festival…showcase

“festival…showcase” 5.—10.04 at EKA Gallery
Saara Liis Jõerand, Gregor Kulla, Riin Maide, Nele Tiidelepp, Henri Särekanno, Mattias Veller
The exhibition is open on 6.—9. April at 3—7 pm.
Opening: 5. April at 6 pm

In the course of six days, there will be actions, performances and presentations. This is a festival.
Six young authors share a platform to create and experiment. Tis is a showcase.

“festival…showcase” is an exhibition and a cluster of performances that takes place on 5—10 April in EKA Gallery. The cycle begins with a performative opening night on the 5th of April and ends with a Sunday afternoon presentation on the 10th of April. The days in between will be filled with ever-changing performances, including video screenings, sound works, and duration and short performances for both body and voice.

“festival…showcase” is an integration project of mediums with a focus on collaboration. Artists from different creative disciplines juxtapose their artistic tools with those of others, borrowing resources from them. The works flow across the borders of conventional media, using the fragility and uncertainty of the situation as an input. The subject of the works seen in the gallery originates from the moments spent together, it analyzes the mutual relations and draws on each other’s skills.

Outside of creative manifestations, the exhibition is an installation environment that reflects the preparation and the leftover. The spatial situation constantly alternates between festal and adjuratory, installation and performance. The space is shared with material and props of previous and subsequent works that will come to life in EKA Gallery.

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

TUESDAY, 5.04

18:00
Exhibition opening ceremony

Overalls
Mattias Veller
Performance for six figures
40′

WEDNESDAY, 6.04

15:00-19:00
The exhibition is open

I’ll be filming now
Henri Särekanno
An audiovisual experiment, in which the camera and the video image are co-creating the space

juhan
Henri Särekanno
Documentary about artist residency at Juhani farm

My words I
Saara Liis Jõerand
Continued writing during the exhibition

15:00
PRINT I: relief 
Riin Maide
Performance; mostly printing
30’

16:00
My words II 
Saara Liis Jõerand
A performance where abstract words are concretized into a suitable form for the exhibition
20’

17:00
Wrestling
Mattias Veller and Henri Särekanno
Audio-collage and sport-performance
15’

18:00
Phonecalls about theatre
Mattias Veller
Qualitative survey where the artist is challenging himself physically
20’

19:00
relief
Gregor Kulla
Performance and electroacoustic composition that deals with defining interval ratios through tension
30’

THURSDAY, 7.04

15:00-19:00
The exhibition is open

I’ll be filming now
Henri Särekanno
An audiovisual experiment, in which the camera and the video image are co-creating the space

juhan
Henri Särekanno
Documentary about artist residency at Juhani farm

My words I
Saara Liis Jõerand
Continued writing during the exhibition

15:00
PRINT II: intaglio (sort of) 
Riin Maide
Performance; mostly printing
150’

16:00
My words II 
Saara Liis Jõerand
A performance where abstract words are concretized into a suitable form for the exhibition
20’

17:00
Wrestling
Mattias Veller and Henri Särekanno
Audio-collage and sport-performance
15’

18:00
Phonecalls about theatre
Mattias Veller
Qualitative questionnaire where the artist is challenging himself physically
20’

20:00
relief
Gregor Kulla
Performance and electroacoustic composition that deals with defining interval ratios through tension
30’

FRIDAY, 8.04

15:00-19:00
The exhibition is open

I’ll be filming now
Henri Särekanno
An audiovisual experiment, in which the camera and the video image are co-creating the space

juhan
Henri Särekanno
Documentary about artist residency at Juhani farm

My words I
Saara Liis Jõerand
Continued writing during the exhibition

15:00
PRINT III: silk
Performance; mostly printing
20’

16:00
My words II
Saara Liis Jõerand
A performance where abstract words are concretized into a suitable form for the exhibition
20’

17:00
Wrestling
Mattias Velleri and Henri Särekanno
Audio-collage and sport-performance
15’

18:00
Phone calls about theatre
Mattias Veller
Qualitative questionnaire where the artist is challenging himself physically
20’

