Sonja Jokiniemi discusses her work, the role of objects in her pieces and the upcoming premiere of RRRRR in Bern.
Video: Forever Young festival trailer is out!
The trailer for Forever Young festival is out and it includes a teaser of RRRRR. Premiere coming up on 23 February in Dampfzentrale Bern.
RRRRR premieres in Dampfzentrale Bern on 23.2.2016
Sonja Jokiniemi's new piece RRRRR will premiere in Dampfzentrale Bern during their Forever Young festival on 23 and 24 February 2016. The piece will be in a double bill together with Nick Steur's Freeze.
RRRRR erzählt von schizophrenen Zügen in uns selbst, unserer Umgebung, der virtuellen Welt und den gesellschaftspolitischen Strukturen. Das besondere Interesse von Jokiniemi gilt der ständigen Präsenz von Künstlichkeit und der Entkörperlichung in der Online-Existenz. Ihr Projekt zielt darauf ab, Verdrängungen, Entgleisungen und Chaos in unserer Umgebung und in unseren Seelenlandschaften zu analysieren, sie zu verstehen und sie methodologisch für ihre Arbeit als Performerin aufzubereiten.
Image: Kansallisgalleria / Petri Virtanen
Ghost of Mad House: A Summary
Sonja Jokiniemi talks about her experience as the Ghost of Mad House Helsinki on the Mad House blog (only in Finnish). More about the Ghost project here.
Article: Without an Alphabet in Autismi magazine
Sonja Jokiniemi wrote an article about her experiences with the Without an Alphabet project for the Finnish Autismi magazine issue 4-2015. Read the text here (only in Finnish).
Image: Tomi Paasonen
Interview: Sonja Jokiniemi on Hmm
Sonja Jokiniemi was interviewed for the Finnish Cultural Institute's website about her performance Hmm.
”Hmm depicts a strange and idiosyncratic world that turns its formal and aural basis into a series of obsessive narratives, existential questions and aural-corporeal rituals. It derives its logic from a dissociative mosaic that eschews any attempt at linear narratives or choreographies. Hmm is a big lump of a curio amongst the chaos of our world."
Image: Timo Wright
Hmm at SKORO Finnish Dance Festival, St Petersburg
Image: Timo Wright
Between 3rd and 6th of December 2015 Skorohod venue in St. Petersburg will organize a festival of Finnish contemporary dance. Seven different companies and choreographers will present their works: Arja Raatikainen & Co, Favela Vera Ortiz, Alpo Aaltokoski Company, Nadja Pärssinen, NotaBene and Carl Knif Company as well as Sonja Jokiniemi with her piece Hmm on 4 December.
The festival is carried out with the support of the Finnish-Russian Dance Exchange Programme.