VIRTA (current) & CAPITALIST FOLKLORE

VIRTA is a performance that explores the quieter, often unspoken corners of the self.

The work is a hybrid between a concert, a real-time composed dance and a poetry reading. It is loosely inspired by the Underworld of Finnish and Karelian mythology (The Kalevala). The work is looking at how we navigate fundamental life experiences—relations, the search for knowledge, and an inevitable influence of what surrounds us.

More about the performance

The piece is made by Irina Baldini (Österberg) in close collaboration with and performed by Emily Welther, Artémise Ploegaerts, Tashi Iwaoka, Katarina Kadijevic, and Simona Piras. It moves in scenes, shifting from quiet vocals and beams of light into movement sections charged by electro-acoustic and bass guitar sounds, before settling into a dimmer, more reflective space of memory.