Madonreikiä – Wormholes opens at the Hämeenlinna Art Museum on 18 June 2027.
In this year-long exhibition, Oliver and I present seven artworks created between 2005 and 2026. Throughout the exhibition, we will revisit each work from today’s perspective, exploring them through new artistic tools and approaches. Stay tuned!
I’m honored to participate in the Austrian Forum for Peace 2026 with the topic of The Art of Peace at the Peace Castle Schlaining. Thank you for the invitation of the artasfoundation! I look forward to sharing my practice and facilitating a workshop.
The time has come!
The Most Valuable Clock in the World will be unveiled this May at the very place where it has been carefully built over the past year and a half. Join us on May 9 at 1:00 PM at the Old Orava School (Simunantie 15, Kello, Oulu, Finland).
In early June, the clock will go on tour. The first stop is the Kierikki Center—come and meet us on June 13 from 12:00 to 2:00 PM. On the same day, the entire Climate Clock public art trail will open across Oulu, so there is a chance to also meet the other Climate Clock artists: Ranti Bam, Superflex, Takahiro Iwasaki, Antti Laitinen, Rana Begum and Gabriel Kuri,
On June 23 at 5:00 PM, the clock will open at the Valve Cultural Center. After that, the piece will be on display at the Ylikiiminki Community House starting July 27, at Syketalo in Kiiminki from October 1, and at the Oulunsalo Library from November 1.
In Tornio, the clock will be exhibited at the Aine Art Museum beginning December 10. At the Hämeenlinna Art Museum, the clock will become part of our solo exhibition, opening on June 18, 2027.
This work has been an incredible collective process, and we look forward to sharing the result with you. Welcome!
The Most Valuable Clock in the World is part of the Climate Clock initiative, curated by Alice Sharp (Invisible Dust, UK) and Claudia Woolgar (The Netherlands) for the European Capital of Culture Oulu 2026.
The photo is by Henri Luoma, who visited the clock workhshop in February 2026.
Minna Records have published Takay-Sin’s debut EP 24 October, 2025.
The EP is a tightly woven collection of six songs where Finnish and English lyrics intertwine with charged melodies, carrying the listener from the shadows of giants into a burning grandstand—accompanied by strings, piano, flugelhorn, and harp.
Takay-Sin is the new musical channel and alter ego of Tellervo Kalleinen.
“I desperately need that wondrous union of poetry and melody—both as a listener and as a creator. Songs are an ancient way for us to share even our most elusive human feelings.”
The opening track, Lämmön etsijä (“Seeker of Warmth”), refuses to be cold despite the giants who cast freezing shadows and trade the Earth as a commodity. Eeva Koivusalo’s excellent bass lines, Antti Aimo-Koivisto’s guitars, Saara Viika’s cello, and Julius Valve’s rhythms bring warmth to a world the lyrics portray as indifferent and chilling.
The subtle experience of outsiderness takes shape in Ystävyyden sinfonia (“Symphony of Friendship”), where a wader dares to wade deeper into the sea, following a new companion. Mika Myllari’s distant-sounding flugelhorn, Salla Hakkola’s playful harp, and Saara Viika’s painterly cello conjure the song’s magical soundscape.
In Eikä mikään enää palaa ennalleen (“And Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again”), the song begins with the reluctant rising from bed and quickly grows into a dense moment of irreversible change. The one accustomed to watching from the sidelines awakens to find the grandstand on fire. After Milla Viljamaa’s impassioned piano solo, there’s no turning back.
Kotiinkutsu (“Home Call”) coaxes a restless mind—gone on a journey around the world—to return home for the evening. Chosen as the EP’s lead single, the song’s inviting soundscape, shaped by Mikko Ijäs’s drums along with layered vocal and string harmonies, makes the persuasion hard to resist.
The EP also includes two English-language compositions. Heyday portrays the willingness to go to great lengths for a fleeting sense of fulfillment. The string duet by Sirja Puurtinen and Saara Viika, together with Milla Viljamaa’s grand piano, builds a shimmering sense of anticipation.
I Will Take It From Here is a beautiful and aching song about intergenerational wounds and love. Cello, violin, and piano carry words addressed to a late father with a tone that is sorrowful yet resolute.
Takay-Sin’s self-written songs are lyric-driven compositions that still give generous space to instrumental expression. The overall sound is acoustic and bare, revealing both vulnerability and precision. Kalleinen’s lyrics weave together existential depth with flashes of almost banal imagery. Gentle humor and grave seriousness walk hand in hand throughout the record, as Takay-Sin plays lovingly with the language itself.
Kattokruunun alla has arrived to the most common streaming platforms! You can also buy the digital tracks or the vinyl (limited edition of 100) via bandcamp – link HERE.
