SONGS AFTER NATURE #3


A theatrical ecology, duration 1 hour

Collectively developed and performed by Rosie Middleton, mezzo / Pia Palme, bass recorder, electronics (4-channel), spoken voice / Elie Halonen, Shibari performance , costume design / Satu Hakamäki, dance performance, voice / Siiri Viljakka, live drawing, video projection / Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka, double bass, performance.

Credits
Texts + text improvisations by Pia Palme
Music by Pia Palme (composed + improvised), Rosie Middleton (improvised), Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka (improvised)
Storyboard + dramaturgy by the group, costume idea + realisation by Elie Halonen 

Performed @Sibelius Museum Turku, Finland on 30 August 2024. Produced as a co-production of the Saari Residence and Sibelius Museum Turku, with additional fundings for the compositional process by the SKE of the austro mechana Austria.

This text about the project was written by the poet and writer Virpi Vairinen and recently published by the KONE Foundation, Finland (with the photo by Aamu Kirjonen & Anniina Saksa).