K&C SHARE Artists in residence performances 17.10.–2.11.

Thar Be Dragons
Photo: Nikola Majtan. The photo was taken at b12 festival in Berlin, in the demo event 27.7.2024.

K&C Space has been a popular space for residencies and performances at the Cable Factory since 1996. This year, K&C has started a new SHARE -program that enables long working periods for artists in the independent scene. The first artists-in-residence of the new program are Annamari Keskinen and Ryan Mason (Thar Be Dragons). Their project is Resurrecting Dead Darlings, and the first phase of the project culminates in live events this October-November.

Introduction of SHARE artists:

Resurrecting Dead Darlings-A Palindromic Process of Artistic Rebirth explores how unused ideas and personal document archives can be brought to life through the redefinition of a performance.
The project is divided into three phases: incubation, gestation and birth/resurrection. Dance artists Ryan Mason and Annamari Keskinen, along with sound designer Timo Tikka, will awaken their creativity through the search, archiving, curation and sharing of their dead darlings in new guises. The project emphasizes the artistic process as a dynamic journey – a platform for continuous change, the embracing of unfinished work and creative exploration, bringing to the fore the symbiotic relationship between authors and viewers/co-experiencers. 

The project invites us to reflect on the depth and nature of more-than- human connection beyond the boundaries of conventional communication. For us, every event is a dialogue between past, present, future, artist and spectator, tradition and innovation.
What is shared between bodies beyond the reach of language – what does this transition feel like and what meanings are formed? What does it mean to create an open space versus a closed space?

This year Thar Be Dragons is working on the first phase of the project incubation. The artistic
process has been shared both in Helsinki and Berlin in four demo events and in a Research Catalogue  focused on the artistic research of the project. The first phase of the series will now culminate in live events.

Resurrecting Dead Darlings
16.10. at 18 general rehearsal
17.10. at 18 premiere
19.10. at 14
23.10. at 18
24.10. at 18
26.10. at 14
30.10. at 18
31.10. at 18
2.11. at 14

K&C Tila, Kaapelitehdas, Tallberginkatu 1 C, 4th floor
Tickets 30/15 € (general rehearsal 5 €)
https://www.tiketti.fi/resurrecting-dead-darlings-k-c-tila-kaapelitehdas-helsinki-tickets/102232

Duration: approx. 60 min.
Warm welcome!

Concept: Thar Be Dragons/ Annamari Keskinen & Ryan Mason
Sound design: Timo Tikka
Performance: Annamari Keskinen, Ryan Mason, Timo Tikka
Production: Thar Be Dragons, Raekallio Corp, Kekäläinen & Company