CURRICULUM VITAE | Saara Hannula
Contact Details
Saara Hannula
Hernesaarenkatu 15 B 42, 00150 Helsinki
[email protected]
+358 41 5058 470
www.saarahannula.com
Education
The Artist as an Organizational Developer (2014)
University of the Arts, Theatre Academy
Helsinki, Finland
Master of Arts (2010)
Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Art
Master Degree Program in Environmental Art
Helsinki, Finland
Architecture Studies (2000-2006)
Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Architecture
Helsinki, Finland
Graduate Student (1998)
Kallio School of Performing Arts
Helsinki, Finland
Current Positions
Doctoral Candidate (2014- )
Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Art
Teacher and Visiting Lecturer (2011- )
University of the Arts, Theatre Academy, Master’s Degree Programme in Choreography
University of the Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Time and Space Arts
Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Art
Artist, Director and Organizer (2006- )
Working both independently and in collaboration with various collectives and art venues (e.g. Baltic Circle Festival, Reality Research
Center, Kiasma Theatre, SenseLab)
Artistic Work
Participatory Performances
Utopia Consultation (2012- )
Concept and direction: Saara Hannula
Working group: Outi Condit, Talvikki Eerola, Jussi Johnsson, Pekko Koskinen, Minja Mertanen, Risto Santavuori and Sanna Uuttu
Production: Reality Research Center
Utopian Tool Kit - Tools for Everyday Life (2012-2014)
Concept and realization: Saara Hannula, Pekko Koskinen, Risto Santavuori and Sanna Uuttu
Production: Reality Research Center
Venues: Performance Studies International, Leeds; World Design Capital Helsinki 2012; Kiasma Theatre
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Utopia: Hanko (2012)
Concept and direction: Pekko Koskinen
Working group: Talvikki Eerola, Elissa Eriksson and Saara Hannula
Production: Reality Research Center
Venue: Hangö Teaterträff, Hanko
Sacred City (2010-2011)
Concept and direction: Saara Hannula, Pekko Koskinen and Tuomas Laitinen
Working group: Julius Elo, Yoko Ishiguro, Megumi Kamimura, Daisuke Kishii, Minja Mertanen, Natsuko Tetsuko and Taiyo Tochiaki
Production: Reality Research Center, Baltic Circle Festival and Keizo Maeda
Venue: Baltic Circle Festival, Helsinki / TPAM Yokohama, Japan
Naked/Sacred (2010)
Direction: Julius Elo
Working group: Saara Hannula, Maija Mustonen, Anni Rissanen and Petri Taipale
Production: Reality Research Center
Venue: Valssaamo, Cable Factory, Helsinki
Dialogues (2009)
Direction: Julius Elo
Working group: Saara Hannula, Anna Maria Häkkinen, Maija Mustonen, Jarkko Partanen, Linda Priha, Anni Rissanen and Petri
Taipale
Venue: /teatteri.nyt-festivaali, Kiasma Theatre
Realm of the Invisible (2008)
Direction: Julius Elo and Tuomas Laitinen
Working group: Saara Hannula, Anna Maria Häkkinen, Suvi Leppänen, Minja Mertanen, Janne Pellinen, Linda Priha, Iiris Raipala
and Petri Taipale
Spatial design: Saara Hannula
Light design: Tomi Humalisto
Sound design: Kimmo Modig
Production: Reality Research Center
Venue:/theatre.now Festival, Kiasma Theatre
Renunciation (2008)
Direction: Julius Elo and Tuomas Laitinen
Working group: Titta Halinen, Saara Hannula, Anna Maria Häkkinen, Suvi Leppänen, Minja Mertanen, Janne Pellinen and Maria
Ruostepuro
Venue: Private villa, Laajasalo, Helsinki
Performance Installations
ImMaterial Behavior (2009)
Concept, direction and spatial design: Saara Hannula
Performance: Saara Hannula and Anna Maria Häkkinen
Video: Alan Prohm
Venue:/theatre.now Festival, Kiasma Theatre
Walking on the Water (2009)
Direction: Eero-Tapio Vuori
Choreography: Helena Ratinen
Performance: Saara Hannula, Minja Mertanen and Helena Ratinen
Production: Theatre ARKI and Kiasma Theatre
Venue: Kiasma Theatre
Politics of Silence (2007)
