“The Room Where We Meet” is a performance about death choreographed for four performers. The work is based on choreographer Jenni Kivelä’s personal experience of her father’s death and how she dealt with it.
The performance, set in Kirpilä Art Collection, invites the viewer to join in like a guest at a memorial service. The performance takes the audience to a place that is simultaneously a mourner’s mind, estate of the deceased, a surreal dreamscape and a liminal space in which to confront the dead. “The Room Where We Meet” is a gently participatory experiential performance.
Additional information, performance dates, and tickets: https://holvi.com/shop/kiltitihmiset/
The door to the museum opens 15 minutes before the start of the performance. Call the buzzer from the staircase downstairs and take the lift to the sixth floor. Ring the doorbell at the door of the Kirpilä Art Collection apartment. Please note that the museum is not a fully accessible space.
Duration: approx. 75 mins
The language of the performance is Finnish.
Age recommendation: 12+
Choreography, direction and texts: Jenni Kivelä
Concept: Jenni Kivelä, Joonas Outakoski, Liisa Pesonen
Performers: Linda Holma, Elina Kivioja, Ninu Lindfors, Jenni Kivelä
Costume design: Liisa Pesonen
Sound design: Joonas Outakoski
Lighting design: Teo Lanerva
Discussion partner: Marja-Liisa Honkasalo
Communications, production assistance: Inari Pesonen
Production: Jenni Kivelä & Kiltit ihmiset
Supported by: The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Oskar Öflunds Stiftelse, the City of Helsinki
Residency periods: Tero Saarinen Company, Liisa Pentti +Co
Photos: Darina Rodionova