You can read the review of desibeli.net HERE
Huge thanks for everyone who participated in making the album, and who encouraged and helped us on the way!
CREDITS:
Vocals: Outi Vuoriranta and Tellervo Kalleinen
Piano: Kaisa Salmi
Bass: Outi Vuoriranta
Guitar: Pentti Luomakangas, Tellervo Kalleinen
Melodica: Bassi Mattsson
Drum programming: Samy Kramer, Tellervo Kalleinen
Cello: Saara Viika, Aino Juutilainen
Harp: Salla Hakkola
Trumpet: Antero Priha
Synthesizer: Nick Martin
Backing vocals: Mia Erlin
Drums: Janne Lastumäki and Tellervo Kalleinen
Engineered, recorded and mixed by Ville Liukkonen, except:
Robin Hood puu and Talvi are engineered, recorded and mixed by Teemu Korpipää
DEEJII-3000MIX is Produced, arranged and mixed by Mikko Viljakainen; recorded by Pentti Luomakangas and Mikko Viljakainen (2017)
Composition, lyrics and arrangement by Tellervo Kalleinen, except Kattokruunun alla: Composition and lyrics by Outi Vuoriranta and Tellervo Kalleinen; arrangement by Outi Vuoriranta, Tellervo Kalleinen and Bassi Mattsson
Mustekala -lyrics are from the poem Mustekala, vanha sana by Lassi Kalleinen. Aurinko and DJ:rrangement by Tellervo Kalleinen, Pentti Luomakangas and Salla Hakkola
Mastered and lacquer cut by Jaakko Viitalähde / Virtalähde Mastering
Artwork: Mirka Raito
Graphic design: Leslie Strohmeyer
Manufactured by R.A.N.D. Muzik, Leipzig
Produced by Tellervo Kalleinen / Kaukaisu Music, 2025
Thank you to
Tuula Kalleinen, Maija Kaunismaa, Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen, Niina Lehtonen Braun, Fred Nevché, our friends and families, and all the members of Olento Orchestral throughout its life span, beginning in 2015.
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Still some time slots left in the Most Valuable Clock in the World!
This artwork has been in the making for over a year – now me and Oliver are looking for a few more volunteer time donors to complete it. Could your everyday moment become part of the clock?
If you’re based in Oulu, this is your chance to have a meaningful moment from your life professionally filmed and featured on the clock’s minute hand.
What small, recurring moments do you cherish? Due to recent cancellations, we now have room for 8 more participants! Also families / groups / couples can join as a team.
The second hand is open to everyone:
Send us a vertical video (filmed in 2025) of a fleeting yet valuable moment. We’ll cut a 1-second clip for the clock.
📬 Get in touch: studiokalleinen@gmail.com
The Most Valuable Clock in the World is part of Climate Clock, a major art project for Oulu 2026. Other participating artists: Superflex, Ranti Bam, Rana Begum, Takahiro Iwasaki, Gabriel Kurl, Antti Laitinen. Curated by Alice Sharp / Invisible Dust (London)
Welcome to the national short film competition -screenings 20th or 23rd September at Maxim Cinema, Helsinki
24 October, 2025 Takay-Sin will release a debut EP Silmänkorkeudelta with six tracks, published by Minna Records! Cover art work by Niina Lehtonen Braun
Stay tuned for the record release concert!
Olento Orchestral will release it’s second album, Kattokruunun alla, 26th September 2025. Cover Art Work by Mirka Raito
Takay-Sin is my new musical solo project and alter ego.
The single Kotiinkutsu will be released 8 August! The cover art work is made by Niina Lehtonen Braun!
The ones in Helsinki: you are warmly welcome to the single release concert of Takay-Sin 14 August to Outsider Art Festival.
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, so arrive early to secure your spot!
Venue: The Living Room – a creative hub for displaced communities, local, and international artists. Address: Arshakuniats 26, Yerevan (inner yard)
Come and dance with us!
Dance Leaders:
Zaruhi Yesayan
Inna Kolupaeva
Maria Sinanyan
Davit Minasyan
Asmik Aleksanyan
Siarhei Payarkau
Concept: Tellervo Kalleinen
Facilitation: Tsolak Mlke-Galstyan and Tellervo Kalleinen
Choreographic support: Tsolak Mlke-Galstyan
Music / Sound engineering: Lusinè Mlke-Galstyan
Production: Shoghakat Mlke-Galstyan
Support։ Finnish Cultural Foundation
Commissioned by artasfoundation
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 groundbreaking work in Finland and internationally in the fields of media and art and their intersections with social, political, and technological developments over the past 30 years.
