In August, support from the TelepART Mobility Support Platform allocated by the Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux goes to:
Muddiverse for their performances of Charge in Helsinki, Finland.
The site-specific dance performance Charge researches ways of charging and embodies a human battery. The dance piece gets its inspiration from superheroes, electro-acoustic and techno music (specifically the techno hit Pump up the Jam by Technotronic), exhaustion of body and mind, euphoria of dance, Formula 1 and acceleration, video games and trancelike repetition – from energy that (re)creates energy. The work scrutinises the unsustainable Western energy production at large and searches for playful ways to be its own bionic light and fleshy battery.
Charge is situated at Parrulaituri around the contemporary sculpture Big-Be Hide by Alicja Kwade. The sculpture functions as a portal to other dimensions, as well as a solid co-performer. The location of Parrulaituri in the urban Kalasatama area in Helsinki is situated at a meeting point of the energy producer Helen, rough urban city planning and the sea.
The artists form an international working group, coming together from various countries and local fields to charge together in movement.
Read more on Karoliina Loimaala’s website.
Muddiverse
Choreography, production and costumes: Karoliina Loimaala
Dance and co-choreography: Krista-Julia Arppo, Anika Edström-Kawaji, Maurice Bessanh, Anni Kaila, Louis Nam Le Van Ho, Karoliina Loimaala
Sound design and music: Iida Hägglund
Process dialogue and assistance in costumes: Maya Oliva
Duration: 35 min
Picture: Karoliina Loimaala and Krista-Julia Arppo
Supported by: Finnish Cultural Foundation, Arts Promotion Centre, Wihuri Foundation, The Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux via the TelepART Mobility Support Platform, UrbanApa, Friskis&Svettis
Practical info
Charge by Muddiverse
15.8.2024 at 21:00, pre-premiere during the Night of the Arts
16.8.2024 at 19:00, premiere
20.8.2024 at 21:00
21.8.2024 at 19:00
Free admission!
Venue: Parrulaituri, Big-Be Hide sculpture, Kalasatamanpuisto, Helsinki (a pier at the end of Kalasatama park, 5 minute walk from the Redi shopping center)
Worth noting: The performance space is an outside space and it gets windy! We recommend clothing according to the day’s weather. In case of heavy rain the performance will be moved to the south end of Redi at the Nereidi sculpture.
Additionally, Charge will be presented at the UrbanApa x Stoa festival outside of Cultural Centre Stoa on 17.8.2024 at 17:00. Visit UrbanApa’s website for more information.