The Disobedient Rhythm

The Disobedient Rhythm was a performative score and installation that were a part of Idiorrhythmic Imaginaries research exhibition in Kuva/Tila gallery at the Academy of Fine Arts 5–21 December 2025. The exhibition was a part of University of the Arts Helsinki’s sixth Research Pavilion program. The exhibition asked how can we imagine future in a time that seems determined by various crises? And what will be the role of artistic research in this?

Read more about the exhibition here.

Noora Karjalainen, Ursa Minor Ensemble, The Disobedient Rhythm

Throughout history, countless attempts have been made to fix, cure, or integrate deaf people into the ways of the hearing world. What if deaf bodies and lives were seen as already whole, valuable, and complete? Doctoral researcher Noora Karjalainen, a member of Ursa Minor Ensemble, explores with the group how deafness shapes unique rhythms of sensing, knowing, and being, and how these ways of being enact the making of the world. In The Disobedient Rhythm, they bring these reflections to life, performing a score from their research project The Disobedient Gene. The exhibition space displays research in progress, which will be continuously updated throughout the exhibition.