May arrives. We meet. A cloudless sky turns into a whispering island. There is a rumor going around that the plants are crying. We are going to witness what emerges as an illumination of a horizon: a henbane, a devil’s wheat, an eagle fern. A whole miraculous herbarium. The people that were incarcerated in the hospital, that could not control their destinies. The poems are the evidence, the performance is the secret, the prayer is the poison and the cure. They are a path to meet a silenced angel of history. Beauty is located at the shifting centre of a slow performance time that enables us to plunge into the waters of the whirling testimonies.

Concept: Lotta Petronella
Script, direction and installation:
Lotta Petronella
Fictional voices and monologues:
Seppo Parkkinen
Costumes, props and textile art:
Maedhbh McMahon
Wooden sculptures: Joni Judén
Lighting and technology: Antton Kainulainen
Performers: Cécile Orblin, Gabriela Ariana, Anna Jussilainen, Laura Naukkarinen,
Lotta Petronella, Heta Pyhäjärvi, Alma Rajala, Kristina Vahvaselkä
Musician: Jean-Michel Kampara
Poster artwork: Laura Miettinen
Graphic design and script editing: 
Kaitlyn D. Hamilton
Communications: Aurora Ala-Hakula
Producer: Kristina Vahvaselkä
Production: Lotta Petronella
/ Kolmas Tila Själö Workgroup
Funded by: SKR Varsinais-Suomen rahasto, Svenska Kulturfonden, Konstsamfundet,
Taiteen edistämiskeskus (Taike),
Turun Kaupunki, Nygréns Stiftelse

Languages: English, Finnish, Swedish

For press an other inquiries, contact: kristina@vahvaselka.com