• Home
  • BIO
  • News
  • Videos
  • About
  • Vuolas vuo
  • Koski
  • Light & Visual Art
  • Site specific art
  • Lighting and Scenography
  JUKKA HUITILA

Fall 2021

9/22/2021

 
Picture
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 
​

Picture
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
​
Picture
Thar Be Dragons:
Eternal Return is a strange ride.

​

Vuolas vuo light art publication 10.9.2021

9/15/2021

 
Picture
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.

​
Picture
Photo: Jussi Pohjavirta / Lapinkansa 10.9.2021

Ett drömspel **** pre­mie­re at the Amos sta­ge 8.9.2021

9/10/2021

 
​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

    Author

    Updates about projects, premieres and tours. 

    Archives

    April 2025
    December 2024
    October 2024
    September 2024
    August 2024
    April 2024
    January 2024
    October 2023
    August 2023
    June 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    July 2022
    May 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    March 2021
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    September 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    March 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    August 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015

  • Home
  • BIO
  • News
  • Videos
  • About
  • Vuolas vuo
  • Koski
  • Light & Visual Art
  • Site specific art
  • Lighting and Scenography