I:AM MoMo
I:AM MoMo a performance on performance – on time as a commodity, pre-rendered
timeframes and the pain and beauty of being-together.
Waiting for something to happen. Waiting doesn’t happen. Waiting just… there. “we all know that an hour can seem an eternity or pass in a flash according to how we spend it. Time is life itself and life resides in human heart.” “Sixty times sixty is three thousand six hundred, which makes three thousand six hundred seconds in an hour. There are twenty four hours in a day, so multiply three thousand six hundred by twenty-four to find the number of seconds in a day and you arrive at a figure of eightysix thousand four hundred. There are three hundred and sixty-five days in a year, as you know, which makes thirty-one million five hundred and thirtysix thousand seconds in a year, or three hundred and fifteen million three hundred and sixty thousand seconds in ten years.” Sleep 441,504,000 seconds Work 441,504,000 seconds Meals 110,376,000 seconds Mother 55,188,000 seconds Shopping, etc. 55,188,000 seconds Friends, social club, etc. 165,564,000 seconds Daydreaming 13,797,000 seconds Grand Total: 1,283,121,000 seconds spend time, spare time, save time! pay attention! Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Time. Times. Times. Times. Times. Emits. Items.
The performance’s concept and title are inspired by Michael Ende’s novel Momo.
Working group
- Orchestration, Mise en scène: Balint Barabas Szigeti (Artistic thesis)
- Choreography: Kadence Neill
- Composer: Jan Stevuliak
- Lighting design: Linda Lazarov
- Performers: Myrsky Ylänen, Sara Pollari, Vivi Kangasniemi, Olli Kalliala, Bence Huszerl
Waiting for something to happen. Waiting doesn’t happen. Waiting just… there. “we all know that an hour can seem an eternity or pass in a flash according to how we spend it. Time is life itself and life resides in human heart.” “Sixty times sixty is three thousand six hundred, which makes three thousand six hundred seconds in an hour. There are twenty four hours in a day, so multiply three thousand six hundred by twenty-four to find the number of seconds in a day and you arrive at a figure of eightysix thousand four hundred. There are three hundred and sixty-five days in a year, as you know, which makes thirty-one million five hundred and thirtysix thousand seconds in a year, or three hundred and fifteen million three hundred and sixty thousand seconds in ten years.” Sleep 441,504,000 seconds Work 441,504,000 seconds Meals 110,376,000 seconds Mother 55,188,000 seconds Shopping, etc. 55,188,000 seconds Friends, social club, etc. 165,564,000 seconds Daydreaming 13,797,000 seconds Grand Total: 1,283,121,000 seconds spend time, spare time, save time! pay attention! Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Times. Time. Times. Times. Times. Times. Emits. Items.
The performance’s concept and title are inspired by Michael Ende’s novel Momo.
Working group
- Orchestration, Mise en scène: Balint Barabas Szigeti (Artistic thesis)
- Choreography: Kadence Neill
- Composer: Jan Stevuliak
- Lighting design: Linda Lazarov
- Performers: Myrsky Ylänen, Sara Pollari, Vivi Kangasniemi, Olli Kalliala, Bence Huszerl