Performances / Events

See www.studiokalleinen.net for all the works of the duo Kalleinen & Kochta-Kalleinen.

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • An Etude for Everlasting Life

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

  • The Speech Karaoke

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

  • 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.

  • Let Me

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

  • 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.

  • 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.