Kuvan Kevät 2023 events

Kuvan Kevät 2023 events

Baran Caginli: Baking books

Performance at Kuvan Kevät opening on Fri 5.5. from 17–20. In English.

Baran Caginli is baking bread in the form of Lenin, Marx and Rosa Luxemburg in memory of his father’s burned books, literature prohibited in the 1980’s military governed Turkey. In the exhibition space, the bread will be shared among the visitors.

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Lin Da & working group: Napapiiri – Navel Circle

Napapiiri – Navel Circle (name in Finnish for The Arctic Circle) is a ritual dance work about touch, skin and the search and composition of connection.

Performances: Sundays 14.5., 21.5., 28.5. at 14.00. Language: Finnish and English. Duration: 75min. The performances are free.

The performance leads the participant on an expedition to the Navel Circle. The purpose of the trip is to get to know the navel experientially. There are two ways in which the audience can join the performance; by witnessing it from the sidelines or participating in the expedition. The performances begin on the second floor of the Mylly building. The audience following the performance from the sidelines can move freely between the floors.

Those participating in the expedition are required to take all other explorers into account. The expedition is partly carried out in small groups. All activities on the tour are voluntary, and you can step out of the group at any time and witness the happenings as a bystander.

Expedition groups also move on staircases. In planning the expedition, the people who feel anxious about heights have been taken into account. The people with visual and movement limitations are taken into account with contrasting stripes on the staircase on the 1st and 2nd floors and with a continuous and accessible railing. All the instructions are provided in Finnish and in English. If an expedition member has hearing limitations, the expedition group leader will take this into account.

For a holistic performance experience, sign up by email: lin.martikainen@uniarts.fi. In the email, tell us which performance you want to attend and how many spots you will book. The performances are free. Spots are very limited.

Head of the project, choreographer and guide of the trip: Lin Da
The leaders, co-choreographers and performers of the Navel Circle expedition: Fri Nilas Lindell, Fyodor, Laura Ropo, Lätsä, Maru and Sora
Sound design and music for the performance: Jyri Pirinen
Thesis supervisor: Julius Elo
Mentor: Laura Pietiläinen

More information on Navel Circle.

Katriina Haikala: Social Portrait – Women Only

At exhibition opening on Fri 5.5. from 18–20
Sundays 14.5., 21.5., 28.5. and 4.6. from 14–16

I sit with my model in silence, and we look each other in the eyes. Anyone who has happened to be around, regardless of age, ethnicity, or biological sex, has had the opportunity to sit for a portrait with me. I have drawn two portraits of each model and let the model choose one portrait to take home with them, while I have kept the other one in my portrait collection.

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Day of Performances 28.5. starting at 12

During the Performance day, in addition to the performances by Lin Da and the working group and Katriina Haikala, we will see and possibly participate in doğa's performance Are you home? – the third act, Welcome to the Pet Shop! by Tanja Sirvestrini & the working group and the Elegy Arborseque concert (Eetu Vekki and Meriheini Luoto).

Alyssa Coffin, Silent Dialogue

Sunday 28.5. spontaneously all day

The artist will invite you to join her in activating a woven branch structure for two heads. You can participate by lifting up one side onto your head. Together the artist and participant will close their eyes and remain in silence for as long as they wish, sharing in a silent dialogue.

doğa: Are you home? – 3rd act

Sunday 28.5. from 12:00-15:00

Any passerby is invited. Any language is welcome, present languages are English, Finish, German, Turkish, Kurdish.

The 3rd floor’s kitchen is a space for a collective cooking and eating. This 3rd act is the last knot of the eight-month length ‘gün yapmak’.

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Lin Da & working group: Napapiiri – Navel Circle

Napapiiri – Navel Circle (name in Finnish for The Arctic Circle) is a ritual dance work about touch, skin and the search and composition of connection.

Sunday 28.5. at 14.00. Language: Finnish and English. Duration: 75min. The performance is free.

Read more about Navel Circle.

Katriina Haikala: Social Portrait – Women Only

Sunday 28.5. from 14–16

I sit with my model in silence, and we look each other in the eyes. Anyone who has happened to be around, regardless of age, ethnicity, or biological sex, has had the opportunity to sit for a portrait with me. I have drawn two portraits of each model and let the model choose one portrait to take home with them, while I have kept the other one in my portrait collection.

Read more about Katriina Haikala's performance.

Tanja Silvestrini: Welcome to The Pet Shop!

Tanja Silvestrini & working group (Natalie Seifert Eliassen, Karoliina Korvuo & anonymous)

Sunday 28.5. 2 x 15 min performances at 13 and at 17.

A performance with four performers including speech, costumes, heavy electronic music and physical audience interaction.

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Eetu Vekki: Elegy Arboresque concert

Eetu Vekki: composition, concept, Meriheini Luoto: violin
Sunday 28.5. at 16. Duration 30 min.

The sounding papers of art installation Arborescent by Eetu Vekki, combined with the earthy tones of Meriheini Luoto's violin, weave together a soundscape that takes the listener to the intricate depths of the trees' roots, grooves, and hollows.