Dates:
- Tue, 18 Aug 2026, 17:00–18:30
- Wed, 19 Aug 2026, 17:00–18:30
- Thu, 20 Aug 2026, 17:00–18:30
- Thu, 20 Aug 2026, 20:00–21:30
- Fri, 21 Aug 2026, 18:00–19:30
- Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 17:00–18:30
Borrowed Cities is a site-specific audio-walk that leads audiences on a guided tour through Helsinki.
The performance sets off from Cultural Centre Caisa on the courtyard of Kaikukatu 4 B.
The work uses the city itself as the stage for exploring how ecological loss and migration unsettle our sense of place. By projecting fragments of endangered cities onto the streets of Helsinki, the piece challenges the idea that crises belong only to their locations and suggests that cities absorb stories, griefs, and futures from far away.
The narratives of the ones whose lives have been shaped by ecological trauma – local communities, immigrants, and others with lived experience of environmental instability, guide the walk and allow Helsinki to be seen through their perspective. By walking together, the work tries to create a shared space of listening, care, and cross-cultural understanding.
What does it mean to carry multiple geographies within one body? How can memory reveal the uneven realities of climate injustice?
Director: Shaghayegh Ansari, Aref Houshmandnia
Writer: Aref Houshmandnia
Performer: Shaghayegh Ansari
Sound designer: Maija Suominen
Tickets: 10 euros, sold at lippu.fi.
On the Night of the Arts, two free-of-charge walks are held at 17.00 and 20.00: register via email at caisa.tiedotus@hel.fi. There is room for 10 participants per walk.
Performance language: English /...
Cost: 10 €
Bookings: Booking information is available from the event source.
Categories: Kirjallisuus ja sanataide, Teatteri, Caisa, Suomi, Ruotsi, Englanti, Pekka ja Pätkä films, crime fiction, noh theatre
More information: http://www.caisa.fi/en/events/event/2663581462B5B053B1FD0C181C6E1F56/Shaghayegh_Ansari_Borrowed_Cities_
Source: Event information supplied by City of Helsinki Linked Events.
