A social choreography in public places.
common moves revisited is a social choreography or choreography of the community unfolding in public spaces in Helsinki during URB 26 festival. The work operates as a speculative site. Through the act of occupying public space and applying simple scores and choreographies, it questions our conception of what is held in common: social norms or habits; the common as something shared, public, or regularly occurring; the common as something that is not underrepresented or marginalized; or the common as something that does not stop the flow, that belongs. The work softly resists the current by changing and moving what is common.
The work is realised in collaboration with BIPOC artists in Helsinki and is rooted in local conversations and urgencies. The work invites participants to take part in simple, shared movement practices that gently shift how public space by asking:
What could be common here?
What do we wish were common?
And how might we practice that together?
EVENT INFO
Facilitated by Ritni Ráste Pieski
Stoa’s Square, Itäkeskus
Wed 3 June at 17.30
Fri 5 June at 17.15
Facilitated by Sophia Wekesa
Close to Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
Wed 3 June at 19:00
Fri 5 June at 19.00
NOTE! The groups present their work outside in the open air. If it is heavily raining or there is thunder, the practice will be postponed. In light rain and in other weather conditions the practice is done.
Free admission!
Dramaturg: H Ouramo
Facilitators: Ritni Ráste Pieski, Sophia Wekesa
Production: UTT ry & Kiasma