The Editorial The starting point for this issue was our shared interest in the process of condensation and in the possibilities of combining two art forms; poetry and performance art. We invited six poets to write an event score to be performed. The poets Silja...
KARRI KOKKO The First Word Theory Of course there is nothing like the first word of the first human language. But something has been there in the beginning. It is said that at first language was needed for two reasons: to warn the others of danger, like ”Look...
HARRY SALMENNIEMI Stage Directions for One Performer Forget yourself because Remember: you cannot tickle yourself. This must show on your face Be whoever whose hand you can hold Be the lovers doubting each other Be outside yourself and whole Linger in it Be a...
TANELI LEONORA VILJANEN [a proposal for a new ocean] 1.Like a mountain stream, pink smoke 2.Touch one hand with another as lightly as you can(understand ”lightness” in a way, which you haven’t thought of before) 3.Make a movement inside your...
ELSA TÖLLI Diva Score Drumroll. The Diva takes a bow, rises, bows. The Diva approaches, each cell awake.Tragedy and comedy in their hands. The Diva sees no one with their spider eyes. Theshow starts Summaries of the scenes The Selfie, The Flowers, The Hands, The...
Text by Louna-Tuuli Luukka ja Jussi Salminen Reality Research Center, founded in 2001, is a collective of artists engaged in performative adventures. Our shared aspiration is to observe, question, and renew reality by creating performances. This issue...
Text by Maria Säkö & Klaus Maunuksela, Edit by Louna-Tuuli Luukka Ice Hole invited the critic Maria Säkö and the dramaturg Klaus Maunuksela to write dialogically online about how they see the past, present, and future of Reality Research Center. They were given a...
In conversation with Janne Saarakkala text by Pilvi Porkola In 2007 Pilvi Porkola and Janne Saarakkala led a one-year-long research project about politics and art at Reality Research Center. The project included workshops, public interventions, and the first issue of...
Text by Tuomas Laitinen The event Time: At 6:10pm, between August 12th – 28th 2021. Place: The crossing of Aleksanterinkatu and Fabianinkatu, in the heart of Helsinki. We, the artists of Reality Research Center, go on our knees and cross...
Text by Tuire Tuomisto Actor Tuire Tuomisto and Director Tuire Tuomisto are having a conversation about the performance The Other (Reality Research Center, 2012), in which they both were present. (Sound of drops dripping) ACTOR TUIRE TUOMISTO (ATT) I...
ICE HOLE issue 10: Isolation The spring of 2020 was very unusual. In a short time, many things changed. Due to Covid-19 everyday life was not possible as we used to know it, there were new restrictions and safety precautions concerning meeting people and travelling....
