Residency artists and researchers Multidisciplinary art Utopia workgroup multidisciplinary art Planning and preparation of Utopia We began rehearsing our Utopia – A Dancing Conference series of works at the Saari Residence. During our residency period, we discussed our own utopias and various utopian plans related to selected themes. We performed exercises in movement and music and made preparations for our first conference, which will be held in the Bear Castle at Korkeasaari Zoo on 4 September 2015. The group consists of Maria Saivosalmi, Lotta Suomi, Sari Palmgren, Jukka Peltola, Jukka Tarvainen, Janne Masalin, Tuomas Norvio, Heikki Paasonen and Karoliina Koiso-Kanttila. The group worked at the Saari Residence in June 2015.