Olen japanilais-suomalainen tekstiilitaiteilija, kuitutaiteilija ja pukusuunnittelija. Olen valmistunut vuonna 2020 Taiteen kandidaatiksi Aalto-yliopiston elokuva- ja lavastustaiteen laitokselta, jossa myös tällä hetkellä viimeistelen maisterin opintojani. Pukusuunnittelun lisäksi olen opiskellut tekstiilitaiteita Kyotossa, Japanissa, ja valmistunut ompelijakisälliksi vuonna 2016 erikoistuen teatteripukujen ja historiallisten pukujen valmistukseen.
Minulla on monipuolista työkokemusta sekä TV:n, elokuvan ja esittävän taiteen pukujen ja tilan suunnittelun parissa. Olen viime vuosina työskennellyt erityisesti esittävän taiteen, nykytanssin sekä installaation parissa. Esittävän taiteen kokijana ja tekijänä minua kiinnostavat kokonaisvaltaisten ja moniaistillisten taidekokemusten suunnitteleminen, toteuttaminen ja jakaminen.
Materiaalilähtöiseen prosessityöskentelyyn perustuvassa tekstiili- ja kuitutaiteessani tutkin ihmisten ja luonnon välistä yhteyttä/suhdetta, materiaalien ja muistojen merkityksellisyyttä sekä kuuluvuuden ja ulkopuolisuuden kokemuksia. Työskentelen mielelläni vaihtoehtoisia materiaaleja, materiaalitutkimusta sekä poisto- ja löytömateriaaleja, kuten uudelleenkäytettyä tekstiilimateriaalia ja tekstiilijätettä, hyödyntäen ja tarkastellen. Olen loputtoman utelias havainnoimaan ja tutkimaan ympäröivää maailmaa. Rakastan uppoutua erilaisten ilmiöiden, muotojen, tekstuurien sekä yksityiskohtien tarkasteluun.
Award for Most Imaginative and Inventive Design in the Student Exhibition at Prague Quadrennial 2023
Why do we keep getting stuck? Suo, Silent, Disco is a piece that combines traces of the rare, typical and controversial Finnish suo (swamp, bog or peatland) into a light-hearted physical experiment. Participants are invited to share the playful and audiovisual space of the sticky unknown.
My rubber boot got stuck in a sticky landscape. It was a warm and soft summer day. Numerous birds and small insects inhabited this place while I, just a visitor, waded through the unknown. My ears tickled with buzzing sounds. I kept going, I kept getting stuck. I was terrified, as I had been told not to come here alone. I took a break and sat down on a tussock. The scent of marsh tea surrounded me. Suddenly a pinecone fell to the ground. I wondered how long it would take for it to decompose and become one with the various bodies of flora and fauna. Something unknown was brewing under the surface.
Suo, Silent, Disco was created through different experiences and ideas of suo landscapes, which cover almost a third of Finland’s land area. Although the piece approaches the theme from a playful and heartfelt point of view, the cultural and political aspects of suo areas are controversial. Suos act as great carbon sinks, but for decades they have been severely threatened by drainage and peat extraction. These human actions create huge emissions and damage ecosystems. Knowing all this, why do we keep getting stuck?
Suo, Silent, Disco is co-organised by the Theatre Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki and the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture.
CREATIVE TEAM
Majoring in Costume Design (Aalto ARTS): Hugo Enkenberg, Mirei Kato, Meme Korhonen and Hilla Ruuska
Majoring in Lighting Design (Uniarts Helsinki): Lyydia Johansson, Aku Lahti, Alina Pajula, Ville Tolvanen, Joakim Udd and Outi Vedenpää
Majoring in De¬sign for the Per¬form¬ing Arts/Scenography (Uniarts Helsinki): Ruusa Johansson, Mikko Salminen and Aino Väisänen
Majoring in Sound Desing (Uniarts Helsinki): Aino Juutilainen, Pauli Kotilainen and Timo Tikka
CURATORIAL TEAM
Theatre Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki – Kimmo Karjunen, Liisa Ikonen, Tomi Humalisto, Jari Kauppinen, Tuomas Fränti, Jokke Heikkilä, Elina Lifländer, Raisa Kilpeläinen & Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture – Sofia Pantouvaki and Susanna Suurla
ORGANISATION
Theatre Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki (Taideyliopiston Teatterikorkeakoulu) & Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture (Aalto-yliopiston taiteiden ja suunnittelun korkeakoulu)
Premiered on Sat 26.11.2022 at Liikelaituri, in Tampere.
How can we take care of ourselves, others, and the world around us? What are the tools we need for this? How can we be with care? Matters of Care (or every thing we do) is a three-month community dance project organized by choreographer Wilhelmina Ojanen that explores the theme of care, and we can take care of each other and the world around us through our bodies. The three-month process will culminate in a performance. The piece will be created together with the whole working group.
