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I finished the lighting design project in Siida museum January 2022. I created inviting atmosphere by adjusting the levels to bring up the light dramaturgy inside the exhibition houses. I worked with Finnish companies Sun Effects and Saas Instruments and Saas delivered lights with custom specified colour temperatures and lenses for indoor lighting. Linear lights were custom lengths and in the rectangular boathouse they were f.e. four meters long. Nice unified look matching the boat lengths. All together I used three different lighting manufacture brands. All lights (EWO and Traxon) for outside were provided by Sun Effects. The weather demands are exceptional and this was studied carefully when choosing the lighting tools for this project. 27 000 visitors visited outdoor museum 2021.     
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I designed the lighting for 600 meters long walking path in Inari. For this project I used DIALux to calculate the output levels and to choose the perfect lenses for each purpose. For walking path I used EWO FA 170 1,5m high bollards and for spotlighting I used EWO P100 spots. For signs I used Traxon Archishape linears. All fixtures are 2700K and this brings really nice atmospheric landscape for the whole area. Next part of the project is to finish the indoor lighting for six houses on the path. The project will be ready January 2022.  The PIOT festival is celebrated all over Tornio, and on Saturday 6.11.2021 in Rantakatu Park, surrounded by domestic and international light art, at the festival’s main event. The artistic team of the PIOT festival is piloted by Julius Oförsagd, who has Tornian roots and a long history of event production in Lapland and around the world. The team also includes Matti Paloniemi, the artistic director of Dance Theater Rimpparemmi, who was planning the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest and is responsible for the dramaturgy of the PIOT festival. Lighting artist Jukka Huitila is responsible for the lighting contents of the PIOT festival in collaboration with Lauri Lundahl, and the gentlemen have designed lighting works around the world and have been doing, among other things, the Lux Helsinki event since its early years. Light and media artists in the main event are Teemu Määttänen, Duncan Mathews and Aleksander Salvensen. The conception and design of the lighting in the area has been carried out by lighting artist Jukka Huitila and technical designer Lauri Lundahl. https://www.piot.fi  Photo: Lauri Lundahl   Duncan Mathews: Dark Ideas  Teemu Määttänen: Atlas tree  Aleksander Salvensen: Relations of colour "Eternal Return is a human work flirting with horror and death, where the shiny just plays with the beautiful and the repeatability begins to strangle the throat." Kaleva review 5.11.2021 Eternal Return is a strange ride! Green lights are on! Strong lighting, you have been warned! Direction: Annamari Keskinen Performance: Ryan Mason, Annamari Keskinen, Meriheini Luoto Music: Meriheini Luoto Text: Ryan Mason, Annamari Keskinen Sound design: Kaj Mäki-Ullakko Light design: Jukka Huitila Set design: Aino Koski Photos: JP Manninen Production: JoJo – Oulu Dance Centre, Thar Be Dragons  Photo JP Manninen Thar Be Dragons is a platform for theatrical dance research, education, and performance, created by Annamari Keskinen and Ryan Mason in 2018. Here, both choreographers bring their professional experience and individual artistic vision into collaboration. Their work explores notions of subconscious communication, revealing dense and sometimes unseen intimacy between the layers of our inner landscapes. Their staged work shifts between rapid changes of mood, sustained states of tension, and layered imagery, often encircling themes of death, the unknowable, the paradoxical, borders, silence, light, the mystical, and the quotidian. Thar Be Dragons presented their first full-length work, Dying Animals Don’t Feel Sorry For Themselves at the Kaiku Club in Helsinki in 2018. They have been commissioned to create work for the Staatstheater Kassel, Staatstheater Braunschweig, and Hubbard Street Pro.
