2017 \ 3
EDITORIAL
I
The Truth of Art*
Boris Groys’ essay on art power and how art can change the world.
II
About “Image Drain”
Anthea Buys, the curator of “Image Drain” the main exhibition for Tallinn Photomonth 2017 contemporary art biennial, talked to Loore Sundja and Else Lagerspetz about lies in curating and fiction in art.
III
Demagoguery or Just a Theatrical Play?
Agnese Pundiņa’s review of the international group exhibition “(Hyper)Emotional: YOU”, or how to manipulate the viewer, and to what end?
IV
Light and Colour from a Scientific Perspective*
Martin Timusk explains what we really see when we look at art.
V
THEORY AND PRACTICE / POPULAR SCIENCE
An Anonymous Hand
Meelis Friedenthal looks at the popular science illustrations of Estonia’s foremost surrealist Ülo Sooster.
VI
Take It or Leave It
Agnese Pundiņa critiques the joint exhibition “The Project Space: Dialogue – Mare Vint and Jaanus Samma”, or is there an aesthetic that doesn’t have a social aspect?
VII
Another One Bites the Dust
Johannes Saar reminisces about the summer solo exhibition by Jüri Ojaver, where the artist carved quotes from 46 friends, dead or alive, into stone.
“I don”™t feel like listening to your shitty band”
Kaarin Kivirähk writes about Helena Keskküla’s solo exhibition “Ballad of a Little Grain of Sand”.
On the Possibility of Creating Art in the Shadow of a Classic
Marian Kivila writes on Malle Leis, Villu Jõgeva and their daughter Sandra Jõgeva’s joint exhibition “In the Shadow of a Classic”.
Alcodiplomacy
Andreas Trossek has not yet visited the group exhibition “The Travellers: Voyage and Migration in New Art from Central and Eastern Europe”.