For the first edition, M-Cult has invited artists Tellervo Kalleinen & Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen, artist Trevor Paglen and artists Julia Nisperos and Wax Roldan from Green Papaya Art Projects to deliver lectures at the HAM Helsinki Art Museum. In addition to these public events, the speakers lead workshops where they will share their working methods and research processes with local artists and other practitioners over cross-disciplinary fields of media and participatory art, activism, and critical research. These workshops are hosted by M-Cult and organised in collaboration with Aalto University and the Museum of Impossible Forms.
M-Cult is developing the Minna Tarkka Lectures as an experimental public forum and learning initiative to showcase critical activities in the arts—facilitating debates on the artistic, social, and technological urgencies of our time. This initiative creates a platform to underscore the roles of art and media as active contributors to civil society amid severe challenges to democratic life. Through this programme, we invite you to join us in reflecting what kinds of media art and participatory practices are meaningful now and in the future.
All events are free and conducted in English. You’ll find accessibility information below.
Please note that registration before November 27 is required for workshops.
If you can not make it in person, here is THE STREAMING LINK
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM (EET)
In this confessional lecture, Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen ask why participatory art remains relevant today. An artist who involves people in the creative process needs a unique palette of tools, as many small decisions influence the dynamics with the participants. In their lecture, Tellervo and Oliver will shed light on their chosen approaches, openly acknowledging what they have learned through their mistakes as well.
Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen work across many mediums from cinema to performance and interactive art forms. They share a deep interest in questions of participation, dialogue and storytelling.
3:20 PM – 4:20 PM (EET)
In their lecture “Artist Collective Practices in the Philippines,” Julia Nisperos and Wax Roldan explore the history of Green Papaya Art Projects from the perspective of engaged observers. They examine Green Papaya’s community-driven practices and its influence on the broader art scene in the Philippines. Nisperos and Roldan will share insights from their experiences within collectives, connecting past and present to reflect on how these observations shape their approaches to collective work.
Green Papaya Art Projects (GPAP) is an independent, artist-run space in Metro Manila, Philippines, founded in 2000. It has continued its activities despite the fire that destroyed its physical location, along with artworks and historical documentation of the initiative.
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM (EET)
“You’ve Just Been F*cked by PSYOPS” is a lecture-performance by Trevor Paglen. As AI-generated content, social media influence operations, micro-targeted advertising, and pervasive surveillance shape the visual culture around us, we find ourselves in an era of PSYOP capitalism — an age defined by manipulative influences designed to alter our perceptions, senses, and beliefs. This talk explores the history of covert military, intelligence, and technology programs that have laid the foundation for our increasingly surreal present.
Trevor Paglen is an artist whose work spans image-making, sculpture, investigative journalism, writing, engineering, and numerous other disciplines.
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 artist groups from Hamburg and Berlin to make a prompt performance around one theory of their choice. The participants have free hands to approach and interpret this invitation creatively.
The countdown starts by introducing the theorists one by one in JOKAklubi’s website and social media, starting one week before the event. A Finnish underground star Pasi Mäkelä will work as a studio musician for the show, and Dj Leslie gets the party going after the performance.
The context for the show is the 10th Anniversary exhibition IRRGARTEN of the 26 artists from Achterhaus (Westwerk 11.-20.10.2024). https://www.westwerk.org/achterhaus-irrgarten.html
JOKAklubi have previously performed The Theory Show in WestGermany venue and HilbertRaum project space in Berlin and in ASC gallery in London. JOKAklubi has performed in Hamburg in 2009 (Off Art Talent Show, Subvision Festival) and in 2016 (Time Machine Show, Westwerk). The former group of the trio “Voukkoset” had a legendary concert at the Pudel Club 1999 and as part of the Artgenda Festival in 2002.
The event is supported by The Arts Promotion Centre, Finland.
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 in 2026 and will tour the region, serving as a totally unique reflection on our precious day-to-day moments at different times of the day and during the yearly cycle.
The final “electromechanical-digital hybrid marvel” clock will be created during 2024-25 with local participants, volunteers, and some of the STEAM schools in Oulu.
If you live in the region, please join us in this extraordinary project and leave your mark in time! Whether you want to share your moments, engage in thought-provoking dinner conversations, or even help build the clock itself, there’s a way for everyone to contribute.
The Most Valuable Clock in the World is part of Climate Clock, curated by Alice Sharp / Invisible Dust and produced by Claudia Woolgar together with the Oulu 2026 team – read more about the project here
HOW TO TAKE PART
There are different ways to participate. Please fill this online form and tell us how you would like to take part:
1. Donate a Minute of Your Day: Would you be willing to donate a minute of your life to the clock? The minute hand will showcase moments that locals in Oulu feel are valuable in their daily lives. Describe a significant moment for you that recurs daily or weekly. Based on your descriptions, we will select 60 one-minute moments to be filmed throughout 2025. What each person considers valuable is personal and subjective, so the clock will feature a wonderful wide variety of moments!
