All in all I have not lost hope. My aim is to find a way to communicate, interact.

I want to realise all of my challenging ideas and complete each of my difficult projects. I believe that with my artistic output, as well as the help of my friends, I will survive any system or further natural disasters.

New Performance Turku Festival 10th anniversary week’s NPT & Friends discussions are coming to an end. The final part of the dialogue series is a discussion between festival’s artist Maija Hirvanen and festival’s artistic director Leena Kela.

Dear friend, How are you? We hope you are well despite these peculiar and difficult times. We are inviting artists and visiting curators throughout the festival’s history to an online discussions series called NPT & Friends with performance artists, the festival team and audience in order to reflect this year’s festival theme – SURVIVAL. You are warmly welcome to take part in these discussions among friends!

Are you interested in writing about performance art and live art? New Performance Turku Festival’s writing group is making a comeback!