Sound artist, composer and performer

Hälytyskellot (in English Alarm Bells) researches how to survive together, how to be touched and how to be heard. In the work, a group of people forms a long chain by holding two-meter strings with jingle bells attached to them. The jingles are played with handling the strings in different ways. The length of the strings reflects the two-meter safety distance during the covid19-pandemic. At the same time the rope that is between people symbolizes helping: a person in trouble needs something to grab on to – the others can help the person if the given help is accepted. The sound of a single jingle bell might be quiet, but when hundreds of jingle bells are heard at the same time, the sound multiplies and is heard. Forming a human chain is one way to demonstrate: usually people hold hands in the name of solidarity, but because of the pandemic, Hälytyskellot extends the human touch with the help of a string – the touch is experienced through movement and sound. Hälytyskellot is a composition done in collaboration that can be interpret also as a silent and jingling demonstration: hear us.