We tinker with performances for our social media stages all we can. As reality dissolves into an omnipresent social media reality, it becomes hard to separate the truth from the game. What is performing then? Does it ever end? What is a performance? Tiikeri declares to be one.
TIIKERI can be experienced in studio Pasila and is a performance piece and exhibition pimped with elements familiar from concerts and the social media. It is a memorial service for a similar performance piece, which was originally performed in Cirko – Center for New Circus during January 2023. The piece ventures into unknown corners of studio Pasila, makes them a vessel for something unforeseen, whilst it spills over into social media platforms. As a memorial service, this piece can only be experienced once.
This piece set in studio Pasila forms a part of Milla Jarko’s project Tiikeri (tiger), which was started in 2018. Tiikeri rehearses, performs and creates in the flesh as well as on social media. Tiikeri project continues to actively seek new places and ways of experimenting with performance, whenever and wherever one feels like it.
The event consists of an introduction with Camille Auer, an exhibition and a performance piece.
TIIKERI SOCIAL MEDIA STAGES
IG @tiikeri.areena
FB Milla Jarko
Stage for Contemporary Performance is a pilot project implemented in studio Pasila during 2022 and 2023. The objective of the project is to include different forms of contemporary performance in the Helsinki City Theatre’s seasonal programme. In 2023, the activities of the Stage for Contemporary Performance are divided into three premieres and two guest performances. The pilot project is supported by the Kone Foundation.
Link to the website
Working group and performers
Concept, dramaturgy, sound design, production and performance: Milla Jarko
Visual and space design: Milla Jarko, Anna Pietilä
Technical design: Jere Mönkkönen
Digital content producer: Tinja Nieminen
Co-wonderer, movement support: Anni Koskinen
Artistic support: Henri Tuulasjärvi, Anni Hurme, Miradonna Sirkka and Kaisa Nieminen
World premiere
20.1.2023 Helsinki Cirko - Uuden sirkuksen keskus