video feature
CologneOFF 2011
Tallinn
Estonian Academy of Arts
Tallinn
Today is the 2nd day of the screenings @ Estonian Academy of Arts – the 4th venue of CologneOFF2011_Baltic Sea PDF catalogue CologneOFF 2011 Baltic Sea CologneOFF 2011 – Baltic Sea. Invited by Raivo Kelomees, head of the new media department of the Estonian art academy and former netartist collaborating with Wilfried already since 2001, Wilfried is spending some days in Tallinn, his first travel to Estonia. As a Post-Sovjet country, Estonia is walking new paths in democracy by organising the daily life digitally. This is possible because Estonia is a very small country with a very small population.
The date of the screenings are not very fortunate because on 1 June usually the academic holidays are starting or it is the phase of the last days of final examn.
Estonia is really already a very Nordic country, close connected to Finland through history and language. 
The old historical centre of Tallinn reminds of the middle ages and close to the city centre there are some beautiful gardens and palaces from the 18th century. While walking through the old town, one would not get the idea that Estonia might be such a progressive country. But Wilfried is not sure, whether the Estonians are different in dealing with audio-visual art than other places he was visiting before, because strangely enough on one hand video, respectively moving images are dominating the daily visual world, but in terms of art the medium “video” is popular only for artists, but not the audience!!??
CologneOFF 2011 Baltic Sea
Nordic Tour around the Baltic Sea – May-June 2011
includes following venues
Szczecin (PL) – 12,13, 14 May 2011
St.Petersburg (Ru) – 19, 20, 21 May 2011
Tampere (Fi) – 26, 27, 28 May 2011
Tallinn (Estonia) – 1-2 June 2011
Estonian Academy of Arts
CologneOFF2011_Baltic Sea PDF catalogue CologneOFF 2011 Baltic Sea
CologneoFF 2011 Tallinn
is collaboration between Cologne International Videoart Festival, artvideoKOELN, – The New Museum of Networked Art – and Estonian Academy of Arts
1 June – Wednesday
12h – 19h screenings at Estonian Academy of Arts
Germany curated by Agricola de Cologne /
Poland curated by Antoni Karwowski
Russia curated by Vika Ilyushkina /
Finland curated by Pekka Ruuska
Sweden curated by Jonas Nilsson/Eva Olsson /
Norway curated by Margarida Paiva
Latvia curated by Dzintars Zilgalvis /
Anders Weberg (CologneOFF videoartist of MAY 2011)
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ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS
Students videos 2010 –
curated by Raivo Kelomees
Jekaterina Kultajeva -„Pohhui“, 6:12, 2008
Kadri Erlenheim – „Heroin“, 2:13, 2008
Loore Emilie Raav – „Art Means Beautiful Things“, 2:32, 2009
Maria Fuset – „How to Be a Performer“, 1:19, 2009
Martinus Klemet, Gerda Märtens – „Vee valamine/Water“, 1:14, 2008
Mirja Majevski, Villem Jahu – „Paper Cuts“, 3:46, 2007
Remo Randver – „I Live Here“, 2:02, 2010
Stella Salumaa – „OOO“, 2:44, 2009
Hannes Aasamets Soundperformance – „Adjustment/Readjustments“, 6:54
August Sai – „MAP IS NOT THE TERRITORY“, 1:57
Oliver Laas – “Morning At 225 Miles”, 3:01, 2008
Hille Karm – „January 2010, temp -24C“, 4:43, 2010
Eleka Pajusaar – „Untitled“, 0:48, 2010
About the curator
Raivo Kelomees, b. 1960
Artist, critic and new media educator. Lives in Tallinn. Studied psychology, art history, and design in Tartu University and Academy of Arts in Tallinn. Presently working as a professor at Department of Media and Advertisement Design of Tartu Art College.
Wrote book on Surrealism (“Kunst Publishers” 1993); since 1985 more than 300 articles in main cultural and art magazines and newspapers of Estonia.
Participations in festivals of video and media art: French-Baltic Video Art Festivals – Grand Prix in 1994; WRO 95, Wroclaw; Second International Video and Electronic Art Manifestation in Montreal 1995, French-Baltic-Nordic Video and Electronic Art Festival, Riga 1997, 20th Tokyo Video Festival, 1998 (Silver Award), MuuMediaFestival in Helsinki (1998), Ars Electronica Mediathek (1999), 4th International Festival of New Film, Split (1999), ISEA 2000 (Paris), ISEA 2002 (Nagoya) and many others.
