Hangö Teaterträff’s Thursday club opens with songs about plants, followed by DJs and the dance floor!
Plant Based Stories is a three-year project that has travelled from Kuopio to Helsinki and Hangö. During the process, a metamorphosis has taken place: the touring story-collecting performance led to songs and an installation and has now transformed into a planted public artwork in Hangö 2024.
On Thursday, 6 June, the work will be officially launched at a Plant Based III live event at Hangö Teaterträff’s opening club. Join us for a celebration of our audiovisual plant monument and come listen to songs based on plants!
Schedule
21.00 Doors open
21.30 Plant Based Stories III concert
23.00 DJ
Mirella Pendolin (1975) is a half-Finnish and half-Spanish music professional; singer, musician, pedagogue, and composer. Pendolin trained as a singer at the Trondheim Conservatory of Music in Norway and has since then been performing and publishing her own music as well as participated in several jazz/pop groups, composed music for various artists and theatre performances, and served as a choirmaster and a vocal pedagogue. Recently, she has been releasing her own music in a style that lies somewhere between pop and jazz with electronic and ethnic influences.
Pia Sirén (1982) is a visual artist who works with large-scale temporary installations using common construction materials, as well as sculptures, performances and collaborative projects. Sirén creates her artwork both in public outdoor spaces and in exhibition spaces. Her works form entities that materially and spatially engage the viewer, allowing them to step into the installation and become a part of it. In 2012, Sirén graduated with a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts. Her work has been exhibited in numerous private and group exhibitions both in Finland and abroad.
Ilona Valkonen (1980) is a visual artist whose working approach involves suggestions for alternative ways to look at and understand the world. Valkonen works with new forms of painting, collegial curation and a performance concept created through collaboration, Vieno Motors. By now, over 60 artists from various backgrounds have contributed to the different Vieno Motors actions that combine plants with creative methods, and their number is constantly growing. In addition to Finland, the performances have taken place in cities like Reykjavik, Berlin, New York, Graz, Saint Petersburg and London.
Ada Katz (2000) is a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and composer. Their work is focused on using the language of music to document and communicate emotional states that might otherwise be left misunderstood.
Working group: Pia Sirén, Mirella Pendolin, Ilona Valkonen, Ada Katz
Supported by: The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, Konstsamfundet, Finnish Cultural Foundation
Plant Based Stories is part of Kulkue, a joint project between three Finnish art festivals. ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival (Kuopio), Hangö Teaterträff (Hanko), and Baltic Circle (Helsinki) create an exceptionally large-scale series of Finnish co-productions along with related tours. The project’s central goal is to promote the accessibility of the festivals and to prolong the life cycle of the performances. The project is financed by the Finnish Cultural Foundation.