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Uferstudios recidency
 

FERMENT : MUTTERKORN

2019

was a month-long residency at the Uferstudios, Berlin, in November-December 2019.
Read about the concept and find the whole programm here

I started my artistic practise in the residency by doing research about the theme of baking as a symbol of birthing. read my research consept here.





 


First performance: Tendrils
︎merja kokkonen & samin son

Tendrils is a performative voice experiment with living sculptures made of wheat protein. On the second and third day after preparation these strings of dough are very soft and strechy. As they dry out, they turn into bone-like sticks.



listen ︎

to our enchanting chant session at Greenhaus Berlin


photo Robert Brandes



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Second performance: Breadheads a.k.a shamanistic rolling pins
︎merja kokkonen & tatu rönkkö

in this performative concert we took a shamanistic view of the theme of baking. Wearing masks made of bread and using cutlery and bowls as the sound source, we investigated the sounds of hunger.


listen ︎

to a clip from the performance


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third performance:
our mother the oven
︎merja kokkonen & simo vassinen
 

in our performance we visited our shared memories of saunas, wombs and ovens in the darkest season of the year. Through music, storytelling and dance, we explored heat, birth, cleansing, purification, disinfection and comfort – as well as breads that do not rise and bodies that are cared for one last time.









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