Where Unholanniemi Gazebo (Rakastavaisten huvimaja), VäinölänniemiSee location on map.
Duration Approximately 1 hour.
Languages English.
Participation The performance is held outdoors, so please dress according to the weather. However, please do not use umbrellas.
The performance will be viewed while standing and moving around near the gazebo. Visibility may be temporarily limited during the performance.
The location is not accessible. More information.
Harold Offeh Harold Offeh is an artist working in a range of media including performance, video, photography, learning and social arts practice. Offeh is interested in the space created by the inhabiting or embodying of histories. He has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally including: Tate Modern; South London Gallery; Studio Museum Harlem, New York; MAC VAL, France; Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Denmark; and Art Tower Mito, Japan.
He lives in Cambridge and is currently Head of Programme for MA Contemporary Art Practice at the Royal College of Art, London. In 2019, he was a winner of Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards for Artists. The largest award of its kind in the UK.
Website www.haroldoffeh.com @harold_offeh
UK based artist Harold Offeh will work with residents of Kuopio to create a new live performance work called Body, Landscape, Memory.
The work explores residents’ relationship to the local landscape of Kuopio and uses performance, movement and storytelling to address experiences of belonging. A diverse group of participants is invited to share their experiences and draw on cultural and historical references as well as the group’s own personal memories.
Audiences are invited to journey through the landscapes and encounter and interact with performers. The following Kuopio residents will take part in the performance:
Summer Anuthida
Harold Offeh is nominated for the 2025 ANTI Festival International Prize for Live Art . The Prize is funded by the Saastamoinen Foundation (2025–2029). From now on the Prize will be awarded once every two years.
The performance is part of Kuopio250 anniversary year programme and it has received production support of the anniversary year.
Where Unholanniemi Gazebo (Rakastavaisten huvimaja), VäinölänniemiSee location on map.
Duration Approximately 1 hour.
Languages English.
Participation The performance is held outdoors, so please dress according to the weather. However, please do not use umbrellas.
The performance will be viewed while standing and moving around near the gazebo. Visibility may be temporarily limited during the performance.
The location is not accessible. More information.
Harold Offeh Harold Offeh is an artist working in a range of media including performance, video, photography, learning and social arts practice. Offeh is interested in the space created by the inhabiting or embodying of histories. He has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally including: Tate Modern; South London Gallery; Studio Museum Harlem, New York; MAC VAL, France; Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Denmark; and Art Tower Mito, Japan.
He lives in Cambridge and is currently Head of Programme for MA Contemporary Art Practice at the Royal College of Art, London. In 2019, he was a winner of Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards for Artists. The largest award of its kind in the UK.
Website www.haroldoffeh.com @harold_offeh
