Entertainment Island
Entertainment Island is Oblivia's project, 2008- 2010. During this three–year period Oblivia, through means of performance, film, photography and text, will divulge and scrutinize the manifold world of entertainment and popular culture. Entertainment Island in its entirety will be launched in 2010. Co-produced by Kiasma Theatre, Helsinki, Finland.

Entertainment Island # 1
An array of gestures, movements and sounds emanating from the entertainment industry are presented in this energetic performance unveiling the mechanisms of popular culture.

Our next stops are a residency at CCA in Glasgow, UK where we show a preview 19 –20.9 and the Entertainment Island 1. premier at Kiasma Theatre during the Theatre Now festival 3-5.10 2008.

"We spent weeks doing funny walks and telling bad jokes while pulling out false limbs and making funny faces. The pretend stuttering was the final straw. We were stuck and not the least funny.  We had to face what we knew from the start: we are not entertainers. We do not deal in entertainment. We deal in structures.

"We changed track. We proceeded jumping up and down shouting Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Encouraging each other towards greater feats, saluting imaginary victories without showing the contest. We had arrived at the core of popular culture”.

Performed and devised by: Timo Fredriksson, Anna Krzystek (UK), Annika Tudeer.

Sound: Juuso Voltti

Lights : Liisa Kyrönseppä. Producer: Johanna Fredriksson. Photos: Eija Mäkivuoti

ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT ISLAND
Entertainment Island is realised in collaboration with: Kiasma Museum, Kiasma Theatre, Produforum, CCA (Glasgow), Finnish-Institute (London), Finsk-norsk kulturinstitutt, Ludcia Khabibulina/ St Petersburg.

Entertainment Island is funded by: Kulturkontakt Nord, Alfred Kordelins fond, Svenska kulturfonden, Arts Council of Finland, AVEK (Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture).

Founded in 2000 in Helsinki, the international performance company Oblivia is a unique force on the Finnish performance scene. Oblivias collectively devised, interdisciplinary and minimalist performances merge the boundaries of art forms and nationalities. The background of Oblivias members from Finland, Iceland and UK are in performance art, music, dance and theory. This mixture of backgrounds and nationalities creates a vibrant and special tension and humour in the work. From the beginning the core members have been working together creating a common performance language. Guest collaborators are invited to partake in individual projects.

Oblivia is part of the Produforum network based at Korjaamo, Helsinki. In spring 2007 Oblivia received the Stina Krooks Award for its long-standing commitment to developing work between theatre and conceptual art. Oblivia is house artist at Kiasma Theatre from 2007.

Annika Tudeer (FIN)  - founder/artistic director/performer 
After working as a dancer/choreographer Annika completed her MA in literature at Helsinki University and worked as a dance and performance critic writing extensively nationally and internationally on new trends in the performing arts.

Anna Krzystek (UK) – core member/performer
Anna is a Glasgow based performer and choreographer. She has been with Oblivia since 2000 devising and performing the work.

Timo Fredriksson (FIN) – core member/performer
Timo is a classical pianist. He started working with Oblivia in 2000 as a musician and has since been drawn into performing and devising the work.