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About Johanna

artist and curator

my performance today

I performed today at the Dancing Advent Calendar in the Maxim shop window in the city centre of Kuopio. I’m performing eight times and today was my fourth live action for the calender. Unfortunately, there’s no documentation of the performances but this is what was left after my show.



If you are interested, there’s a performance everyday at 4.30pm until the 24th of Dec by me, Johanna Keinänen or Anniina Aunola. On the 24th the performance will be at 11am. The Dancing Advent Calender is organized by the Dance Centre of Eastern Finland.

Johanna

problems with my shuffle

I’ve been soooo annoyed by Apple for the last couple of days! Last year I bought an iPod shuffle from New York and now, a couple of weeks ago, the remote control of the headphones stopped working. First, I checked the exact date I bought the shuffle and realized that the one year limited warranty had expired, of course. As I was resetting the iPod and trying to find out from Apple’s website if this was a common problem that could somehow be solved, I found information that 3rd generation iPod shuffles with a certain serial number (made between 2009 and 2010) had a fault in the headphones and that Apple would replace them within 2 years of purchase. Hurray, I thought. My serial number fitted. I followed Apple’s guidelines on their website how to send a product placement request. The last page on their website said that my request had been submitted and that I will receive an email within an hour with the repair status information. But I will also have to FAX a proof of purchase to Apple. What the hell???? Anyway, I got really annoyed when I did not receive the email and I still haven’t. But even more annoying was the thought of having to fax my proof of purchase to Apple although I have an Apple ID and they very well and easily can see what and when and where I have purchased (I bought the shuffle in the Mac Store through my Apple account). So today I’ve set up a fax account to be able to fax the bloody receipt to Apple and there’s still no email from them. Should I make another product replacement request or what???? I also think Apple could have been in touch with the people having the shuffles with the headphone problem, at least the ones with the Apple ID… I wonder how many people have bought the headphones with the remote control without knowing that it’s not their fault that they are not working. 
Anyway, let’s see what happens!

Do you have a 3rd generation iPod shuffle with serial number:
xx909xxxxxx – xx952xxxxxx
xx001xxxxxx – xx004xxxxxx

Here’s what to do in Finnish: http://www.apple.com/fi/support/headphones/replacementprogram/
and in: English: http://www.apple.com/support/headphones/replacementprogram/

Johanna

weekend

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to fully enjoy the long weekend with the Independence day as I performed Acts of Clothing on Saturday night. But the performance went well and was fun to do. The audience consisted mostly of people who don’t spend so much time with art and many of them were positively surprised, enjoyed themselves and asked me where they could see something like this more often. So that was nice. But yes, I’ve had two days off which has been more than needed. My flu is now finally better and I’ve managed to catch up some sleep. I just don’t understand why I couldn’t fall asleep tonight… Well, I do understand actually. I’ve so many things to do and finish, emails to answer, meetings to attend and arrange that they all just twirl in my head. And I’m also doing a little performance tomorrow so that worries me a bit.
Anyway, we had a lovely dinner tonight with sweet potato pie, crayfish paste and rye bread and grilled salmon. Delicious! I also had time to hoover and go for a run. Not bad.


Last week I had a few meetings in different café’s in Kuopio. I seriously don’t understand why Burts Coffee, Kaneli or Fado cannot make their latte’s or cappuccinos with skimmed milk??? Latte for example has a lot of milk in it and tastes completely different if they use the so called ‘coffee milk’ (which tastes awful) or the full fat milk. I don’t understand why the owners of the café’s don’t get this point. So I couldn’t have a coffee in Kaneli or Burts last week. They have seriously lost me as their customer which is a shame as it would be nice to support the small business as supposed to the chains.

Johanna

we did it…

…only twice but it was great.

I don’t want to give the show away and post too many photos…(by Pekka Mäkinen)

Some audience members were crying, hugging me real tight, saying very beautiful words. Some were very distant. That’s ok, too.

Today has been very slow for me. I’m down with a flu and don’t feel that good. But I’m performing tomorrow and on Saturday so I’m trying to gather my energy.

Somehow strange days, strange thoughts. Feeling the vulnerability of a live show. Donating my body.