2. Donate a Second: The second hand will display brief glimpses of valuable special moments, filmed by Oulu residents, that elevate everyday life. Write here if you would like to participate with a one-second video – we will contact you!
3. An Hour in Oulu’s Nature: The hour hand will display 12 precious moments from the natural cycle of Oulu – a one hour-long moment for each month of the year. The chosen moments will highlight aspects of nature that may, in the future, no longer be taken for granted due to climate change. What moment would you suggest we should include?
4. Dinner for Twelve: If you would like to reflect on valuable moments together with others, you are welcome to join inspiring discussions led by Tellervo & Oliver over a delightful dinner. During the fall of 2024, we will host five Dinner for Twelve in which the servings highlight the northern ingredients and knowhow according to the Arctic Food Lab programme. Some of the moments documented for the clock will be selected based on these dinner conversations. The dinners are free, but each event is limited to the first 12 registrants. Choose the most convenient time and place for you from the options below.
5. Join the Clock Builders: We are looking for a small, enthusiastic volunteer team to participate in the design and construction of this large mechanical-electronic clock. We will contact anyone interested to join the clock building team with further information.
Taiteilijat Tellervo Kalleinen ja Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen kutsuvat oululaiset tekemään kanssaan Maailman arvokkaimman kellon. Sen arvo perustuu paikallisten lahjoittamiin arvokkaisiin hetkiin, joita parimetrinen elektro-mekaaninen kello tulee näyttämään tunnin, minuutin ja sekunnin sykleissä.
Kello toteutetaan yhteistyössä vapaaehtoisten oululaisten, luontoasiantuntijoiden ja kolmen paikallisen STEAM-koulun kanssa. Kellon toteutukseen voi ilmoittautua verkkolomakkeen kautta.
Minuuttiviisariin pyydetään lahjoituksena paikallisten henkilökohtaisesti tärkeitä, arjessa toistuvia hetkiä. Mukaan etsitään laajaa näkökulmien kirjoa siitä, mitä oululaiset kokevat arjessaan arvokkaana. Sekuntiviisari koostuu asukkaiden itse videoimista ainutkertaisten hetkien välähdyksistä. Tuntiviisarissa näkökulma vaihtuu ihmisestä muihin lajeihin, sisältäen luonnossa ilmeneviä hetkiä, jotka ilmastonmuutoksen vuoksi eivät tulevaisuudessa ole itsestäänselvyyksiä. Näitä hetkiä valitaan yksi jokaiselle kuukaudelle. Kaikkiin viisareihin valitut hetket dokumentoidaan vuoden 2025 aikana.
Syksyn 2024 aikana järjestetään viisi Illallinen kahdelletoista -tilaisuutta. Taiteilijat vetävät keskustelua, joiden perusteella kelloon päätyy osa siihen dokumentoitavista arvokkaista hetkistä. Illalliset toteutetaan yhteistyössä Arctic Food Lab –ohjelman kanssa. Illalliset ovat maksuttomia, mutta paikkoja on vain rajallisesti – ilmoittauduthan pian!
Niille, joita kiinnostaa fyysisen kellon toteutus, on mahdollisuus liittyä pieneen kellonrakennustiimiin. Kerro kiinnostuksestasi samaisen verkkolomakkeen kautta niin taiteilijat ottavat sinuun yhteyttä.
Työ huipentuu kesäkuussa 2026, jolloin Maailman arvokkain kello paljastetaan yleisölle. Kello lähtee kiertämään yleisön nähtäväksi Haukiputaalle, Kiiminkiin, Oulunsaloon, Yli-Iihin ja Ylikiiminkiin, ja lopulta lahjoitetaan myöhemmin kerrottavalle paikalliselle taholle.Taiteilijaparilla on 20 vuoden kokemus osallistavan nykytaiteen parissa. Heidät tunnetaan monimuotoisista teoksistaan, kuten Kiasmassa esillä olevasta Valituskuorosta ja vuoden 2023 Helsingin juhlaviikot avanneesta Katastrofielokuvien loppukohtauksia -elokuvateoksesta. Heidän taidettaan on ollut esillä ympäri maailmaa, kuten Tokion Mori Art Museumissa. Vuonna 2022 heiltä ilmestyi kirja Keskustelupuisto – Peli yhteisestä maaperästä. Heille on myönnetty Ars Fennica- ja AVEK Media Art Award -palkinnot.
