Kajaanista kuuhun

Duration: 10-20min

Crew:
Director: Sofi Häkkinen
Performers: Miradonna Sirkka (hoops), Aleksi Kinnunen (drums)

Premiere:
2017, Night of the Arts, Helsinki

Supported by:
Taike – Arts Promotion Centre, Katapult Berlin, SKR

Kajaanista Kuuhun (engl. From Kajaani to the Moon) combines hoop manipulation and live drums, directed by a visual artist. It is a dispute between the two performers and their respective equipments. It is an imaginary journey from the small Finnish town of Kajaani, all the way to the Moon. During the journey we experience long limbs, loss of gravity, moonquakes, rattle and electric shocks.

The tension between sound and movement can be so intense that it is impossible to separate the two. Similarly, the performers work as a unit, taking different kinds of roles fluidly during the performance, and carrying it forth together. The performers are consciously letting go of the artist’s self-censorship and self-consciousness.