“Gorgeous people die too”
(Hannah Wilke)

A diptych is a work of art consisting of two separate parts that, when combined, form a unified work of art. These parts can be attached or displayed side by side.

The two parts of Diptyk

1. En god död – A good death

2. Jag vill se oss dansa och städa – I want to see us dancing and cleaning

How is death depicted in Western art? What is a good death?

Director Minna Lund’s Diptyk is a performance in two parts about death and being alive. Set in a single apartment, it’s an intimate and banal montage about a good death and what happens afterwards.

The first part of the performance explores the social and spatial choreographies of a good death in Western society. The second part asks the question of what we can do in this moment, while we’re alive?

Diptyk places itself in a continuum of artworks about death, raising questions about the medicalisation before death, care, and our ability to deal with death and community.

“At home we didn’t believe in God. Hanna wasn’t going to a better place after this. Everything was here and now. Everything was here, in this apartment. There were two rooms. A kitchen and a bedroom. A narrow hallway dividing and framing the space. There was a bedroom window, from which the sunlight shined through onto Hanna’s bed. The rest of Hanna’s life lasted for three months, starting on the 10th of September 2018.”

Director and manuscript: Minna Lund

Translation of manuscript to Swedish: David Sandqvist

English surtitles:  Sarka Hantula

On stage: Maria Ahlroth, Oskar Pöysti, Jessica Raita ja Lilli Sukula-Lindblom.

Stage design: Riku Suvitie

Lighting design: Tuomas Honkanen

Sound design: Axel Ridberg

Costume design: Mirva Mietala

Seamstress: Elina Riikonen

Props: Elina Riikonen, Riku Suvitie

Mask and hair: Kaisa Pätilä

Video design: Riku Suvitie, Minna Lund

Intimacy choreographer: Sara-Maria Heinonen

Death doula and nursing consultant: Ada Koistinen

Dramaturge: Elina Snicker (UNTO)

Producer: Hanna Sundman

Marketing and graphic design: Josefin Saarenpää

Production and marketing coordinator: Katimari Niskala

Marketing, audience work and educational materials: Marja Vuori

Trailer, filming and edit: Jesse Jalonen

Trailer, mask: Heidi Huovinen

Promo picture: Simo Pukkinen

Promo picture, mask: Juho Lehiö

Trailer and promo picture props: Riku Suvitie

Trailer and promo picture costume: Mirva Mietala

Press photos: Mitro Härkönen

Executive technical producer: Noora Pietilä, Markus Schaffter

Technical and set construction: Tuomas Honkanen, Noora Pietilä, Axel Ridberg, Jussi Ruskanen, Riku Suvitie, Riku Vuorensola, Juho Ärmänen, Thommy Öhman, Ilona Lehtonen

Performance operator: Jussi Ruskanen, Riku Vuorensola, Juho Ärmänen

Administrative coordinator: Sofie Gammals, Jenny Holmlund

Viirus GUEST & international projects Executive Producer, Curator: Mirkka Maikola

Head of administration: Martin Bahne

Artistic director: Essi Rossi

Aula staff and captioning operators: Rebecka Nylund, Emma Presley, Julia Presley, Lisa Rönnberg, Elin Symes, Hilda Purhonen, Lisa Lundán

Age recommendation: 14 +

Language: Swedish, subtitles in Finnish and English.

Duration: ~ 2,5 h including intermission.

Tickets: 36 / 28 / 19 €

In collaboration with:

The performance is supported by Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö, Svenska kulturfonden, The city of Helsinki, Stiftelsen Tre Smeder, Konstsamfundet