Sara Pathirane & Laura Pietiläinen: Like The Stars

Like The Stars exhibition presents works of choreographer Laura Pietiläinen and visual artist Sara Pathirane. The exhibition consists of five painting choreographies for video from 2020 to 2023.

The series of works dances out the invisible energy pulsing inside people's habitats, reviving the spirits of places. The videos were filmed in urban nature in Helsinki, in places where nature is being radically reshaped due to construction, where poplar trees were felled to make way for a new building.

The exhibition also features the video work Leda&friends, based on fragments of Sappho's poems, on the island of Lesvos. The choreographic video piece based on Sappho's poems tells the story of friends who incubate a common dream: a hyacinth-colored egg. The sound world of the piece is composed by Sirja Puurtinen. In addition, Sielunkuu's Tiina Pitkänen has prepared a fragrance for the exhibition that leads to the worlds of videos.

The exhibition culminates in a dance performance on the last weekend as part of the Performance Tent event in front of the gallery. Dancers and composers from the exhibition's videos will participate in the performance.

Oksasenkatu 11 Gallery
9.-30.8.2023

Tue-Fri 13.00-18.00

Sat-Sun 12.00-17.00

Dance performance on 27.8.

Free entry