Finland 100 years jubilee exhibition 14.2.2017–2.9.2018

The Theatre Museum celebrates Finland’s 100 years of independence with the strongest of all emotions – love. Acted Love opens perspectives to how and on which premises love has been interpreted on Finnish stages throughout the past hundred years. We approach love as a dominant emotional state, that gives rise to empowerment and destruction, and changes the world.

Love has always been a central, all-conquering, and fateful theme in the dramatic literature. We examine how love – that first spark of love brimming with optimism or the strength and meaningfulness of a matured relationship – has always driven the performing arts in different cultures in different times. The romantic image of a summer’s day in Finland is portrayed through theatre and cinema in collaboration with the National Audiovisual Institute. In the exhibition Finnish cotton-ball clouds meet the Shakespearian fantasy world and the darker tones of Russian drama.

The theme will be explored in more depth and breadth at our seminars and Artist Meet and Greet events. In the workshops aimed at youth we look at love in their lives, how they see it, what they expect from it. What does love give justification for?

The Acted Love exhibition is part of a larger initiative Room for Love built in collaboration with three other museums. The Room for Love project and the four love-themed exhibitions can be visited at www.rakkaudentiloja.fi. Do follow the Room for Love project on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube ja Instagram!