OTHER SPACES (also known by the Finnish
title Toisissa tiloissa) is a Helsinki based performing
arts collective. Founded in 2004, the group consists
of around artists from several fields of arts. THE WORKING PRINCIPLES
OF THE COLLECTIVE ARE
I continuous training
II exercise as a mode of performance
III metamorphosis as the leitmotif of exercises. OTHER SPACES invents and develops collective physical
exercises through which people can enter in contact with
modes of experience and being other than human. The aim of the group is to change together. The group
performs its exercises regularly in public practical
demonstrations and organizes workshops, Secret
Retraining Camps. Following the same principles,
the group has created also more thematic performances,
like Collection of Imaginary Beings (2020), Great Barrier Reef (2018), Car park (2013) Aniara (2006), Odradek Variations (2007) and Golem Variations (2011). OTHER SPACES was founded in 2004 after the notion
that the rehearsals are indeed more interesting, creative
and delightful than the outcome, ready-made spectacles. The collective aims to bring a possibility of this
eureka moment for audience and change together. OTHER SPACES implements the dream of equal,
justified form of performance. By that it reduces the
planetary fear and grants the hope to survive. A secret
that cannot be deprived is shared with the audience. OTHER SPACES’ activities have changed into more politic
and ecological during the existance of seven years. The
being with audience has developed, the performances
are increasingly participatory. The previously invented
tehcniques and exercises brighten, and new exercises
developed tend to become more and more challenging. E X E R C I S E S ? OTHER SPACES has invented over two hundred
exercises. The most common leitmotif amongst them
is metamorphosis. Shortest exercises last for a couple
of minutes while longer ones take half an hour. The
technique behind the exercises is important and
meant to simplify the rules so that the concentratrion
would be on the content and experience. To mention
a few of the exercises: A Man in Greek, Clouds,
Foot theatre, Gastropods, Mushrooms, Prehuman,
The State of Creation, Three Graces, Sprouting, etc. OTHER SPACES’ convener is Esa Kirkkopelto. He
(b.1965) is a theatre director and a dramaturge,
Ph. of Philosophy. Other members of the collective come
from various fields of arts, including choreographers,
theatre directors, document film directors, actors,
painters, writers, dreamers, and many other. CONTACT INFORMATION
www.toisissatiloissa.net
