Ballad of the Lost Utopian Meadow: LIVE Ballad of the Lost Utopian Meadow: LIVE

Ballad of the Lost Utopian Meadow: LIVE

As part of the exhibition, Aikakoneita ja utopioita | Time Machine and Utopias, a series of 3 LIVE performances of the Ballad of the Lost Utopian Meadow were conducted, comprising of an introduction performed by Ali Akbar Mehta and Vidha Saumya, an excerpt of the Ballad performed by varialambo (Varia Sjöström and Hatz Lambo), and ‘Ruis’, an autoethnographic fiction about the history and life-cycle of rye written and performed by Joss Allen.

This was accompanied by ‘The Ballad of the Lost Utopian Meadow’ as a studio-recorded sound work accessed via the project website, and an installed audio-video work, installed within the Museums.


Performance dates

22 August 2021 Visavuori

29 August 2021 Tarvaspää

13 August 2021 Ainola