https://www.tharbedragons.org Lighting design for a magic show is quite different from my usual art work flow. It's all about creating illusions and entertaining. In close up magic it's critical to see everything and in bigger illusions there are different demands. I am not revealing more since it's magic. Henri blew my mind many times with such simple and beautiful magic. He can make a scarf to disappear, like really disappear in front of my eyes. Where? I have no idea but I don't even want to know. Sometimes it's lovely not to know. Premiere audience was enjoying for sure and I was enjoying seeing so many children living their dream. "How is that even possible?". Magic and illusions by Henri Kemppainen Feat. Jussi 69 on drums On stage Henri Kemppainen, Jussi 69, Jani Järvinen and Salla Kekäläinen Music by Johnny Lee Michaels Directors Sami Saikkonen and Sonja Sorvola Pyro effetcs by Jani Järvinen All photos by Niki Soukkio  Photo: Niki Soukkio "A beautiful path of human life. At the premiere, viewers didn’t want to let go of the world." Kaleva review 19.10.2021 AER is created by circus artist Hanna Moisala, dance artist Pirjo Yli-Maunula, costume designer Pirjo Valinen, sound designer Aake Otsala, light designer Jukka Huitila and set designer Heidi Kesti. AER is a co-production of Flow Productions and Lumo Company. All photos: Pekka Mäkinen   Photo: Karolina Henke Vinterresa (Winter Journey) is a new creation by choreographer Carl Knif for our dancer Madeleine Månsson. The starting point of the piece has been Franz Schubert's song cycle Winterreise based on Wilhelm Müller's poems. In Vinterresa Madeleine Månsson embarks on a journey through a multi-layered landscape. More Skånes Dansteater  AER alludes to air, wind and to the flows and currents of this life-sustaining element. This multisensory and intimate work creates a unique experience for its viewers, who can enter the piece in Valvesali at the Cultural Cente Valve. The work combines contemporary circus, contemporary dance, visual arts and music in an evocative performance. More Flow Productions  Thar Be Dragons:
Eternal Return is a strange ride.  Photo: Jussi Pohjavirta / Lapin Kansa 10.9.2021 The flowing flow (Vuolas vuo) can be seen all the way to Kittilä Road The city of Rovaniemi's first percentage work of art, Jukka Huitila's Vuolas vuo, was unveiled during the Rovaniemi week in Ylikylä. Seija Lappalainen Lapin Kansa 10.9.2021 When a work of art was ordered from Jukka Huitila for a multi-purpose building to be built in Ylikylä, Rovaniemi, the artist got acquainted with the empty plot, measured the environment with his eyes and rose to the rampart, which attenuates the noise of Kittiläntie traffic. Shortly thereafter, he received the first drawings from the architectural firm. - The design language of the ridge began to appeal to me, Huitila says. This is how the planning of percentage art began for the first time in Rovaniemi. Except that art did not account for a percentage of construction costs. - I don't even know the first project where this would have been fully realised, Huitila says. In keeping with the spirit of percent art, he got involved already in the design phase of the building, and was given free rein to place his work inside or outside the building. The artist wanted the work out so that it wasn’t just the Ilona of the building’s users. He wanted the work to be visible to Kittiläntie, the residents of the area and outdoor enthusiasts. An ambiguous work of light In September 2019, the City of Rovaniemi opened a portfolio search for a work of light art for the Ylikylä multipurpose building. Based on the portfolio, a sketch of the work was ordered from Jukka Huitila, and an order decision was made based on it. Huitila describes his work as a dissertation that has emerged from the observation of natural events. The artist who moved to Rovaniemi in 2018 has a close relationship with nature and especially river nature. Vuolas vuo is an ambiguous work that can be reminiscent of a river bed, northern lights, the top of a mountain and a river valley - and like nature, Vuolas vuo is different in daylight, evening twilight and night darkness. - The work is divided into a day theme and an evening and night theme. Changes tied to sunrise and sunset times closely follow the cycle of the year. In winter, in the camouflage, the evening and night theme is in the main part and the focus changes to the day theme as we go towards summer, the artist describes. The work can be admired from the courtyard of the kindergarten in the Ylikylä multipurpose building; the living work of light art is located on the roof edge of the facade of the building, adapting its shapes.ct in Rovaniemi. Under the name Vuolas vuo, I want to tie it to nature, which I respect and protect.  