Simo Kellokumpu
- Lecturer, Master's Degree Programme in Dance Performance, Theatre Academy
- +358504727421
- simo.kellokumpu@uniarts.fi
Publications in the research database (25)
I am a choreographer and researcher based in Helsinki. I completed my Doctorate of Arts in 2019 in the Performing Arts Research Centre, Theatre Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki based on my artistic research project Choreography as Reading Practice. In 2020-2022 I have worked as a visiting researcher in the Performing Arts Research Center with my post.doctoral artistic research project titled xeno/exo/astro-choreoreadings. My artworks examine the choreographic relations between corporeality and materiality in various scales and contexts. My artistic research orientation includes exploring the transdisciplinary and contemporary interplay of bodies, choreography, movement, and space-place, influenced by post-internet hyper-reading practices, queer speculative fiction, and site-response/ability. My works are realized with the means of installation, performance and video. My latest works have been presented at the Toaster Festival in Copenhagen, Tokyo Arts and Space, Kohta Gallery in Helsinki, and Konstmuseet i Norr in Kiruna. Besides my artistic work I work as a lecturer and researcher in the Theatre Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, expert in the field of art and culture, and as a curator in Pengerkatu 7 – Työhuone art space.