The O’Less Festival’s photography exhibition in Poland earlier this year presented works by: Margareth Knoll, Bozena Magnucka, Marta Kochanek, Human Nature, Sillen, Beata Borys Kosc, Booojka, Alicja Sikora, Joanna Knoll, Barbara Gibson, Goodyn Green, Anna-Stina Treumund, Camilla Storgaard and Grzegorz Banaszak.
Curator: Barbara Gibson.
Installation view photos courtesy of Marta Kochanek.
Photo by Anna-Stina Treumund 2011
Group Exhibition: Lost in Transition
Project Series: Your Periphery Is My Center
Exhibition Venue: EKKM, North Avenue 35, Tallinn, Estonia
Exhibition Date: July 22 – August 28 2011
Opening: July 22 at 18:00
Curator: Rael Artel (Pärnu)
Participating artists: Arnis Balcus (Riga), Alexei Gordin (Tallinn), Anna-Stina Treumund (Tallinn), Flo Kasearu (Tallinn), Ivan Jurica (Bratislava / Vienna), Katarina Sevic & Gergely Laszlo (Budapest), Katarina Zdjelar (Belgrade / Rotterdam), Zampa di Leone, Wojtek Doroszuk (Krakow / Rouen),
Curator Rael Artel explains: “Through the Your Periphery Is My Center project series I wish to focus on the former Eastern Europe and its neighboring regions, in order to examine diverse aspects of social reality which intrigue artists as well. The project is imagined as a framework to explore, map and present the contemporary artistic positions that take a critical stance towards the social, political and cultural surroundings generated during the last two decades after the fall of the Wall. One has to admit that struggles concerning territories and identities continue to keep artists busy and productive.
Consisting of presentations of contemporary art in the form of exhibitions, screenings, publications and performances, the project’s focus is on the artists, the majority of which could be identified as young or emerging artists who are operating mostly outside of the dominant institutional frameworks and commercial market structures.”
Anna-Stina Treumund
One of the emerging artists is Anna-Stina Treumund, visual artist and queer woman. Anna-Stina (born in 1982) lives and works in Tallinn, Estonia. She received her MFA from the Estonian Academy of Arts in 2010. Anna-Stina uses photography and video as medium for expressing her thoughts and ideas about the visibility of lesbian women and feminism. She is one of the first artists in Estonia, who is a self-identified lesbian and has explicated the role and position of this marginal group in Estonian society through her work. In her most significant personal exhibition “Me, You and Everybody We Do Not Know” (2010) she deconstructed stereotypical images of a lesbian women and gave society some ideas about how to see the world from her viewpoint.
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Anna-Stina Treumund’s webgallery
During the Baltic Pride 2011 you could visit a queer art show titled ’Family’ at MÄRZ project space in Tallinn, Estonia. ‘Family’ is curated by Jaanus Samma and Anna-Stina Treumund. Anna-Stina has send me photos from the opening of ‘Family’.
The opening reception of the queer art show ‘Family’ in Tallinn, June 2011
Installation view form the queer art show ‘Family’, Tallin, Estonia June 2011
Installation view form the queer art show ‘Family’, Tallin, Estonia June 2011
Queer artist Mare Tralla opens the queer art show ‘Family’ on June 7, 2011. From left: Anna-Stina Treumund (co-curator of Family) and Jaanus Samma (co-curator of Family), Helen Talalev and visual artist Mare Tralla.
Group portrait from the opening reception of ‘Family’, a queer art show, Tallin, Estonia. From left: Airi Triisberg (co-curator of the exhibition Untold Stories, Tallin, May 2011), Jaanus Samma & Anna-Stina Treumund (the curators of Family) and Anna-Stina’s girlfriend Paula (above right).
Opening reception: Guests and curators at the entrance of the März exhibition space, where the exhibition ‘Family’ was presented June 6-12, 2011
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We invite artists and art enthusiasts to participate in the exhibition “Family” which will take place from June 6-12, 2011 within the framework of an LGBT solidarity and culture week in MÄRZ project space in Tallinn, [European Capital of Culture in 2011]. The exhibition is organized by NGO Estonian Gay Youth. Its aim is to introduce issues related to sexual minorities through artistic self-expression. The curators of the exhibition are Anna-Stina Treumund and Jaanus Samma.
The economic crisis of recent years has underlined the importance of family in a society. Family as a social unit has functioned as a buffer and has helped to live with inequality and go through the hard times. The more emotional basis of family contradicted the pragmatic approach of economy which resulted in discovering completely different ways of looking at the driving forces of a society. Suddenly, social solidarity became an issue and a question arose – what is such solidarity and who does it include?
Families of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bi, trans) people are different from traditional families, hence the members of these families may be misunderstood, they may experience negative attitudes and also discrimination. However, the meaning of family has also changed within the straight community and thus needs more thorough analysis and reflection.
We invite both professional artists and art enthusiasts to address the issue of family. We welcome individual works or series, installations, photos, paintings, etc. Please send [in] your work [i.e. send] a short explanation to email: omatuba@gmail.com by May 1st, 2011. A jury, which includes several renowned Estonian artists and art critics, will select the best works for the exhibition. [Works need to be in Tallinn] by 1st of June. The opening of “Family” is on June 6, 2011].
The three first places will receive a cash prize!
Anna-Stina Treumund
Jaanus Samma
For more information, please email: omatuba@gmail.com
About Artist And Curator Anna-Stina Treumund
Estonian Anna-Stina Treumund is a young lesbian artist and curator. She is living and working in Tallinn. She is a MFA student at the Estonian Art Academy. In 2010 Anna-Stina presented her first solo photography exhibition titled ‘You, me and everyone else we don’t know’ at Tallinn Art Hall. May 7 – June 26 2011 she’ll be taking part in a group exhibition at Tallinn Art Hall, Vabaduse Square 6, Tallinn, about Eastern-European queerness titled “Untold Stories” (curators: Anders Härm, Airi Triisberg, Rebeka Põldsam).
‘Rehersal for my wedding’ from ‘You, me and everyone else we don’t know’ photo by Anna-Stina Treumund
'You, me and everyone else we don't know'
Solo exhibition by photographer Anna-Stina Treumund
March 26 – April 18, 2010
Tallinn Art Hall Gallery
Vabaduse Square 6, Tallinn, Estonia
The opening of ‘You, me and everyone else we don’t know’ is on March 24, 2010.
Estonian Anna-Stina Treumund is a young lesbian artist. You can see a number of her fine photography series such as ’self-portraits’ and ‘nightscapes’ in her Flickr gallery.
Photo (right) ‘Kissing two reflections’
by Anna-Stina Treumund
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Read more about Anna-Stina Treumund’s exhibition by Feminine Moments
Photos from Anna-Stina Treumund's portfolio 'You, me and everyone else we don't know', 2010
‘We Are Going To Be Mums’ by Anna-Stina Treumund, 2010
‘Eli’ photo by Anna-Stina Treumund
‘Drag’ photo by Anna-Stina Treumund
‘Sisters baby gerda and pussy cat I’ photo by Anna-Stina Treumund
‘Sisters baby gerda and pussy cat II’ photo by Anna-Stina Treumund
‘Neglizee’ photo by Anna-Stina Treumund