Only two visits to the trees in Helsinki this week, on Tuesday and Wednesday morning. My plan was to include Thursday, too, but I chose to go to CARPA 5 – colloquium on artistic research in performings arts, where I have a small installation running nonstop for the duration of the event. One reason was the rainy weather, I have to admit. And I had to make preparations for a trip to Odense in Denmark, where I am participating in an event organised by Nordic Performance Art, facilitating a participatory performance with swinging and also speaking at the seminar. So my thoughts were everywhere else except wih the trees. On Tuesday I was preparing for a busy day, but the weather was calm. On Wednesday the wind was strong, but the direction was such that the camera on the tripod was not under direct attack. The only incident I remember was an alder leaf falling gently down on my head while sitting on the stub, a surprise and a strange feeling, a sign of autumn.
It seems like everything is happening at the same time this weekend. Besides Carpa 5 there is the Art in the Environment Nordic symposium 2017 in Vartiosaari. I managed to see the end of one performance by Anna Rubio at HIAP in Suomenlinna, which is part of the symposium, that is all. Then there is the event I am performing at in Odense, organised by Nordic Performance Art (a slightly misleading name, I guess). Moreover, one of my videos is shown as part of a screening curated by Leena Kela at an event called Meetings – Video and performance art festival in Mid- and western Jutland in Denmark on the same day. And then there is probably many other interesting things going on, but as one cannot be everywhere at once, one has to trust that anywhere is the right place for that moment…
Performing Landscape 