Photo: Jussi Pohjavirta / Lapinkansa 10.9.2021 Carl Knif creates an innovative and physical interpretation of August Strindberg’s A Dream Play. Deity Agnes undertakes a dreamlike journey through the world, encountering the different sides of humanity. She sees people and their lives as they are, full of contrasts and suffering, but also great beauty. Will Agnes be disappointed with humans, or will she be filled with love? How will she interpret the meaning of life and humans’ role on earth? Knif poses questions through strong physical expression and visuality. Music also plays a key role in the performance. The performance is produced in collaboration between the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki, Riksteatern in Sweden, and Carl Knif Company. "The performance, co-produced by Svenska Teatern, the Swedish Riksteatern and the Carl Knif Company, is reminiscent of the style of German silent films or Russian formalists from a hundred years ago for its visualization." HS review **** 9.9.2021 "Lives up to expectations Carl Knif impressed a few years ago on the same stage with his dance theater production of Kafka's short novel The Transformation, and it quickly becomes clear that A Dream Play will not be a disappointment. In fact, the show is excellent, both entertaining and intellectual, visually rich and innovative." HBL review 9.9.2021 Direction and choreography: Carl Knif Performers: Mårten Andersson, Per Burell, Patrick Henriksen, Oksana Lommi, Pekka Louhio, Dennis Nylund Costume designer: Karoliina Koiso-Kanttila Sound designer/Composer: Janne Hast Light designer: Jukka Huitila Scenographer: Erik Salvesen Make-up and hair: Tiitta Stoor Photographer: Cata Portin Production: Carl Knif Company, Svenska Teatern, Riksteatern INEHMOT A performance for the whole family that combines dance and object theater The work INEHMOT, created jointly by dance artist Titta Court and puppet theater artist Jose Salo, has been inspired by the Finno-Ugric holder doll tradition and Guatemalan care dolls. The worries and worries entrusted to the puppets, and at the same time the simple and modest implementation of the puppets, create an interesting contrast. Belief in the dolls ’ability to help and eliminate problems is strong. The difficulties that appear on the stage in the form of different characters are solved by listening and sympathizing. Anssi Laiho's sound design and Jukka Huitila's lights support the delicate structure of the performance and create new worlds in front of the viewer. Jaana Isokangas is responsible for the costume. The performance is speechless.  Photo: Krista Kuu "With the help of a couple of rags, the driftwood is shaped into both a majestic deer and a flying lizard. The menacing bullfighter and the way-looking threads are reminiscent of the Minotauros stories."
LK review 30.8.2021 Concept, performers and scenography: Titta Court and Jose Salo Sound design: Anssi Laiho Lighting design: Jukka Huitila Costume: Jaana Isokangas Photos: Katri Kuu Production: Rasa Collective, Teatteri Liikutus and Piste Collective Performances: The work will be performed three evenings on the harbor shore of Helsinki's Kalasatamanpuisto on 26-28 August 2021 at 8.30 pm. The duration of the work is about 40 minutes. The performance is open to everyone and free. 369º
Choreography and concept Petri Kekoni Dancers Tanja Illukka, Maria Autio, Petri Kekoni, Anna Stenberg, Eero Vesterinen Music and sound design Antti Nykyri Lighting design Jukka Huitila Costume Design Monika Hartl Production Anne Peippo / Petri Kekoni Company Uraanilamppu premiere 1.6.2021Uraanilamppu premiere 1.6.2021 Tickets and more  Photo: Jukka Huitila Working group: Artistic planning and implementation: Valtteri Raekallio Author: Harry Salmenniemi Reader: Antti Holma Dancers: Auri Ahola, Anni Koskinen, Natasha Lommi, Pekka Louhio, Oskari Turpeinen, Eero Vesterinen Techincal producer: Lauri Lundahl Set designer: Aino Koski Set contructors: Jyri Sucksdorff ja Tuomas Siltala Assisting set designer: Virpi Nieminen Lighting designer: Jukka Huitila Sound desginer: Aki Päivärinne Costume designer: Kaisu Hölttä Assisting chroreographer: Jarkko Mandelin Direction and script writing of the videos: Valtteri Raekallio Filming and editing of the videos: Thomas Freundlich / Lumikinos Productions Oy Production assistants: Riikka Lakea, Sofia Suomalainen, Sanja Kulomaa / Pragma Helsinki Production assistant, assisting performer: Sofia Ruija Traineer: Jenni Honkamaa, Julia Mäkelä, Laura Kärkäs, Vilma Mankonen / Riveria, Outokumpu, dance education          Mistakes premiere in Oulu 10.6.2021 Mistakes explores the manifestation of missteps and preferences on the stage. In it, five dynamic and highly skilled dancers share the stage with three experimental and groovy musicians resulting in electrifying encounters. It plays with the aesthetics of excessiveness, overflow, and physical fatigue and asks whether mistakes are something to be corrected or just an inevitable part of the psychedelic flow of life.
