“Inspired by the northern Ghanaian saying ‘don’t thank for the food, food is food, and everyone has to eat’, meaning that in a home or community, you don’t have to say thank you for the food that is given to you. Food is a necessity and it is a given that you are fed at home.”
This polycentric BIPOC living room focuses on questions regarding narrative and identity through the themes of home, food, nurture and rest. A dinner party celebrating community where art, like food, is a necessity that should be accessible to everyone.
The space is curated through audience outreach and partnerships where the main goal is to provide narratives and inspiration to a BIPOC audience. The work also invites everyone to experience this blend of art forms and join the discussion about our art spaces and what stories are told and by whom.
There are some set times for some of the works in the space. You can come and go as you please and stay as long as you like.
2–3pm
– Audio work “Tervetuloa vieraaksi omaan kotiin” by Soila Shah
– Screening of Edit Williams work “Ephemeral Reverie”
4:20-5:20pm
– Audio work “Tervetuloa vieraaksi omaan kotiin” by Soila Shah
– Screening of Edit Williams work “Ephemeral Reverie”
6pm–
– Food is presented
Antonia Atarah is a Ghanaian-Finnish actor and performer who is newly graduated from the Uniarts Theatre Academy’s acting program. In her work she has curiously varied between different performing art forms, practices and groups in Finland, Germany, Ghana and Tanzania. Atarah believes in collective work and aims to broaden the perception and task of “the actor” by finding diversity within that role.
Facilitator, performer, director: Antonia Atarah
Artists: Linus Atarah, Nana Thomson, Julian Owusu, Mirjam Yeboah, Soila Shah, Edit Williams, Tuuli Heinonen
In collaboration with: Muudi, POC-lukupiiri, Good Hair Day