Climate Clock
Maailman arvokkain kello on osa kansainvälistä Climate Clock –taidekokonaisuutta, jonka kuraattorina toimii Alice Sharp ja tuottajana Claudia Woolgar yhteistyössä Oulu2026-tiimin kanssa. Climate Clock on yksi Oulun Euroopan kulttuuripääkaupunkivuoden 2026 merkittävimmistä tuotannoista, jossa Kalleisen ja Kochta-Kalleisen yhteisöllisen teoksen lisäksi kuusi kansainvälisesti tunnettua taiteilijaa luo pysyviä taideteoksia eri puolille Oulua. Pysyvät teokset muodostavat julkisen taiteen reitin, joka käsittelee ajan luonnetta ja ilmastonmuutoksen vaikutuksia. Pysyvien teosten sijainnit ja taiteilijat julkistetaan kevään 2025 aikana. Isobritannialainen Alice Sharp Invisible Dust -organisaatiosta on työskennellyt taiteilijoiden ja tutkijoiden kanssa vuodesta 2009. Hän on kansainvälinen neuvonantaja sekä esiintyjä taiteen ja ilmastonmuutoksen alalla, mukaan lukien puheenvuorot Columbian yliopistossa New Yorkissa vuonna 2023, Davosissa vuonna 2020 ja YK:n kehitysohjelmassa vuonna 2019.
@AliceWSharp @Invisible_Dust
www.oulu2026.eu/maailmaarvokkainkello
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 need can be interesting to someone else. Some of the opinions are needed by nobody.
Wednesday, 10.Juli 2024, 7-10 pm: Performance, YKON, ”PLAY HOUSE” ( A reality game / party performance, hosted by Sauli Anetjärvi, Milan Braun, Tellervo Kalleinen and Christina Kral)
A space filled with people, drinks, food, music… and then what? The event looks like a party from the outside, but there are a lot of parallel games going on. YKON hosts Tellervo Kalleinen, Sauli Anetjärvi, Christina Kral and Milan Braun welcome the guests and give them individual game tasks. This evening shows how simple, low-tech game mechanics can radically alter how people relate to each other. The ca. three hour event welcomes suspension, deconstruction and reconfiguration with social interactions.
Curator: Gisela Wrede
”Everything can and will be calculated. Play is no longer just unintentional activity, it is also a (distorting) mirror and paradigm. Mechanisms, patterns and rules emerge. An interaction between reality and game/image emerges. Game theory enables precise predictions to be made for the behavior of groups of people. In combination with mechanics and cybernetics, it expands the playing field. It can be anywhere.”
mp43-projektraum für das periphere
Stollberger Straße 73, 12627 Berlin
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 rental apartments.
Ode to Y consists of five mosaic-covered tables – there are two of each of them – as well as an interactive mobile application. The tables were donated to two Y homes (Taipaletalo and Rukkila housing community) and three M2 homes. The tables contain a total of approximately 17,400 mosaic pieces. The figure corresponds to the number of Y-Säätiö rental apartments in 2020, when we started planning the work.
Anyone can download the free mobile app that is part of the work. It allows you to dig deeper into the mosaic: during 2023 we set up a mobile studio in the properties included in the project, and invited residents to add content to the mosaic tiles. By clicking the digital mosaic tiles of the Art Table, you’ll find art made by the residents. To the Table Instrumentwe recorded sounds produced by the residents. The mosaic of the Game Table archives residents’ memories from playing games around a table. The Common Table gathers residents’ insights and learnings about coexistence in an apartment building. The Ode to Y table, on the other hand, contains the history of the Y Foundation as told by its employees. The organization’s journey from an idea born at the kitchen table to a globally significant homelessness activist greatly inspired us.
When Juha Kaakinen first contacted us, he emphasized the values of the foundation, especially community spirit. So many communal and meaningful moments are experienced right around the table! Our work invites people to the table, but also creates connections through the stories, pictures, memories and poems hidden in the digital mosaic.
You can see the physical tables in the yards of Taipaletalo (Porvoo), Rukkilan asumisyhteisö (Helsinki), Lyyrapyrstö 2(Tampere) and Puunhaltijankuja (Vantaa).
The project was funded by Y-Foundation. It was co-production of Y-Foundation and Firma Oy / Studio Kalleinen. The work was made possible due to AVEK’s Mediarata support for Firma Oy.
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 longer fits one person brings something new to another.
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Tilaihme 8.6. klo 21.30
Tilaihme on Tellervo Kalleisen luotsaama absurdi matka joka alkaa yhdessä määriteltävästä tilasta ja päättyy siihen että tilasta poistutaan lennossa sovitulla tavalla.
