145. Maria Nurmela - Kulturvillan

Address

Helga Hovings stig 6
22100 Åland

Phone

+358 457 3483248

Genre

Photography, Community art, Environmental art, Perfomance, Sound art, Spatial art, Video and media art, Visual arts

Information about the artist / the group

Maria Nurmela is a Finnish contemporary dance artist and 2020 ABOA Cultural Prize recipient whose works span over two decades of international creation and performance. Working at the intersections of dance, film, and performance art, she creates works that explore human identity, social phenomena, and reimagined narratives through a somatic-oriented methodology that extends to ecosomatic practices and more-than-human relationships. She collaborates regularly with filmmaker Vesa Loikas and co-leads The Days Project, which has toured across Europe, Russia, and North America. Maria also teaches at the Theatre Academy of the University of the Arts in Helsinki, drawing on her expertise as a dance artist and certified Feldenkrais practitioner.

Program during Konstrundan

At Kulturvillan, Mariehamn Forest Guardians, a portable art portfolio combining photographs from the Vaarniemi oak grove with AR technology and somatic movement tasks is presented in Swedish for the first time. The work is created together with Vesa Loikas, and it invites participants to cross the boundary between the visible and the invisible, where dance, movement, and sound weave into the imagery of the forest. Suitable for all ages, no prior experience required.