Premiere Sonja Jokiniemi – Howl

In the frame of the Creative Crossroad activity, Sonja Jokiniemi was selected by STUK to receive a 2 years structural support by the LLB network to work on her latest production "Howl" and on a research project within the social and artistic sector under a working Title: "Kukutukha", aiming towards artistic creation in 2021.

This support includes a co-production by MDT Stockholm and a presentation possibility at MDT in 2020.

Howl premiered on August 8, 2019 in Helsinki with further presentations on August 9, 10, 11 & 13.

About "Howl":

Howl is a transforming performance project and an exhibition space. Bodies of painting, sculpture and live performance mesh, gearing towards extended beings and hybrid bodies through interdependencies of human and non-human.

Howl is a calling upon connection beyond speech, towards another kind of speaking. In this work, textile lacing, drawing, inanimate and animate search towards a multitextural and sensual environment in which to speak in and with. They are searching for a fertility of language where textures, weight, liquid, and sound create a damp soil in which communicative tension resonates.

Choreography, visual works and performance: Sonja Jokiniemi
Lighting and spatial design: Heikki Paasonen
Sound design and performance: Natalia Domínguez Rangel
Dramaturgical dialogue: Elina Minn
Performer in rehearsal: Maija Karhunen
Glass blowing: Kari Alakoski / Mafka & Alakoski Oy
Headdress: in collaboration with Valentin Silvennoinen
Producer: Riikka Thitz
International distribution: Something Great (Berlin)
Performance photos: Simo Karisalo 

Supported by: Arts Centre BUDA, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Kone Foundation, Samuel Huberin Taidesäätiö, The Finnish Cultural Foundation 

Co-production: Be My Guest -network for emerging practices, Kiasma Theatre (FI), MDT Stockholm (SE),  NEXT International Festival, STUK – A House for Dance, Image and Sound (Leuven, BE) in the framework of the Life Long Burning – Towards a sustainable Eco-System for Contemporary Dance in Europe project (2018-2022) supported by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.