Published at November 18, 2011
in News.
*** Have you experienced a moment that changed your life? ***
*** Can you spare an hour to meet me and tell me your story? ***
I am an artist, researching city-centre Kuopio and the stories of people who live or work here, either now or in the past. I would like to meet up with you and hear about a life-changing conversation or moment that you experienced.
Please call me on 040 7429 091 to fix a time for us to meet, either at your home or I can take you for a local coffee.
Thanks in advance.
Johanna Tuukkanen
Published at November 18, 2011
in News.
*** Oletko kokenut käänteentekevän hetken, joka on muuttanut elämäsi? ***
*** Onko sinulla aikaa tavata ja kertoa minulle tarinasi? ***
Olen taiteilija, joka tekee teosta Kuopion keskustasta ja Kuopiossa asuvien tai työskentelevien ihmisten tarinoista – nykyisistä tai menneistä. Haluaisin tavata sinut ja kuulla elämäsi muuttaneen käänteentekevän keskustelun tai hetken, jonka olet Kuopion keskustan alueella kokenut.
Soita minulle numeroon 040 742 9091 sopiaksesi tapaaminen joko omassa kodissasi tai voin viedä sinut kahville.
Kiitos etukäteen.
Johanna Tuukkanen
Published at November 13, 2011
in Life.
With Justiina I baked today a chocolate blueberry cake and it was delicious! It didn’t look that amazing and I was surprised how different (and difficult!) it was to handle white chocolate compared to dark one. So it was a bit of a mess but anyway, happy Father’s Day!
Do you remember my chili plants? They grew very well and I’ve used the harvest already for a while. And this is what I’ve left to dry. Beautiful & very very hot!
Today I’ve been reading and writing an article but there’s much more to read and write. Tomorrow I’m off to Jyväskylä. And I’m performing Acts of Clothing on Saturday so need to rehearse, go through the clothes, the stories of my life… So it will be a busy week.
Johanna
I’ve been a bit up and down. My plans for this week changed completely because of an unexpected situation at work and I’m now behind my schedule in many ways. Well, I guess things were going too smoothly for a couple days – something just had to happen. Well, I won’t get into that more.
I went to Helsinki on Thursday for a meeting and also had a chance to visit Suvilahti where Esitystaiteen keskus has their new office and rehearsal space. I had a lovely talk with Annika Tudeer, Anna Krzystek and Timo Fredriksson from Oblivia. It was really great to see them and I miss them! Their new space is great and even the Kalasatama tube station welcomes you with posters of environmental art projects and the importance of arts for the area. How cool is that?
But I did get my new glasses today so I’m happy!
Glasses Kenzo. Dress Nanso Black Dress collection, model Can I call you dear?
Have to get some sleep now.
Johanna
What a luxury to be at home for a few days. I’ve gone for runs, dentist, library, ice-skating with my daughter, Zumba, Pilates, seen friends, wrote comments for a MA thesis and have read some stuff. But not nearly enough! I have a huge pile of books that I need to read, articles and essays to write and performances to warm up and work on. I’m so fully booked until Christmas that I just hope I won’t catch a flue or anything. I’m very excited to travel to London to work with Rebecca French in the beginning of December. We’ll continue our collaboration which we started in June in Kuopio. And after that, I’ll be performing Twirling World with Sonja in Melkweg, in Amsterdam. They have a very exciting Finnish programme for a couple of days and I’m very happy and proud to be part of that.
More later!
Here’s a picture of my daughter ice-skating on Saturday in Leppävirta. She’s so gorgeous! Although the competition didn’t go very well for her –she was so nervous- she did much better than last time and I love her what ever she does!
Johanna
