{"id":2469,"date":"2019-02-20T15:11:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T13:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toisissatiloissa.net\/reindeer-safari\/"},"modified":"2021-03-20T19:57:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T17:57:12","slug":"reindeer-safari","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/toisissatiloissa.net\/en\/reindeer-safari\/","title":{"rendered":"Reindeer Safari"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\n<p>REINDEER SAFARI<\/p>\n<\/h1>\n<h3><strong>AWARD WINNING REINDEER SAFARI IS A PERFORMANCE, AN ENVIRONMENTAL ART PIECE AND A COLLECTIVE WANDERING. <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The goal of <em>Reindeer Safari<\/em> is to restore an urban landscape to its natural state by observing it from the point of view of a semi-domestic, semi-wild herd animal \u2013 a reindeer.<\/p>\n<p>The performance takes place in a semi-urban landscape, similar to places that authentic reindeer might also visit. The participants of <em>Reindeer Safari<\/em> form a herd, which moves according to natural rules that correspond to the group behavior of reindeer. The herd autonomously decides its itinerary and the rhythm of its wayfaring, travelling silently across the landscape, uttering sounds only to inform the herd when feeling threatened.<\/p>\n<p>Reindeer Safari begins with an instructional lecture about reindeer and their way of living, followed by 2-3 hours of wayfaring in a semi-urban landscape. We finish with a round-up session, where documented materials of the wandering are shown and the participants can share their experiences.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>WRITINGS AND REVIEWS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Esa Kirkkopelto, Er\u00e4\u00e4n poron tunnustuksia. (Confessions of a Reindeer) <a href=\"http:\/\/teats.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/N%C3%A4ytt%C3%A4m%C3%B6-tutkimus-7.-Esitys-ja-toiseus.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Esitys ja toiseus<\/a>, from page 29 onwards.<\/p>\n<p>Laura Haapala, <a href=\"https:\/\/voima.fi\/blog\/arkisto-voima\/porona-rajatilassa-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Porona rajatilassa<\/a>, Voima, September 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Soile Veijola, <a href=\"https:\/\/rd.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1057%2F9781137399502_4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Towards Silent Communities<\/a>, in the book Disruptive Tourism and its Untidy Guests.<em> Two first pages visible also without purchasing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Reindeer Safari<\/em> is the most widely toured performance of the Other Spaces, both in Finland and internationally. Since 2010, the reindeer have been seen in Helsinki, Turku, Kuopio, Lecco, Santarcangelo, Milan (Italy), Mols (Denmark), Athens (Greece), Edinburgh (Scotland) and Bern (Switzerland). <em>Reindeer Safari<\/em> has been performed both in the middle of freezing winter and sweltering summer.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tPhoto Pekka M\u00e4kinenPhoto Pekka M\u00e4kinenPhoto Anita Neira TiemannPhoto Eija Ranta<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrevious<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNext<br \/>\n\t\thttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=8&#038;v=TMEu2uiWinQ<\/p>\n<h3><strong>PERFORMED<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>2010 <em>Reindeer Safari<\/em>, premiere and video installation. \/theatre.now Festival. Kiasma. Helsinki.<br \/>\n2011 Performance Center. Helsinki.<br \/>\n2012 ART LAB: Half Wild i.e. Reindeer, workshop. Annantalo. Helsinki.<br \/>\n2012 Il Giardino delle Espiridi festival. Lecco, Italy.<br \/>\n2012 Turun Kaupunginosaviikot. Turku.<br \/>\n2013 Secret Hotel. Mols, Denmark.<br \/>\n2013 ANTI Festival. Kuopio.<br \/>\n2014 Santarcangelo S14 Festival. Santarcangelo, Italy.<br \/>\n2014 Secret Hotel. Mols, Denmark.<br \/>\n2014 Mir Festival. Athens, Greece.<br \/>\n2015 Edinburgh Science Festival. Edinburgh, Scotland.<br \/>\n2015 Auawirleben Theaterfestival. Bern, Switzerland.<br \/>\n2017 Theatre Academy. Helsinki.<br \/>\n2017 Chiaravalle, Italy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>REINDEER SAFARI AWARD WINNING REINDEER SAFARI IS A PERFORMANCE, AN ENVIRONMENTAL ART PIECE AND A COLLECTIVE WANDERING. The goal of Reindeer Safari is to restore an urban landscape to its natural state by observing it from the point of view of a semi-domestic, semi-wild herd animal \u2013 a reindeer. The performance takes place in a &#8230; <a title=\"Reindeer Safari\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/toisissatiloissa.net\/en\/reindeer-safari\/\" aria-label=\"More on Reindeer Safari\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toisissatiloissa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2469"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toisissatiloissa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toisissatiloissa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toisissatiloissa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toisissatiloissa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2469"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/toisissatiloissa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4107,"href":"https:\/\/toisissatiloissa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2469\/revisions\/4107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toisissatiloissa.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}