ASH, HORIZON, RIDING A HOUSE

with Pire Sova and KISLING, 2025

A production by Netti Nüganen in co-pruduction with Tanzquartier Wien and Kanuti Gildi SAAL, Tallinn.

"Ash, horizon, riding a house" is a performance centered around scenography made from ice. Nüganen and her two collaborators reflect on identity and belonging as fluid constructs, shaped by unstable materials and constantly shifting environments.

photos by Ive Trojanović

The performance unfolds as a series of chain reactions that Nüganen threads as a narrator. She proposes multiple perspectives on locality by morphing through characters like a real estate agent, an auctioneer and a tourist. “Ash, horizon, riding a house” responds to a world where land, language, and folklore have become commodities. The influence of one dominant culture has made imported goods part of folklore, while the word ‘local’ still adds value when making choices as a tourist.

photo by Emilia Milenska

As a reaction, Nüganen Sova and Kisling open up their ice-manufacturing business. The audience is invited to attend to ice-objects, while dripping ice panels become the center of gravity. Sova, being a visual artist and curator in her everyday life, paints images on the ice that haunt through the timeline of western art practices: travelling between the ice-canvases, the floor, her body and beyond.

photo by Ive Trojanović

photo by Ronja-Elina Kappl

photos by Ive Trojanović

Performed at Rakete Festival, Vienna; Mocvara Gallery, Zagreb; SAAL Biennial, Tallinn.

Concept, choreography: Netti Nüganen
Performance: Netti Nüganen, Pire Sova, Michaela Kisling
Sound design: Michaela Kisling
Scenography, costumes: Pire Sova
Text: Netti Nüganen
Light design: Klimentina Milenova
House-costume: Zody Burke
Ice-moulds: Madlen Hirtentreu
Production management: partner in crime and Kaie Küünal
A production by Netti Nüganen in co-pruduction with Tanzquartier Wien and Kanuti Gildi SAAL, Tallinn. Curator for Tanzquartier Wien: Lewon Heublein.
Supported by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sports, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Valmiera Summer Theatre Festival

ASH, HORIZON, RIDING A HOUSE

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