Jámon-Kinkkua! - conceptual meeting of cultures
Live Art Scores from Finland and Spain

          THE LINE
          Draw a straight line on the floor, more or less at the middle of the space and from one wall
          to the opposite wall. Then, interacting with the audience, avoid the possibility of the line
         creating any kind of division, border or limit.
          -Hilario Alvarez-

Jámon-Kinkkua! offers a new way of producing live art and performance. Participating artists from Finland and Spain create their performances based on each others' scores. The language of performance art is constructed out of personal verbalizing, body language and the use of objects. Here it is exchanged with the language of another artist who comes from a different cultural background.

Jámon-Kinkkua! is a conceptual meeting of cultures. It is an example of the images that one word can raise in minds from different semiotic backgrounds. Spanish jámon is famous as tapas there whereas Finnish kinkku is offered traditionally on Christmas Eve. (Both words mean 'ham'.)



HELSINKI

MUU gallery, Lönnrotinkatu 33, 00180 Helsinki

13.11.06:                     Giusseppe Dominguez/Lauri Luhta
at 5:30 pm-                  Yolanda Pérez Herreras/Suvi Parrilla

18.12.06:                      Pepe Murciego & Roxana Popelka/
at 5:30 pm-                   Leena Kela & Pessi Parviainen

ArtContact, Forum Box, Ruoholahdenranta 3a

10.02.07:                      Hilario Alvarez/Antti Laitinen
                                    Nieves Correa/ Jaana Pirskanen




MADRID

Circulo De Bellas Artes, c/ Alcalá 42, metro Banco De España

18.11.06:                      Leena Kela & Suvi Parrilla
14.12.06:                      Antti Laitinen & Pessi Parviainen
12.01.07:                      Lauri Luhta & Jaana Pirskanen

Co-operation with Artists' Association MUU, ArtContact, TEAK, Circulo de Bellas Artes Madrid, Liveartwoks.com

Artists supported by Frame and The Arts Council of Finland

Info: Suvi Parrilla + 358 40 7424704