Rob La Frenais: Close to the water Performance lecture Friday 21.9. at 18:00 Föri the ferry / River Aura Contemporary art curator and rower Rob La Frenais is trying to bring the worlds of rowing, sailing and art together in … Continued
Diana Soria Hernandez: SHORT DISTANCE CAMOUFLAGE Performance Saturday 22.9. at 20:30 Viinatehdas, Manilla, Itäinen Rantakatu 64 The performance is a device or stratagem used for concealment. Diana Soria Hernandez (b. 1983, Mexico) is an independent artist focused on the exploration of … Continued
Sasha Huber: Stripped Down To The Bones Performanssi / Performance Sunday 23.9. 14:00 Viinatehdas, Manilla, Itäinen Rantakatu 64 ”Stripped Down to the Bones” commemorates diasporic lives that have been systemically destroyed by colonization and more recently through forced migration. The … Continued
LIISA JAAKONAHO & KRISTINA JUNTTILA: Post-Sense Room + The Escape Participatory installation / video installation Friday 21.9. between 18-22 Saturday 22.9. between 14-21 Sunday 23.9. between 12-16 Studio of the Regional Dance Centre of Western Finland / Manilla, Itäinen Rantakatu … Continued
Emilia Kokko & Markus Lindén: Fragile structures, part 1: A humming Performance Saturday 22.9. at 17:00, Raunistulantie 15C (Sports facility Alfa) Free bus transport to performance, start 16:30 at Aurakatu 2 – book your place here Here is this humming. I am … Continued
Petra Laiti: Dáppe gozan mun ‐ I guard here Performance lecture Saturday 22.9. 20:00, Viinatehdas, Manilla There aren’t many places where the Saami can freely express their views. Such a space will be created by Petra Laiti, as she shares her experiences … Continued
Anthea Moys: Just Follow These Instructions And You Will Be Fine (on the night) Performance Saturday 22.9. at 21:30 TEHDAS Theatre, Manilla, Itäinen Rantakatu 64 Instructions courtesy of the “History Will Be Kind To Me For I Intend To Perform … Continued
Viljami Nissi: Emotional Karaoke Durational performance, for one audience member at a time Saturday 22.9. between 18-21 Manilla Courtyard, Itäinen Rantakatu 64 Emotional Karaoke is a participatory performance that offers the viewers a chance to sing their own power songs … Continued
Hanna Saarikoski: C Durational performance Friday 21.9. between 19-22, Manilla Courtyard, Itäinen Rantakatu 64 Saturday 22.9. starting at 14:00, along Itäinen Rantakatu – from Turku Cathedral Bridge to Manilla In Hanna Saarikoski’s performance C a silent figure made out … Continued
Mekdes W. Shebeta: Drop, to fetch the top, Performanssi Friday 21.9. at 21:00 Viinatehdas, Manilla, Itäinen Rantakatu 64 Wasn’t it green? Wasn’t it supposed to be green? Why not green? Where is the green? Mekdes W Shebeta (b. 1967) was born … Continued
Juha Valkeapää & Juhani Liimatainen: Bird Concert Performance Saturday 22.9. at 19:00 Manilla Courtyard, Itäinen Rantakatu 64 Together with sound artist Juhani Liimatainen we create a scenery of everyday and mythological birds, like sparrow, great tit, starling, pigeon, seagull, swan, … Continued
Göril Wallin: The stone contains the story, part lll Performance Saturday 22.9. at 13:00 Turku Market Square For the «History Will Be Kind To Me For I Intend To Perform It» the artist has travelled with stones from Norway to Turku, … Continued
Christopher Wessels: Liturgy for the converted II Performance lecture Friday 21.9. at 19:00 Viinatehdas, Manilla, Itäinen Rantakatu 64 Christopher Wessel’s current practice is looking at methods and technologies that can be employed in the advancement of miracles. How we can … Continued
mirko nikolić + Elin Már Øyen Vister ft. Pokara (Janne Seppänen + Iida Falck): Let us rock! – Sounding and movement – mother earth’s children respond to extractivism Performance Sunday 23.9. at 15:00 Erik Pommerilaisen ranta Collective walk to performance: … Continued
New Performance Turku Festival in collaboration with Arts Promotion Centre Finland presents FRESH programme – the artistic development and performing opportunity for emerging performance and live artists based and working in Finland. FRESH-project is targeting performance art professionals who have … Continued
Tomasz Szrama (2017) Kuva: Jussi Virkkumaa The upcoming edition of the New Performance Turku Festival will be organized 21st-23rd September 2018. The international festival for performance art will present a collection of artists and experts, various collaborators and fresh … Continued
New Performance Turku Festival, organized last weekend for the sixth time, gathered almost 6000 people to experience performance art and live art around the city of Turku – in galleries, performance venues and the cityscape. New Performance Turku Festival brought … Continued
Workshop Oct 4th – 5th 2017 11 am – 4 pm Public protest Oct 7th 2017 at New Performance Turku Festival Club @ TEHDAS Teatteri / Manilla, Itäinen Rantakatu 64, Turku Free admission Performance workshop with award winning British artist … Continued
New Performance Turku Festival is an international festival for performance art and live art. A range of international artists will take over the city space and contemporary art venues in Turku. The programme also includes discussions, artist talks and seminars. … Continued
Artists for New Performance Turku Festival 2017 are published! Including: Rachel Echenberg (CAN) Scottee (UK) Tomasz Szrama (FIN/PL) Kurt Johannessen (NO) Irma Optimist (FIN) John Court (FIN) Denis Romanovski (SWE) Hiroko Tsuchimoto (SWE/JP) Sandrina Lindgren & Antti Tolvi (SWE/FIN) AKU (FIN/GER) Fake is fabulous inc. (FIN/CH) Ignacio Pérez Pérez (FIN/VE) Maija Hirvanen (FIN) … Continued
