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Looking close, but in the longer time frame
Life as we know it is a collaboration between two mid-career artists: Maija Hirvanen and Juha Valkeapää. It playfully and imaginatively ponders what the future has to offer, what kind of possible directions could life take? Nelly Hakkarainen, a communication intern of Baltic Circle, sat down with the artists to have a conversation about the backgrounds of Life as we know it, about change and making of art in times of uncertainty.
A Festival for Time for a Festival
Baltic Circle is celebrating its 20th anniversary under peculiar circumstances with the global pandemic forcing limits on travel and public […]
Baltic Circle to collaborate with the Landscape Rewilding programme
Baltic Circle has started a collaboration with the Landscape Rewilding programme, which is operated in Finland by the non-profit cooperative Snowchange. Through the collaboration, Baltic Circle has been granted its own dedicated nature restoration location in Ähtäri called Oravasuo. The festival follows and supports the protection and rewilding efforts of this location.
“It is finally time to stop, think and listen”
“What kind circulation between countries, let alone continents, is there after a pandemic? Who is involved, who is excluded? Can we slow down the pace, change direction, without cancelling?” Hanna Parry, artistic director of Baltic Circle Festival, reflects on the question of international exchange during the outbreak of the global pandemic. The article was originally published on the website of Goethe-Institut.
Rabih Mroué: Life, Death and the Digestive System
Baltic Circle Festival 2019 ends with a performance called Borborygmus by Lina Majdalanie, Rabih Mroué and Mazen Kerbaj. Borborygmus premiered in Minneapolis at Walker Art Center in January 2019.
Bright Dusky Bright
…shadows gliding on mountains; the image of wind and cloud,the passage of smoke or life: bright, dusky, bright… – From […]
Baltic Circle Festival Embraces the Incomprehensible
The 16th edition of Baltic Circle International Theatre Festival takes place in Helsinki, Finland, November 12-17, 2019. Its performances and events offers perspectives on the unknown and change. The festival programme also features a discussion exploring indigenous rights and resisting the industrial exploitation of Sápmi, as well as a new independent journalistic work.
Hanna Parry appointed Artistic Director of Baltic Circle Festival
The board of Q-teatteri ry has appointed Hanna Parry Artistic Director of Baltic Circle Festival starting from 2020. She has worked broadly within performing arts both locally and internationally in programming and production.
The Almost Familiar
Baltic Circle's communication assistant Jannika Lalu took the tube to Kulosaari and met with people behind the piece Thresholds. A research project that gained some attention in the media a few years back, examining the uncanny experiences of people in everyday settings, takes a new form in a performance by a pan-Nordic group of artists. The piece, which is located in a soon-to-be-torn-down mall, calls for gentleness and openness in front of the strange.
Vital Vulnerabilities
Hard times call for gentle acts. Powerful resistance is nurtured by acknowledging vulnerability and arrives in the form of great tenderness and gentleness.
