ALT A long rectangular room with and industrial floor and three large windows on one end. Three bar tables are arranged around the room decorated with vases full of flowers. A row of chairs sits against the white walls and posters of Kaleider's artworks hang on the walls.
ALT An open box of Absurdable, a card game. It has a bright pink lid that says Absurdable in big, fun letters, and it has several funny illustrations on it in bright yellow: an alien holding a clock, a policeman in a breakfast bowl, a moon in a shopping cart, a hamster on Mars, and a narwhal on a unicycle.
ALT A grid of 16 Absurdable cards, each one with words written on it and a little illustration. They read: Daydreams, dry socks, ballet, birdsong, elephants, escalators, burnt toast, duvets, most useful in a zombie apocalypse, most impressive to an alien, most catastrophic in a swimming pool, best on a Thursday, most inconvenient in a public toilet, yummiest on toast, worst for humanity, disastrous in a time machine.
ALT A product shot of Kaleider's Delightful Little Things against a white background. It shows a cardboard envelope package, a sheet of instructions printed on both sides, a set of five flat cardboard cutouts before assembling, and an assembled set. They are printed with a cream, black, and blue rose design.
ALT A Fish Mobile kit product shot, which consists of: a colourful printed sheet of card with instructions and cutting guides, four wires, thread, and a strip of small round stickers.
ALT An open box of Absurdable, a card game, sitting on a table covered in cards. The box has a bright pink lid that says Absurdable in big, fun letters, and it has several funny illustrations on it. The cards are also illustrated and read things like: scariest to find in a supermarket, chocolate, disastrous in a time machine, etc.
ALT A little cardboard toy made of five interconnected prisms sitting on a table. It is printed in bright bands of blue, orange and green ink.
ALT Indoors. A little fish mobile made out of colourful printed cardboard, hung on string and wire. Each fish is about 5 cm long.
ALT Outdoors on a sunny day, a huge crane holds a giant fish mobile about 50 metres in the air. Five fish hang from it, each one about 8 metres long. People stroll in the park underneath it, while others stop to look up at the mobile.
ALT A product shot of Kaleider's Delightful Little Things against a white background. It shows a cardboard envelope package, a sheet of instructions printed on both sides, a set of five flat cardboard cutouts before assembling, and an assembled set.
ALT A hold holding an assembled Delightful Little thing. It consists of five triangular prisms made out of cardboard, interconnected to each other. It is red with a doodle linocut design.
ALT A Fish Mobile kit, which consists of: a colourful printed sheet of card with instructions and cutting guides, four wires, thread, and a trip of small round stickers.
ALT A box game. It has a bright pink lid that says Absurdable in big, fun letters, and it has several funny illustrations on it.
ALT Outdoors, on a snowy night in Finland. A small chid in a snow suit plays with Twist and Shine, a glowing sculpture made of colourful, interconnected prisms that glow from the inside.
ALT A wide angle view of Twist and Shine in Hämeenlinna Market Square in the city centre. There are about 20 sculptures of different sizes, and dozens of people playing with them, surrounded by buildings.
ALT Two adults and a child are twisting a particularly large sculpture, working together by holding different parts of it while moving it into shape.
ALT A child approaches a structure composed of two large sculptures stacked on top of each other, creating a colourful, geometric wall. The lights are reflected in the white snow underneath them, and more glowing sculptures are visible in the background.
ALT Laila and Nao are in a large room, indoors. Laila is standing at a table, holding up a contract as she speaks. A large metal bell sits on the table in front of her. Behind her, Nao stands silently by a second table with a large gong and mallet on it.
ALT About a dozen Players sit at a long white table. One Player stands at the head, gesturing energetically. Others lean forward, speaking, or holding their hands to their mouths. The clock marks 47 seconds left.
ALT A hand reaches to grasp the handle of the bell, which sits on the white table, framed by dramatic blue lighting.
ALT The summit of Mount Philo in Vermont, USA at sunset. A crowd of people, silhouetted against the light, watch as two performers walk towards an arch. It is about 2 metres tall and is partially built, made of two thirds concrete blocks and one third ice, supported by a wooden former.
ALT Three performers watch the arch build, singing continuously through the performance. Sunlight shines through the trees behind them.
ALT As the two builders near the top of the arch, they stack the last ice blocks in place. Nao lifts one with both hands, while Irene braces herself to receive it.
ALT Night has fallen and the arch stands completed. A fire is burning in an oil drum directly underneath it, as singers Aminita, Phil, Ellian and Kate stand vigil to one side of the arch. Hundreds of audience members sit and stand all around it, watching the ice melt.
ALT An open box of Absurdable, a card game, sitting on a table covered in cards. The box has a bright pink lid that says Absurdable in big, fun letters, and it has several funny illustrations on it. The cards are also illustrated and read things like: daydreams, birdsong, scariest to find in a supermarket, elephants, most useful in a zombie apocalypse, duvets, etc.
ALT A big, shiny gold bell stands on the centre of a table in an indoor venue. The table is long and rectangular, covered in a black tablecloth and there are chairs placed around it. Behind them is a stage is hung with tall, heavy, red curtains.
ALT Indoors on a stage, Seth and Nao build an arch of concrete blocks and ice. To one side, four performers stand facing them, watching and singing. There is no scenery on stage, just the bare and industrial brick walls of the theatre. Lights are pointed at the arch, filling the space with shadows.
ALT A wider shot of the theatre. The stage is surrounded by two large, rich, and ornamental art deco panels, one on either side, and a tall cavernous ceiling. The fully built, freestanding arch is on stage, light reflecting on the ice.
ALT The remains of the arch on stage. Blocks of ice and concrete lie broken on the ground, as the fire underneath it swells. Three people silhouetted against the light stand watching and talking to each other.
ALT Outdoors at night in a public city square. A crowd of people stand and sit around an arch made of concrete and ice blocks. A fire burns underneath it, melting the ice.
ALT Two performers are building arch while four more sing, facing them. Nao lifts a heavy, slippery ice block, while Seth bends his knees, bracing and reaching out to help her position it. Verity, Ellian, Phil and Aminita stand on the opposite side of the arch, watching them and singing.
ALT All of the blocks of the arch are in place. Nao sprays the structure with carbon dioxide from a fire extinguisher, preparing to remove the supporting former underneath it. Audiences crane their necks to look and film with their phones as the gas rises around the arch.
ALT Two audience members watch the performance, embracing and leaning against each other in the growing darkness.
ALT Outdoors at night in an open city square, Kaleider's performance installation Arch begins. Two performers are setting up a wooden former in the shape of an arch. Behind them, rows and rows of audience sit and stand, watching.
ALT A freestanding arch made two thirds of concrete and one third of ice stands in the square. A fire burns beneath it, melting the ice, as dozens of people wrapped in blankets look on.