I would like to thank the Kone Foundation for enabling this reflective work in 2022–2023.
I also thank Professor of Lighting Design, Tomi Humalisto, for encouraging the creation of an English-language publication based on the Finnish essays. I am grateful to Humalisto for his contributions to the publication, as well as to the Theatre Academy’s publication board and Michaela Bränn.
I extend my gratitude to artist Mark Niskanen, cultural anthropologist Inkeri Aula, the working group of Svett (2021), the working group of PET (2017), the members of the WAUHAUS arts collective, and the Suttila village community for their collaboration. The works mentioned in the Reorientations project were developed with the contribution of the above-mentioned individuals and groups.
I would also like to thank the Ecologically Sustainable Stage course (2022) in the degree Programmes of Lighting design, Sound design and Scenography at the Theatre Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki for the invitation to speak, and for their critique and discussions on the content of the Reorientations project.
My thanks also go to the Theatre Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki’s the degree Programmes of Lighting design, Sound design and Scenography for the invitation to lecture at the VES 2022 (Vuorovaikutteisuus esityssuunnittelussa, Interactivity in Performance Design) seminar. I would like to thank the seminar participants for their feedback and discussions following the lecture.
Finally, I am grateful to the performance technology students at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences for inspiring discussions and feedback on the themes of the Reorientations project during the Innovation course in the autumn of 2023.