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…

JOKAklubi is happy to perform The Perfect End at Opean10 -event at  MUG im Einstein, Munich, 5 December 8pm. The evening continues with the concert of LAU. Thank you Tobias Frank und Patrick Morarescu for the invitation!

I will be talking about Keskustelupuisto / Common Ground Park at KampusART -seminar, organised by Turku Arts Academy. Address Joukahaisenkatu 3, Turku. The event starts 2 December 5pm, my talk is 7pm. Free entry! Welcome!

You are warmly welcome to For this dance, I will take the lead at Mad House Helsinki. The audience is invited to experience the piece on a dance floor. The starting point for the piece is an experience of not being able to always influence your own life as much as you´d like to. The evening bases…

Haemme esitykseen ihmisiä jakamaan kokemuksensa siitä, kun on liikaa muiden vietävänä.  Esitys Tässä tanssissa minä vien koostuu osallistujien valitsemista musiikkikappaleista. Niiden soidessa osallistujat toimivat viejän roolissa – yleisön liikkuessa osallistujien ohjeiden mukaisesti.  Teoksessa pysähdytään tunteeseen siitä, kun ei pysty vaikuttamaan tarpeeksi omaan elämäänsä. Millaisissa tilanteissa ja millä elämän alueilla tämä tunne valtaa? Mitä kokemus kontrollin…

Isäni -music video, created by artist Niina Lehtonen Braun, was chosen to the competition series of Oulu Music Video Festival 2019. Isäni is a song by my band Olento Orchestral.

Archipelago Science Fiction is part of Ocean Dwellers exhibition at Nordic Embassies, Berlin. The exhibition is curated by Solvej Ovesen. The Turku archipelago on the Baltic Sea provide the framework for four sci–fiscenarios. The islanders themselves perform the hilarious and sometimes chilling episodes, which base on their own fears and hopes of how the area…

As part of Real Work -exhibition of Fact, a work -related complaints choir will be created in Liverpool. Participation is free for anyone who is ready to spend some time turning complaints into choir lyrics, and practice the new great song with the fabulous choir director Jennifer John. Public performances take place 31 August – follow…

The complete installation of Complaints Choirs is presented at Kunstverein Ludwigshafen 12 April – 30 June 2019. We will give an artist talk 30 June. Thank you Curator Barbara Auer for this wonderful invitation!

For Havana Biennial me and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen make a new work: 9 CARTUCHOS – Paper Bag Stories From Cuba. For the piece we  commissioned local professional writers and thinkers to write a speech about Cuba from their particular point of view – using a paper bag as a reference point. An edition of 9 paper bags with…