Maarit Bau Mustonen

Time → Xx.Xx.2025 at Xx–Yy am/pm

Location → Osoite/paikka, Oulu

The seven scores written by Maarit Bau Mustonen invite residents of Oulu and visitors alike to carry out small performances in public spaces. Drawing on themes of perception, the body, and time, the scores create moments that deviate from everyday life and suggest a shift in perspective. The scores are presented as large posters in the ARToulu area.

A score is an instruction, a task, or a recipe that, when followed, allows the viewer to realize or take part in an artwork. Bau Mustonen’s text-based scores combine practical guidance with poetic thinking and imagining. The work generates gestures, movements, thoughts, and actions that potentially anyone passing by can perform or witness.

The graphic design of the posters is by Samuli Saarinen. The scores were translated from Finnish into English by Kasper Salonen.

The seven scores will be on view from May 11, 2026, for as long as the posters remain intact, are removed, or are covered by other posters. In August 2026 even the last poster was covered.

You can find the posters’ original locations here.