Recycling You 15.6. klo 12
Recycling You on performanssi, jossa mielipiteet vaihtavat omistajaa. Niitä kierrätetään kuin vaatteita – mikä ei sovi enää yhdelle, tuo jotain uutta toiselle.
In the exhibition, Tellervo and 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 Cancer Day Care Center in Helsinki. In Hilbertraum the work is shown for the first time outside the hospital.
For the Final Scenes for Disaster Movies (2023), the duo invited residents of Helsinki to imagine a final scene for an imaginary disaster movie. The scene had to take place at Kansalaistori, a square located in the heart of Helsinki. From 105 submissions, 3 scenes were realised, with over a hundred volunteers acting in the film scenes, most of whom portrayed adult zombies.
People in White (2011) explores the relationship between doctor and patient in mental health care – strictly from a patient’s point of view. In the film, 9 former clients of mental health institutions return to their memories through storytelling and re-enactments.
EVENT: CONVERSATION PARK
Presentation and discussion on 14 April 2024, 4 pm, together with Philip Horst (ZK/U) and Susanne Bosch
Conversation Park is 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 unify their 30 individual park visions into one urban park. The playful process, designed and moderated by Tellervo and Oliver, progressed through 6 phases. Conversation Park was made possible by the Lönnström Art Museum. In the event at Hilbertraum, Tellervo and Oliver will present the Conversation Park -project, and the book they wrote about it. The duo has invited renowned artists Susanne Bosch and Philip Horst to provide additional commentary and insights with respect to their expertise on participatory art and participatory urban planning.
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 and 1,900 video clips. The event is in Finnish and it is moderated by Tellervo. Welcome 7pm!
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 August 8.30pm and 9.30pm at Kansalaistori. The huge led screen will be placed in front of Oodi library.
A fantastic band Cleaning Women has composed the music score to the film, and they will play it live during screening! In between of the two screenings Cleaning Women will play a mini concert.
The project is commissioned by Helsinki Festival / Marko Ahtisaari
In collaboration with Helsinki Events Foundation Sr, YLE / Sari Volanen and AVEK/ Milla Moilanen
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 tongue. 51 of them are classified as women, 13 isover 70 years old, one is from Asia and one holds a Ph.D.
In 2015 Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen visited them around Finland. The artists interviewed people about their personal relationship with 30 topics that tend to divide opinions. The interviewees tried to pinpoint experiences and influences that play a role on how their opinions were shaped.
The 1900 responses fed into an interactive video-installation. One spectator at a time can choose who to let speak, and on what topic.
Concept, Interviews, Camera: Tellervo Kalleinen & Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen /Programming: Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen Producers: Essi Ojanperä, Heini Puurunen, Tellervo Kalleinen / Translations: Laura Hilska, Susanne Ådahl, Mauri Aarniosuo, Eeva Marttinen, Jussi Suvanto, Tim Page, Anni Kåhre, Liisa Roberts, Rita Jokiranta / Editing and Color Correction: Nina Forsman, Tellervo Kalleinen, Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen / Editing Assistance: Nina Aspinen, Saana Kotila, Sanna Kultanen / Consultation: Kaskpar Brakis, Tina Cavén, Taru Elfving, Irmeli Kokko, Seppo Laaksonen, Laura Lohikoski, Reijo Sund / Supporters: Finnish Cultural Foundation, Kone Foundation, AVEK (Elena Näsänen), Oskar Öflund Foundation, Arts Promotion Centre Finland. WARM THANKS TO THE PARTICIPANTS!
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 cancer.
One can enter this digital world through the touchless screen, which reacts to the gestures of one’s hands. Later on the work will be optimised for tablets, so that clients of the cancer units can use the work while receiving treatment.
The user of the work can regulate the depth of involvement with the work. Walking through shimmering particles activates ’sound treasures’, where the participants talk about the landscapes and their experiences of living with cancer.
Collective Mindscape is part of the commission of seven art pieces, curated by Taru Elfving.
FIN: Tellervo Kalleisen ja Oliver Kochta-Kalleisen vuorovaikutteinen digitaalinen taideteos, tilaajana HUS, syöpähoitojen päiväosasto. Kuraattori Taru Elfving.
Yhteinen mielenmaisema -teos yhdistää syöpäsairaiden yksityiset mielenmaisemat yhdeksi digitaaliseksi 3D-maailmaksi. Teos koostuu kahdeksan eri-ikäisen syöpää sairastaneen osallistujan mielenmaisemista. Teos on toteutettu avoin maailma -peliteknologiaa käyttäen.
