ARTISTIC CONCEPT of the FINNISH NATIONAL PQ11 EXHIBITION
Prague
15 – 26.6.2011

“Staging Thinking” is the theme of the Finnish exhibition in PQ 11. The artistic concept of the exhibition focuses on artistic thinking within scenographic processes: how ideas are born and how different implementations effect on the outcome. The exhibition is a Living Room – a performative installation as well as a platform inviting artists and researchers, groups, colleagues and audience to share thoughts through lively discussions. The practice and theory of performing arts are based increasingly on crossovers and interventions within art and research, thus challenging the conventional borderlines and division between art genres.

The Finnish PQ11 exhibition is a Living Room installation composed out of fragments of works of five artists. The showroom lives and develops according to daily themes. Within the installation space daily presentations followed by discussions with invited guests take place, as well as the documentation of the process happening during the 11 days of the event. Each day the showroom is handed out to one or two artists or artist groups who present their work through media that best suit their needs – should it be collage, video, installation, performance or something completely different. The presentations are documented and displayed as video stream, forming an installation within the exhibition.  Curator Reija Hirvikoski

PQ11 Finnish National Section
Exhibition "Living Room"

by Alisha Davidow, Nanni Vapaavuori, Kaisa Illukka, Raisa Kilpeläinen, Kimmo Karjunen. In PQ11 Extreme Costumes exhibition: Pirjo Valinen from Finland.

Finnish National Section Live Events in
Prague Quadrennial 2011

Presentations and discussions by Maiju Loukola and Mia Kivinen.
Basic Structure: Mellow Morning Hour + Afternoon Talks

MORNING COFFEE, daily 11 am to noon

Every morning from 11 am to noon there is an informal open house with a cup of java. A host/hostess is present, either with an agenda of his/her own or just to help the guests feel comfortable.

PRESENTATIONS followed by DISCUSSIONS
daily 3 pm - 5 pm

Each 3 pm to 5 pm afternoon slot includes two or three presentations or/ and performative fragment, followed by moderated round table discussion.

Themes and Daily Program

The Section has a daily changing theme on which the program is based.

Wednesday June 15: Opening of PQ 2011

PQ-insiders-day: Exhibition closed for public

All day:
Introducing the 5 Living Room Artists
Pop-up presentations and performative demos from the five artists of Finnish national exhibition:
Alisha Davidow & Nanni Vapaavuori, Raisa Kilpeälinen, Kaisa Illukka, Kimmo Karjunen

+ a Special Celebration for Maija Pekkanen’s 40 years of PQ

Thursday June 16: Virtualities

Sleight-of-Hand Tactics and Second Nature Scenographies

Morning Coffee 11 am - noon

Presentations 3 pm – 5 pm:
Fairy | Kimmo Karjunen
Taking Phantom Ache for Real | Maiju Loukola

Discussion (with invited guests tba), moderated by Scenographer-researcher Maiju Loukola

Friday June 17: Site - Situation

Site-, Situation- and Sceno-specific Performances

Morning Coffee 11 am - noon:
Intersection Intervention

Presentations:
Fragments of Maus & Orlovski | Kaisa Illukka
Three Rooms: Space as Starting Point | Salla Salin, Mia Kivinen, Johanna Storm
Sense of Space: Dramatic Space as Movement | Alisha Davidow, Nanni Vapaavuori

Discussion (with invited guests tba), moderated by Professor Laura Gröndahl

Saturday June 18: Co-operation & Community

Crossing Boundaries of Professionalism – Creating a Shared Experience

Morning Coffee 11 am - noon:
Marja Uusitalo's Knitting Factory

Presentations:
A Camp on the edge of the world | Sampo Pyhälä, Ina Jacobson

Discussion (with invited guests tba), moderated by scenographer Alisha Davidow

Architecture section program: KOKIMO, Series of Spaces, site-specific performance at St. Anne’s at 12 am (premier)

Sunday June 19: Strange Places

Non-conformative Spacings

Morning Coffee 11 am - noon

Presentations:
Body & Surface | Jukka Huitila, Pirjo Valinen, Pirjo Yli-Maunula
Spirit Gramophones of the Robot Proletariat! A Sensemaking Attemp of Modern Life, or: the Boys' Club of Theatrical Science Fiction | Jyrki Pylväs

Discussion (with invited guests tba), moderated by Scenographer Jyrki Pylväs

PQ+ program: 2pm and 4 pm Theatre Pensas performing ”The World Economy – an educational play of human greed”. At the plaza of PQ Intersection boxes.

Monday June 20: Aesthetics of Emptiness

Staging Emptiness & Invisible Scenography

Morning Coffee 11 am - noon

Presentations:
Invisible Scenography in Love, Fight, Wrong Right performance | Elina Lifländer
Global Economy | Hannu Raatikainen & Pensas Theatre

Discussion (with invited guests tba), moderated by Scenographer-researcher Elina Lifländer

Architecture section program: KOKIMO, Series of Spaces, site-specific performance at St. Anne’s at 12 am and 4 pm

Tuesday June 21: Aesthetics of Light

Heavy Claims on Light Matters

Morning Coffee 11 am - noon

Presentations:
When Does Lighting Design Become Art? | Markku Uimonen
Avoiding Spectacles - Minimalism in Lighting Design | Heikki Paasonen

Discussion (with invited guests tba), moderated by Lighting designers Mia Kivinen & Kalle Ropponen

Architecture section program: KOKIMO, Series of Spaces, site-specific performance at St. Anne’s at 12 am

Wednesday June 22: I) Soundscapes & II) Lived Space

N.B: Exceptional Schedule with 2 sets of Presentations: 11 am – 1 pm & 3 pm – 5 pm!

set I of the day:
Presentations 11 am – 1 pm: Soundscapes
Sonic Spheres

Thanks, but no thanks: The Changing Role of Sound and Sound Designers in Contemporary Theatre Practice | Jari Kauppinen
Ditching the Linear Record: Alternative Concepts for Sound Design | Antti Nykyri
Comments on the Kinaesthetic and Spatial Aspects of Sound Design | Heidi Lind

Discussion (with invited guests tba), moderated by Sound designer-researcher Kristian Ekholm

set II of the day:
set II of the day:
Presentations 3 pm – 5 pm: Lived Space - “Spaces and Places of Mind and Body”
Preparing Series of Spaces | Maiju Murtola, Raisa Kilpeläinen, Anna Pöllänen, Kristian Ekholm / KOKIMO
Third Space Group | Kalle Ropponen

Discussion, moderated by scenographer-researcher Maiju Loukola

Thursday June 23: Performing Video

Immersive Video Mosaic Day | vj. Ilkka Rautio
Morning Coffee 11 am - noon

Architecture section program: KOKIMO, Series of Spaces, site-specific performance at St. Anne’s at 12 am

Friday June 24: Midsummer's Day

National Day Fest in Co-Operation with the Embassy of Finland in Prague

Instead of presentations and discussion:
Performing Arts Pecha Kucha Night: Finnish artists presenting their Objects of Love.
Hosted by director Helena Kallio, Theatre Museum, Finland
Followed by informal partying

Saturday June 25: AG Day

Finnish Neo Avant Garde Interventions

Morning Coffee 11 am – noon

Surprise Interventions

Sunday June 26: Soundscapes

Sonic Spheres

Morning Coffee 11 am - noon

Extreme Costume exhibition:
16.6 – 26.6.11 Pirjo Valinen’s costumes