Author Archives: Johanna

About Johanna

artist and curator

Nordic Gold -tapahtuma nostaa esiin suomalaista populaarikulttuuria Alankomaiden johtavassa konsertti- ja taidekeskuksessa

Kuopiolaisen tanssitaiteilija Johanna Tuukkasen uusin teos Twirling World vierailee joulukuussa kulttuurikeskus Melkwegissä Amsterdamissa Nordic Gold -tapahtuman ohjelmistossa. Monitaiteellisen tapahtuman tarkoituksena on tuoda esiin mielenkiintoisia pohjoismaalaisia teoksia ja tekijöitä tanssin, musiikin, video- ja kuvataiteen aloilta. Tanssin alalta Suomesta tapahtumassa vierailevat myös mm. Karttunen Kollektiv & Vera Nevanlinna, Maija Hirvanen, Cecilia Moisio, Jaakko Toivonen ja Leena Keizer. Kuvataiteilija Essi Utriainen tuo Melkwegiin mediataideteoksia ja performansseja. Katariina Lillqvistin animaatioita voi nähdä koko festivaalin ajan. Myöhäisnäytöksenä esitetään Jalmari Helanderin elokuva Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale.

Twirling World on Johanna Tuukkasen viimeisin esitys, jossa hänen kanssaan nähdään tanssija-performanssitaiteilija Sonja Jokiniemi. Teoksen mieleenpainuvat hahmot 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. Teoksen ensi-ilta oli 30.11.2010 Kuopiossa.

Nordic Gold: Finland -tapahtuma 15.-17.12.2011. Twirling World 16.12.2011. www.melkweg.nl/nordicgold

Lisätiedot: Itäinen tanssin aluekeskus, Eeva Suutari-Saatsi, 044 055 3009, eeva.suutari-saatsi@itak.fi, www.itak.fi

Lehdistökuvat: www.tuukkanen.net

Nordic Gold: Finland -festivaalin konsertit ovat osa FIMICin Benelux-maissa syksyllä 2011 tapahtuvaa Arctic Accents -tiedotuskampanjaa. Festivaalia ovat tukeneet Taiteen keskustoimikunta, Zodiak – Uuden tanssin keskus. Twirling Worldin vierailua ovat tukeneet Itäinen tanssin aluekeskus ja Kuopion kaupunki.[/lang_]

Have you experienced a moment that changed your life?

*** 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

Oletko kokenut käänteentekevän hetken, joka on muuttanut elämäsi?

*** 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

ANTI SHOP

At ANTI we are concerned of your well-being, health and your sexual health. For those in long-term relationship, we sell the ANTIVERSARY book which highlights our history of 10 years with beautifully documented imagery. It is a great example of growth and development and a fabulous study book for those still waiting for the first anniversary. For the more adventurous, we still have a few PUBLIC SPACE MY ASS hand made t-shirts left. Please visit the ANTI SHOP to get what you want. And remember, our mission is love, wellbeing, health and sexual health!




Have a great time shopping!

Johanna

happy Father’s Day!

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

last few days…

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

lots of work & fun

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

reading, writing, thinking, reflecting

Uuuh, I’ve been reading books and articles related to my studies all day. I have no idea how I’m going to pass all the exams, write articles and research plans related not only to my studies but also my work. Well, one thing at a time but I do feel a bit helpless at the moment. But I am excited like a little child about everything! It’s such a privilege to be able to study, develop my thinking and challenge myself and my thoughts. I love it.

And I’m so exited about my upcoming working period in London and a performance in Amsterdam! My weeks are extremely full but it’s so exciting to be giving talks, performing, writing, working on a new project and of course studying that I’m positive that I will somehow survive the upcoming intense months. We’ll see.

Today I finally managed to squeeze in a Zumba class at the Functional Studios and a bike ride there and back. Oh it was so good and soooo needed.

I’m so happy about my new sister Maija being part of my chosen family. At least one person to remember my birthday! Well, at this age birthdays are not very important events and it takes at least five minutes to calculate my age, but it’s still nice if someone remembers it. Well, my dad called me in the evening and I did get a card from my grandparents so I can’t complain. To treat myself, I bought a limited edition bottle of Codorníu Gran Plus Ultra and it’s amazing! If you can get hold of any, get as many bottles as you can – if you love cava as much as I do! What a treat. It’s a great wine.


Yesterday I went to town with my daughter and I had to go and try this I’m your queen dress on which a saw a couple of days ago. And when I put it on, there was no way I could leave it in the shop. It fitted just perfectly for me and I know I will wear it a lot. So since no-one else is treating me, I have to do it myself (sounds a bit perv but you know what I mean…)! Anyway, Nanso’s autumn collection is very nice so go and have a look at their collection. The best collection is of course in Helsinki in their shop on Mikonkatu but Kuopio’s Sokos has a surprisingly good selection at the moment. It’s about time…

I also saw two dance performances yesterday which made me really happy somehow. It was great to see my old time collaborator Jukka Ristolainen to perform and I’ve been enjoying getting to know Terhi Kuokkanen more as a performer, too. She is young, but gorgeous.

Hope you’ll have a great week!

Johanna