Candles, fires, warmth, closeness. How wonderful to spend a day at home. Do some laundry, dishes, cook food, sit by the fire, set up Christmas lights, listen to the kids arguing. Thought about my sister, too.

Yes, death. Yes, time passing.

Johanna

welcome to the Twirling World starring… Miss Privilege & Miss Million-Ways

Nov 30th at 7pm & Dec 1st at 1pm in Sotku, Kuopio, Finland.

Bookings: itak@itak.fi or call +358 40 742 9091

You can download the brochure as a pdf here Twirling World.

See you there!

Johanna

ajankohtaista

Johanna Tuukkaselta uusi teos Twirling World

Tanssitaiteilija Johanna Tuukkasen uusi teos Twirling World starring… Miss Privilege & Miss Million-Ways nähdään Sotkulla Kuopiossa 30.11. ja 1.12.2010. Tuukkasen kanssa teoksessa esiintyy tanssi- ja live art –taiteilija Sonja Jokiniemi.
Miss Privilege & Miss Million-Ways liikkuvat maastossa, joka muuttuu kutsuvasta kysyväksi ja vinksahtaneeksi. He asettavat itsensä asetelmallisiin kohtauksiin ja samalla kyseenalaistavat, rikkovat ja muuttavat niitä. Miss Privilege & Miss Million-Ways lahjoittavat merkityt kehonsa tapahtumiin, joissa he leikittelevät kimaltelevilla stereotypioilla, itsensä esineellistämisellä ja katsotuksi tulemisella.

Lippuvaraukset: itak@itak.fi / +358 (0)40 7429091

Huippusuosittu ACTS OF CLOTHING vierailee Yksin Sateessa? –festivaalilla Joensuussa 27.11.2010

Marraskuussa 2009 kantaesitetty ACTS OF CLOTHING perustuu brittiläisen Marcia Farquharin konseptiin. Esityksessä Johanna Tuukkanen on yksin catwalkilla koko elämän läpi ulottuvan vaatekomeronsa kanssa kertomassa tarinoita vaatekappaleiden johdattelemana. Hyvinkin paljastavat ja henkilökohtaiset tarinat avaavat kuvaa tämän päivän naisesta ja kertovat häikäilemättömän suorasukaisesti noloista väärinymmärryksistä, syrjinnästä, rakastumisesta, äitiydestä, irtisanomisista, onnistumisesta, taiteilijuudesta, perheestä, täyttymättömistä pyrkimyksistä ja irtiotoista. Arjen tragikoomisuus ja Tuukkasen itseironisuus ravistelevat catwalk-tradition puhumattomuutta.

Johanna mukana Tanssivassa Joulukalenterissa Kuopiossa

Itäisen tanssin aluekeskuksen tanssiva joulukalenteri on todellinen vaihtoehto joulun aineelliselle hössötykselle. Kalenterin luukku avautuu entisen elokuvateatteri Maximin ikkunassa joka päivä tarjoten liikelahjan, joka ei saastuta, ei jää nurkkiin pyörimään ja on aina sopivan kokoinen. Ja niin kuin hyvä lahja aina, Tanssivan joulukalenterin lahjat myös yllättävät. 
Joulukalenterin on ideoinut tänä vuonna freelance tanssitaiteilija ja koomikko Johanna Keinänen yhdessä tanssitaiteilija Anniina Aunolan ja Johanna Tuukkasen kanssa. Luukut avautuvat 1.-23.12. klo 16.30 ja aattona klo 11.00. Haapaniemenkatu 23:n ja Maljalahdenkadun kulmassa Kuopiossa. Johanna Tuukkanen esiintyy joulukalenterissa kahdeksan kertaa.

Juuri kolmivuotisen taiteilija-apurahan Taiteen keskustoimikunnalta saanut Johanna Tuukkanen tunnetaan erityisesti intiimeistä, esiintyjän ja katsojan vuorovaikutukselle perustuvista teoksistaan. Tuukkanen lähestyy teostensa teemoja usein itseironian kautta ja hän on kiinnostunut tuomaan esille ajan, paikan, fyysisyyden, hetkellisyyden ja arjen käsitteitä. Maija Hirvasen mukaan ”Arjen lisäksi Johannan töissä ovat 10 vuoden ajan näyttäytyneet leikkisästi erilaiset naismyytit ja sukupuoliset todellisuudet. Hän on diiva, äiti, olento, humoristinen luomu-bitch, Niskavuoren emäntä viettelevässä versiossa.”

