The artworks of the 9th Artishok Biennial are open until April 20

Artworks of the 9th Artishok Biennial Siesta are open and 100 art critical texts published! 

Until 20 April, the 9th Artishok Biennial’s artworks can be visited in various public locations in Tallinn. Texts written by ten authors about ten pieces can be found on the biennial’s website. 

The in-between, the fact that everything in the booth is as if “the same, but not quite”, makes the ordinary unusual, strange – and thus invites us to notice the unnoticed, the alien, the neglected. Perhaps it also invites us to notice the unnoticed spaces and people in whose world this installation has been placed. The Central Market is one of the few remaining authentic markets (although a reconstruction project is already underway). Despite the fact that the Central Market is a meeting place for very different social classes and types, and even wealthier people go there to purchase various raw materials as a sign of gastronomic awareness, it is also an area for people on the margins, in between. One place where marginalised people are sold in-between goods is at booths like this. The customer might be a pensioner tending their plot in a Soviet-era gardening cooperative. But their decision to come to the Central Market rather than to the garden department of a large shopping centre, where they could get the same things for even less, involves a bit of the art of living. In any case, there is also a recognition, albeit tacit, of the potential for in-betweenness.

– Excerpt from Linda Kaljundi's text based on Ulvi Haagensen's artwork Practical Follies and Fancies for the Everyday Gardener.

Information for visiting the artworks:

Lieven Lahaye […] kept in private, Making it public. A. Laikmaa tunnel, every day 05.00–00.00.

Alana Proosa Pivotal Points. Last performances! 04.04 and 19.04, from 21.00, various starting points. Prior registration and additional info: https://fienta.com/et/alana-proosa-videorannak.

Anu Juurak Lift. Experiment. The elevator of the School of Business and Governance building (SOC, Akadeemia Street 3 lobby) at Tallinn University of Technology, Mon–Sat, 07.00–22.00.

Gary Markle Life Raft. The sea-level platform at the rear of Tallinna Linnahall, every day 24/7.

Hanna Samoson How to Find the Lion That Has Swallowed You?. Liivalaia 5, Tue–Sat, 15.00–20.00.

Reigo Nahksepp Pucklers. The pedestrian street between the “Ehitajate tee” and “Tehnikaülikool” bus stops (Sõpruse 263a), every day 24/7.

Ulvi Haagensen Practical Follies and Fancies for the Everyday Gardener. Keskturg market (booth K169), every day 08.00–18.00 (opening hours vary during holidays).

stuudio kollektiiv Ashcape. Võrgu 8 (entrance from the side of Kalaranna Street), every day 24/7.

Artjom Astrov JUICE. Vanaturu kael 3. (Already closed!)

The curators of the 9th Artishok Biennial Siesta: Brigit Arop and Margit Säde.

The biennial is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and the City of Tallinn.

Partners: Keskturg, Uuskasutuskeskus, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn Urban Environment and Public Works Department, Mustamäe District Administration, Eesti Pandipakend, Liviko, Põhjala Brewery, Valmiermuiža, Punch Club, Patarein, KONE, Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM).

Thanks to Laura Merendi, Johannes Luik, Mark Alexander Ummelas, Sanna Kartau, Joosep Kivimäe, Ott Metusala, Anu Vahtra, Mati Schönberg, Kalle Tiisma, Marek Kallasmaa, Taisi Reede, Juss Heinsalu, Irma Holm, Aleksandr Tubin, Nils Joonatan Rammo, Marko Rulli, RNV, Imre Nahksepp, Ankru studio collective, Aksel Haagensen, Rene Paul, Johan Kirsimäe, Ruuben-Jaan Rekkor, Kertu Klementi, Egert Tischler, Tijn Nelemans, Madleen Eigi, Owners of plot Võrgu 8, Tallinn Art Hall, Hopner’s House, Must Puudel, Kanuti Gildi SAAL, Vineerimaailm, Raitwood.