Category Archives: Art

meeting in Vienna

Before the midsummer I was in a meeting in Vienna for a couple of days. We sat two intensive long days in this room discussing artists and works for the upcoming UP TO NATURE project. I was very inspired by the meeting but I think this has been the first time ever that I literally didn’t have a chance to do anything apart from going straight into the meeting from airport, going to the hotel at night, taking the tube into the meeting the next day, taxi back to the hotel and bus to the airport early  next morning! So no time to have a walk anywhere, to see anything or to shop. I guess that might be a good thing…

A view from my hotel window:


Our meeting room with a balcony:




A view from the balcony, apparently a big tourist attraction in Vienna (related to classical music) – hundreads of tourists visiting it all day long…

Anyway, thanks Thomas, Olivia, Gregg, Helen, Hannah, Jon (and who did I forget…?) for a great meeting! See you soon,

Johanna

end of the first week of the new project

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

day 4 & 5

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

day 3

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

second day

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

beginning of a new project

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

interesting interview on burlesque


” Too Much Pussy ! ” Making Of : MAD KATE… by emiliej

Johanna

perception

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

Trailer of Twirling World

Hope you enjoy this trailer filmed and edited by Jukka Mantere!

Next show in Kuopio on the 19th of June. See you there.

Johanna

a week of sports

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