25.01.2025 – 7pm and 26.01.2025 – 1pm An audience gathers on a floor, ready to be asked to dance. Each of the event’s six songs has been chosen by a different person, who all share a life experience of not being in the lead. During the dance, they will lead the audience. Spaces are limited,…

M-Cult is pleased to launch the inaugural edition of the Minna Tarkka Lectures, a new annual initiative focused on discussing and debating the potential of art, media, and technology to participate in and shape current and future democratic societies. These yearly lectures and workshops will celebrate the legacy of M-Cult’s founder and long-time director, Minna Tarkka, honoring her…

JOKAklubi – a group of artists Tellervo Kalleinen (Helsinki), Niina Lehtonen Braun (Berlin) and Mirka Raito (Hamburg) brings The Theory Show to the stage of Westwerk, Hamburg, on 12th October 2024. JOKAklubi has 15 years of history organising playful club events, which engage professional artists. For “The Theory Show” they have invited seven artists and…

We’re making the world’s most valuable clock in Oulu. Please donate your time to it! Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen invite people living in Oulu to co-create The Most Valuable Clock in the World. The clock combines at least 120 valuable personal moments from residents with 12 precious moments in nature, advised by scientists. The clock will be unveiled…

artists Tellervo Kalleinen & Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen, Anett Lau, Sao Sreymao, YKON Welcome to the opening on Saturday, 6.Juli 2024, 3-6 pm 6.Juli 6 pm – 6:30 pm Tellervo Kalleinen, “Recycling You” (Performance) As the name suggests, this is a recycling event. Together with Tellervo Kalleinen the audience exchanges their old opinions. An idea you no longer…

On its 35th anniversary, Y-Säätiö Foundation commissioned us to create a public artwork involving its residents. The work, which has been in progress since 2020, will be celebrated in June 2024!  Y-Säätiö Foundation is the largest nationwide non-profit landlord in Finland and an international expert in fighting homelessness. Y-Säätiö promotes social justice by offering affordable…

I am happy to make two performances at Sielu. ROOM TO BREATH 8th June 9.30pm: Artist and the audience meet in a room and play with metaphors related to the room -word. RECYCLING YOU 15th June at 12: Recycling You is a performance where opinions change hands. They are recycled like clothes – what no…

In the exhibition, Tellervo & Oliver show three works of participatory art. Collective Mindscape (2024) is a digital 3D world constructed of the inner mindscapes of eight people who have experienced cancer. The viewer can move freely in the open world, through simple hand movements. Collective Mindscape is a commissioned work for the Comprehensive Center…

Complaints Choir installation, including the choir documentations from Birmingham, Helsinki, St Petersburg, Tokyo, Singapore, Copenhagen, Chicago, Berlin, Khurvaleti and Teutonia, is part of Kiasma’s Feels Like Home -collection exhibition, curated by Satu Oksanen, Saara Hacklin and Saara Karhunen. Complaints Choir (2005 – 2014) is an art project of Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen.

Salo Art Museum in Salo, Finland, is organizing an event around our work 101 For All. Three locals, farmer Esa Ranniko, veterinarian Jerina Wallius and business coach Juho Nenose, each have 20 minutes to present the work from their own perspective without interruption. They are free to choose whatever they want from the sea of ​​30 topics…

In spring 2023 me and Oliver invited people in Finland to send ideas how an imaginary disaster movie could end. The only condition was that the scene must take place at Kansalaistori -square in the middle of Helsinki. Out of 105 proposals we filmed three, with the help of almost 100 volunteer actors. Welcome to the free premiere 17…

Why do we think like we think? For All put it’s focus on the people hidden inside statistics – and to the stories behind their opinions. The 100 people in the art piece forms a cross-section of the Finnish population in terms of gender, age, region, education, level of income, country of origin and mother…

ENG: Collective Mindscape is an interactive digital art work by Tellervo Kalleinen & Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen, commissioned by the cancer department of Siltasairaala -hospital, HUS.  Collective Mindscape combines the inner places of eight people into one open world. When walking through the world, one can discover the participants’ virtual sanctuaries, but also more challenging landscapes reflecting their experiences of living with…

ENG: Final Scenes of Disaster Movies -project looks forward your input! Please send us ideas of what could happen in the end of an imaginary disaster movie of your choice. The scenes have to take place at Helsinki’s Kansalaistori. We also look for volunteering actors for the film shootings, which happen in the end of…

The Theory Show, OCTOBER 22, 2022, 4PM at ASC Gallery  JOKAklubi has invited artists Adrian Lee, Chrissie Tiller,Harriet Hill, Lynn Lu and David Sherry to share their theories about anything: Surprising ambiences, perspectives and approaches are created as the performers step into the absurd stage of JOKAklubi. We Were Made in the Dark-exhibition 21st October-4th November 2022 at ASC Gallery The performance is…

Olento Orchestral’s debut record Anatomia was released 26 August! You can listen it in all the streaming platforms, or buy the digital tracks or the vinyl from bandcamp or Levykauppa X. The music video by Niina Lehtonen Braun can be seen here. The record release concert will take place at Korjaamon vintti, Helsinki, 15 September.…

TUE 30 AUGUST 2022 5–7PM On 30 August 2022, Lönnström Art Museum and Studio Kalleinen will present and launch the English version of Conversation Park; a book exploring an in depth overview of a unique artistic experiment in transforming an abandoned plot of land into a public park in Rauma, Finland. The book, which is for…

KESKUSTELUPUISTO / CONVERSATION PARK BOOK PRESENTATION AND LAUNCH TUE 30 AUGUST 2022 5–7PM On 30 August 2022, Lönnström Art Museum and Studio Kalleinen will present and launch the English version of Conversation Park; a book exploring an in depth overview of a unique artistic experiment in transforming an abandoned plot of land into a public park…

A walk on the edge is a performative experience and a collective journey in Fenais da Luz, a village on the North coast of São Miguel Island. See the documentation video The pathway connects Azores’ history, a local tragedy from the 1980s, and the audience members’ personal relationship to owning. Starting from the overwhelming idea…

JOKAklubi and Olento Orchestral, as well  The Spermbankers band from the Czech Republic will perform at Westgermany club in Berlin. More info follows!

