John Collingswood is a British video artist living in Oulu, Northern Finland. He works extensively with dance and performance as a creative and technical collaborator, facilitator and documenter. His main specialism is in developing performance environments that respond to dancers or audience, creating hybrid systems that enhance choreographic expression. He also creates architectural video intervention work, bucking the current trend for spectacular 3D video mapping by installing small-scale abstract video projections that enhance, rather than disguise, beautiful old buildings. John is also a DJ and has spent many enjoyable evenings over the last 3 decades playing old records to appreciative people.
Tanja Råman is a choreographer/dancer and artistic director of TaikaBox. She is also a cranial-sacral therapist and a facilitator for community-based work. She studied a dance degree, teaching qualification and Masters in Dance Science in the UK and she has won the prestigious Creative Wales Award three times. Tanja lived in the UK for over 18 years before returning to Northern Finland in 2015. Tanja's long-term collaboration with John Collingswood has sparked a fascination in integrating dance and technology. She considers technology in her choreographic work as another living being that can extend the physical expression beyond the body. Her mission is to promote dance in everyday life amongst different communities through improvisational performances as well as through online livestream projects.
