Born in Tartu, Estonia 1984. Based in Norway since 1997. Currently lives and works in Oslo. BA from Bergen Art Academy and MA from Konstfack, Stockholm. I work mainly with video installations based on relational and performative strategies. My work explores notions of identity and community. The starting points of my latest work are scenes/situations from our everyday life. I focused on the subtle violence that often goes unnoticed as we are coexisting and inhabiting the public realm. Throughout my practice I have been interested in how personal identity relates to collective or national identity and how the individual participates and negotiates his or her place in the current collective culture. I am interested in the feelings, images, stories, memories and fantasies that construct processes of identification influencing the distance towards that culture. I often work collaboratively and one of the current projects is AtwoB, an artist group consisting of four artists originating from Denmark, Sweden, Estonia/Norway and Japan. In our practice we draw inspiration and knowledge from our individual, cultural and linguistic backgrounds in order to examine issues surrounding text, vocality, multilingualism and translation. Our work takes the form of performance-related activities, sound pieces and text-based works
RELATED EVENTS:
19. and 26.11.2013 Workshop at Vastse-Kuuste school (9th grade)
28.11 MoKS meetings, artist talk with Tanel Rander