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Restless Earth

Restless EarthPhoto: Mikko Lampinen
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Restless Earth, which explores the experience of otherness, draws its inspiration from Edward W. Said’s book Orientalism. However, the authors have been interested in examining the perception of otherness on a more general level. We can only interpret the unknown or the foreign through the lens of our own worldview—and in doing so, we reshape reality into a form that is comprehensible to us, or even possible at all. The photographer’s external position in relation to the subject, as well as the encounter with a foreign culture, are inextricably linked to the division between “us” and “them,” creating a veil behind which it is difficult to see the other or to be seen oneself.

The work engages with its subject through physicality and relies on the precise collaboration of the two performers. Their bodies, harmonizing with subtle precision, weave a tapestry from which, layer by layer, more personal nuances are revealed.

Choreography and dance: Riku Lehtopolku, Mikko Makkonen

Sound design: Eero Auvinen

Lighting consultation: Joonas Tikkanen

Performers on recorded audio: Francis Guardia, Ben Rogers

Music: Jon Balke, Batagraf, Anouar Brahem, Stephan Micus

Performance in Rovaniemi 18.9.2021

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