Nähdään esityksissä!

on the way to and in Madrid

On my way to Madrid I did so me usual shopping at the Helsinki airport. I also had some time for a lunch and went to the new Deli at the gate 28. It was ok although a bit pricy. The interior design was nicely modern and it had a relaxing atmosphere. Anyway, it was much nicer than the old Pronto or what ever it was called.




I bought the new Lancome Teint Miracle products (so gorgeous!) and got a lovely goodie bag with some serum (I so need that!), parfume, lipstick and mascara. Hurray! I noticed that the bag was designed by Jasmin Santanen.





A short walk in the neighborhood in Madrid, near Matadero:




Off now! I have my ANTI talk today.

Johanna

sneak preview of my upcoming show

Performers: Miss Privilege & Miss Million Ways.

Photography: Pekka Mäkinen

So what do you think??? Comments?

Johanna

on blogging

My friend Vilja stayed with us the other day and it turned out that she was having a conversation with someone about my blog. And more specifically, about my relationship to commodities. Vilja explained that trough my art, she had thought or interpreted that my relationship to commodities is more critical than it appears from my blog.

It’s really nice to hear something like that and I wish that she and people wondering about this blog would comment posts more actively. But Vilja hit a point in a way, as I’m struggling a lot at the moment with the blog. Those of you who blog, are all familiar with these problems, I’m sure, but for me there are so many concerns going on that I don’t really know what to write about. And as you know, I tweet, so I use Twitter for micro blogging, writing short tweets daily. And as I’ve wanted to keep this blog as a ‘life style blog’ as supposed to narrowing the theme into something like artist diary, a diary about the process of creating performances, or something specific like a fashion or a diet blog. So I write about my life as an artist and artistic director; about things that inspire me, what I’m busy with, what I’m working on or simply what is happening. So this could be anything.
And as a blogger, you have no control over your readers, and as I’m working somewhat publically, I’ve become acutely aware that there are certain things about my life that I don’t want for example the funders of my work to read. And this, strangely, has partly to do with my love and passion for design and some designers that inspire me and bring joy into my life.

But why is it, that design as a source of inspiration and joy, is often seen as more commercial and superficial than for example literature and music? We all know that creative industries are a big business and literature and music play definitely a huge part in that business.

So, a confession:
I love design. Some people, including Vilja, might think that I’m a brand junkie, but that is not true. I simply love good design where the genius of the designer manifests itself in a brilliant idea. So I don’t care so much about the brand or the designer, as long as the idea hits me, that’s enough. Of course there are some designers that I follow and who’s work I’m interested in, but unless they come up with something that turns me on, I’m just not going to buy their items just for the name sake. Their work has to inspire me intelligently, but of course it has to function well, appeal aesthetically and bring enlightenment to the every day. (Equally, there are designers I dislike or who represent something I don’t want to be associated with. )

A great design item could perhaps be compared to a gorgeous meal. You can eat and get all the nutrition you need from boiled rice, cooked veggies and a piece of tofu or fish or chicken but this all could also be brought to the next level and be eaten in a beautiful dish that brings joy not only for the belly but to the eye and the taste buds – and could be shared in a lovely social gathering of friends and loved ones.

Another confession:
I fancy certain commodities. These are at the moment
1.    a hybrid bicycle
2.    any kind of bicycle for my partner (he doesn’t have one)
3.    hiking boots
4.    iPhone
5.    an armchair (ok, one or two)

Ok, change of subject.
This week has been so busy that I’m not going to match my exercising targets. It’s a shame. But it hasn’t been a bad week. I went twice to Kinesis work out and once water running. And I’ve worked quite intensively although not very physically with Sonja, so I think it’s all ok. Next week I’m off to Helsinki with Sonja to do some background studies for the upcoming show… We’ll check out a Burlesque club and participate in two workshops by Miss Indigo Blue. Should be fun!!!

When I came home from the swimming pool today, this ermine was jumping and running in the backyard & forest.




Photos by Pekka Mäkinen.

Hope you’ll have a nice week. Let me know your thoughts and comments.

Johanna

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Johanna