I had a very inspiring week with Rebecca. Working together felt very refreshing and thought provoking and I’m grateful for that. Exactly what I’ve been missing. So thanks Rebecca!
Rebecca flew back home today suitcase full of rye bread and Hanna Partanen‘s rice pies…
I was so tired I slept all afternoon.
Johanna
Unbearable heat. Walking and talking to people. Recording. Sweating. Creating an audio walk, recording it and testing it out. Some tears. Walking, cycling and also swimming a little bit.
Great week. Inspiring. Lots of thoughts. Many possibilities.
Johanna
Rebecca created “the free relief walk” for me. I followed her instructions and took these photos as instructed.
In the toilet of the city hall:
In the toilet of the main library:
In the toilet of the Hotel Puijonsarvi:
In the toilet of Intro:
The toilet of Minna shopping mall, which I didn’t get into:
I created an audio walk for Rebecca. I really enjoyed making it although I thought a lot about death.
The weather is kind of extreme at the moment. So hot! Cycling was great but Zumba maybe too hot.
Feeling excited, inspired and somehow exhausted. And very hot.
Johanna
We set a task today to make a walk for each other. Rebecca made an autobiographical walk and I made a socially engaging participatory walk. I had a great time creating the walk in two hours, doing the audio walk Rebecca had created and doing my walk with Rebecca.
I had a really nice conversation with a chugger on the market square, talked for an hour with a woman who sells vintage Arabia porcelain and cookware, went to Merja’s shop Alli & Aino which sells Finnish design by Noolan and Lumi Accessories and we participated in the @kuopio.doc project by Anniina Aunola and Anu Rajala-Erkut.
Johanna
with FrenchMottershead!
Rebecca landed yesterday and today we started working at 10am.
We talked an walked.
We walked and talked about our work, the audience, our ideas, about walking and about maps. We went to the Kuopio tourist information and got some maps. We walked more and talked more about autobiography, participation, social engagement and tasks. We realized that we both wanted to be architects.
We had Hanna Partanen’s rice pies in the market square. I had the first strawberries of the year and a cup of coffee.
After dinner we took a walk to the beach and Rebecca swam. I got a sun burn.
Johanna
” Too Much Pussy ! ” Making Of : MAD KATE… by emiliej
Johanna
I’ve been warming up Twirling World show with Sonja, working on the ANTI 2011 programme details and the upcoming book. I’ve been cycling, doing Kinesis and Zumba. Went for a day to Helsinki. And wondered about the flowers in the garden. You cannot imagine how much joy the rhododendrons bring me! And they are all going to bloom this year – very soon.
Johanna
Curators’ Seminar Helsinki
Liput/tickets: Vapaa Pääsy/Free Entry
12:00—16:15 • @ Ateneum-sali/Ateneum Hall, Kaivokatu 2 Helsinki
As a part of the festival two curators’ seminars will be taking place – the first one on Thursday May 26th in Ateneum Hall in Helsinki, and the second on Sunday May 29th in the Studio of Turku City Library.
The festival curators Christopher Hewitt, Kimmo Modig and Lois Keidan representing the Live Art Development Agency, and Nieves Correa, the artistic director of Acción!MAD performance art event and Johanna Tuukkanen, the artistic director of  ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival will be taking part to the Helsinki seminar. Tuomas Laitinen from the Presentaatio – Performance and Live Art Information Center Finland will be the moderator of the seminar.
The topic of the curators’ seminar in Helsinki is “The Processes of Selection in Artâ€. The network of the world of the performance and the live art is relatively young, dense, conscientious and constantly in forming progress. The artists move more internationally nowadays and their networking is more and more extensive. Have the mechanisms of curating, by which the artists are selected to the festivals and corresponding events, changed essentially? Have the performance festivals changed, for instance, in the past ten years, and how? And what kind of changes are there to be expected in the future as far as festivals are concerned?
As a part of the seminar program Presentaatio – Performance and Live Art Information Center Finland will publish the winner of Presentaatio Award for a notable performance and live art act of the year 2010.
In addition Leena Kela, a regional artist of performance art at the Arts Council of South-West Finland will publish the Performance Art Bank database that presents current Finnish performance and Live Art at www.performanssi.com, and in a published catalogue. The database is maintained by Artists’ Association MUU and the Arts Council of South-West Finland.
The event is organised in collaboration with Ateneum Hall and Presentaatio – Performance and Live Art Information Center Finland.
Hope you enjoy this trailer filmed and edited by Jukka Mantere!
Next show in Kuopio on the 19th of June. See you there.
Johanna
Today I did a longer aerobic workout and went for a Nordic walk for about 95 mins. I took it very easy as I’ve been exercising a lot this week (about 10 hours including Zumba, functional training, Kinesis, cycling and Nordic Walking) and my body feels a bit tired. But I wanted to do one longer aerobic exercise so this afternoon was a good moment to do that. It was surprisingly warm and it was ok to just have a t-shirt on as I walked the Jynkänvuoren pururata twice. As I was Nordic walking and listening to music, I was thinking why I feel so tired. This week my body has physically felt tired because of rather hard exercise but I’ve also felt tired in relation to my work. Strange as this hasn’t been the busiest time ever. But I guess I have a few processes going on which always take more energy than expected. Two new works that I’m planning and working on, the ANTI Festival programme and our upcoming book…
I’m so excited about being invited to perform Acts of Clothing in the autumn in few festivals. I was so happy to get a phone call last week from one artistic director and to be invited to a festival I’ve never performed before. Great! And of course we have a show of Twirling World in June at the Paikallisliike event as part of the Kuopio Dance Festival.
Oh well, now it’s time for the ice hockey world championship final!
Johanna