SuomiEna
A piece about a woman & her plastic bags. Directed by Sibylla Klein, danced by Pia Karaspuro, voiced by JV. Five performances in Helsinki in 2006: Forum Box, Feb 3-4; Railway station & Kaisaniemi metro station, Oct 6; Esplande Park, Oct 7. Photo: Pekka Pitkänen
It’s Onni here, hi
Onni means luck and happiness, and it’s also a man’s name in Finnish. I composed soundscape for the Myrskyryhmä piece; choreography was made by Pia Karaspuro. Myrskyryhmä is two dancers: Elli Isokoski and Pauliina Tyni. They take dance to places where you don’t see it, to homes for elderly people and other such institutions. It’s… Read more
Val Afumo
Improvised music with or without films. Marcelo Aguirre, voice and percussions, Andreas Fulgosi, electric guitar, Peter Morrens, voice and turntables, JV, voice. Without films at Event#1 24u, Netwerk, Aalst, Belgium, March 25, 2005; with Mike Ballou films, same place, March 26, 2005.
Memory Works
Exhibition of three artists, visual artists Nea Lindgren and Sándor Vály & JV. Vály’s & JV’s collaboration was called Pro Deo et Patria. It contained an installation with two videos, opening performance and final concert by SV & JV, and two solo concerts by JV, theme being our grandfathers. Galleria U, Helsinki, February 3- March… Read more
TAUKO/PAUSE
A Finnish-German-Italian living work by musician Andreas Fulgosi, dancer Pia Karaspuro, director Sibylla Klein, lighting designer Pekka Pitkänen and JV. Two weeks of work, three performances, October 26-28, 2004, at Hurjaruuth, Cable Factory, Helsinki. Photo: Pekka Pitkänen
DADAILY LIFE
Ten Nordic text and sound artists’ – Lars Bokdahl and Hans Sydow (DK), Outi-Illuusia Parviainen and JV (FI), Kristin Björk and Thorkell Atlason (ICE), Ewa Jacobsson and Oysten Hauge (N), Hanna Hartman and Staffan Mossanmark (S) – net dialogue and workshop that finished with an installation concert at the Roskilde museum of modern art and… Read more
Princess
Radio play. Text Kristiina Wallin, direction Hanna Kirjavainen, sound composition JV, sound design Raija Munck-Lagus, actors Minna Kivelä, Tuula Nyman, Janne Kinnunen, Jarkko Tiainen and Petteri Pennilä. Radio Theatre, Finnish Broadcasting Company, YLE 1, September 26, 2004.
Whole
among others 5 was an interdisciplinary project curated by Jens Brand & An Seebach. It took place at Dortmund Künstlerhaus in May-July, 2004. I worked there with Belgian Peter Morrens, building an installation; we built a wall, a door and a hole, thus creating a white room where you could look into An’s ateljé upstairs. At… Read more
Mamma meedio
Written and directed by Annu Valonen and Karla Loppi, Mamma meedio describes the world and newborn’s life from baby’s point of view. I made the performance’s live soundscape and also performed it in the first performances. Premiere at Puoli-Q, Helsinki, January 12, 2004; touring at Hippalot04, Hämeenlinna, August 5, 2004.
Kiven napa
Kiven napa (‘stone’s navel or pole’, Kivennapa is a small village in Southern Carelia, Russia) was a Valtimonteatteri production written and directed by Hanna Kirjavainen. The premiere was on 26 November, 2003 at Alppisali, Helsinki. The founding principle for the sound design was “we do everything ourselves, alive & unplugged”. The play’s world is in… Read more
