SuomiPoor 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:
10 journeys to a place where nothing happens
Musician Taito Hoffrén and artist Juha Valkeapää started this journey to a place where nothing happens in 2005. It has been a long, dark and winding road, but we came out as winners from our first trip: the Baltic Circle journey went smoothly, although the Merc didn’t start in the Sunday night, when we were… Read more
Kallocain
Kallocain is an opera for two voices: JV voice, Girilal Baars voice and electronics, Kaja Kann director and lights. Written by Girilal, Juha and Kaja, it is a live abstracted opera for the stage based around the novel Kallocain (1940) by the Swedish writer Karin Boye (1900-1941). The piece commisioned by and premiered at the… Read more
No I Be Yonder
When inviting me to participate in No I Be Yonder, Geert Vaes described it as a beyond-leading ritual, using words like chance, dada, John Cage, Sun Ra. He talked about Wittgenstein’s red cupola and three kind of people that lived under it; some of those didn’t know that the cupola existed, some knew but didn’t… Read more
