NI’JA WHITSON: UNDER THE WATER AND IN THE DARK
Theatre Academy Helsinki has organised a lecture series titled ‘Decolonising Embodiment’ held on Zoom during the autumn 2021. The last lecture on Wednesday 8.12.2021 at 18.00 (EET) is opened to the public in co-operation with the University of Huddersfield (UK) and The Center for Everything (FIN). The lecturer is Ni’Ja Whitson. Ni’Ja Whitson is a […]
lim
lim premiered on Saturday 6. 3. 2021. lim is a prologue for a new planet. it’s a planet in a state of in-between – in a state where we don’t yet know what comes next. lim is not anymore part of the old, collapsed planet, but it’s also too new to have been born for […]
Remote Jam
Remote Jam is a version of the dj jam in exceptional circumstances. dj jam uses contact improvisation as the base for connection. Remote Jam improvises the connection by the music played by the dj and tuning in and dancing together. SCORE FOR THE JAM 18 – 18.30 Arriving to Zoom 18.30 – 19 Facilitated tuning […]
The International AI Party
The AI Party was realised in Finland in 2018 and in Sweden and Norway during 2019. The Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian versions of The AI Party were briefly brought together online in 2020. The Nordic co-operation was supported by Nordic Culture Fund, Nordic Culture Point and Statens Kulturråd. Original concept: The Center for Everything (FIN), […]
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 […]