21.3.2025 at 18–19.30
22.3.2025 at 15–16.30
25.3.2025 at 18–19.30
26.3.2025 at 15–16.30
27.3.2025 at 15–16.30
28.3.2025 at 18–19.30

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.

Additional information

The performance is experienced in a lying position and the performance has long dark periods. The performance is not accessible for wheelchairs.

Audience discussions on Sat 22 & Sat 29 March

Saturday 22th and Saturday 29 the performance precedes an audience discussion at 14.00, Kiasma’s Seminar room. The events are free and open for everyone.

Saturday, March 22 / Tuukka Perhoniemi: Is the Universe Too Vast and Strange for Us to Understand It?

In the public discussion, we will explore the scale of the universe and consider whether we feel a connection to it or if it feels more like it overwhelms us with its vastness. The discussion will be led by the beloved space philosopher Tuukka Perhoniemi. The discussion will be in Finnish, with interpretation in Finnish Sign Language.

Saturday, March 29 / Ursa Minor

The public discussion will be led by the association for sign language arts and culture, Ursa Minor. More details will be updated soon.

Working group

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 säätiö21.3.2025 at 18–19.30
22.3.2025 at 15–16.30
25.3.2025 at 18–19.30
26.3.2025 at 15–16.30
27.3.2025 at 15–16.30
28.3.2025 at 18–19.30