2014 \ 3
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FOCUS / (BRAVE NEW) TARTU
Pornographic Landscape
Kaire Nurk analyses this year’s exhibition programme at the Tartu Art Museum, using the image of landscape.
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THEORY AND PRACTICE / MANIFESTA 10
Kristina Norman: “The issue of boycotting is the most characteristic theme of this biennale.”
Andreas Trossek interviews Kristina Norman, the artist invited to represent Estonia at the contemporary art biennale “Manifesta”.
The Question of an Elusive Exhibition
As the “Manifesta 10” travelling European Biennale of Contemporary Art is in every respect a great art event, it seemed appropriate to interpret it through the efforts of two young art theorists. Anne Vetik and Hannes Aava attended the opening event of “Manifesta”.
III
A Glimpse into The Political Unconscious of Architecture
Ingrid Ruudi assumes a cultural analytical approach to the exhibition “Black House – Notes on architecture”.
IV
Conceptual Art and Eastern Europe*
Zdenka Badovinac, Eda Cufer, Cristina Freire, Boris Groys, Charles Harrison and Piotr Piotrowski in a roundtable discussion on Eastern European conceptualism.
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THEORY AND PRACTICE / BERLIN / BIENNALE
Museum Muss Sein…
The 8th Berlin Biennale fills museums and museum galleries with contemporary art, writes Kirke Kangro.
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THEORY AND PRACTICE / LONDON / SUPERSTAR
In London Discovering the Abramovič Method
Kati Saira visits Marina Abramovic´’s latest performance “512 Hours”, 2014.
VII
Jaan Elken’s Dialogue with Himself
Ants Juske discusses Jaan Elken’s double solo exhibition “Back to Hyper Reality 2” shown by the artist in two galleries in Tallinn to mark his 60th birthday.
Dissolution of a Discipline
Andreas Trossek wants to go to the fifth floor gallery of Kumu to see Merike Estna’s solo exhibition “Blue Lagoon” and the international group show “I’m a Painting”, but stays home to read “Tom Sawyer” instead.
Living Art, Dead Artist
Marian Kivila analyses Anonymous Boh’s (or Al Paldrok’s) solo exhibition “10 COMMANDMENTS”.
Queeziness is Needless
In the atmosphere of the current debate regarding the gender-neutral cohabitation bill in Estonia, Piret Karro visits an exhibition based on queer-theory.