Bringing Art into Homes in 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 engagement 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 settings into stages and venues for arts 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 engagement 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 settings into stages and venues for arts events. Each event is designed around the wishes and ideas of the resident whose home serves as the venue. The artists involved in the Pääroolissa Malmi project help plan and deliver the events. The finished events bring strangers together, as they are open to everyone.

Taidetta koteihin events bring art and culture directly into people’s homes, 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 and delivered by 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

THE TAIDETTA KOTEIHIN PHOTO EXHIBITION IS NOW ON DISPLAY AT MALMIN VARUSTAMO!

The photo 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 in person a glimpse inside them.

Photography: Sonja Tolonen
Exhibition dramaturgy: Laura Ikonen, Janne Puustinen
Exhibition production: Eveliina Pöyhönen
Artistic concept for Taidetta koteihin: Laura Ikonen, Jenny Jumppanen, Aleksi Kinnunen, Janne Puustinen

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

Read more about the Pääroolissa Malmi project.
Instagram and Facebook: @paaroolissamalmi

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

Helsinki City Theatre’s audience education and outreach will organize Art at Home events as part of the Pääroolissa Malmi -project during the 2025–2027 season.

Art at Home is a concept where ordinary homes and home environments become stages and venues for art events. The content of the events is planned based on the wishes and ideas of the home’s residents. Artists from the Pääroolissa Malmi project help with the planning and are responsible for the execution. In the final events, strangers meet each other, as the events are open to everyone.

Art at Home events bring art and culture to people in a very tangible way, making it part of everyday life. The goal is to bring people together and strengthen the community in the area through art, shared activities, and experiences.

The events are organized by the Pääroolissa Malmi project artists Laura Ikonen, Jenny Jumppanen, Janne Puustinen, and Aleksi Kinnunen. Depending on the content of the events, other art professionals are also invited to participate.

ART AT HOMES – PHOTO EXHIBITION AT THE MALMI NOVA SHOPPING CENTRE FROM 17 APRIL TO 16 JUNE 2026. THE EXHIBITION IS LOCATED ON THE 2ND FLOOR OF THE SHOPPING CENTRE, OPPOSITE ESPRESSO HOUSE.

The exhibition offers a glimpse into five home performances created during the 2025–2026 season, highlighting homes, encounters, and community. In these events, ordinary Malmi homes were transformed into artistic stages through collaboration between residents and artists.

Photos: Sonja Tolonen
Exhibition dramaturgy: Laura Ikonen & Janne Puustinen
Production: Eveliina Pöyhönen
Artistic concept: Laura Ikonen, Jenny Jumppanen, Aleksi Kinnunen & Janne Puustinen

More information about Art at Home events and the Pääroolissa Malmi project: paaroolissamalmi@hkt.fi / 0504758701 (Laura Ikonen)

Read more about the Pääroolissa Malmi -project.
Instagram and Facebook: @paaroolissamalmi

Yksinkertainen viivapiirros talosta mintunvihreällä pohjalla, jossa on teksti ART AT HOMES ja esityksiä olohuoneissa vaaleanpunaisella siveltimellä.

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PAST TAIDETTA KOTEIHIN EVENTS

A collage of four photographs showing small musical 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 experienced 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 creative process. The audience watched theatre artists working on different aspects of a production in real time and had the opportunity to shape 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 shared creative space where stories and crafts came 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 seated beneath 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 residential settings opened 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 merged to create a dreamlike world. Created by the multidisciplinary arts collective Recover Laboratory.

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

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