Puun syy is visual theatre and contemporary circus on the metamorphosis of objects. Different visual actions intersect and intertwine around each other: the juggling choreography forms its patterns on the stage, projected images of factories and wood processing plants are reflected on the organic surfaces of wood veneers that slide across the stage. Sections from a documentary film join in the stream of images thus expanding the connections of the objects to other times and places in the wide network of industrial production. Forms of the alphabet that are submerged into the choreography add to the multifaceted story their subtle remarks.
The performance investigates the relationship between humans and paper as an ingredient of culture, a natural resource and an everyday utensil that has become so commonplace that it's almost invisible. In the theatre a light smell of walnut wood lingers in the air. Trees transform into soft paper, so that we have something to wipe our noses on.
World premiere
11.9.2008 Kiasma-teatteri, Helsinki