Abstract

From the point of view of the author Hilkka-Liisa Iivanainen, the co-artistic director of Finland’s Tampere Theatre Festival, the purpose of a performing arts festival is fundamentally challenged by the unforeseen and ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In Tampere, the festival’s core mission of coming together to celebrate theatre as an art form has almost become secondary to the constantly changing protective measures and regulations. Moreover, the pressure to make a strategic shift into digital or hybrid execution has profoundly changed the practice and goals of curating. After a cancelled festival edition in August 2020 and a downsized festival in August 2021, Iivanainen is rethinking the kinds of paradoxes hidden in the attempt to stay timely as a theatre festival.

摘要

从作者、芬兰坦佩雷戏剧节的联合艺术总监 Hilkka-Liisa Iivanainen 的角度来看，表演艺术节的目的从根本上受到了不可预见和持续的 COVID-19 大流行的挑战。在坦佩雷，节日的核心使命是聚在一起庆祝戏剧作为一种艺术形式，这几乎已成为不断变化的保护措施和规定的次要因素。此外，向数字或混合执行进行战略转变的压力已经深刻地改变了策展的实践和目标。在 2020 年 8 月取消的节日版本和 2021 年 8 月的小型节日之后，Iivanainen 正在重新思考隐藏在试图及时作为戏剧节的各种悖论。