Finding Tom: an Immersive, Participatory Artwork
Saturday 13. September at 13:00 - 18:00
Eesti LGBT Ühing, Tallinn
Proudly part of the Tallinn Fringe Festival.
Performer: Vili von Nissinen and Nina Mutik
Genre: Immersive, participatory artwork that combines live action role playing and theatre
Language: English
Duration: 5 h
Age suitability: 18+
Tickets: Pay What You Want
Estonian premiere
https://findingtom.wordpress.com/
We invite you to a journey from darkness to light, to be the main character in a story about homosexual men in Helsinki. Come and find one of “Tom’s men” from yourself: unashamed, proud, sexy, and masculine, and experience a slice of Finnish homosexual history through a touching story.
Finding Tom is an immersive, participatory artwork that combines live action role playing, theatre and other art forms. It tells the story of homosexual men who lived in Helsinki from the 40’s to the 70’s and of the influence Tom of Finland’s art had on them.
The experience lasts five hours (5h) and includes workshops, play time, and a debrief. You must be present for the whole duration.
Although all the characters in the story are homosexual men, we welcome all bodies, genders, and sexualities to this journey. This event is body positive and free from discrimination.
You do not need previous experience on participatory art works or live action roleplaying. The participants will not be thrown into the story without preparation, they will be gently guided into it through a series of exercises. When the story has been played through, the characters are left behind and there will be a debrief.
Read more about the experience here: https://findingtom.wordpress.com/2020/08/01/experience/
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Eesti LGBT Ühing • Kaarli puiestee 5, 10119 Tallinn, Harju maakond, Estonia