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Unnur Andrea Einarsdottir (Iceland) -Music in Cake, 2005, 03.23
Sally and Mo (Iceland) – Misty, 2009, 3:33
Neringa Naujokaite (Lithuania) – “Horizont”, 2010, 8:53
Tadas Tvarionas (Lithuania) – In Between ( ), 2010, 13:47
Signe Chiper-Lillemark (Denmark) – Spaces, 2010, 6 :31
Mia Degner (Denmark) – a city is a place to call home, 2009, 1:51
2 June – Thursday
12h-19h screenings at Estonian Academy of Arts
*CologneOFF VI – special selection: Corporate Urban Interventions
Asia: Hongkong curated by Elle Pau & Alvis Choi
*Digitalis – aspects of digital video
The Female Eye: Contextual Face curated by Evelin Stermitz & Women Directors Cut
Africa: Still Fighting curated by Kisito Assangni & South Africa
*Figure it Out – performance in videoart”
Corporate Urban Interventions
12h-13h
iaaai (France) – Patience, 2006-2007, 4 min 10 sec
Pablo Fernandez-Pujol (Spain) – 142-143 – 2010, 2:1
Emeka Ogboh (Nigeria) – [dis] connection – 2009, 1:58
Denise Hood (USA) – Disconnect – 2009, 3:47
Shahar Marcus (Israel) – Homecoming Artist, 2008, 4:37
9h Ira Needleman (USA) – Corporate Art Policy, 2007, 5:30
Jorge Garcia Velayos (Spain) – THE BEAST , 2009, 05’ 20’’
Myriam Thyes (CH) – Depression Marquis, 2009, 2:23
Cynthia Domenico (Brazil) – Twist and Turn, 2009, 4min55sec
Renata Gaspar & Marcin Dudek (Poland) – Axis, 2010, 3:07 min.
Johanna Reich (Germany) – A State of Crystal,, 3’19, 2010
Doug Williams (USA) –Back & Forth, 2009, 2:42
Dario Bardic (Croatia) – Etude, 3:17, 2007
Henry Gwiazda (USA) – A Dollhouse is…, 5:48, 2007
Rami Fischler (Australia) – Changing Man, 2:58, 2006
Nick Fox-Gieg (USA) – Disarmed, 2:42, 2005
Mihai Grecu (Romania) – Coagulate, 5:56, 2008
Alfonso Rodrigo (Spain) – Fashion Death, 4:51, 2008
Les Riches Douaniers (France) – 8:43, 2009
Ulf Kristiansen (Norway) – The Care Bears – 2010, 3:00
Ocusonic aka Paul O Donoghue (Ireland) – Why Do You Have a Beard? – 2010, 6:02
Roland Quelven (France) – La Chambre de May D., 1:33, 2010
Barry Morse (USA) – Mouse’s Birthday, 3:37, 2010
Rafael Alcala (Puerto Rico) – Smoked, 3:20, 2006
Sheldon Brown (USA) – Scalable City, 4.03, 2009
Robby Rackleff (USA) – Dark Fortress Occult Master of Space: Genesis Genesis, 2009, 3:00
Agricola de Cologne (Germany) – Urban.early sunday morning raw, 4:50, 2007
Laurent Pernot (France) – Still Alives, 2:33, 2006
Ane Lan (Norway) -Ane Lan, 2:50, 2001
Cynthia Whelan (UK) – Selfportrait, 3:27, 2005
Sinasi Günes (Turkey) – GICIR, 2006, 03:03
Boris Sribar (SR) – I love you so much I could kill for you, 3:20, 2010
Roland Wegerer (Austria) – How to Clean a Puddle, 1:48, 2008
Virginie Foloppe (France) – J.F.’s Toolbox” 2004, 5:50
Jamie Marie Waelchli (USA) – Little Pleasure, 2007, 11:09
Kisito ASSANGNI (Togo) Explosion, 2009, 2’22”
Luc Gut (Switzerland) – Alter Ego, 2008, 2 min
Agricola de Cologne (Germany) – Silent Cry, 3:05, 2008
Unnur Andrea Einarsdottir (Iceland) – Toilet, 5:00, 2005
Francesca Fini (Italy) – Cry Me, 2009, 4:34
Anna FC Smith (UK) – Which Came First? , 2009, 2:08
Beatrice Allegranti (UK) – IN MY BODY, 2005, 4 min