I am happy to announce that Anatomia, the depute album of Olento Orchestral, will be released 26 August! It was recorded by Juuso Norlund in the full analogue JJ Studio in Tampere, Finland. The album cover art is made by Niina Lehtonen Braun  Welcome to the record release concert at Korjaamon vintti 15 September!

In the book Keskustelupuisto / Conversation park we describe a unique artistic experiment of transforming an abandoned plot of land into a public park in the Finnish town of Rauma. In 2019 thirty residents between the ages of 6 and 89 became players in a two-year-long “Public Space Game”. Their mission was to turn 30 different…

Sunday 20 March, 7.30pm @ Hilbertraum, Reuterstrasse 31, 12047 Berlin. The Theory Show opens the floor for theories of any kind. JOKAklubi has invited five surprise guests to choose or come up with a theory, and present it. JOKAklubi is a group of three visual artists Niina Lehtonen Braun, Mirka Raito and Tellervo Kalleinen. JOKAklubi…

KARVONEN – KALLEINEN – KOCHTA-KALLEINEN – KEZELE – NEVCHE People mostly believe their thought processes to be both rational and sensible. And yet, systemic mistakes influence our thinking far more than we realise. These universally shared mental shortcuts are known as cognitive biases. The best-known cognitive bias is the confirmation bias which leads us to…

Welcome to our artist talk 30 September 7pm at HayArt Cultural Center. Simultaneous translation in armenian language. Free entry! Organised by Artasfoundation, supported by Frame.

JOKAklubi is looking forward to perform at Jättömaa Kylässä! Even though the legendary Jättömaa-festival was cancelled due to corona, we are happy that a smaller Jättömaa kylässä -event will be organised at Huhdasjärven kylätalo in Jaala.  You can buy your ticket from here

We take part in the Trouble festival in Belgium, 11 July 2021 with our performance Playing Adults.  In the piece four adult actors perform adults based on observations and views of children, who have been interviewed for the piece. The performance turns the local Parc Liedekerke -playground into an absurd stage of adulthood. The piece highlights the…

It is now possible to get to know Keskustelupuisto (Conversation Park) through a mobile phone app, designed by Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen and co-created with the project participants. The app is currently only partly in English, but please have a look and get a sense of the project, where 21 inhabitants of Rauma negotiated and realised a new…

I perform a new solo performance Spending Time Together at the How To Do Things With Performance -program at Helsinki´s Theatre Academy. The program is part of a research project of Hanna Järvinen, Tero Nauha, Pilvi Porkola and Annette Arlander. Register here “The Academy of Finland funded research project (2016-2021) How To Do Things With Performance at…

Archipelago Science Fiction is screened at Oodi, Helsinki, at OP2 -space during 20.-25. October. You can enter the loop any time between 6pm-7.30pm. The event is part of Agenda – Art 2030,  curated by artist Marika Tomu Kaipainen. The film work is made in collaboration with Henrik Andersson. The fabulous animations are made by Antonia Ringbom.

Conversation Park – A Public Space Game culminates in the opening of a collectively designed park.  If you could decide, what kind of a park would you like to have in your home town?  This question was put to thirty Rauma residents between the ages 6–89 who had volunteered to participate in the Conversation Park (Keskustelupuisto) contemporary art…

JOKAklubi participates Séance Fiction @ Kunstverein Familie Montez with two audio pieces I Almost Said and I Shouldn´t Have Said, and a performance. The exhibition features JOKAklubi´s heart-rending yet humorous songs consisting of collected sentences, which were almost said, or which shouldn´t have been said.  The participatory painting performance will take place 4th September, 9pm…

Me and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen present our new piece Forms of Social Distancing at Ars Kärsämäki (Kärsämäki, Finland). The exhibition focuses on artist couples who work together and it is curated by Raisa Raekallio and Misha del Val.

Looking forward an evening with JOKAklubi, Olento Orchestral and The Spermbankers 9 May @ West Germany, Berlin. EDIT: The event was cancelled due to Covid 19 -pandemia.

I will be composing a complaints choir song out of the complaints of the Art At Risk -conference participants – and leading a process of learning and performing the choir song. The event is exclusively for the conference members.

I will be talking about our video work Archipelago Science Fiction in the finissage of Ocean Dwellers exhibition, curated by Solvej Ovesen. The talk takes place at the auditorium of the Nordic Embassies, Rauchstrasse 1, Berlin. In the same occasion we will be hearing the talk by curator Heidi Ballet. Free entry!

I am deeply grateful for the artist grant from KONE foundation, which allows me to continue the full focus on my artistic work.

I look forward to give a workshop “Anatomy of a Conflict” at Shared Campus, the Zurich University of the Arts. “Shared Campus is a cooperation platform for international education formats and research networks launched by eight arts institutions. Close cooperation is imperative to tackling issues of global significance. Especially the arts can, and indeed ought to, play…