Fluorescence was a multidisciplinary performance
Fluorescence was a multidisciplinary performance, which will be rehearsed during the workshop-period in autumn 2025 and in January 2026 and performed on Saturday 24th January as a part of the SibaFest 2026. During the workshops, the performative elements (sound and movement) were created by the participants.
- During the workshop the performative elements (sound and movement) were created by the participants.
- The overarching idea was to invent and produce the sounds and movements of the animals living in the deep sea.
- The performers (c. 10 students) were students or early professionals mostly coming from the art academies of Uniarts.
- The performance lasted about an hour. No interval.
- Performance had light design and engineeringn (Sirje Ruohtula), sound design (Jaakko Kulomaa) and sound engineering (Mikko Ingman).
- Fluorescence was a collaborative project shared by musician, researcher Assi Karttunen (Sibelius Academy, Profi6 -research project) and dancer-choreographer, doctoral researcher Maarit Mammu Rankanen (Theatre Academy).
- The project was supervised by Karttunen and Rankanen.
Performers: Aurora Fustinoni kantele, tanssi, Jaakko Kuikka tanssi ja shakuhachi, Catrin Kaitaro tanssi, Eeva-Christina Pietarinen laulu, tanssi, Assi Karttunen ohjaus, organetto ja tanssi, Katja Lamberg syntetisaattorit, Eerika Perkkiö traverso, tanssi, Mammu Rankanen tanssi, ohjaus, Mariette Reefman laulu, alttoviulu ja tanssi, Kristine Tukre dulcimer ja tanssi.
”Fluorescence—an organism’s ability to absorb ultraviolet (UV) light and reemit it in glowing colors imperceptible to humans. A recent study suggests that fluorescence is the rule rather than the exception for mammals.”
