Evening Walk is a responsible art walk for adults in the public space. Evening Walk includes a selection of scenes happening in the cityscape of Kallio in Helsinki. The participants walk alone through a route, where the performances wrapped in surrealism happen around them. During this Evening Walk you will encounter contemporary circus, performance, music, visual art, and dance.
Recover Laboratory brings its Beings (characters) to the city from the beloved labyrinth to give people some joy, hope, and distant contact during this time of crisis. The artwork is designed and will be executed so that the regulations of physical distancing are adhered to. In this artwork, contact is based on speech, sight, body movements, and communication devices.
Since Recover Laboratory is a small organization, we have the flexibility to adapt to changing situations fast. This is why we see it as our duty to bring art to this time, and not only during times of happiness and peace of mind. Art is not a luxury good, that is only available when times are OK. It has an important part to play in society, which obligates it to find new ways of action also in times of a crisis.
Evening Walk provides a feeling of being seen and heard for both the audience and the artists, because we believe that the feeling of connection provided by art is important to people, maybe now more than ever.
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"Wait a minute.. Why does this familiar city feel a bit different today? Something is lurking in the window of an apartment building as I walk by. What was that? I keep on walking, I hear music, I see a sports field where someone is playing...but wait. That game looks a bit bizarre? I start following the route that the curious characters have made for me. There is someone wrapped in a floating plastic veil in the park. I continue downhill, past the street construction where the road is torn open, and there it is again: another Being, another circus performance, another glance and another movement. The city embraces these wonderful characters, showing eagerly it's more bizarre side!"
Link to the website
https://www.recoverlaboratory.com/tuotannot/iltakavely
https://www.facebook.com/events/854553314953874
Working group and performers
The artwork is designed by Recover Laboratory’s Sofi Häkkinen, Miradonna Sirkka and Inna Huttunen. The main partner in this artwork is Kaiken Keskus - The Center for Everything. Their artistic director Samee Haapa (Sami Henrik Haapala), is the outsider eye and an adviser of the artwork. The Recover Crew for the performance are: Aleksi Kinnunen, Anna Pesonen, Anna Valpuri Kankila, Annemari Kiviniemi, Hedda Liukkala, Eeva Lietonen, Iida-Liina Linnea, Janne Masalin, Jenny Mansikkasalo, Lauri Kallio, Miina Penttinen, and Samuli Kivelä.
World premiere
15.5. Kallio