Nordic Sessions III, Helsinki (FI), September 2021/2022
performance protocols Nordic Sessions # 3: soundings Helsinki (FI) https://www.facebook.com/performanceprotocols
The first part of performance protocols Nordic Sessions # 3 was held in Helsinki from September 18.-27. 2021 and the second part on September 11. 2022. The topic for this edition was soundings in performance and included different ways to use sound as a tool, material, and theme, spanning from music compositions to performance art exploring a conceptual use of sound; framing both amplified and non-amplified sound, performances in public space, and active listening exercises.
The performances and scores presented at the Helsinki events thus activated a wide range of concepts such as e. g. a ceremony for a park, animal and vegetal soundings, participation, electrical power relations, public space and safety, Krispr sounds, the sound of real-estate data, as well as the triggering of pleasure and pain. The events took place in the art spaces Third Space (exhibition and performance sessions) and Akusmata (performance program), and outside in public space.
The artists contributing to performance protocols Nordic Sessions # 3 were: Ana Gutieszca (MX/FI); Jenna Jauhiainen (FI); Essi Kausalainen (FI); Petri Kuljuntausta (FI); Tero Nauha (FI); Timo Viialainen (FI), Eero Yli-Vakkuri & Tina Mariane Krogh Madsen (FI/DK). As well as remote scores by Eva Sjuve (SE), and Malte Steiner (DE/DK).
All participating artists exhibited their scores at Third Space. The exhibition opened on September 18. and close on September 27. and included the almost daily performance sessions “Trigger-Happy” by Jenna Jauhiainen. The performance program in Akusmata will took place on September 22. and 23. with performances by Ana Gutieszca, Petri Kuljuntausta, Tero Nauha, and Timo Viialainen as well as a participatory score by Eva Sjuve. Public space performances started on September 18. with Essi Kausalainen's “Cosmos Garden” was performed at the opening event, and September 24. Eero Yli-Vakkuri & Tina Mariane Krogh Madsen performed their collaboration “Safety as Ambience” at the Tripla Mall in Pasila, Helsinki (with a listening session in the early evening at Third Space).
Opening performance, September 18. 2021, public space
Essi Kausalainen, Cosmos Garden (2018/2021)
The performance took place outside at Tähtitorninmäki where artist and audience moved together from Third Space to the park at 15:00.
From 19.09-21.9 and 25.09-27.09.2021, Third Space
Jenna Jauhiainen, Trigger-Happy (2021)
Performance-dates: 19., 20., 21., 25., 26., 27. September.
Appointments between 18.00 and 20.00 (via registration: info (at) performance-protocols.net, your participation is first guaranteed when you receive a confirmation e-mail).
22.09-23.09.2021, Akusmata
Eva Sjuve, Krispr (Spatialized) (2021)
The score was reperformed by Tina Mariane Krogh Madsen.
22.09.2021, Akusmata
Tero Nauha, Current. Mix. Currents. (2021)
Minor experiment for theremin, analog synthesizer, curtain and fan.
22.09.2021, Akusmata
Timo Viialainen, What did you do as a child when the thunder cut the power?
23.09.2021, Akusmata
Ana Gutieszca, Insecta (2021)
23.09.2021, Akusmata
Petri Kuljuntausta, Sonification of an Organic Growth (2021)
24.09.2021, public space performance (Tripla, Pasila) and listening session in Third Space
Tina Mariane Krogh Madsen/Eero Yli-Vakkuri: Safety as Ambience (2021)
18.09-27.9.2021, remote score exhibited as part of the Score exhibition in Third Space
Malte Steiner: piece for cello and real estate data (2021)
The score was reperformed on September 11. 2022 outside REDI, Kalasatama, Helsinki by cellist Joasia Cieślak (as Nordic Sessions # 3 part 2):
http://performance-protocols.net/Helsinki2021/Helsinki2.html
About performance protocols
performance protocols is a nomadic platform for instruction-based performance art and collaborative practices which opened its first online exhibition Walking Protocols I (INT) in June 2019. In February 2020, came the first in a series of Nordic Sessions, where bureaucratic protocols were presented and performed in Aalborg (DK). In May 2021, Walking Protocols II took place in Copenhagen (DK). After the Helsinki edition, future performance protocols Nordic Sessions will take place in Bergen (NO) in May 2022. performance protocols is organized and curated by artist and researcher Tina Mariane Krogh Madsen (DK).
Practical information:
--- We will take all necessary Covid19 precautions to keep each other safe. These restriction might differ from location to location due to the amount of people it can accommodate to keep a safe distance, so please check for updates on social media (facebook) and on performance-protocols.net. Only arrive to the events if you are feeling healthy and we encourage everyone to wear masks inside the spaces and when the situation requires it.
--- To reserve, write full name, contact info, to which performance and day you wish to book for (reservations only required when mentioned) to: info@performance-protocols.net.
Please note, your reservation is first confirmed when you have received a confirmation email back from us! If you have registered and cannot attend anyway, please write us back so we can give the space to someone on the waiting list.
--- For the activated score by Eva Sjuve, the artist is not intended to be present, but the score should instead be activated on behalf of the artist.
--- Venue addresses:
Third Space, Tarkk'ampujankatu 18, 00150 Helsinki
Akusmata, Tukholmankatu 7 K, 00270 Helsinki
For public space performances follow the instructions in the descriptions.
performance protocols Nordic Sessions is supported by the Nordic Culture Point, Nordic Council of Ministers, and Nordic Culture Fund (Opstart).