Laituri | The Pier ~ An Amphibious Dance Vessel

OPENING event 30.10.2026 18:00 ~ CLOSING event 18.11. at 18:00

INSTALLATION open Oct 30th ~ Nov 18th | Tuesday ~ Sunday 12:00-18:00

@ WHITE STUDIO Taideyliopiston TEATTERIKORKEAKOULU / KUVATAIDEAKATEMIA

Haapaniemenkatu 6, 00530 Helsinki

During the events the installation is not open to other public <3

5 events in the program of Moving in November Festival

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7.11.2026 10:00 & 15.11.2026 16:00 | Performative introduction + shared practice

7.11.2026 14:00 & 14.11.2026 16:00 | Performative introduction + conversation with an invited guest

Haapaniemenkatu 6, 00530 Helsinki

15.11. at 12.00 Soup Talk @ Eskus - esitystaiteenkeskus

Kaasutehtaankatu 1, 00540 Helsinki

Choreographic, sculptural, and amphibious, The Pier both floats on bodies of water and stands on its wooden legs on the solid ground of human-built environments. Artist Veli Lehtovaara shares their ongoing doctoral research with the public in the form of a choreographic installation. The project cultivates embodied ecological awareness through the poetics of dance and choreographic writing, in relation to specific habitats and their physical circumstances. The Pier is a place for coming together, comprising performative gestures, participatory practices, and conversations with invited guests.

Lehtovaara uses the pier as a structure for choreographic fieldwork and environmentally oriented dance practice when working on bodies of water, lakes and ponds. It affords the sensing and moving bodies immediate access to the different spheres of the environment—water, air, and land. It can also take off from the shore and drift on the water’s surface as a kinesthetic research vessel. Its modular design makes it portable and allows for various configurations and positions in relation to its surroundings. In an architectural setting, the pier works as an inhabitable choreographic installation.

The Pier is the second examined part of Lehtovaara’s doctoral research project Nature Untitled | Ecological Poetics in Dance and Choreographic Writing. The choreographic installation, built upon the documentation of Lehtovaara’s fieldwork during summer 2026, is exhibited from October 30 to November 18 at Uniarts Helsinki’s Academy of Fine Arts. During Moving in November, there are additional public events within the installation space. The events start with a performative introduction and continue either into a thematic conversation with an invited guest, or a shared sensorially oriented practice facilitated by Lehtovaara.

The artistic working group convened by Lehtovaara includes Jani Hietanen (sound), Jani-Matti Salo (lighting), and Pauliina Syrjälä(kantele, Finnish zither).

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