Artist statement

We are Linda and Aura (Linda Granfors and Aura Hakuri), a performance duo, friends and artists who have been working together since 2001. We met in the Fine Arts Academy in Helsinki in 2001 and performed together for the first time the same year. We are also painters and share the language of painting, which is visible in our performances.

In our work we have dealt with different kind of roles, stages of life and archetypes. The way we approach themes is not straightforward or underlining but rather descriptive, suggestive or interrogative. The feeling of play is strongly present in our work. Not play as referring to childhood, but play as an attitude and state of mind. Play emphasises greater use of imagination and experimentation, it also permits crossing certain borders and being free. Play can be full of light or darkness, filled with joy, comfort and frightening things.

Trust plays an essential part in our work. The mutual trust between us as performers allows the viewers to also experience trust in the course of a performance.