Art for Homes Malmi

Joukko ihmisiä istuu tiiviisti yhdessä viihtyisässä, kirkkaasti sisustetussa olohuoneessa ja seuraa tarkkaavaisesti muusikoiden esityksiä kirjahyllyn ja eloisan punaisen ja oranssin seinävaatteen äärellä.

Helsinki City Theatre’s audience outreach team will organise Taidetta koteihin events as part of the Pääroolissa Malmi project during the 2025–2027 seasons. Taidetta koteihin is a concept that transforms ordinary homes and residential surroundings into stages and venues for artistic events.

Four adults pose together indoors, all wearing light purple or lavender tops and jeans. They are smiling and standing close together in a bright, modern setting. — The Taidetta koteihin team: Laura Ikonen, Janne Puustinen, Jenny Jumppanen, Aleksi Kinnunen Photo: Sonja Tolonen

TAIDETTA KOTEIHIN – PERFORMANCES IN LIVING ROOMS

Helsinki City Theatre’s audience outreach team will organise Taidetta koteihin events as part of the Pääroolissa Malmi project during the 2025–2027 seasons.

Taidetta koteihin is a concept that transforms ordinary homes and residential surroundings into stages and venues for artistic events. Each event is individually designed around the resident’s wishes and ideas. The artists involved in the Pääroolissa Malmi project help plan and deliver the events. The finished events bring together people who have never met before, as they are open to everyone.

Taidetta koteihin events bring art and culture directly into people’s lives, making them part of everyday life. The aim is to bring people together and strengthen the local community through art, shared activities and experiences.

Taidetta koteihin events are created by the Pääroolissa Malmi project artists Laura Ikonen, Jenny Jumppanen, Janne Puustinen and Aleksi Kinnunen. Depending on the content of each event, other arts professionals have also been invited to take part.

Koripyörää pitelevä esiintyjä poseeraa vaaleanpunaisten ja violettien valojen keskellä. Suomenkielisessä tekstissä lukee Taidetta koteihin, ja siinä on näyttelyn yksityiskohtia ja logoja unenomaista, valaistua taustaa vasten. — Photo: Sonja Tolonen

TAIDETTA KOTEIHIN -VALOKUVANÄYTTELY NOW ON VIEW IN THE FOYER OF HELSINKI CITY THEATRE’S STUDIO PASILA!

The photography exhibition captures the atmosphere, homes and encounters of the Taidetta koteihin events held during the 2025–2026 season. It also offers those who were unable to attend these intimate performances an opportunity to glimpse inside the events.

Photography: Sonja Tolonen
Exhibition dramaturgy: Laura Ikonen, Janne Puustinen
Artistic direction of the Taidetta koteihin concept: Laura Ikonen, Jenny Jumppanen, Aleksi Kinnunen, Janne Puustinen

For more information about Taidetta koteihin events and the Pääroolissa Malmi project: paaroolissamalmi@hkt.fi/ 0504758701 (Laura Ikonen)

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Vaaleanvihreällä pohjalla yksinkertainen talon ääriviiva, jonka alla vaaleanpunaisella siveltimellä lihavoitu suomenkielinen teksti TAIDETTA KOTEIHIN ja esityksiä olohuoneissa.

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PAST TAIDETTA KOTEIHIN EVENTS

A collage of four photographs showing small music and performance gatherings in cosy living rooms, with performers on makeshift stages and attentive audiences seated close together in warm, homely surroundings. — Taidetta koteihin, spring 2025 events. Photos: Sonja Tolonen

14.4.2025 Ramy Essam – a living room concert
An apartment in Pihlajamäki
An acoustic folk rock performance in a warm and vibrant living room.

23.4.2025 Selloa ja dekkareita
An apartment in Malmi
In the intimate setting of a living room, the audience enjoyed the intense atmosphere created by cello music and detective fiction as the performers interpreted works by Agatha Christie.

29.4.2025 Prosessissa
An apartment in Malmi
For this event, a home was transformed into a stage for the artistic process. The audience watched theatre artists work on different aspects of a performance in real time and had the opportunity to influence the content of the performance presented at the end of the evening.

13.6.2025 Vanhasta uutta
A semi-detached house in Malmi
The spacious, welcoming living room became a creative space for shared activities, bringing stories and crafts together.

A collage of five photographs: two people speaking on a lit stage, a woman performing with large hoops as people watch, a child walking upstairs, a cosy interior with a window, and people sitting under pink lighting. — Taidetta koteihin events, autumn 2025. Photos: Sonja Tolonen, Laura Ikonen

6.9.2025 Taidetta koteihin – esityksiä rappukäytävässä
The autumn series of events in homes began with a programme of performances staged in the stairwell of a HEKA apartment building in Malmi for the building’s residents. The event featured four different performances, each presented on a different floor of the stairwell.

23.9.2025 En ehkä halua tietää meets Agatha Christie
A detached house in Pihlajamäki
What happened when a live version of Jarno and Pinja’s true-crime chat podcast ”En ehkä halua tietää” and Agatha Christie’s classic detective story ”Hiirenloukku” were brought together under one roof?

9.10.2025 Kodin uni
A detached house in Tapanila
An atmospheric old wooden house was transformed into an immersive work of art, where music, video art and contemporary circus blended to create a dreamlike world. Created by the multidisciplinary art collective Recover Laboratory.

4.11.2025 Perinnesauna
A detached house in Malmi
A communal ritual sauna featuring incantations and songs, led by the home’s resident traditional sauna practitioner and inspired by kekri, the most important annual celebration in Finnish folk tradition.

15.1.2026 Topi Korhonen -olohuonekonsertti
A detached house in Pukinmäki
A magnificent wooden house in Pukinmäki serves both as a home and as Säveltäjänpuiston Taidetalo. In its living room, the audience experienced a concert by Helsinki-based musician and singer-songwriter Topi Korhonen, whose relaxed, swinging songs blend folk and world music influences with the storytelling tradition of Finnish rock.