SuomiB Funeral
The B funeral is Pro-Art, Pro-Life, attached to Reality and Convention. It is irrational, dramatic, overemotional, sad for the whole Universe, and respectful towards life. We want to say, in the spirit of that: “We would rather have our new DADA with the old DADA taste!” Jovanka Trbojevic composed and directed, Petri Kekoni and Juha… Read more
2341AD: a journey from the future
2341 AD: a journey from the future is an audio-visual poem that imagines the year 2341. People have vanished. What is left there? What is the world like after humanity, without us people? What would a venue be like if only echoes remain of a prior civilisation? Would it feel lonely? Would it feel relieved?… Read more
Bone Garden
Bone Garden With sound archaelogist Riitta Rainio, we built Bone Garden to Turku, into the medieval basement of The Old City Hall. Bone Garden aimed to become a Stone Ageish sound installation. It was based on Riitta’s research on the Ajvide burial ground on the island of Gotland. It had three parts: with stuff, without… 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
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
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
JIRK
JIRK “Intuitive Soundtranslation” – is the starting point for the collaborative project between me and German soundpoet Dirk HuelsTrunk. Loops & electrostatic charging, friction & fusion, bread & butter, rhythm & play, sauna & beer, meditation and nonsense as our tools we are trying to find a way through the strange borderland of our (nearly)… 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:
Year
Sound installation in Rikhardinkatu library, Helsinki, 1 January-30 June, 2011. Sound Juha Valkeapää, hood Kari Sivonen. The installation got new sound and outfit every month. January’s sounds dated from January 2010, February’s sounds from February 2010 and so on. In February 2013 we built the installation in the gallery of the Finnish Institute in Stockholm.… Read more
