Justiina & her new shoes at night in London, July 2012.
Oh we had such a great time!
Johanna
Author Archives: Johanna
Kokko1721 residency
Johanna will be at the Kokko1721 residency between 27th – 3oth of July creating a video diary based on her physical, psychological and emotional responses to the site which is located in Kangasniemi, Finland.
a week at home
had been amazing! Time for Kinesis, Pilates, functional training, zumba, running, Nordic walking, a gig of Dave Forestfield, a night out with friends, reading about creativity and innovation, cooking, sale shopping and baking. This does not happen in my normal life – especially during one week!
Inspired by our cup cakes in London, I bought this cup cake decorating set from the sales for my daughter.
So today we made our first ever cup cakes!
Very simple, just with one topping. Let’s see how they taste…
Johanna
LONDON
I had a work related trip to Gloucestershire in the end of June/beginning of July and spent a week after that in London starting my summer holiday from ANTI stuff.
Did some nice things and had a great time. Thanks to our hosts Rebecca & Andrew & VP and thanks to all our friends Daniel, Jonathan, Joshua, Kris, Richard, Bryony, Season – it was so lovely to see you all!
We saw the Queen’s diamonds at Buckingham Palace, the Damien Hirst exhibition at Tate Modern, visited the London Transport Museum and Sir John Soanes’s Museum, wondered about in Harvey Nichols, Harrods (didn’t like it all!), Liberty and some cheaper places like Columbia Road, Brick Lane, Laden Showroom, Tatty Devine, Uniqlo, Topshop, M&S, Monsoon, Primark, ate some Lola’s handcrafted cupcakes, great Vietnamese in Shoreditch, good Thai on Bricklane and Turkish on Broadway Market, cheap lunches on Spitalfields Old Food Market, Camden Market and Soho… Oh, we had such a great time!
On the Millenium Bridge
Spot the brand new Shard, tallest building in Europe
The most beautiful girl in the world at the Thistledown Farm, Stroud, Gloucestershire
Birthday cakes at Harrods
But we got some LOLA’s handcrafted cupcakes
At the Buckingham Palace after seeing the Queen’s diamonds
In front of the Sir John Soane’s Museum. It’s free & great! Go if you can!
London Transport Museum
In Camden
Hanging out on Vyner Street, first Thursday of the Month
Dinner on Broadway Market
Oh what a great time we had! London, we will miss you!!!
Jxxx
SEURAA MINUA available until the 2nd of September in Kuopio
Seuraa minua – kävelykuunnelma yhdelle is available in the Kuopio Art Museum until the 2nd of September.
Go ahead and enjoy this walk during which you will hear people’s personally significant stories in the city centre of Kuopio! Duration 1h 11mins, length of the walk app. 3 km, wear comfortable shoes! Available only in Finnish.
Photos: Pekka Mäkinen
Seuraa minua – kävelykuunnelma ensi-illassa Paikallisliike-tapahtumassa 15.6.2012
Seuraa minua – kävelykuunnelma on audiokävely, jossa nauhalta tuleva teksti ohjeistaa katsojaa kävelemään tietyn reitin kaupungilla, ja matkan aikana hän kuulee tiettyihin paikkoihin liittyviä ihmisille merkityksellisiä tapahtumia heidän itsensä kertomana. Kävelykuunnelma johdattaa kuulijaansa pitkin Kuopion keskustan katuja paljastaen mukana olleille vapaaehtoisille merkityksellisiä tapahtumia jotka liittyvät arkisiin paikkoihin, kadunkulmiin, kivenkoloihin ja puiston penkille.
Johanna Tuukkanen ja Rebecca French:
Seuraa minua
Kävelykuunnelma yhdelle
liput 10/15 €
pe 15.6. klo 10-16.30
la 16.6. klo 11-16.30
su 17.6. klo 11-16.30
Lähdöt 15 minuutin välein. Viimeinen kävelykuunnelma alkaa klo15.15!
Seuraa minua -kävelykuunnelmaan osallistuminen vaatii ennakkovarauksen; itak@itak.fi. Paikkoja on rajoitetusti. Lähtöpiste Kuopion taidemuseon työpajatila. Teoksen kesto noin 1h. Kuunnelma saatavana suomeksi.
Teoksen toinen versio on saatavilla Paikallisliike-tapahtuman aikaan Kuopion taidemuseosta ti 19.6. klo 10-16.30 ja ke 20.6. klo 10-16.30.
Acts of Clothing in Uppsala
Johanna is performing Acts of Clothing in Uppsala, Sweden, on 31st of May as part of the Friction – international performance art festival. The performance takes place in the Uppsala konstmuseum.
in Stockholm
I have the luxury to spend a couple of days in Stockholm before traveling to Uppsala where I’ll perform on Thursday.
Last night I hardly got any sleep as I had so much work to finish before the trip that I was really late packing. I had maybe 1-2 hours sleep before getting up at 4am so was rather exhausted. Luckily my flights were on time and all went smoothly. I arrived in my hotel in Södermalm very early and was rather doubtful that they would have any rooms available but they did and gave me one at something like 10am. I was so happy and had a little nap before heading off to town for my business.
In the evening I went to visit Fotografiska and ended up walking a route that took me to completely new places in Stockholm. Here are a few pictures from the way.
Nicest thing today has been speaking Swedish – after my course in academic Swedish this spring I really really enjoy catching up with the language. And now it’s just lovely to be able to speak better Swedish and use the language. Great! You never know where life takes you.
Hope to see you in Uppsala on Thursday!
Johanna
Seuraa minua
I’ve been working with the gorgeous Rebecca French on our collaborative project Seuraa minua (Follow me) during the last week or so. And it has been very inspiring and exciting. What I really love about the project is that it’s something I would never do on my own. So I feel that it’s something that really has grown out of our collaboration and it’s still at this point a kind of a mystery what it will turn out to be like for the audience in the end.
But we’ve been walking, talking, recording and doing all this with our lovely volunteers who are people living in Kuopio, sharing moments of significance of their lives with us, with you, the audience.
So thank you to the lovely people we have been working with. You know who you are.
Johanna
working on a new project Seuraa minua
Johanna is working on a new project Seuraa minua (Follow me) with Rebecca French in Kuopio at the moment. Seuraa minua is an audio walk through the city of Kuopio in which people living in Kuopio share moments of significance related to certain places and sites in the city centre. The work is available during Paikallisliike event in Kuopio in June.