros Konnaris (Cyprus, 1988–), is a one-to-one performance playing with the condition of being in a supermarket while communicating with another person in another country. The performative walk is a juxtaposition of walking and talking, sharing memories and shopping lists, and figuring out what products and moments we enjoy from the supermarkets.
In the exhibition installation you can get a glimpse of the performance by listening to what might happen during its first minutes.
Register for the 11 am performance.
Register for the 1 pm performance.
Sun 23.1. 11 am. and 1 pm. : Errand Hang / one-to-one performance – Petros Konnaris, online (whatsapp)
Errand Hang, by Petros Konnaris (Cyprus, 1988–), is a one-to-one performance playing with the condition of being in a supermarket while communicating with another person in another country. The performative walk is a juxtaposition of walking and talking, sharing memories and shopping lists, and figuring out what products and moments we enjoy from the supermarkets.
In the exhibition installation you can get a glimpse of the performance by listening to what might happen during its first minutes.
CANCELLED: Performance event Sat 22.01. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
“The Beginner's Guide to Performance Art: A Stand-Up Guided Tour” - James Lórien Macdonald
James Lorien MacDonald (b. Canada, 1977) is a stand-up comedy performer, queer performance curator, and writer. This guided tour will attempt to intermingle the "lofty" world of performance art with the "low-brow" of stand-up comedy. We will tour the artworks without worrying so much about whether we understand them, and hopefully have a laugh.”Letters to Paul” – Anna Cadia
”NADMIDUPA in the Institution” – Karolina Kucia
“Mastication I & II” – H Ouramo
Mastication is movement. Mastication means to chew. Bodies chew, take in, change, extend, get cut off. Something can stand in for them, leave traces, get removed. Mastication I & II, by H Ouramo (Finland, 1985–), form together a study on chewing gum and the connections between plastic, language and feeling as a fragmentary poem of sounds, images, and gestures.
CANCELLED: Performance event Sun 23.01. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
“The Beginner's Guide to Performance Art: A Stand-Up Guided Tour” - James Lórien Macdonald
James Lorien MacDonald (b. Canada, 1977) is a stand-up comedy performer, queer performance curator, and writer. This guided tour will attempt to intermingle the "lofty" world of performance art with the "low-brow" of stand-up comedy. We will tour the artworks without worrying so much about whether we understand them, and hopefully have a laugh.”Bulb” – Timo Viialainen
Past performance events
Opening Thu 11.11. 5-7 pm
5-7pm “Water Properties Tasting” – Tea Andreoletti
In the durational performance Water Properties Tasting, Tea Andreoletti offers the audience a selection of waters to taste, both from public and private sources around the Vantaa Art Museum Artsi. The waters, along with their stories, are served during the opening to question the ownership of water through tasting and comparing its flavours.
Performance event: Fri 12.11. 3-6 pm
3pm "Skin Screen” – LAPS MA class performance: Yun-Chen Chang, Jessica Guez, Amanda Hunt, Tina Jeranko, Maija Linturi, Stefanía Ólafsdóttir, Ladapha Sophonkunkit ja Onur Tayranoğlu.
”Skin Screen” explores the body, as in the flesh as a site for
experimentation in relationship to camera, video and projection.
The relation is intimate and transformative, but also precarious.
4 pm “Bones” – Kemê
An initiation rite, a form of mental resurrection, an act of magic, a powerful warning, or just a reminder of the multifaceted human condition. B o n e s is rooted in one of the symbol-laden rituals still transmitted to us through tales, transcending arbitrary boundaries, eras and geographical locations.
The performance belongs to the more extensive project “Villi Akka’ calling,” supported by The Arts Promotion Center TAIKE.
5pm “Satin muscle travels to an unknown landscape” – Essi Kausalainen
Essi Kausalainen’s work is a performance for a horizontal, vertical and soft stage, and for a reluctant performer as well as objects. Kausalainen is a Helsinki-based artist, whose works are based on the sensuality of the body that is shaped by the interaction between different beings and environments.
Performance event: Thu 25.11. 3-8 pm. / 8 pm.-2 am.
In the Myyrmäkitalo (Artsi exhibition hall, lobby and Kino Myyri) at 3-7 pm.
Isomyyri shopping centre, 2nd floor at 3-7 pm.
Online at 3 pm. 5 pm. and 8pm-2am.
Exhibition open 1-8 pm. Free entry, welcome!
PROGRAMME:
3 pm. and 5 pm. : Errand Hang / one-to-one performance – Petros Konnaris, online (whatsapp)
Errand Hang, by Petros Konnaris (Cyprus, 1988–), is a one-to-one performance playing with the condition of being in a supermarket while communicating with another person in another country. The performative walk is a juxtaposition of walking and talking, sharing memories and shopping lists, and figuring out what products and moments we enjoy from the supermarkets.
