Animal beings (AB) is a performance that takes the shape of a guided tour. 

AB gives the human animal the opportunity to imagine and place itself in the lives of other animals and shows how interconnected all the lives on this planet are.

In AB I play and wonder the world. My instruments are my voice with and without words, amplified and not amplified, my body plus texts, performance scores and soundscapes.

I may perform AB solo but I’m not making it alone. And in performance situtation, occasionally, I may form a flock with the audience.

The first version: Palazzo Lucarini, Trevi, 03/23

The second version: Theatre Museum, Helsinki, 09/24

 

Other people

Heidi Soidinsalo, discussion partner, some sound stuff, and English translations of the poetry

Niina Lehtonen Braun, image

 

Texts

Eva Meijer, Animal Languages, 2019 (translated by Laura Watkinson)

Eeva Kilpi, Animalia, 1987

Henriikka Tavi, Remu, 2023

Maila Pylkkönen, Kesy lintu / Tame Bird, from the collection Jeesuksen kylä / The village of Jesus, 1958

Anni Kytömäki, Margarita, 2020

Sirpa Kyyrönen, Talviunia, 2024

W. S. Merwin, Siriuksen varjo ja muita runoja, 2023 (Finnish translation by Kimmo Räntilä)

Matsuo Bashõ, William Blake

 

Residencies

Palazzo Lucarini, Trevi, PG, 03/23; Theatre Museum, Helsinki, 08–09/24

 

Production

Juha Valkeapää’s Voice

 

Support

Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Finnish Cultural Foundation