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tellervoYear: 2022



PLAYING ADULTS

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 […]

tellervoYear: 2020 Performances / Events / Games



KESKUSTELUPUISTO / COMMON GROUND PARK – A Public Space Game

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 […]

tellervoYear: 2019



FOR THIS DANCE I WILL TAKE THE LEAD

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)

tellervoYear: 2018 Performances / Events / Games



TUNNELUONTO -WALK

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 […]

tellervoYear: 2017 Performances / Events / Games



TEMPORARY PAVILION FOR PERMANENT NEGOTIATIONS

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 […]

pekkaYear: 2015



JOKAklubi

JOKAklubi is a group of Finnish visual artist and performers Niina Lehtonen Braun, Mirka Raito and Tellervo Kalleinen.

oliverYear: 2014



Investment Zone

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

oliverYear: 2013



Family Comes Home

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.

tellervoYear: 2013



The Summit of Practical Utopias

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.

oliverYear: 2012



What I Wish I Had Learned In School

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.

oliverYear: 2011



Home Theatre

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.

oliverYear: 2011



An Etude for Everlasting Life

A performative crash course on the roles of the helper and the one who gets help.

tellervoYear: 2010



The Speech Karaoke

The Speech Karaoke Action Group  developed a karaoke system for speeches.

oliverYear: 2009



Recycling You

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.

oliverYear: 2006 Films / Installations



Complaints Choir

Daily complaints are transformed into an impressive choir song with the help of a local musician – and performed in public.

oliverYear: 2005



Let Me

The performer and the audience are in darkness, discussing light.

tellervoYear: 2005



YKON

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.

oliverYear: 2003



The First Summit of Micronations, Helsinki 2003

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.

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