TIERRA/CURA (vol. I)

Welcome to the work-in-process exhibition of TIERRA/CURA (vol. I) from 15.5.–28.5.2024 at Onkiniemi Ateljee. TIERRA/CURA (eng. soil/care) is a dance installation about the body’s relationship with soil and care. In the dance installation, various material, sound and movement elements create a space that invites you to spend time with care, imagination and landscapes. This exhibition is the first part of the work-in-process that opens to the public. The working group will continue working on TIERRA/CURA (vol. II) dance installation in the fall of 2024 in Tampere.

Through the multi-year TIERRA/CURA project, we delve into ecological care and how we can take care of ourselves by taking care of soil. The goals of the project are researching and practicing soil care and sharing these experiences in the form of a dance installation, a dance film and a written publication.

The project is inspired by Maria Puig de la Bellacasa’s book Matters of Care: Speculative Ethics in More-than-human worlds and the way it proposes to see being in contact with the soil as a future-oriented practice of care. The project is a continuation of previous works by choreographer Wilhelmina Ojanen and working group that explore the theme of care.

The artistic process of the project started in the residences of La Wayaka Current (Collo, San Pedro de Atacama) and Centro Manna (Santiago de Chile) in the fall of 2023 and continued in the winter and spring of 2024 in Tampere, in the Pirkanmaa Dance Center Liikelaituri residency 2.1.-12.2.2024 and 1.3.-31.5.2024 at the Lielahti Manor as part of Tampere City’s Cultural spaces project.

TIERRA/CURA working group includes choreographer-performer Wilhelmina Ojanen, dramaturg-performer-cinematographer Kardo Shiwan, musician Tapani Rinne, costume designer and space designer Mirei Kato, visual artist and space designer Lotta Hurnanen, and lighting designer Jaakko Sirainen.

In the work-in-process dance installation, performers Wilhelmina Ojanen and Kardo Shiwan work in the space for about three hours during the opening hours of the exhibition. You are free to come and go from the space during the opening hours of the exhibition.

The exhibition is open
  • Wed 15.5. from 2 to 7 p.m. (W.O. and K.S. from 3 to 6 p.m.)
  • Thu 16.5. from 2 to 7 p.m. (W.O. and K.S. from 3 to 6 p.m.)
  • Fri 17.5. from 2 to 7 p.m. (W.O. and K.S. from 3 to 6 p.m.)
  • Sat 18.5. from 12 to 5 p.m. (W.O. and K.S. from 1 to 4 p.m.)
  • Tue 21.5. from 2 to 7 p.m. (W.O. and K.S. from 3 to 6 p.m.)
  • Wed 22.5. from 2 to 7 p.m. (W.O. and K.S. from 3 to 6 p.m.)
  • Fri 24.5. from 2 to 7 p.m. (W.O. and K.S. from 3 to 6 p.m.)
  • Sun 26.5. from 12 to 5 p.m. (W.O. and K.S. from 1 to 4 p.m.)
  • Tue 28.5. from 2 to 7 p.m
Place

Onkiniemi Ateljee, Onkiniemenkatu 2 B2, 33230, Tampere (Suomen Trikoo factory).

Accessibility

The entrance is located right at the corner of the factory building. Two stairs and a ramp (120 cm wide) go down from the entrance. There is one toilet in the facility, which is not wheelchair accessible. There are various seats in the space. There is no induction loop in the space.

The project has been supported by: The Arts Promotion Centre Finland, The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Samuel Huber Art Foundation, Otto A. Malm donation fund, City of Tampere, Arts Management Helsinki