Direction: Julius Elo, Anna Jussilainen and Tuomas Laitinen
Working group: Saara Hannula, Minja Mertanen, Janne Saarakkala and Petri Taipale
Production: Reality Research Center
Venues: Kamppi Shopping Centre, Kiasma Theatre and Korjaamo Cultural Factory, Helsinki
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The BodyBuilding Project (2007)
Working group: Daria Faïn, Scott Elliot, Christina Guerrero Harmon, Saara Hannula, Robert Kocik, Elisa Laurila, Riikka Notkola
and Alan Prohm
Venue: Watermill Center, Watermill, NY
Tie (2007)
Concept and choreography: Saara Hannula
Performance: Tiinaerika Aalto and Saara Hannula
Venue: Livejournal Festival, Anna Ahmatova Museum, St. Petersburg
Stage Performances
Karnologia (2010-2011)
Direction: Akseli Aittomäki
Performance: Saara Hannula, Tuukka Jukola, Jenni Kokkomäki, Marko Pakarinen and Juha Sääski
Production: Pluckhouse
Venue: Pluckhouse, Helsinki
Hana to Shi (2006-2007)
Choreography: Ken Mai
Performance: Akseli Aittomäki, Saara Hannula, Johanna MacDonald, Minja Mertanen, Sani Rounakari and Juha Sääski
Production: Pluckhouse
Venues: Pluckhouse, Helsinki, and Central Exhibition Hall Manege, St. Petersburg
Urban Art
Pause (2009-2010)
Master’s Thesis at the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Art
Concept and direction: Saara Hannula
Performance: 50 voluntary participants
Venues: Square of the Three Smiths, Helsinki and Olohuone 306,4km2 Festival, Turku
Paikalla (2009)
Concept and realization: Saara Hannula
Venue: Olohuone 306,4km2 Festival, Turku
Suunta (2006-2008)
Concept, design and supervision: Esa Ruskeepää and Saara Hannula
Realization: City of Espoo
Location: Finnoontie Traffic Circle, Espoo
Educational Work
Situation Laboratory (2012- )
A semester-long series of workshops
University of the Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Time and Space Arts
Urban Research Project (2012- )
A semester-long series of workshops and lectures
Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Art
Creative Encounters: Tools for Interaction (2014)
An intensive workshop for teachers in adult education
Osava, Helsinki
From Spaces to Situations (2013)
A week-long intensive workshop
University of the Arts, Theatre Academy, Common Studies
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Mentoring (2013)
Maria Baroncea, Master’s Thesis
Solo Dance Authorship, Inter-University Centre for Dance Berlin (HZT)
Experimental Urban Culture (2013)
A two-day workshop
Helsinki City Library, Meeting Point
Art, Society and Communities (2012-2013)
A year-long seminar
University of the Arts, Theatre Academy, Contemporary Theatre Studies
Architecture and Design Pedagogy (2011- 2012)
A semester-long lecture course
Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Art
Choreographing Reality (2012)
A keynote lecture as a part of Erasmus Intensive Programme
University of the Arts, Theatre Academy, Master’s Degree Programme in Choreography
Utopian Choreography (2012)
A two-week intensive workshop as a part of Erasmus Intensive Programme
University of the Arts, Theatre Academy, Master’s Degree Programmes in Choreography
Gender-Specific Space (2007)
A keynote lecture at the international Livejournal Festival
Anna Ahmatova Museum, St. Petersburg
Suburban Walk (2005-2006)
An urban workshop for children and youth
Sotunki High School and Vantaa Nature School, Vantaa
Tree House Camp (2005-2006)
A series of week-long workshops for children
Arkki Architecture School for Children and Youth
Organizational Work
Skiing On Skin (2007-2010, 2014- )
An annual contact improvisation festival
Organization: Panu Erästö, Saara Hannula, Ville Johansson, Anna Jussilainen, Ilona Kenova, Jarno Mäkelä, Mirva Mäkinen, Ulla Mäkinen, Iiris Raipala, Terhi Rasilo, Petri Taipale, Annukka Toivonen, Sanna Valkeapää, Päivi Vettenranta, Juha Viitamäki, etc.