https://www.kineticorchestra.fi More info and tickets: https://jojo.fi/en/kinetic-orchestra-mistakes-en/ Upcoming premieres 2021– There is no spectator, they melted away by staring at the fireplace video too close for too long. Uraanilamppu is a visionary performance mixing dance and text. It is based on the beloved and nourishing short stories by the philosopher and therapist Harry Salmenniemi. The performance devised by choreographer, activist and thinker Valtteri Raekallio hands its spectators keys to everyday living, life management and reaching one's goals. Photo: Valtteri Raekallio More info August Strindbergs banbrytande klassiker Ett drömspel sätts upp på AMOS-scenen i regi av koreografen Carl Knif, som tidigare varit aktuell på Svenska Teatern med bl.a. den hyllade dansteaterföreställningen Förvandlingen. More info Tiloja / Avaruuksia premiere in Rovaniemi 2.10.2020Space. What is space? Tiloja / Avaruuksia (Fin) is based on Georges Perec's book of the Espéces dʻespaces (1974). The dance piece is a humorous and imaginative dissertation on space in all its immediate manifestations. In the work, Perec’s texts meets poetic and subtle dance. Sometimes the text acts as a rhythm and element that determines movement, sometimes the expression brings the viewer into poetic landscapes of memories and dreams. There is movement, speech, video projection and a world of sound. Choreography: Carl Knif Performers: Atte Herd, Helmi Järvensivu, Joni Kuokkanen and Marjo Selin Sound design and music: Antti Lindholm Costumes: Mirkka Nyrhinen Scenography: Jukka Huitila Production: Rimpparemmi dance theater @Wiljami Rovaniemi - > Tickets Photos: Antti Kurola Performances: 2.10.2020 19:00 PREMIERE 3.10.2020 18:00 7.10.2020 12:00 and 19:00 16.10.2020 12:00 and 19:00 24.10.2020 18:00 30.10.2020 19:00 7.11.2020 18:00 20.11.2020 19:00 5.12.2020 13:00 and 18:00             Your cancer in me - Ismo Dance CompanyA sensing, experiencing, and present dancer acts as the interpreter of feelings for the countless people who have experienced cancer at close range in the Your Cancer in Me performance. The choreographer has experienced cancer among his friends and family four times, and approaches the topic openly through his experiences. The solo dance performance by Ismo Dance Company processes cancer on an emotional level and is an artistic interpretation of the feelings caused by cancer. Your Cancer in Me approaches the topic from the perspective of the spouse of a cancer patient. Despite the difficult topic, the performance brings hope to anyone who has experienced a form of cancer. The strong bodily features of dance allow the viewers to relate to the experiences, share their sorrow, and process their complicated feelings.  Sakari Viika       Choreography, concept ja direction: Ismo-Pekka Heikinheimo Dance: Tanja Illukka Composition and performance of music: Jouko Kyhälä Light design: Jukka Huitila Costume design: Sami Korhonen Set design: Simon le Roux Photos: Sakari Viika Performances: tue 22.9. 19:00 premiere wed 23.9. 19:00 thu 24.9. 19:00 fri 25.9. 19:00 sat 26.9. 19:00 sun 27.9. 19:00 tue 29.9. 