The International AI Party

The AI Party was realised in Finland in 2017-2018 and in Sweden and Norway during 2019-2021. The previous versions of the project in Finland can be found here: The AI Party Launch (2017) The Constitutive Meeting of The AI Party (FI) (2018) The Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian versions of The AI Party were briefly brought […]

DJ Jam

next dj jam in helsinki on sat 16.3 at 20 – 23. dj jam combines music played by a dj, gentle visuals and a contact improvisation jam. a sensitive dj watches the crowd as closely as an improvising musician watches an improvising dancer. contact improvisation was born in the 70’s to experience dance in a […]

The Sensory Cocktail Bar

The Sensory Cocktail Bar is a performance concept that was originally developed as part of Experience Park Turku 2011 that itself was part of the official program of European Capital of Culture in Turku 2011. Later it has been realised f.e. at Flow Festival in Helsinki, Finland and at Mono Festival in Lund, Sweden. In […]

Summer dj jam

summer dj jam is based on music spinned by a dj, a shared tuning-in, dance and touch. the jam happens each time in a different park. the park is always in central Helsinki within easy distance for travel. in case the weather turns bad, the jam will be transferred to eskus – performance center (kaasutehtaankatu 1) in […]

Playdate Remote

Playdate Remote was a remote event on Sat 4. 4. 2020 at 5pm – 11pm (Finnish time) which brought forth artistically challenging remote performances, enabled safer situations to experience performing arts in exceptional circumstances and brought people together in new ways. In the context of this event remote performance means performances, which are realized from a […]

Digital Performance

A (slightly) immersive lecture performance about immersion The Center for Everything and the preceding The Lost City Inc. are pioneers of Finnish immersive theatre and game performances. They have been trailblazers in mixing performing arts with both game design and new technologies. The digital has been brought into the discourse in the performing arts during […]

Immersive Theatre Workshop (Follow-Up)

The workshop deepens the dive into immersive performances and game performances. It updates the theory, but focuses heavily on practice. It teaches how to invite the audience to be part of a performance, offers approaches on how to negotiate consent and breaks down some of the most frequently used mechanisms of interaction. A particular focus […]

Constitutive Meeting of The AI Party (FI)

We are living through a global, political, and environmental crisis of unknown proportions and destinations. Our human capacity for governance has demonstrated a long history of failure. With THE AI PARTY initiative we have a chance to formulate and test new approaches to the challenges we face by asking the question: Is it time to […]

The AI Party Launch

We are living through a global, political, and environmental crisis of unknown proportions and destinations. Our human capacity for governance has demonstrated a long history of failure. With THE AI PARTY initiative we have a chance to formulate and test new approaches to the challenges we face by asking the question: Is it time to give another kind of […]

The Real Health Center: A Workshop

This workshop was realised in August 2017.  The workshop teaches theory and especially practice of participatory and immersive performances. Participatory performances point to a wide variety of performances that use f.e. the tools of game design and activism to expand the traditional concept of performance. Immersive performances are usually understood as performances that immerse the […]