Ilpo Väisänen and Mika Taanila will perform together at Signature Dark event on April 11, 2026. Venue: WHS Union teatteri, Helsinki
Tickets: 15€
Signature Dark X WHS Teatteri Union
Schedule:
17:00-18 DJ Mihut
18-18:45 LIVE: Aki Himanen & Aleksi Kinnunen / Monautomaton
18:45-19:30 DJ Carlina Carpelan
19:30-20:15 LIVE: !!! FORKO !!! / Random Doctors
20:15-21 DJ A. Myllykoski
21-21:45 LIVE: Ilpo Väisänen / Mika Taanila
21:45-22:30 DJ Ender
22:30-23:15 LIVE: Recue / Folded Visuals
23:15-24 DJ Das Venn
Ilpo Väisänen, born in Kuopio / Finland in 1963, studied visual arts and ceramics, graduated from Turku art academy in 1991 and in the early 90s took part in several solo and group exhibitions. He formed the performance-art group ultra3 in 1991 and in 1993, together with Mika Vainio, the sound group sinO which turned into Pan Sonic (originally called Panasonic). In order to generate his sounds and soundscapes Ilpo Väisänen rarely uses more than the simplest of devices: analog keyboards and other oscillators he’s fabricated himself. In an age of digital ubiquities, his economy of means and anachronistic aura almost constitutes a challenge, indeed a provocation. One discovers this postulate within the solo releases that Väisänen has issued since 1995. His world permanently fluctuates between hot and cold; composed of creaks, whistles, strange noises and rhythmic improbabilities, it’s a world oftentimes futuristic, yet prehistoric.
Mika Taanila is a film-maker / visual artist based in Helsinki. His projects often address the notion of human engineering and the progress of technological evolution. In this collaboration with Ilpo Väisänen he uses analogue 16mm film projections.