Venue: Kisakeskus, Fiskars
Performative Utopias (2013)
A three-day seminar and series of workshops
Coordination: Saara Hannula (RRC) and Katja Tolonen (Baltic Circle)
Production: Reality Research Center and Baltic Circle Festival
Venue: Baltic Circle Festival
AATA - Art and Activism (2013)
A network for artists and activists in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area
Coordination: Saara Hannula and Satu Herrala
Alternative Economics, Alternative Societies & Take the Square (2013)
A workshop and lecture by Oliver Ressler
Organization: Saara Hannula (RRC) and Sanni Pajula (Kiasma Theatre)
Production: Reality Research Center, Kiasma Theatre, Pori Art Musem, Performance Center and the Austrian Embassy in
Helsinki
Venue: Kiasma Theatre
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UrbanUtopia (2012)
Concept and coordination: Saara Hannula
Working group: Eeva Berglund, Talvikki Eerola, Elissa Eriksson, Jari-Pekka Kola, Pekko Koskinen, Jussi Johnsson, Elisa Laurila,
Minja Mertanen, Heli Mäkinen, Alan Prohm and Sanna Uuttu
Production: Reality Research Center and World Design Capital Helsinki 2012
Venue: WDC Pavilion, Helsinki
The opening seminar of the Leader Program (2012)
Design, coordination and realization: Saara Hannula, Jussi Johnsson and Pekko Koskinen
Speakers: Tuomo Alasoini, Merja Fischer, Lauri Ihalainen, Anu Järvensivu, Hanno Nevanlinna, Nuppu Rouhiainen, Ari Rämö,
Janne Tienari and Annu Tuominen
Production: Tekes
Venue: Finlandia House, Helsinki
Performance Compost (2012)
A three-week long performing art event
Design and coordination: Saara Hannula, Tuomas Laitinen, Elina Latva, Kimmo Modig, Sanni Pajula, Nora Rinne, Jonna Strandberg
and Jenna Sutela
Production: Kiasma Theatre
Venue: Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum, Helsinki
Utopia Workshop (2012)
A participatory workshop
Direction: Saara Hannula and Tuomas Laitinen
Realization: Anniina Kangasniemi and Mari Kanervaniemi
Venue: Performance Compost, Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum, Helsinki
Utopian Zone (2012)
A week-long series of events
Concept and coordination: Saara Hannula, Pekko Koskinen and Tuomas Laitinen
Production: Reality Research Center
Venue: Performance Center, Helsinki
Residencies
Utopia Consultation (2013)
A two-week artist residency
Menu Spaustuve, Vilnius
Time Room (2013)
A two-week artist residency
Okasroosikese Loss, Tallinn
Time Fest (2013)
A two-week event and artist residency
Timelab, Ghent
Stitching Time (2011)
A two-week artist residency
SenseLab, Montreal
Walking on the Water (2008)
A two-week group residency
Koneen säätiö, Saaren kartano
FORCE MAJEURE: The BodyBuilding Project (2007)
A week-long group residency
Chez Bushwick, New York
The BodyBuilding Project (2007)
A three-week group residency
Watermill Center Autumn Artists-in-Residence, Watermill Center, Watermill, NY
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Grants and Prizes
Arts Promotion Center Finland project grant (2014)
Finnish Cultural Foundation grant for artistic work (2014)
Kone Foundation grant for artistic work at the Reality Research Center (2012)
Kone Foundation grant for setting up a network for urban activism and development (2012)
Finnish Art Council grant for the realization of UrbanUtopia (2012)
Kone Foundation grant for artistic work at the Reality Research Center (2011)
Alfred Kordelin Foundation grant for artistic work (2011)
Kesko stipendium for successful studies at the Aalto University (2010)
Finnish Cultural Foundation grant for the realization of a master’s thesis (2010)
2nd prize in a competition regarding the renewal of the entrance at Siltasaarenkatu 13, Helsinki (2008)
2nd prize in an art competition for a pedestrian area in Helsinki (2008)
1st prize in a landscape art competition in Espoo. Saara Hannula and Esa Ruskeepää (2006)
Publications
Esitys kehon tilana & Kohtaamisen tilassa (2011)
Essays in the book Kokeva keho. Ajatuksia katsojan kehosta esityksessä Todellisuuden tutkimuskeskuksen
esitysten valossa.
Editors: Julius Elo and Tuomas Laitinen
Publisher: Reality Research Center
Lähiökävely. Opettajan opas (2006)
A guide book for architecture education in primary and secondary schools
Publisher: Vantaan Luontokoulu, Vantaa
Pahan maan perilliset ja Heideggerin alkuperäinen etiikka (2005)
An essay in the online journal mustekala.info
Commissions of Trust
Head of Research (2012-2013)
Reality Research Center
Member of the Board (2011-2012)
Performance Center
Chairman of the Board (2011)
Reality Research Center
Memberships
+Studio (2012- )
Presentaatio ry (2010- )
Esitystaiteen keskus ry (2010- )
Todellisuuden tutkimuskeskus ry (2008- )
Helsingin kontakti-improvisaatioyhdistys ry (2007- )
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SAARA HANNULA | Hernesaarenkatu 15 B 42, 00150 Helsinki | www.saarahannula.com | [email protected] | +358 41 5058 470