The Artist Is at Home
The stage of a contemporary performanceNote: No longer in repertoire!
Showtimes
Tue 23.8.2022 at 7 pm, Studio Pasila
Thu 25.8.2022 at 7 pm, Studio Pasila
Fri 26.8.2022 at 7 pm, studio Pasila
Sat 27.8.2022 at 3 pm, Studio Pasila
Sat 27.8.2022 at 7 pm, Studio PasilaNOTE! PERFORMANCE CANCELLED
Mon 29.8.2022 at 7 pm, Studio PasilaThe performance is subtitled in English. The performance features nudity and intense scenes, as well as mentions of animal injuries and deaths.
Performance Times:
Studio Pasila
Tue 23.8.2022 at 7 pm, studio Pasila
Thu 25.8.2022 at 7 pm, studio Pasila
Fri 26.8.2022 at 7 pm, studio Pasila
Sat 27.8.2022 at 3 pm, studio Pasila
Sat 27.8.2022 at 7 pm, studio PasilaNOTE! PERFORMANCE CANCELLED
Mon 29.8.2022 at 7 pm, studio PasilaThe performance is subtitled in English. The performance contains nudity and strong scenes, and mentions of injuries and deaths of animals.
Kati Korosuo’s solo work The Artist Is at Home is a banal spectacle from a narcissistic artist for an audience thirsty for scandals. In the performance, documentarity and the use of the self as material are emphasized in their egocentricity, to the point of being disturbing. Our time is a stage where everything has already been said and done, shown and seen. What else can the performer’s body mirror?
The starting point for the work is the recurring nightmares about turtles that Kati has been seeing for almost 25 years, which she started documenting on video in 2012. This deliciously honest diary juxtaposes the distorted bodily experience of dreams with the artist’s everyday reality, acting as a bridge between the private subconscious and the collective consciousness. In the work, which springs from physicality, laconic video material collides with a nightmarish stage body.
Kati Korosuo is a Helsinki-based dance artist who is interested in methods that dismantle hierarchies. In addition to her performing work, she has developed her own artistic practice, a dance technique called Dances to a Beat (DTB), which she has taught extensively in Finland and abroad since 2013. Kati is also a member of the performance art collective in Other Spaces and also works as one of the artistic directors of the Höyhentämö theatre association.
Concept and performer: Kati Korosuo
Set and costume design: Annika Saloranta
Lighting design: Outi Vedenpää
Sound design: Miikka Ahlman
Moving photo: Sanni Priha
Seamstress: Pia Lasonen
Mentor: Maija Nurmio
Photos: Erica Nyholm
Presentation photos: Venla Helenius
Trailer: Timo Wright
Production: Helsinki City Theatre’s Contemporary Performance Stage, Kati Korosuo, Höyhentämö – Pluckhouse
Supported by: Arts Promotion Centre Finland
The Stage of Contemporary Performance pilot project, which will be seen at Studio Pasila in 2022 and 2023, will bring different forms of contemporary performance into the Helsinki City Theatre’s repertoire. The activities of the stage of a contemporary performance are divided into a visiting stage and premieres and stage residencies aimed at preparing them.
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Kati Korosuo’s solo performance The Artist Is at Home is a banal spectacle from a narcissistic artist for a scandal yearning audience. Documentary footage and use of self as material are highlighted in its egocentricity to the point of annoyance. Our time is a stage, on which everything has already been said and done, shown and seen. What can the body of the performer still reflect?
The performance is based on Kati’s recurrent nightmares about tortoises. She has dreamt about them for almost 25 years. In 2012, she began to document her dreams on video. This deliciously honest video diary juxtaposes the perverted bodily experience of dreams to the daily realities of the artist, acting as a bridge between the private subconscious and the collective consciousness. In the movement-based performance, the laconic video material collides with a nightmarish stage body.
Kati Korosuo is a Helsinki-based dance artist who is interested in the methods for dissolving hierarchies. In addition to her work as a performer, she has developed her own artistic practice, a dance method called Dances to a Beat (DTB) that she has taught widely in Finland and abroad since 2013. Kati is also a member of the live art collective Other Spaces and she acts as one of the artistic directors of Höyhentämö – Pluckhouse theater association.
Concept and performance: Kati Korosuo
Scenography and costume design: Annika Saloranta
Lighting design: Outi Vedenpää
Sound design: Miikka Ahlman
Moving image: Sanni Priha
Seamstress: Pia Lasonen
Mentor: Maija Nurmio
Photos: Erica Nyholm
Performance photos: Venla Helenius
Trailer: Timo Wright
Production: Helsinki City Theatre’s Stage for Contemporary Performance, Kati Korosuo, Höyhentämö – Pluckhouse
Supported by: Arts Promotion Centre Finland
Stage for Contemporary Performance is a pilot project implemented in studio Pasila during 2022 and 2023. The objective of the project is to include different forms of contemporary performance in the Helsinki City Theatre’s seasonal programme. The activities of the Stage for Contemporary Performance are divided into two parts: a programme of visiting performances and premieres which are created during residency periods.
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