19:00
What to do to feel good
Nele Tiidelepp
A performance for six performers with myself and others, about talking over, along with and behind someone’s back
60’

SATURDAY, 9.04

15:00-19:00
The exhibition is open

I’ll be filming now
Henri Särekanno
An audiovisual experiment, in which the camera and the video image are co-creating the space

juhan
Henri Särekanno
Documentary about artist residency at Juhani farm

My words I
Saara Liis Jõerand
Continued writing during the exhibition

15:00
PRINT IV: continuations/summaries
Riin Maide
Performance; mostly printing
40’

16:00
My words II
Saara Liis Jõerand
A performance where abstract words are concretized into a suitable form for the exhibition
20’

17:00
Wrestling
Mattias Velleri and Henri Särekanno
Audio-collage and sport-performance
15’

18:00
Phonecalls about theatre
Mattias Veller
Qualitative questionnaire where the artist is challenging himself physically
20’

19:00
Showcase…festival inside the “festival…showcase”
open platform / togetherness / party / festival / showcase

Evening in open form, where you can take part in or miss out on different acts and performances. Works in every medium from uncountable performers, including the “festival…showcase” team and unknown others, that can last anywhere from one second to 10 minutes.

EKA baar is open at the event!

SUNDAY, 10.04
15:00
Exhibition finissage

Print presentation
Riin Maide
Publication presentation, printed during performances PRINT I, PRINT II, PRINT III and PRINT IV
60’

Short bios:

Saara Liis Jõerand (1999) studies general linguistics at the University of Tartu. She is interested in the area between thought and its expression. Jõerand has a bachelor’s degree in semiotics and culture theory, has published literary and theatre criticism and has been engaged in several theatre and art projects.

Gregor Kulla (2000) is a composer, writer and critic who studies composition with professor Tõnu Kõrvits and Helena Tulve in the Estonian Music and Theatre Academy. Previously, he has finished H. Eller Tartu Music College in oboe and composition and studied sustainable art in the Novi Sad EU School of Participation 2021. For his work in the cultural field of Tartu, Kulla has been named the Young Culture Carrier of the year 2020. Last year he earned the title of laureate of cultural magazine Sirp and he currently holds the Erkki-Sven Tüür scholarship.

Riin Maide (1997) is an artist and scenographer who has graduated from the graphic arts department of the Estonian Academy of Arts and educated herself in scenography and alternative theatre in DAMU Prague. Maide’s art focuses on noticing and playfully deconstructing spatial situations both on- and off-stage. She has organised and taken part in group exhibitions and different theatre projects in Tallinn, Tartu, Prague and Brussels. In 2020 she was awarded the Young Artist prize and the Edmund Valtman scholarship for young graphic artists.

Nele Tiidelepp (1998) is a freelance artist and a 2020 graduate of the installation and sculpture department of the Estonian Academy of Arts whose practice draws inspiration from spontaneous reactions to the environment and materials. She often expresses spontaneous and chaotic flow of thought in mediums like text, video, sound, installation and performance. Tiidelepp has won the Young Tartu competition in 2021, the Young Artist award in 2020, SIIL Prize and Millenium Prize in 2019, and has participated in art events in Estonia, Basel, Rovaniemi, Riga, Brussels, Stuttgart, Venice and Moscow.

Henri Särekanno (1999) is a freelance art worker and cinephile. He has studied art history and philosophy. In his creative practice he works with audiovisual media and is mainly interested in the border between documentary and fiction. Särekanno is a founding member of the vocal-instrumental ensemble SEAPUTS in which he plays guitar and violin.

Mattias Veller (1998) studies in the painting department of the Estonian Academy of Arts but consistently cheats on painting with all other possible creative practices. In his interdisciplinary activity, he has touched upon the themes of physical labour and the relation between humans and material and has worked on paintings and objects with absurd and excessive precision. Veller is a founding member of the vocal-instrumental ensemble SEAPUTS in which he plays the guitar and sings.

festival showcase INSTAGRAM

Photos: Dalia Viškelytė