PEOPLE
Choreographer: Wilhelmina Ojanen
Choreographic assistant and performer: Kardo Shiwan
Choreographic assistant and performer: Wilma Seppälä
Performers: Virpi Koskela, Julia Koskimies, Sanni Laine, Marjo Leväharju, Sini Marikki, Harri Pitkänen, Päivi Pylvänäinen, Martta Sivonen
Musician: Tapani Rinne
Costume designer: Mirei Kato
Lighting designer: Jaakko Sirainen
Photography and poster: Julius Töyrylä
Thank you to: Laura Falck, Mika Pasanen
Visiting artist/facilitator of voice workshop: Teea Aarnio in collaboration with Arts Management Helsinki.
The project is supported by Pirkanmaa Regional Dance Centre, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Tampere City Culture, and Arts Management Helsinki.
Premiered on 17.12.2021 at Kenneli D.I.Y indoor skate pool, in Tampere.
becoming-with is inspired by the term of ecofeminist writer, Donna Haraway, which means a constantly changing, intertwined, and co-evolving relationship between humans, organisms, and nature. Through this new work, we will map our bodies’ fragile relationship to nature, exploring the body’s extremities and infiniteness, its vulnerability, and its future. We will study the body as part of a larger organism, an undefined and infinite body – where does the human body begin and end? What is our humanity in relation to the more-than-human world?
Choreography: Wilhelmina Ojanen together with the working group
Performers: Hanna Kahrola, Janina Salmela, Wilma Seppälä, Kardo Shiwan
Musician and performer: Tapani Rinne
Costume and set designer, performer: Mirei Kato
Lighting designer, performer: Jaakko Sirainen
Production: Wilhelmina Ojanen and Pirkanmaan Tanssin Keskus
Supporters: Pirkanmaan Tanssin Keskus, Taiteen edistämiskeskus, Suomen Kulttuurirahasto, Tampereen Kaupungin kaupunkikulttuuriyksikkö
Collaborators: Pirkanmaan Tanssin Keskus, Pirkanmaan Kaarikoirat, Tampere Floats
Video by Julius Töyrylä
2024
Can fur have memory? The short film explores family memories, melancholy, and intergenerational grief.
Starring: Kardo Shiwan, Daya Nukhsha, Bawa Shwan, Kozeen Shiwan, Kale Shiwan, Wilhelmina Ojanen, Mirei Kato & Sonja Koistinen
Written & Directed: Kardo Shiwan
Produced: Kardo Shiwan & Live Art Society
Director Of Photography: Julius Töyrylä
Editors: Julius Töyrylä, Wilhelmina Ojanen & Kardo Shiwan
Original Score: Juha Mäki-Patola & Tapani Rinne
Art Director: Reeta Tuoresmäki
Costume Designer: Mirei Kato
Assistant Director: Teresa Hammonds
Assistant Camera: Khánh Ngô
Sound Recordist: Shamsil Balkis
Assistant Producer: Wilhelmina Ojanen
Gaffer & Electrician: Samuel Boateng
Photographers: Surabhi Nadig & Julius Töyrylä
Special Effects: KFX Finland
Sound Design: Toni Teivaala
Final Mix: Ville Kuukka
Colorist & DCP: Hannu Käki
FUR FUR has been supported by: Live Art Society, Taiteen edistämiskeskus,
Academy of Moving People & Images & Kinos Rentals Oy
2023
Hamza, a foreign student in Helsinki is considering accepting an assistant position in Australia after graduation. Since this might be his last year in Helsinki, Hamza decides to spend his vacations here while his friends travel abroad for the summer.
As Hamza drifts in the city, observing its sights and sounds while mulling over his next move in life he comes across strangers who are on a similar quest. This summer, Hamza encounters an elderly man from his neighborhood who thinks his dog is racist, a man from Turku who has come to Helsinki for a vacation, and a massage therapist who has not taken a vacation in three years due to a curse.
DIRECTOR: Uzair Amjad
SCRIPTWRITER: Uzair Amjad
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Kerttu Hakkarainen
EDITING: Jojo Erholtz
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Ki, Reeta Tuoresmäki
SOUND DESIGN: Toni Teivaala
COSTUME DESIGN: Mirei Kato
MAKE-UP DESIGN: Heidi Huovinen
CAST: Harold Hejazi, Denisa Snyder, Samuel Kujala, Jussi Lankoski, Jorma Kokkonen, Anastasia Trizna
PRODUCERS: Emilia Haukka, Jussi Rantamäki
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Aamu Film Company
FESTIVAL DISTRIBUTION: Raina Films