Shaghayegh Ansari: Borrowed Cities | EVENT IS FULL

Borrowed Cities is a site-specific audio walk that guides the audience on a guided tour through the streets of Helsinki. The performance starts from the Caisa Cultural Centre, in the inner courtyard of the Bread Factory at Kaikukatu 4 B.

The work uses the city as a stage and explores how ecological loss and migration shape our experience of space. By projecting fragments of endangered cities onto Helsinki's streets, it challenges the notion that crises belong only to their places of origin - and reveals how cities absorb stories, grief, and futures from far away. The walk is guided by narratives from people whose lives have been shaped by ecological trauma: members of local communities, migrants, and others with direct experience of environmental instability.

Direction: Shaghayegh Ansari, Aref Houshmandnia
Script: Aref Houshmandnia
Performer: Shaghayegh Ansari
Sound design: Maija Suominen

During the Night of the Arts on 20.8., two free walks are held at 17:00 and 20:00. Register by email: caisa.tiedotus@hel.fi. Each walk accommodates 10 participants.

Performance language: English / Farsi
Duration: approximately 1.5 hours
Age recommendation: 16 years and older