My video installation ЭСТИМА КОДУМА at the LIFE IN DECLINE exhibition touches upon the topic of linguistic hybridity in Estonia, reflecting on the tensions that give form to the so-called ‘veneesti’ (RusEstonian). A series of objects such as oil-shale rocks, orchids and a dress, together with an in-situ graffiti, create the environment in which the witch Seraphita performs her cunning ritual to foresee how the Ida-Viru region will sound in the future. I invite visitors to reflect on the performativity of language and perceive the intermediate and fuzzy territory of Estonian idioms, here understood not as a form of polluting language but as a creative ability to respond to social and cultural changes.

Curators: Marika Agu and Francisco Martinez
Graphic Designer: Viktor Gurov
Technical Support: Johannes Säre
Photographer: Laura Kuusk

Watch ЭСТИМА КОДУМА video here:

VFX: Erik Merisalu
Sound Design: Andres Nõlvak
3D Support: Karmo Järv

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Anna Škodenko
Anne Rudanovski
Darja Popolitova
Edith Karlson
Eléonore de Montesquiou
Jevgeni Zolotko
John Grzinich
Laura Kuusk
Sandra Kosorotova
Varvara & Mar

Estonian Mining Museum, Kohtla-Nõmme
17.06.—03.10.2021

SUPPORTERS
Estonian Cultural Endowment, MOBERC30 Reparare research project.

PARTNERS
Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art, Purtse Brewery.

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