In the exhibition installation you can get a glimpse of the performance by listening to what might happen during its first minutes.3-7 pm: “Small and Nice Immigrant Shop” - Dash Che, Isomyyri shopping centre, 2dn floor.
Small and Nice Immigrant Shop is a durational performative event, which is the final part of the performance tryptic “How to like Finland and how Finland can like me (too).” It takes place at IsoMyyri, an old shopping center in Vantaa and shares the floor with other small businesses and some secondhand shops. Small and Nice Immigrant Shop offers exactly what you need - come and get it during the open hours: 15-19 on Thursday November 25th.
3 pm.: “Non-performance-performance” – Vishnu Vardhani Rajan, Artsi exhibition hall.
The performance tests the hypothesis that complaint makers like comedians perform the role of modern day Parrhēsíastes. Parrhēsíais is a term employed by Michel Foucault to essentially refer to frankness and risking one’s life to speak the truth. The performance is part of Convivial Complaint Cell, an activist project alongside being a fictocriticism of blending facts, fiction, auto-ethnographic observations and memoir.4 pm.: ”Space Here We Come” – Leena Kela, Myyrmäkitalo lobby, Kino Myyri.
Through her work, Leena Kela (Finland, 1979–) explores the dialogue between physicality and materiality. Her performances and videos address our relationship with everyday objects and phenomena.5 pm.: “vibrating distance” – Minerva Juolahti, Artsi exhibition hall.
Minerva Juolahti’s (Finland, 1987–) work addresses the dis¬tance and differentiation of bodies. In the work, differenti¬ation takes place through structures that shut in and out, and sound vibrations.6 pm.: “Adventures of Harriharri- Episode II” – Harold Hejazi, Kino Myyri.
A video game performance. Harriharri battles the forces of social exclusion in order to integrate into Finnish society.
Created & Performed: Harold Hejazi (LAPS)
Sound Design: Eliel Tammiharju (Äba)
Supervisors: Jokke Heikkilä, Ray Langenbach
This work is supported by Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) and is produced by both Vantaa Art Museum Artsi and the Theatre Academy of the University of Arts Helsinki.8 pm.- 2 am. “We’re like one place – online bedtime story service” – Katriina Kettunen & Olga Spyropoulou.
We’re like one place is a one-on-one performance that offers a soothing experience of bedtime reading. Each audience member selects the time and the reader that best suits them through the booking form. At the assigned time, they receive a video call from the performer who reads them aloud from the book for approximately 30 minutes.
Performance event: Sat 04.12. 1 pm.-4 pm. / 8 pm.-2 am.
MOVED TO JANUARY: 1 pm: “The Beginner's Guide to Performance Art: A Stand-Up Guided Tour” - James Lórien Macdonald
James Lorien MacDonald (b. Canada, 1977) is a stand-up comedy performer, queer performance curator, and writer. This guided tour will attempt to intermingle the "lofty" world of performance art with the "low-brow" of stand-up comedy. We will tour the artworks without worrying so much about whether we understand them, and hopefully have a laugh.2 pm: ”I was told I chop wood like a ballet dancer” listening event – Freja Bäckman
The starting point for Freja Bäckman’s work lies in the origin of the word concert – to contest, question, dispute (with) as well as agreement in action. The work has been shaped as a collective piece through workshops and improvisation together with a group of bassists and wood choppers. On the performance we listen a vinyl record: “I was told I chop wood like a ballet dancer (On Circles)” vinyl record:
Sound, sound design and original composition for B side: Manuela Schininá
Voice: Elena Schmidt
Record cover: Ebba Fransén Waldhör
Issued by: Scott Elliott / Coda Press, 20203 pm: “Mastication I & II” – H Ouramo
Mastication is movement. Mastication means to chew. Bodies chew, take in, change, extend, get cut off. Something can stand in for them, leave traces, get removed. Mastication I & II, by H Ouramo (Finland, 1985–), form together a study on chewing gum and the connections between plastic, language and feeling as a fragmentary poem of sounds, images, and gestures.
Performances happening on distance:
1 pm and 3 pm : Errand Hang / one-to-one performance – Petros Konnaris, online (whatsapp)
Errand Hang, by Petros Konnaris (Cyprus, 1988–), is a one-to-one performance playing with the condition of being in a supermarket while communicating with another person in another country. The performative walk is a juxtaposition of walking and talking, sharing memories and shopping lists, and figuring out what products and moments we enjoy from the supermarkets.
In the exhibition installation you can get a glimpse of the performance by listening to what might happen during its first minutes.8 pm.- 2 am. “We’re like one place – online bedtime story service” – Katriina Kettunen & Olga Spyropoulou.
We’re like one place is a one-on-one performance that offers a soothing experience of bedtime reading. Each audience member selects the time and the reader that best suits them through the booking form. At the assigned time, they receive a video call from the performer who reads them aloud from the book for approximately 30 minutes.