19:00 Tickets: lippu.fi Hylky premiere in OULU 26.8.2020Flow family on fire! Only 15 shows to go, so If you want to experience 2000m2 of immersive art be fast and buy tickets. Full details and trailer by FLOW PRODUCTIONS/ director Pirjo Yli-Maunula. All photos by JP Manninen Performers in the photos: Kira Riikonen, Hanna Moisala, Emma Langmoen, Angeliki Nikolakaki, Tuukka Jukola, Janne Saarakkala, Anssi Laiho Costumes and set by Heidi Kesti Flower and ice installation by Kati Juvani Origami fish by Nikke Launonen Tree by Mervi Juurikka Lighting and projections by Jukka Huitila                            Sneak peak to my performing arts premieres this AutumnIt has been quite hectic times with Corona but there are things happening. I had a last site visit in Oulu this week and the premiere of Hylky will arrive in two and a half weeks. More posts regarding Hylky will follow soon! Home sweet home will be premiered after Hylky at OuDance festival. Its a multimedia performance by Oulu based collective with dancer/choreographer Milla Virtanen, media artist Leevi Lehtinen and sound artist Anssi Laiho. I will do my icing on top of the cake ;). At once in Helsinki by Carl Knif Company will be at the same festival, so its a double booking for me. Speaking of double bookings, Corona canceled Ismo Dance Company´s premiere Your cancer in me that was supposed to be in April. Its new premiere date is 22.9. and the performances will go on until 29th of September. At the very same time I will finish my scenography design in Rovaniemi. The premiere of Rimpparemmi: Tiloja ja Avaruuksia will be in early October. And then there is more...
The secret garden video online for the limited time
Art in the time of corona! We will release a series of three video recordings of three Flow Productions' immersive works.
First up Flow Productions presents: The Secret Garden. We have released a video recording of TSG (2018) to be watched free online. Due to the nature of immersive performances this video recording is a selection of the performance, even if it is pretty extensive. Viewers of this recording will therefore be in the same situation as the live audience was in their time: not everybody sees everything but it is all dependent on choices. People who have experienced this work live will be taken back to the feelings and sensations they had, and any first-timer will also have plenty to enjoy in this video.
Uotinen Goes Kekkonen lighting: icing on top of the cakeGreat reviews ***** and all performances sold out. Premiere 5.3.2020. UOTINEN GOES KEKKONEN Directing: Atro Kahiluoto - Kaari Martin - Roni Martin Dramaturgy: Atro Kahiluoto Choreography: Kaari Martin and Jorma Uotinen Composer: Roni Martin Lighting: Jukka Huitila Costumes: Erika Turunen Makeup: Kaisu Hölttä Producer: Virpi Kurkihovi Marketing: Minna Korpimies National museum of Finland: Noora Huumo, Sanna Paakkanen, Saara Pouru, Heidi Roth and Mikko Teräsvirta Production: Compañía Kaari & Roni Martin All photos: Minna Hatinen  Premiere next week. All performances sold out. For September performances, be fast! More info (FI)
More performances coming in Helsinki 5.-8.11.2020.
369° Performance filmed in november 2019 in Cirko stage, Suvilahti, Helsinki. Choreography and consept: Petri Kekoni Sound design and music. Antti Nykyri Light design: Jukka Huitila Costume design: Monika Hartl Dancers: Tanja Illukka, Meeri Lempiäinen, Pekka Louhio, Anna Stenberg, Eero Vesterinen Original duration: 50 min. Video: Thomas Freundlich / Lumikinos production Oy Production and rights: Petri Kekoni Company More info: kekonico.fi |
