BETA: SCOIATTOLO VOLANTE (HENRI)
2016

Squirrel's bushy tail works as a helm and a parachute when it jumps. In the summer it takes the role of a shade, and in the winter the tail is the squirrel's warm cover. Moving and waggling the tail is also its way to express feelings.

Essential themes of Scoiattolo Volante (Henri) are intimacy, the future, and hairy animals. The piece is the closing part of a performance trilogy opened with Viva Like Ever and Haute Intelligence being the second part of the series.

Concept and performance: Beta/Antti Jussila, Jade Kallio, and Anna Torkkel
Production: Beta, Ehkä-production, Regional Dance Centre of Western Finland
Premiere: 25 November 2016 XS Vol.8 Festival, Contemporary Art Space Kutomo Turku
Past performances: 30 November-2 December 2016 Contemporary Art Space Kutomo Turku
Illustration: Antti Jussila
Photo: Jade Kallio






BETA: HAUTE INTELLIGENCE
2015

Blow a fuse to explode with anger, smartass.

Haute Intelligence deals with the prison of rational thinking; on the polarization of reason and emotion. To escape this one needs to resort to extreme actions.

Concept and performance: Beta/Antti Jussila, Jade Kallio, and Anna Torkkel
Production: Beta, Ehkä-production
Premiere: 28 March 2015 Contemporary Art Space Kutomo Turku
Photo: Antti Jussila






BETA: VIVA LIKE EVER
2014

They look happy. There’s a feeling of exhilaration. The surface is sparkling. You can’t see it here, it’s different on the screen or on a printed page.

Viva Like Ever is a coming-of-age story in which the path towards positive and ecstatic inspiration is found through hatred and bitterness.

Concept and performance: Beta/Antti Jussila, Jade Kallio, and Anna Torkkel
Production: Beta, Ehkä-production
Premiere: 15 March 2014 Contemporary Art Space Kutomo Turku
Past performances: 6 October 2014 Mad House Helsinki
Illustration: Antti Jussila
Photo: Jade Kallio






BETA: LE PRINTEMPS Á PARIS
2014

Performance at the opening of Tatu Engeström's, Sakari Tervo's, and Juuso Kontiola's RE-NA-TA exhibition at Sibelius Museum.

Concept and performance: Beta/Antti Jussila, Jade Kallio, and Anna Torkkel
Production: Beta
Premiere: 14 May 2014 Sibelius Museum Turku
Photo: Jade Kallio






BETA: COMMEDIA DELL' ARTE
2013

Concept and performance: Beta/Antti Jussila, Jade Kallio, and Anna Torkkel
Production: Beta, Ehkä-production
Premiere: 29 November 2013 XS Vol. 5 Festival, Contemporary Art Space Kutomo Turku
Illustration: Antti Jussila
Photo: Jade Kallio