Unfinished Tales

Unfinished Tales – a collective story is a cross-atlantic collaboration, investigating Nordic colonialism – past and present – experienced by youth in the Nordics, Ghana and St. Croix.

In the installation the young audience is invited into a sensous and poetic archive composed of the research material created by youth and artists in collaboration. The material presented is selected by a curatorteam of youths from the Nordics, Ghana and St. Croix.

In the installation the stories of the youth are facilitated and performed by the professional artists and the young audience is guided through the installation where films, movements, text, audiorecordings and objects are unfolded and brought to life in collaboration between audience and performers.

"Overgrown history is everywhere"
"Why do I know so little?"
"It feels like I have empty hand, no tools, a world of knowledge, but everything is in the dark"
"I hope nothing bad happens today, but it is of course not good, what happened in the past"
"It is not past, it is still here"
"We must continue talking, so that everyone can see, we all are one people"

How does it feel to be young in the wake of colonialism? Having to find your identity between the unwritten pages in history books and black holes in the collective consciousness?

Performance duration: 60 min
Language: English
Age recommendation: 13–18-year-olds
Free entry, pre-registration at https://www.kultus.fi starting 15 September.