Kiasma Teatteri Helsinki. 2025.
photo by Pirje Mykkänen
A performance art piece exploring the length of a light-year takes the audience inside a planetarium. The performance is part of Milky Way Tour exhibition programme.
In the vacuum of space, light travels 9.46 trillion kilometers per year.
The two celestial bodies orbit far apart. When the journey of one ends, the light reaches the other only after billions of years.
The bilingual performance art piece Celestial Body invites the audience to follow a planetary love story inside a planetarium. We reach for the stars, that shine bright or fade away – and sometimes they answer the call of a loved one. Performer Silva Belghiti acts as the audience’s travel guide to the cold embrace of outer space and back.
Combining love poems and astronomy, the performance contemplates longing and the boundaries of communication, and attempts to demonstrate the scale of the Universe from the the human body’s perspective.
The presentation languages are Finnish Sign Language and English.
The show is recommended for people over 13 years old.
Credits:
Direction, Concept & Production: Joel Teixeira Neves
Performer: Silva Belghiti
Sound design: Johannes Birlinger
Scenography: Saana Volanen
Producer: Riikka Lakea
Productional collaborators: Todellisuuden tutkimuskeskus ry, Ursa Minor, Ursa ry & Kiasma-teatteri
Supported by: Koneen säätiö