Inviting precarious perspectives by rampa associations presented at the Baltic Circle Festival in 2022 has been awarded Theater Act of the Year at the Thalia Gala. The piece is part of Baltic Circle's diverse project, Coming Stage, which is funded by Kone Foundation.
Inviting precarious perspectives was a more accessible event created by a group of chronically ill crip artists. Convened by artist Isa Hukka, the aim for the international working group was to question the systematic demand for productivity and performing. In their first joint project each artist sought their own perspective and together they created a two-day multimedia performance-event that invited the audience to stay; to listen, rest, play and dine together. In addition to the artist-facilitator Isa Hukka, the working group includes artists Ar Utke Ács, Sunna Maaret, Aku Meriläinen, Hang Linton, Laura Lulika and Sal Reis Trouxa.
The event was awarded with the Theater Act of the Year recognition granted by Theatre Centre, the aim of which is to highlight a significant artistic, art-political or innovative act. The prize was awarded at the Thalia party on 27 March 2023.
The piece is part of the Baltic Circle’s Coming Stage project, which strives towards more diverse stages and sustainable practises
Inviting precarious perspectives was carried out within the Coming Stage project funded by Kone Foundation. The Baltic Circle’s four-year project was created from the need to slow down production processes and make the art field more inclusive and culturally diverse. The performance artists invited to the project question norms related to body, ability, language or experience, strengthening marginalised communities with their practice.
“The task of the Kone Foundation is to support free science and art. It is a great pleasure for us at the foundation to see how, with the help of funding, artists get the opportunity to work long-term in a project that respects artistic autonomy. In the implemented production methods, one can notice focuses that are important for the foundation, such as the bold questioning of old operating models and the strengthening of inclusiveness. It’s great to see that when you dare to break the traditions and familiar boundaries of the performing arts, something is created that gives the creators space with a strong but soft organisation as their ally”, says Kalle Korhonen, Director of Funding at Kone Foundation.
In the project, Baltic Circle’s artistic director invites three artists to a dialogue and offers them the opportunity to gather their own working group and realise two works for the festival program during the years 2021–2024. The Coming Stage project is Baltic Circle’s active activities towards more sustainable and equal structures.
“I really felt how inviting precarious perspectives shaked the cultural and political structures in the Viirus theatre and I am proud on behalf of the entire working group and the festival team that it has been noted and awarded as the Theater Act of the Year. It shows that the change in working practices proposed by our project has a wider meaning. Kone Foundation’s four-year project funding has given us exceptional time and resources to research more inclusive and sustainable practices and develop the festival. That would not be possible without the private support, even for an established performing arts operator like Baltic Circle, who is expected to do such Acts yearly,” says Hanna Parry, the artistic director of the festival.
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