Maailmasta löytyy kultakin projektiin osallistuneelta kaksi erilaista paikkaa: turvapaikka, jonka ajattelu rauhoittaa, sekä se vaikeampi maasto, joka kuvastaa elämää syövän kanssa.
Yhteisessä mielenmaisemassa voi “kulkea” kosketusvapaan näytön kautta: sensori tunnistaa näytön edessä seisovan tai istuvan käden liikkeet, joilla voi ohjata liikkumistaan. Teoksen käyttäjän on myös mahdollista aktivoida maastosta löytyviä ”ääniaarteita”, joissa osallistujat puhuvat syöpäkokemuksistaan sekä suhteestaan mielenmaisemiinsa.
Teoksesta on Siltasairaalassa 21.3.2023 lähtien esillä demoversio, josta saadun palautteen avulla teoksen käyttäjäkokemusta kehitetään. Lopullinen versio teoksesta sijoitetaan sairaalan aulatilaan syksyllä 2023. Teos tullaan optimoimaan myös tableteille, jotta sitä voidaan käyttää syöpähoitojen aikana, hoitotuolissa vietettyjen tuntien aikana. Teoksen 3D-artisteina on toiminut Vilma Ratinen ja Katariina Kontturi.
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 May / beginning of June. The results will be seen from a huge led screen in Kansalaistori 17 August 2023, as the kick off event of Helsinki Festival. Read more and contact us here
FIN: Keräämme elokuvallisia loppuratkaisuja todellisille tai keksityille katastrofeille – kyseessä on Helsingin Juhlaviikkojen tilausteos Katastrofielokuvien loppukohtauksia! Kohtausten tulee sijoittua Helsingin Kansalaistorille. Kohtaukset näytellään vapaaehtoisten kaupunkilaisten voimin touko-kesäkuun vaihteessa järjestetyissä kuvauksissa. Lue lisää ja ota yhteyttä Helsingin Juhlaviikkojen verkkosivujen kautta!
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 part of the “We Were Made in the Dark” -exhibition by Niina Lehtonen Braun, JOKAklubi, Adam Hennessey, Harriet Hill and Laura Wormell. Curated by Darren O`Brien. The exhibition is a project between HilbertRaum (Berlin) and ASC Gallery.
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. Welcome!
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 sale at the event, is written by artist duo Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen, and co-edited by artists, curators and researchers Miina Hujala and Arttu Merimaa.
At the book launch in PUBLICS, Tellervo Kalleinen & Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen will introduce Conversation Park project followed by response from prominent Finnish researchers on participation – Kaija Kaitavuori and Robin Lybeck – providing additional commentary and insights with respect to their expertise on participatory art and participatory urban planning.
In 2019 thirty residents between 6 to 89 years old became players in a two-year-long “Public Space Game”. The mission was to turn thirty individual ideas for a park into a collective urban reality in 6 game moves. The cooperative park was opened in 2020. Conversation Park is a Lönnström Project and made possible by the Lönnström Art Museum in Rauma.
In the book Kalleinen & Kochta-Kalleinen describe their original intentions when designing the game and share their insights gained whilst working on the Conversation Park for four years. The book touches on core questions with regards to engaging citizens in designing urban public spaces. It is an attempt to open-source the Conversation Park project so it can be analysed, modified, and replicated. It is an invitation to learn about the many factors which have to be considered when designing a participatory project – whether it takes place in art, urban planning or politics.
Helsinki-based Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen are an artist duo whose practice merges the languages and approaches of multiple disciplines, such as film, performance, game design, experimental education, facilitation, social architecture and alternative economies.
Robin Lybeck is a researcher at the sociology department of Åbo Akademi University. He has studied typologies of engagement in urban planning. His PhD looks at how technology is applied in the context of participatory planning and urban development.
Kaija Kaitavuori is an educator and art historian. Her research focuses on audience participation in contemporary art. Her dissertation “Art of Engagement” discusses participatory processes in terms of democracy and the extent to which participation in art can be understood as ‘democratic’.
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 in Rauma, Finland. The book, which is for sale at the event, is written by artist duo Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen, and co-edited by artists, curators and researchers Miina Hujala and Arttu Merimaa.
At the book launch in PUBLICS, Tellervo Kalleinen & Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen will introduce Conversation Park project followed by response from prominent Finnish researchers on participation – Kaija Kaitavuori and Robin Lybeck – providing additional commentary and insights with respect to their expertise on participatory art and participatory urban planning.
In 2019 thirty residents between 6 to 89 years old became players in a two-year-long “Public Space Game”. The mission was to turn thirty individual ideas for a park into a collective urban reality in 6 game moves. The cooperative park was opened in 2020. Conversation Park is a Lönnström Project and made possible by the Lönnström Art Museum in Rauma.
