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works by Stuart and Yelena

john — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:42:11 +0000

We were fortunate to have a (short) visit by Stuart Hodges and Yelena Popova from the UK. Yelena screened her recent film “UNNAMED” about the forbidden city in Russia where she is from. You can view the film here:

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They also documented some events. This is a lecture/performance by Stuart:

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And here is a video document of the final performance of Bruno Humberto’s workshop at AVAMAA 2011:

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from Vahram Muradyan

MoKS Artist — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:37:07 +0000

Hello… i mean goodbye.
leaving this place with memories that i even can’t manage to remember. All of them just bounded into knots with each other into some beautyfull mixed up thing.
the studio became a big part of me, so i will miss it like a good old friend.
and will come back to visit again.

things i’ve done.

- “portrESTs” video
- 10 pieces graphic portraits serie and artist talk at Ygalerii on recent works slideshow.
- doing some music with the local made band “Boooooring Soundcheck” at genialistid club.
- lecture in the school at art class with recent works slideshow.
- dolma :)

Yours, Vahram Muradyan.
www.vahrammuradyan.com

From Camilla Hannan & Van Sowerwine

MoKS Artist — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:14:38 +0000

Today is the last day of our month as artists in residence here at MoKS.

We picked wild mushrooms and blueberries in the forest. Mmmm. We drew pictures to find out that the fish van comes at 14:00 on Mondays and Thursdays. The fish was good but had lots of bones. Other culinary highlights were the rollmops and the kohuke.

Van
I discovered old magazines from the 1930s that had been left here from a collage workshop. The puppets I made from the pictures became the basis for a new work. Creepy black and white photos of children holding toys. I experimented with watercolour painting and made painted watercolour puppets.

I scoured toy shops and second hand shops and found strange plastic creatures. Growling biting dogs and demented dolls. The toy museum in Tartu is beautiful. I loved the wooden traditional Estonian toys and the doll house furniture carved by a man hidden in a potato bin for 10 years. When we read that, we initially thought he must have been very small, then we realised that in Estonia, potato bins are relatively big.

Camilla
I recorded lots of sounds from around the village. The quiet of the forest was unsettling but beautiful. The children playing in the lake. I picked up some lovely pieces of scrap metal that I incorporated into our live performance.

We spent most of our time working on a new performance work that premiered on the 25th of August at Genialistide Klubi in Tartu. In the doorway was a giant painted onion.

It’s strange how a month can pass so quickly.