Part 1 - Workshop
Part 2 - Sound Performance
Part 3 - Party and Publication
2021
Series of 3 events and a publication
With James Prevett and Kalle Hakosalo, Tiia Toivanen, Stephen WebbRachel McIntosh and 11 children who participated the workshop
Part of Patsastellaan / Parties for Public Sculpture
Produced by Zodiak – Center for New Dance
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A three-part series of events at the Muuri / The Wall temporary sculpture on Töölö bay, making, performing and gathering ‘scores’ that are published to continue their lives through future interpretation.

Part 1 – Children's Workshop
Saturday 14.08.2021

Making sounds, drawings and a collective artwork/visual score around the Muuri sculpture.

Part 2 – Performance
Sunday 29.08.2021
Percussionists Kalle Hakosalo and Tiia Toivanen use the collective artwork as a visual score for a sound performance with Timpani drums and found objects including marbles, egg slicer, cups and tiles. Composer Stephen James Webb interprets the performance and transcribes it live into a musical score.


Part 3 – Party & Publication
Saturday 04.09.2021
The publication Parts (for Muuri): scores containing the children’s visual score and Webb’s musical score is launched. The final score is performed by opera singer Rachel McIntosh.
Visitors receive a free copy.
Parts (for Muuri) was conceived by artists James Prevett and Maarit Mustonen for the Muuri sculpture and the Helsinki Biennial. It is part of Patsastellaan: Parties for Public Sculpture, an ongoing project by James Prevett where artists are invited to make a new public work for a public sculpture in Helsinki. Begun in 2017, Patsastellaan: Parties for Public Sculpture has produced 11 collaborative events around the extensive public sculpture collection of Helsinki.
Muuri by visual artist Joni Kärkkäinen and dance artist Jukka Tarvainen was a both a sculpture and stage for a series of parkour dance performances, produced by Zodiak – Center for New Dance.

Photos of the events: Ilona Burtsoff / Zodiak
Parts (for Muuri): scores
2021
8 pages 
25x35,3 cm
Edition 200
Printing: ProAldus / Painotalo Plus Digital
Price 7 €
The publication is for sale at:
Publics, Helsinki
The Temporary Bookshelf, Helsinki
Bladr, Copenhagen
and directly form me: maarit.mustonen (at) outlook.com and James Prevett 
Other performances:
Composer, musician Kaisa Siirala interpreted the scores with flute in Month of Books at PUBLICS, 9 October 2021
Musician Anu Luukela interpreted the scores with cello in the Linnamo Prize ceremony for James Prevett at gallery Forum Box, 24 November 2021
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