In the book Kalleinen & Kochta-Kalleinen describe their original intentions when designing the game and share their insights gained whilst working on the Conversation Park for four years. The book touches on core questions with regards to engaging citizens in designing urban public spaces. It is an attempt to open-source the Conversation Park project so it can be analysed, modified, and replicated. It is an invitation to learn about the many factors which have to be considered when designing a participatory project – whether it takes place in art, urban planning or politics.
Helsinki-based Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen are an artist duo whose practice merges the languages and approaches of multiple disciplines, such as film, performance, game design, experimental education, facilitation, social architecture and alternative economies.
Robin Lybeck is a researcher at the sociology department of Åbo Akademi University. He has studied typologies of engagement in urban planning. His PhD looks at how technology is applied in the context of participatory planning and urban development.
Kaija Kaitavuori is an educator and art historian. Her research focuses on audience participation in contemporary art. Her dissertation “Art of Engagement” discusses participatory processes in terms of democracy and the extent to which participation in art can be understood as ‘democratic’.
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 that If you live on the edge, you might lose your belongings overnight, the collective began to raise questions about the meaning of ownership and its relation to property, society and time. Do you own what you have?
A walk on the edge is a multidisciplinary art piece, developed by architect duo Mezzo Atelier – Joana Oliveira (PT) and Giacomo Mezzadri (IT) – choreographer and artist Gustavo Ciriaco (PT, BR), theatre director, musician and writer Ovidiu Mihaita (RO) and contemporary artist and songwriter Tellervo Kalleinen (FIN). Local musicians and performers are an integral part of the piece.
Walk&Talk designates the Azores Arts Festival, which takes place every year in July, on the island of São Miguel. Experimental and participatory, the festival motivates the creation of new objects in dialogue with the territory and acts in the involvement of local and migrant communities around the knowledge generated in the expanded field of the arts, intersecting visual arts, performance, music, architecture, and design.
Centriphery is a collaborative project between nine partner organizations based throughout Europe, which includes Walk&Talk – Arts Festival, co-funded by the European Commission’s Creative Europe program.
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 visions into an urban park in 6 game moves. The park was opened in 2020. In the book we describe our original intentions when designing the game and share insights we gained while working on Keskustelupuisto for 4 years. The book touches on many questions with regards to engaging citizens in designing urban public spaces. It is an attempt to open-source the Conversation Park project so that it can be analysed, modified, and replicated. It is an invitation to learn together with the us and the participants about the many factors which have to be considered when designing a participatory project – whether it takes place in art, urban planning or politics. The Finnish edition of the book will be launched 29 March, the date for the English edition to be announced. The book is published in collaboration with Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland.
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 has combined performance, music and visual art since 2009.
The performance is part of the 5X5 art festival, a series of exhibitions and events, organised by five American and five Berlin based artist-run spaces.
Supported by TelepART Mobility Support.
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 select information that supports our existing views. BIASED invites the audience to explore these hidden notions and unconscious factors that drive our actions.
BIASED is born out of collaboration between five artists. Matija Kezele from Croatia, Fred Nevche from France, and Tellervo Kalleinen, Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen, and Anna-Mari Karvonen from Finland explored the theme as a part of Espoo City Theatre’s contribution to Centriphery project.
You can buy tickets here
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 critical views and hopeful thoughts of children about their future in a changing world. Playing Adults creates an awkward tension and a dialogue between generations. While sliding down from a castle performers shout descriptions of adults the interviewed children don’t want to become like. While standing on a seesaw the performers tell children’s reflections about dilemmas related to adulthood.
Due to the pandemia, we direct the performance from a distance. The performers of the piece are Maxime Bodson, Jean Fürst, Julia Ghysels and Emilienne Tempels and the assistant director is Francoise Berlanger. Trouble festival is curated by Antoine Pickels.
The interviews in Brussels are made by Matéo Vigné, who played also a crucial part in location scouting and coordination. With the support of the Finnish Cultural Institute.
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 park together from the scratch. In the app the participants introduce the park, and you can hear in depth interviews with them before and after the 2 year park making process. Some of the features work only at the park, such as the park disco. You can download it for free from play stores: the name of the app is Keskustelupuisto. Any feedback welcome!
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.
”The Academy of Finland funded research project (2016-2021) How To Do Things With Performance at the Performing Arts Research Centre of University of the Arts Helsinki Theatre Academy, brought together four views on performance as research and artistic research in performance. By asking what can be done with performance, the project has during its four years contribute to recent discussions in artistic research, in performance philosophy, and performative and performance writing as well as to the emergent discussion of performance studies and performance as research in Finland.”
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.