Kirpilä Art Collection will host a new performance which takes the audience to the world of ants.
When you look more closely at the worlds of ants and humans, you come across things which, despite of their great differences, tempt you to draw parallels.
Two examples: of all the species only ants and humans have spread over the globe excluding
polar regions and a speculative estimation has been presented that the common weight of
all the ants would be roughly equal with the common weight of all humans.
In this work various activities of ants are observed: the path formation, the organization of the ant colony, communication, decision-making in task allocation, building activity, foraging and reproduction, i.e., the nuptial flight.
Throughout history, humans have projected onto ants concepts that say more about humans themselves than about ants. For example, the notions of queens and obedient workers date back to the times of l’ancien regime, while during the French Revolution, naturalists in Paris argued about ants as decent republicans. Today, it is not clear which resembles the other more, robots or ants. Thus the assumptions about ants are like a mirror in which humans look at themselves.
Concept, choreography, direction and performance Sanna Kekäläinen
Text Kari Hukkila
Song Janne Marja-aho
Performances
Thu 9.4.2026 at 18:00, premiere
Sat 11.4. at 16:00
Thu 16.4. klo 18:00
Sat 18.4. klo 16:00
Thu 23.4. klo 18:00
Sat 25.4. klo 16:00
Duration 1h
Kirpilä Art Collection
Pohjoinen Hesperiankatu 7, 00260 Helsinki
Tickets 10 €
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