An interdisciplinary art project:
UNDER THE NORTHERN STAR
Live Event & Opening of TUSKA 2003 – 2007 exhibition
Thursday 26 June 2008, Nosturi, Helsinki, Finland
Deathchain [Finland]
SIC [Faroe Islands]
End of You [Finland]
Perfect Chaos [Finland]
Carcosa [Finland]
Featuring:
Magnús Logi Kristinsson [Iceland] * Performance artist
Hommage to Metallväktarna [Finland] * Metallväktarna – X3M radio program – 10 years
mikroPaliskunta [Finland] * Interdisciplinary artist group, in audiovisual format
Oblivia [Finland / UK / Iceland] * Interdisciplinary performance company, in audiovisual format
TUSKA -teaser gallery
SIC showcase
Host: Kjell Simosas, Radio X3M/ Metallrepubliken
Event is arranged in conjunction to the exhibition:
TUSKA 2003-2007 – The story of us
A photo documentary of a metal music festival by Eija Mäkivuoti
* [warm-up], Gallery Sinne / 6 June - 29 June 2008 (opening 5 June)
* Finnish Museum of Photography, Project-space / 27 June - 24 August 2008 (opening 26 June)
TUSKA 2003-2007 – THE STORY OF US
Eija Mäkivuoti has documented communal phenomena in contemporary society from a very personal angle. The exhibition Tuska 2003-2007 – The story of us, is a photographic documentary of five years of Tuska Open Air metal festival. Mäkivuoti portrays the lifestyle of the metal crowd, not forgetting the humour and self-irony. The exhibition will be shown in two parts. The warm-up is on display at Gallery Sinne in June and the main exhibition takes place in the Finnish Museum of Photography, both in Helsinki, Finland.
UNDER THE NORTHERN STAR
In conjunction to the exhibitions, for the closing of the warm-up exhibition and for the opening of the main exhibition, there will be staged a one-evening live event, Under the Northern Star. The event includes live performances from different metal bands but also more interdisciplinary acts transmitted by different forms of media: made by a performance company and a group of media artists. This event has a purpose to interact with different audiences and to stage a cross-art event. It will bring Finnish and Nordic artists to work for a common goal for one evening: for the love of music and (live) performing.
The performers and other contributors represent an interesting variety of contemporary Finnish metal bands and contemporary artists, who work with interdisciplinary ways with art. The main act of the evening is a Finnish deathtrash band, Deathchain. Other Finnish metal acts are Perfect Chaos, End of You and Carcosa. The band SIC will bring a wind of rage from the Faroe Islands and are having their first concert in Finland. More interdisciplinary interventions to the event will be brought by Oblivia, a performance company and by mikroPaliskunta crew, an interdisciplinary artist group together with other visual and light artists’ with i.e. audiovisuals works. Performance art is introduced by Magnús Logi Kristinsson and his “List performance” custom made for the event. We will also pay hommage to the canceled radio X3M show Metallväktarna. Nosturi as a site will have a transformation into a visual piece of art with lighting, installations and projections. The host of the evening is Kjell Simosas, a radio journalist from the Finnish-Swedish Radio X3M.
The intention to unite communities from the different fields of art will stage an interesting mixture of NOISE and of being present on a stage. The whole Live Event will be a process based site-specific social artwork, presenting a little bit different concept of a live performance event / concert.
FUNDING / SPONSORS:
Exhibitions: Patricia Seppälä Foundation, Finnish Culture Fund – Nyland Fund
Live Event: Art Council of Finland, Finnish-Danish Cultural Fund
COLLABORATORS:
Aura Seikkula / Finnish Museum of Photography, Markus Åström / Galleri Sinne, Kjell Simosas & Lasse Grönroos / Radio X3M, Pohjois-Karjalan ammattiopisto / Outokumpu, Eeka Mäkynen / Elmu ry.
MEDIA PARTNERS:
* Finnish Metal Events / Outi Alander (TUSKA Open Air 2008)
* Miasma –magazine / Jani Suopanki & CFTN Distribution
* Inferno –magazine & PopMedia / Mika Nikula
* Nosturi / Elmu ry
* Radio X3M / Kjell Simosas (Metallrepubliken)
UTNS CREW:
Graphic Design: Markus Räisänen / Web Programming: Steffen Ørsted / Information Officer/Content producer: Eija Mäkivuoti / Producer: Aura Seikkula, Producer/Marketing manager: Aki Häkkinen, Managers of set lighting: Nosturi crew, Sound mixing: Jari ”Tupi” Tuomainen & Nosturi crew / Installations & projections: Eija Mäkivuoti, Mari Keski-Korsu / Documentation: Mika Hirvonen with crew, Visuals: Jaana Viitamäki
Visit also our Under the Northern Star MySpace: www.myspace.com/utns
PERFORMERS / INTERVENTORS:
DEATHCHAIN (Kuopio/Tampere/Oulu, Finland]
Website: www.deathchain.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/deathchainofficial Photo: From the band´s website.
SIC (Tórshavn, Faroe Islands)
Website: www.entersic.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/sic
END OF YOU (Helsinki, Finland)
Website: www.endofyou.net
MySpace: www.myspace.com/endofyouband
PERFECT CHAOS (Oulu/Kuopio, Finland)
Website: www.perfect-chaos.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/perfectchaosband
CARCOSA (Lappeenranta, Finland)
Website: www.carcosaband.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/carcosa
Hommage to Metallväktarna (Helsinki, Finland / Radio X3M)
MySpace: www.myspace.com/metallvaktarna
Website: x3m.yle.fi
MAGNÚS LOGI KRISTINSSON (Iceland / Helsinki, Finland)
Website: www.maggilogi.com
mikroPaliskunta crew (Helsinki, Finland/Berlin, Germany)
Websites & Projects:
www.mikropaliskunta.net,
http://mikropaliskunta.jaiku.com,
http://reindeersdiary.blogspot.com,
http://mikropaliskuntadocuments.blogspot.com
OBLIVIA (Finland / United Kingdom / Iceland)
Website: www.oblivia.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/obliviafinland
INFORMATION
Press:
UTNS welcomes 2 journalists/ media. Please, send accreditation requests to utnstar [] hotmail.com
Requests are accepted until 25th June.
Press contact: Eija Mäkivuoti, emakivuoti [] hotmail.com / +358 44 066 06 50
Tickets:
Ticket price: In advance 12 € / From the door 14 €
Tickets are available from Tiketti www.tiketti.fi and Lippupalvelu www.lippupalvelu.fi
Exhibition spaces:
Finnish Museum of Photography
Cable Factory, Tallberginkatu 1G, 00180 Hellsinki
Gallery Sinne
Yrjönkatu 23, 00100 Hellsinki
www.sinne.proartibus.fi
Place of the event:
Nosturi
Telakkakatu 8, FI-00150 Helsinki
www.elmu.fi
