SuomiJuha Valkeapää 50 yrs
This solo got its spark from a very personal perception, how a middle-aged man behaves like a teenage boy when falling in love and waiting for reaction, feedback from his love’s object. The performance plays with the real person and role, celebrates life, plays Adele, ponders on animal behaviour and one plant. Soundscape is stippled… Read more
Executed Stories
In this lecture performance, I tell life stories of executioners and executed people, and demonstrate execution methods. Tone of the performance is neutral and factual, with a touch of humour. And in the end, there is the last meal! There are two versions of Executed Stories, a 2 h 20 min long full version and… Read more
Kõrv, heli ja hark puu otsas
Ear, sound and wig in a tree is a live audio play about listening. The main character is a tree. The author is sound artist Eleonora Tikas (EST), with whom I performed the piece in October, 2012, at Kanuti Gildi Saal’s studio, Tallinn. For audience we built light white space, tent, where they could take… Read more
Poor fellow
Collected money for the Kerava Art Museum in August-September 2012. Got 12,70 euros.
It seems a good place to build a house
It seems a good place to build a house – What did I say? – That you don’t love me. – But I do. In Estonia and Finland people believe that a man is not a man if he has not built a house. And once that house is ready, he starts to build a… Read more
MASKI
Art in Odd Places 2011 took place from 1st til 10th of October, on 14th St, Manhattan, NY. With Geert Vaes (BE), we participated in the festival with our piece MASKI. First we found ingredients for a mask on the street, then we holded them in front of our faces and went to 14th St.… Read more
Digested
Digested is a series of vocal pieces, taking place in 2011 at the writers’ statues in Helsinki, on the writer’s birthday. I digest the writer’s main work and perform a sound poem of it, as a conclusion. In the photo: half of the Välskärin kertomukset by Z. Topelius
Jargon
Jargon is a series of vocal pieces, taking place in 2011 at the politicians’ statues in Helsinki, on the politician’s birthday. For an hour I talk jargon. Päiväkirja / Diary Watch a video clip by Sándor Vály: Photo: Kaja Kann
Talk to me
25 monologues. Concept and direction Mart Kangro. Performers Kaja Kann, Mart Kangro, Taavi Kerikmäe, Vera Nevanlinna ja Juha Valkeapää. The first performances in Zodiak, Helsinki, 19-28 August, 2011. The second round of performances in Kanuti Gildi SAAL, Tallinn, August & September, 2011. And then Baltoscandal, Rakvere, 4-5 July, 2012; Baltic Bubble, Tallinn, 20 September, 2012;… Read more
Talkie-walkie
Talkie-Walkie Voice dances in Geert Vaes and Juha Valkeapää’s co-operation. Sidestep Festival, Cable Factory, Helsinki, 9th and 11th of February, 2011. ”Sivuaskel-festivaalilla ’nähtiin’ myös teos, jossa tanssi oli ääniä pimeässä.” Jussi Tossavainen, Helsingin Sanomat, 14.2.2011 Watch the trailer:
