NO BORDERS - NO DIFFERENCE?
exhibition by Tanel Rander
The exhibition departs from
neoliberal borderless condition, where Eastern-Europe doesn`t formally differ
from the West anymore. Because of the all-embracing depolitization, the
difference has become a myth. East-Europe is like a forgotten fairy tale. Philosopher
Ovidiu Tichindeleanu has written that East-Europe, in principle, is nothing – if
it exists at all, then it is rather hope than a presence and rather past than
future. Such a viewpoint demands a new East-European discourse, as the current
one, which has dissolved into the paradoxes of "the former East and the
former West“, is based on hopelessness and Western thinking. If East-Europe is
nothing, then its content is not based on anything visible or positively
existing, but rather on an absence and exclusion. Therefore the new East-European
discourse doesn´t need to ground on a certain territory or restore the old
borders or stay strictly inside of them, but rather depart from the current „borderless“
condition and develop a cross-border decolonial position.
All works in the exhibition are based on real or symbolic border areas, they criticize the „borderless“ condition, ask questions and make statements that might contribute to a new East-European discourse.
The exhibition is open from 12.04. to 05.05.2013 in Tartu Artist House Monumental Gallery (Vanemuise 26, Tartu). Opening: 6 PM, 12.04.
Many thanks to: Marek Mäemets, Andri Allas, Kaisa Eiche, Michael Kurzwelly, Reimo Võsa-Tangsoo, Epp Kubu, Erkki Luuk, Tessa Huging, Rafal Jakubowicz, Karen Lepage
The exhibition has been supported by Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
VIDEO WORKS
1. Dwarf nach Osten (8:56), text (4:58)
2. The Unberliner (7:43)
3. Oder. Order. Border. (3:55), Interview with Michael Kurzwelly (11:51)
4. Four Postcards from Ljubljana (7:47)
PHOTO SERIES:
This is not a critical artistic intervention, but a regular advertising banner on Estonian-Latvian border that excellently explains the actual meaning of current „borderless freedom“ and gives a comment to the emergence of „the former East“ as massive emission of nation states in the global „equity market“.
All works in the exhibition are based on real or symbolic border areas, they criticize the „borderless“ condition, ask questions and make statements that might contribute to a new East-European discourse.
The exhibition is open from 12.04. to 05.05.2013 in Tartu Artist House Monumental Gallery (Vanemuise 26, Tartu). Opening: 6 PM, 12.04.
Many thanks to: Marek Mäemets, Andri Allas, Kaisa Eiche, Michael Kurzwelly, Reimo Võsa-Tangsoo, Epp Kubu, Erkki Luuk, Tessa Huging, Rafal Jakubowicz, Karen Lepage
The exhibition has been supported by Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
VIDEO WORKS
1. Dwarf nach Osten (8:56), text (4:58)
2. The Unberliner (7:43)
3. Oder. Order. Border. (3:55), Interview with Michael Kurzwelly (11:51)
4. Four Postcards from Ljubljana (7:47)
PHOTO SERIES:
This is not a critical artistic intervention, but a regular advertising banner on Estonian-Latvian border that excellently explains the actual meaning of current „borderless freedom“ and gives a comment to the emergence of „the former East“ as massive emission of nation states in the global „equity market“.
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