SuomiSong of two men who are cut in their navels
The vocal piece was made for an occasion organized by the M.A. Castrén Society at the Museum of Cultures, Helsinki. It is based on exclamation ”kajjajjuujig”, used in bear rituals of Hantis and Mansis, Siberian Fenno-Ugrian people. I was accompanied by Heikki Laitinen playing naresjuk, a string organ. Sept 18, 1999, duration 15 min’s.
KALEVALA JA SAMMON RYÖSTÖ
A live soundscape with Taito Hoffrén for the Kalevala directed by Atro Kahiluoto. We were the forest, the trees and the birds and the wind. We walked around the audience with long tubes of cardboard on our lips and whispered to the audience’s ears words like wood, linden, birch, block. I had a little role… Read more
ToF
A live soundscape with little dance for the ToF, a choreography by Ismo-Pekka Heikinheimo. ToF handled gay men’s every day life. Five performers – Jari Fyhr, Harri Heikkinen, Jaakko Nousiainen, Juha Valkeapää, Antti Vikstedt – performed it five times at Stoa, Helsinki, Aug 1998. Scenography by Simon Le Roux, light design by Tomi Humalisto.
