Josef Ka

International performance, visual and sound artist Josef Ka blends richly varied influences – everything from Butoh dance to cinematic theory – with her decades of nomadic world travel to create bold, highly personal site-specific art. Josef Ka’s themes range from investigating the place of the human body in contemporary reality to exploring the inner body as a representative system of our human and post human kind. Her artistic practice often actively invites the audience inside a sort of private reverie,making it is a deeply participatory one; she actively engages with both her audiences and with a wide diversity of other experimental artists. In addition to her own work, Josef Ka curates a regular series of events and exhibitions at her Helsinki underground space – Sauna Gallery – and teaches classes on the theory and practice of performance art. She is also the inventor of the WORST THEATRE and her yogic training system, KA-YOGA.

27.07.2025, 19.40- 20.20 – I AM EDITH SÖDERGRAN, performance 

Large educational hall, 6 Kolegialna Street

I AM EDITH SÖDERGRAN is a multidisciplinary project dedicated to the life and art of the Finnish avantgarde poet, Edith Södergran (1892 – 1923) who wrote in Swedish. It consists of several parts and dimensions and includes collaborations with several other artists. Among these, there was the first collaboration together with the Russian photographer Vassily Popov consisting of a captivating photo series, or “still performances”, based on Södergran’s poetry. Later the first preliminary performance by Josef Ka (titled Höre) was photo-documented by the Austrian photographer Walter Ulreich, which also included animations created by the Russian artist Ivan Dubyaga.

During January 2022 Josef Ka collaborated with Austrian musician Harald Weinhofer and recorded seven music tracks based on Södergran’s poetry.The music for the final version of I AM EDITH SÖDERGRAN was composed by The Latvian musician and composer Aleksandr Aleksandrov.