[of sound]
Fjolla Hoxha:
Longing from a distance…what is left behind?
– virtual one-on-one performance
13.–15.3.2023
March 13th–15th, 2023 at 16, 17, 18 (Helsinki time)
Virtual space
Performance slots:
Monday, March 13th, 2023
1. 16:00-16:30
2. 17:00- 17:30
3. 18:00- 18:30
Tuesday, March 14th, 2023
1. 16:00-16:30
2. 17:00- 17:30
3. 18:00- 18:30
Wednesday, March 15th, 2023
1. 16:00-16:30
2. 17:00- 17:30
3. 18:00- 18:30
BOOK YOUR PERFORMANCE TIME SLOT IN THIS LINK!
“Longing from a distance…what is left behind?” is an intimate participatory performance that treats the topic of longing and the fear of missing out. It stems from a desire to be in multiple places in parallel, through imagination and virtual communication.
Is it possible to surpass spatial barriers, to keep the flow of connection with a place and its beings?
Performance artist Fjolla Hoxha will co-create one-on-one performances with participants based in Helsinki while she is absent from the gallery space and the city.
The performances are considered voice or sound gift exchanges during which each participant, rather than audience member, will bring a sound gift, anything from real-time shared sounds or stories about what they may have experienced today on the streets, to a recorded soundscape of any sort. In exchange, Fjolla will be offering sound gifts from a different continent where winter days are longer, the sun is likely shining almost every day, the red birds chirp in bebop and the firefighters are constantly around.
To participate in the performance, you would need to book a time slot via the link below, you need a device to access the internet (either computer or mobile phone), and a bit of time to prepare for the performance. You will receive the participation link and a few more instructions well in advance via email.
The interaction will be in English.
About artist
Fjolla Hoxha is a writer and performance maker, working between Helsinki, her home country Kosova and Nashville, Tennessee. Her practice is heartily based on assiduous research that mainly grounds on critical theory, oral histories and narratives, institutional and personal archives. She writes fiction and non-fiction, plays, scripts and reviews as well as works as cross-media performance artist, focused on site-specific participatory work that is informed by individual and collective memory. Fjolla studied Dramatic Arts at University of Prishtina, Theater Critique and Dramaturgy at Istanbul University and holds an MA degree from Uniarts Helsinki’s Theater Academy in Live Art and Performance Studies.Fjolla is a member of the TRANCE//FURNACE multimedia imprint art collective which focuses on Industrial Culture and Media, as well as Transgressive Electronic Music and Art.
The one-on-one performance is part of [of sound] sonic arts exhibition organised in Oksasenkatu 11 gallery between March 5th–30th, 2023.
The exhibition has been supported by Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) and Musiikin edistämissäätiön (MES).