MONUMENTS SUMMER 2025: Radical Imagination Workshop by Antonia Atarah

Name: MONUMENTS SUMMER 2025: Radical Imagination Workshop by Antonia Atarah
Start: 2025-08-28T17:30:00+03:00
Location: Otto-Iivari Meurmanin puisto

Schedule

Thu, 28 Aug, 2025 at 05:30 pm

UTC+03:00

Location

Otto-Iivari Meurmanin puisto | Helsinki, ES

This workshop explores rewriting history and imagination as radical practice. Through a guided walk in Käpylä, participants will visit local monuments such as Taivaskallio and the Evacuee Mother sculpture, using these sites as inspiration to create new work.
A movement-based warm-up will start the session. Please wear comfortable clothes and bring water. The workshop is open to all—no previous experience required. Suitable for those interested in performing arts, visual arts, creative writing, or movement.
After the tour, we will have a picnic and discussion with the artist in Meurman park. Some snacks and beverages will be provided.
Antonia Atarah is a Ghanaian-Finnish actor with a Master’s in Acting from the Theatre Academy, with further studies in musical theatre and drama pedagogy. She has collaborated with artists including Sonya Lindfors, Elina Pirinen, Essi Rossi, and Sara Melleri. Antonia believes in collective practice and expanding the boundaries of performance.
Pre-register by sending an e-mail to [email protected]
Find all information with full event descriptions at pixelache.ac/events/monuments-summer-2025
MONUMENTS is a programme of events curated by the Social Choreography Lab Helsinki for Pixelache Festival 2025. The programme invites audiences to reflect on the idea of monuments in public space across Helsinki: not as static symbols of power or permanence, but as living, contested spaces where memory, identity, and imagination intersect. What does it mean to build, dismantle, or reimagine a monument today?
📸: Emma Reijonen