Trouble Festival, Brussels, 2021 The performance turned the playground into an absurd stage of adulthood, and created an awkward tension and dialogue between generations. Four adult actors presented children ́s views about adulthood, with the audience following them and occasionally participating in the acts. As they slid down, they shouted what kind of adults they […]
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 their 30 individual visions into one urban park. The playful […]
Photo: Saara Autere An audience gathers on a floor, ready for a dance. The music of the evening has been picked by people, who are too often led by others in life. Tonight, during the song of their choice, they will lead the audience. Concept: Tellervo Kalleinen / Production: Mad House Helsinki (2019)
Walk tour by Maija Hirvanen and Tellervo Kalleinen Duration ca 1,45h In Finnish language Tunne luonto means both “knowing” about nature and “feeling” the nature. On their Tunneluonto -walk Maija Hirvanen and Tellervo Kalleinen invite the co-walkers to reflect the relationship between knowledge and feeling when experiencing nature. Different ways of determining nature are discussed as well. The […]
A storyteller Chantal van Doesburgh told conflict stories on a sand box. The stories were contributed by locals. In an arena made of sand she made the problems visible and palpable with the help of props. The project was part of Cure Park, organised by TAAK, an intervention in the tranquile setting of one of the largest public […]
JOKAklubi is a group of Finnish visual artist and performers Niina Lehtonen Braun, Mirka Raito and Tellervo Kalleinen.
Ten players in two countries had an empty piece of land as their game board, and 25/ 50 eur every two weeks as their game money to invest to the land. Investment Zone is a reality game, experiment and participatory art work, which took place April – October 2014 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany and Bangalore, India.
The photo is from a book Archipel in√est by KUNSTrePUBLIC, ZK/U press
An event which takes place at private homes. The evening dives into the stories of our ancestors – as we remember them – through game, coffee and living room highlights. Family Memory Game blend family stories and memories of the audience – and connects the destinies of the individuals of our family histories.
The Summit of Practical Utopias gathered 35 activists, artists, game designers, researchers and visionaries on the island of Brioni, President Tito’s former summer residency in the Croatian Adriatic Sea.
A Performative lesson series. The artists Maija Hirvanen, Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen invited people to contribute a 45 minute lesson about what they wished they had learned in school.
A performance, which takes place in a private home. The audience comes in, two at a time. After some chatting Tellervo Kalleinen asks them to choose a plate at the table and look under it. There is hidden a small scrip from a scene, which have once happened around that table. The audience are asked to perform the script, and the hosts of the home come and see the performance as if they would be in a theater.
A performative crash course on the roles of the helper and the one who gets help.
The Speech Karaoke Action Group developed a karaoke system for speeches.
The participants (the audience) together with Tellervo Kalleinen exchange their old opinions. An opinion which one doesn´t need any longer might be welcomed by someone else.
Daily complaints are transformed into an impressive choir song with the help of a local musician – and performed in public.
The performer and the audience are in darkness, discussing light.
YKON was founded as an artistic initiative and platform for exploring utopian fantasies and the political imaginary in relation to concrete sociopolitical structures and concerns.
In 2003 The First Summit of Micronations was organised in Helsinki in the historical setting of Finlandia House. During the three day event the representatives of the micronations had a closed round table discussion, a gala evening and temporary embassies.
