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Niko Hallikainen

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Performance poet, novelist

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I’m premiering a cinematic poetry performance titled ”Downward Ascension” at the @karhupuistofilmfestival on Saturday 12 September.

Downward Ascension is a 65-minute meditation on the current collapse of world systems and the rise of a new sensualized vibration. It’s a feature-length slideshow film accompanied by a live poetry reading. This is a spiritually wild thing, like a yoga class or a subversive hypnosis happening in a space between cinema and performance art, inspired by the idea of kundalini ascension in reverse, a sweet disorganization of the 8 chakras.

It would mean the world to me if you came to see me do something new. x by @lowincomeglow

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🟦 Simon Fisher Turner & Niko Hallikainen perform Derek Jarman’s Blue at OMVF 🟦

The opening night of the Oulu Music Video Festival on August 27 presents something genuinely rare: a live performance of Blue (1993), Derek Jarman’s final film and one of the defining works of 20th-century British art and queer cinema.

The film’s legendary composer Simon Fisher Turner travels from London to perform a newly updated score. Alongside him, Niko Hallikainen — one of the most distinctive voices in Finnish performance poetry and literature — delivers Jarman’s intimate monologue live. Together, the immersive soundscape and spoken word meet the film’s iconic, unwavering field of International Klein Blue.

A hypnotic meditation on AIDS, mortality, and love, Blue is unlike any other film. There are no cuts, no camera movement — only the color blue. Moving between the mundane and the infinite, the film pulls the viewer into a trance that both overwhelms and purifies.

Turner has performed Blue in various configurations at Tate Modern, the Pinault Collection, and the Austrian Film Museum in Vienna. The OMVF presentation marks its Finnish and Nordic premiere.

Tickets (20/15€) available at the Valve ticket office and via Ticketmaster. Kaiku Card accepted. Seats are limited — read more via the link in bio! by @lowincomeglow

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I’m performing Prima Materia on Sat 16 May 2026 19:00 at Kutomo, Turku @ehkaproduction Photos by Maarten Nauw by @lowincomeglow

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Everything must change by @lowincomeglow

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Yllätys!!! Mun uusi kirja Prima materia on ilmestynyt nyt! Teos on ilmainen omakustanne, sen voi täysin maksutta ladata mun uudelta nettisivultani. Mä olen vuosia halunnut julkaista romaanin, joka on totaalisen vapaa kirja-alan kaupallisista rakenteista. Kirjaa ei tulla julkaisemaan painettuna tai muutenkaan maksullisissa muodoissa.

Prima materia on 303-sivuinen teos, joka näyttää romaanilta, mutta se kätkee sisäänsä romaania isomman mysteerin. Kirja kuvaa, kuinka mun psyykikkoni ennusti mulle kodin kuuluisalla vuorella. Mystisen prosessin kautta avautuu kirjallinen ehdotus, mitä on heittäytyä tuonpuoleisten voimien ohjattavaksi näinä globaalisti epäluotettavina aikoina.

Sähkökirjasta on saatavilla mun kotisivuiltani kaksi eri versiota: purppura PDF ja mustavalkoinen PDF, jälkimmäisen lukija voi halutessaan itse printata paperilta luettavaksi.

Tein tätä pari vuotta aika salassa ja droppaan sen maailmaan nyt. Olen tosi onnellinen, että loin jotain isoa, josta ihmisten ei tarvitse maksaa mitään. Tahdon näyttää, että kirjallisuus elää myös ilman yritystoimintaa. Eileen Myles sanoi kerran, että tykkää sanoista, joissa on edelleen multaa. Prima materialla mä haluan osoittaa sydämestäni kaiken kunnioitukseni sille, mikä kirjoittajan instrumentissa on musta maagista. by @lowincomeglow

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Niko Hallikainen: Prima Materia

06SEP - @sixteenfortysix The Hague (NL)
13SEP - @r4_space Helsinki (FI)
22NOV - @kontrarsthlm Stockholm (SE)

I’m premiering my 10th solo piece Prima Materia soon. It’s a recitation of a book that channels hidden knowledge from a worldwide underworld. This is my most psychic performance. by @lowincomeglow

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Petrolio (2023) by @lowincomeglow

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Lavender Deal premiering in New York this week as part of @performanyc Sculpture by @manyau_helsinki Image by @avocado_ibuprofen

Four shows at Tibet House:
Sat 18NOV 6:30PM
Sat 18NOV 9PM
Sun 19NOV 4PM
Sun 19NOV 6:30PM by @lowincomeglow

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Massive thank you for all your support and interest towards Lavender Deal, it was a really magical, trippy and haunting time outside of time. Full house for five nights in a row, and it felt unbelievable to be that intimate with you after these few years of social distance/isolation.

@manyau_helsinki created the sculptures, it’s a mind-altering pleasure and privilege to collaborate with a genius like Mandy. @e_vain_ created the scented candles, adding more wildly hallucinatory notes to the piece. Harju 8 and @jannek5 allowed me to use that special space. And I fancy everyone who attended the shows. Thank you. 🌋✨💜

My work is supported by Kone Foundation. by @lowincomeglow

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PREMIERE: Lavender Deal
Performance, text, sound: Niko Hallikainen
Sculpture: Man Yau

I’m premiering my new solo performance Lavender Deal in the Harju 8 cellar space in May. The performance observes the pitfall of queer longing. On stage I’m accompanied by a new three-piece sculpture by sculptor Man Yau. Lavender Deal is a cabaret act that processes the conditions of romantic idealization, social distance, fanciful eroticism and the idea of intimacy as transaction.

Shows at Harjutori 8, 00550 Helsinki:
Mon 15th of May 19:00 (FULL)
Tue 16th of May 19:00 (FULL)
Wed 17th of May 19:00 (FULL)
Thu 18th of May 19:00 (FULL)
Fri 19th of May 19:00 (FULL)

Duration 90 minutes. Free admission. All shows are currently fully booked.

My work is supported by Kone Foundation. by @lowincomeglow

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