Recorded fragments of poetry resonate from paper speakers. Sounds sprout from the silences—perhaps it is music…
The second part of Olli Moilanen’s interdisciplinary Seikka performance series brings a sculptural sound installation to the Runokuu (Poetry Moon) festival for one week. The speaker modules have been built by multidisciplinary artist Priss Niinikoski. The voices emerging from the speakers recite poetry by German poet Simone Goldschmidt-Lechner and Finnish poet Tuukka Pietarinen. The poetry was curated in collaboration with the Nuoren Voiman Liitto.
Olli Moilanen’s work is supported by the Kone Foundation, Priss Niinikoski’s work by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland, and the construction of the installation was supported with a materials grant from the Arts Promotion Centre Finland.
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POESIA NIGHT CLUB: OPENINGS
As part of the opening event, Osuuskunta Poesia’s night club will feature performances by this autumn’s poets, Aki Salmela and Aura Siltala. The evening will also include a discussion with Erkka Filander about his new collection Siemenholvi, published in June.
In the same space, there will be a book exhibition dedicated to Erkka Filander’s Siemenholvi. The work is a monument to the printed word, its carefully crafted architecture guiding the reader through imagery of destruction and displacement that echoes Western cultural heritage, and the rituals and literature that arise from the need to remember. The book’s exceptional ambition is also reflected in its scale: the physical object is cut to the dimensions of classical codices (300x400mm), resembling a temple or a literary counterpart to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. It is a means of preserving and remembering possibilities.
Opening hours:
to 14.8. klo 19-21 (opening)
pe 15.8. klo 16-20
la 16.8. klo 14-18
su 17.8. klo 14-18
ti 19.8. klo 16-20
In collaboration with: Äänen Lumo – toinen kerros, Osuuskunta Poesia, WSOY, Goethe-Institut Finnland
