Roi Vaara le 20 septembre 2008

Roi Vaara le 20 septembre 2008 aux Instants Chavirés
Spiral

A list of words from the banality of every day life will be written on the floor. They form a spiral. This spiral is a kind of wicked spiral, which will be demonstrated by the performer spinning around in the middle of the words until he loses his balance and falls down. He releases himself from spiral by replacing all the words by different words.

Roi Vaara is one of the most internationally recognized performance artist from Scandinavia. was born in Moss, Norway 1953 form Finnish parents. He studied in the University of Art and Design, in Helsinki 1972-75 and in Jyväskylä University1976-77. Since 1988, Vaara has performed in Black Market International, a group of 12 artist from different countries and continents. He was awarded International Studio Program to Küntlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany 1997-98. He has presented about 300 different performances, that has taken place in more than 200 international exhibititons/festivals in 36 countries, among other things, also in Venice Biennal, Italy (2001, 2005), Havana Biennal (2004), and Manifesta 5, San Sebastian, Spain (2004). Vaara received the State Prize for Art from the Art Council of Finland in 2000 and Ars Fennica Prize from Henna and Pertti Niemistö Foundation in 2005. He lives and works in Helsinki, Finland.

Recent performances:
Food For Thought, Kvadriennale for samtidskunst, Stege, Sukkerfebrik, DK, 2008 Friktioner, International Performance Festival, Uppsala Art Museum, Uppsala, SE, 2008 When Things Cast No Shadow, 5th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Dock 11, Berlin, DE, 2008 In the Context of Art: Differences — Interactions, International Festival, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL, 2008 InterAzione XXI Festival, International Festival of Performance Arts, Video and Installations, Teatro Arka, Assemini, Sardinia, IT, 2008 Digital Media 1.0, Digital Media Festival, La Nau, Carrer University of Valencia, Valencia, ES, 2008
Roi Vaara, Grace Exhibition Space, New York, US, 2008 History Alive/Perform History, Overgaden Institute for Contemporary Art , Copenhagen, DK, 2008 Laughing in a Foreign Language, Hayward Gallery, London, UK, 2008 Snow Balls Sale, Open air markets in Sotkamo, Kajaani and Kuopio, FI, 2008