I look at you when you look at me looking at you looking at me. Where does your gaze end and mine begin? The gaze does not belong to either, it is a relationship in which you participate.
Voyeur explores the gaze—how looking shapes both the performer and the audience.
In the performance, the audience encounters a group of performers on a stage divided by a large window. The performers are on one side of the window and the audience is on the other. This transparent barrier makes visible the fundamental dynamics of performance: people gathered in the same space to look at each other. The work is non-verbal and communicates with the audience through bodily action, light and sound.
Concept, choreography, direction:
Matilda Aaltonen
Joel Teixeira Neves
Pauliina Sjöberg (2017-2019)
Performances:
Version 3: February 7–22, 2020 at the Side Step Festival and Theatre Universum, Helsinki. Produced by Reality Research Center.
Version 2: September 13–15, 2019 at Kiisu Theatre, Outokumpu. In collaboration with Riveria Outokummun tanssin koulutus.
Version 1: September 22 – October 4, 2017 at the Theatre Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki.
Reviews:
Helsingin Sanomat
Teatteri & Tanssi + Sirkus magazine
Voyeur (2020) was part of a three-year research project (2020–2022) led by Dr. Sanna Ryynänen and funded by the Kone Foundation. In the project, Ryynänen explores theatre and performing arts through the lens and methods of a social scientist. Her research report, focusing on audience experience, is available BY CLICKING THIS LINK.
Working groups:
2020
Sound design: Mitja Nylund
Lighting design: Mia Jalerva
Costumes: Antrea Kantakoski
Performers: Matilda Aaltonen, Ronja Syvälahti, Jan Loukas, Teo Mattila, Viki Kontopoulou, Paula Nousiainen, Vilma Lehtovaara, Susanna Kinnunen, Kira Heinonen, Maija Mustonen, Taru Aho, Marlon Moilanen, and Wilhelm Blomberg
2019
Set design: Iisa Lepistö
Sound design: Johanna Sulalampi
Lighting design: Alina Pajula
Costumes: Pauliina Sjöberg
Performers: Lisa Giebel, Kira Heinonen, Veera Karttunen, Susanna Kinnunen, Vilma Lehtovaara, Paula Nousiainen, Ella Seikkala, Sonja Setälä, Anniina Dyster, Vasiliki Kontopoulou, Laura Kärkäs, Mira Mattila, Milla Ovaska, and Ronja Antikainen
2017
Set design: Iisa Lepistö
Lighting design: Riikka Karjalainen
Sound design: Joonas Pernilä
Costumes: Pauliina Sjöberg
Dramaturgical support: Even Minn
Performers: Matilda Aaltonen, Heta Keskinarkaus, Tuija Lappalainen, Heidi Lehtoranta, Anders Lillhonga, Jan Loukas, Teo Mattila, Klaus Maunuksela, Ilana Palmgren, Eeti Piiroinen, Pinja Poropudas, Judith Regwan, Aura Savolainen, Pauliina Sjöberg, and Ronja Syvälahti
Photos 2020
Voyeur explores the gaze—how looking shapes both the performer and the audience.
In the performance, the audience encounters a group of performers on a stage divided by a large window. The performers are on one side of the window and the audience is on the other. This transparent barrier makes visible the fundamental dynamics of performance: people gathered in the same space to look at each other. The work is non-verbal and communicates with the audience through bodily action, light and sound.
Concept, choreography, direction:
Matilda Aaltonen
Joel Teixeira Neves
Pauliina Sjöberg (2017-2019)
Performances:
Version 3: February 7–22, 2020 at the Side Step Festival and Theatre Universum, Helsinki. Produced by Reality Research Center.
Version 2: September 13–15, 2019 at Kiisu Theatre, Outokumpu. In collaboration with Riveria Outokummun tanssin koulutus.
Version 1: September 22 – October 4, 2017 at the Theatre Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki.
Reviews:
Helsingin Sanomat
Teatteri & Tanssi + Sirkus magazine
Voyeur (2020) was part of a three-year research project (2020–2022) led by Dr. Sanna Ryynänen and funded by the Kone Foundation. In the project, Ryynänen explores theatre and performing arts through the lens and methods of a social scientist. Her research report, focusing on audience experience, is available BY CLICKING THIS LINK.
Working groups:
2020
Sound design: Mitja Nylund
Lighting design: Mia Jalerva
Costumes: Antrea Kantakoski
Performers: Matilda Aaltonen, Ronja Syvälahti, Jan Loukas, Teo Mattila, Viki Kontopoulou, Paula Nousiainen, Vilma Lehtovaara, Susanna Kinnunen, Kira Heinonen, Maija Mustonen, Taru Aho, Marlon Moilanen, and Wilhelm Blomberg
2019
Set design: Iisa Lepistö
Sound design: Johanna Sulalampi
Lighting design: Alina Pajula
Costumes: Pauliina Sjöberg
Performers: Lisa Giebel, Kira Heinonen, Veera Karttunen, Susanna Kinnunen, Vilma Lehtovaara, Paula Nousiainen, Ella Seikkala, Sonja Setälä, Anniina Dyster, Vasiliki Kontopoulou, Laura Kärkäs, Mira Mattila, Milla Ovaska, and Ronja Antikainen
2017
Set design: Iisa Lepistö
Lighting design: Riikka Karjalainen
Sound design: Joonas Pernilä
Costumes: Pauliina Sjöberg
Dramaturgical support: Even Minn
Performers: Matilda Aaltonen, Heta Keskinarkaus, Tuija Lappalainen, Heidi Lehtoranta, Anders Lillhonga, Jan Loukas, Teo Mattila, Klaus Maunuksela, Ilana Palmgren, Eeti Piiroinen, Pinja Poropudas, Judith Regwan, Aura Savolainen, Pauliina Sjöberg, and Ronja Syvälahti
Photos 2020
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Photos 2017
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Kuvat: Sanni Siira
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