Irma Optimist
Also known as: Irma LuhtaIrma Optimist (Born 1952) is a Finnish performance artist and professor in mathematics. Optimist lives and works in Helsinki and Vaasa. Irma Optimist has for a number of years been a prominent figure in Finnish performance. She has adopted Optimist as a last name to counterbalance the Finnish melancholy, She has presented over 160 performances since 1989 in Finland, USA, Japan, Canada, Germany, Austria, Poland, France, Lithuania, Estonia, Belarus, Romania, Denmark, Sweden, Slovakia, Hungary, Israel, United Kingdom and Ireland.
Irma Optimist is working at the Turku School of Economics and Business Administration as a senior lecturer in Mathematics (PhD), specialized in chaos theory.
Information
(Objekt ID 37940)| Object type | Person |
| Also known as | Irma Luhta |
| Born | 1952 |
| Functions | Performance artist, Professor, Visual artist |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Gender | Female |
| Adresse | Helsinki and Vaasa, Finland |
Involved in productions (2)
| Title | Premiere | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Irma Optimist () | June 10, 2005 | Concept/Idea, Performer, Main producer |
| Natural Artifice () | Performer, Concept/Idea |