Neljän päivän läheisyys – Sky Every Day

Here, the protagonists are not exclusively human, but human perspectives sits side-by-side with gull ones. A central theme of the performance is mortality that connects all creatures.

Neljän päivän läheisyys explores, by zooming in and out, the overlapping of nature and culture. Tragicomic and audio-visually integrated, the narrative is carried forward by means of documentary video imagery, space, light, sound, and music. The performance is divided into four sections, each bookended by a section of Kaija Saariaho’s Cloud Trio (2009), performed here by chamber orchestra Avanti.

Premiere 13th of September, 2023 in Revontuli Hall.

Wauhaus

WAUHAUS is a Helsinki-based collective of eight members. Founded in 2016, WAUHAUS’ work often straddles multiple artforms. Their pioneering work has been staged in small black box theatres, urban spaces, and major sports arenas.  Their adaptation, created by Minna Leino, of Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens – Tarina tarinoita kertovasta ihmislajista featured on the Main Stage of the Finnish National Theatre in 2019. WAUHAUS was awarded a State Prize for the Performing Arts in 2017.

The collective continuously create new, inventive, and all-encompassing event art that is of the moment, in the moment. Space, various materials, light, sound, and the performers are equally impactful ingredients in their works.

In Neljän päivän läheisyys, WAUHAUS members scenographer Laura Haapakangas, director Juni Klein, media artist Jani-Matti Salo, and sound designer Heidi Soidinsalo are joined by film maker Jonatan Sundström, and actor Salla Loper. The playtext is by Pipsa Lonka.