A Great Mess is a site-sensitive performance that approaches the site as a historically unique multispecies meeting place. The performance takes place during sunset and journeys among sun-scorched thymes, discarded matter, porous skin, surrendering, earthmoving machines, and the landscapes of human imagination.

The members of the WAUHAUS arts collective involved in this piece are Laura Haapakangas, Juni Klein, Samuli Laine, Jussi Matikainen and Jarkko Partanen, with additional contributions by evolutionary biologist Aura Raulo and performers Per Ehrström and Sara Grotenfelt, producer-performer Mira Eskelinen, curator Kristiina Ljokkoi and the producer of WAUHAUS Julia Hovi.

Production: HAM Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki Biennial, ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival & WAUHAUS
Supported by: Kone Foundation, Finnish Cultural Foundation, City of Helsinki, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Stiftelsen Tre Smeder sr, Konstsamfundet, Kulturfonden

Photo: Katri Naukkarinen

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