ISLAND
Islands
The Island of Wasted Land/Time Islands Yasamin Ghalehnoie I came to think of wastelands via the island. The island has salty rocks and edible red soil, sedimentary though not arable. The…
island of wastedness
{ island of wastedness } In between buildings, there are pieces of land, and on them used to be apartments. In only thirty years, the houses are in ruination. There are…
Yasamin Ghalehnoie
Yasamin Ghalehnoie writes, makes videos, and facilitates alternative pedagogies. Developed through field studies and slow, collaborative, trans-local processes, their research fosters informal economies, non-uniformity, and collective reproduction of resting and the commons.…
LULEÅ / BREDÄNG, My Body
M(oth)erialism Re/producing Re/production My Body Hannah Wiker Wikström Shit show. The bacterial cocktail I gave you, I inherited it from my mother. Vaginal fluids, blood and faeces stirred through mucous membranes…
diffraction
{ diffraction } Enter the void. We belong to bodies eating the sun. Melting, thaws, mining my inner Mercury. Grasping the light, blinded by the rays, you become the sun in…
Hannah Wiker Wikström
Hannah Wiker Wikström is a Swedish artist and filmmaker. She holds a master’s degree in Fine Arts from KHIO in Oslo and Konstfack in Stockholm. With a history of collective processes, Hannah’s…
PALDISKI
Deep Water
Opening My Eyes in the Depths of the Sea Bed Deep Water Ann Mirjam Vaikla The bay of Paldiski holds exceptionally deep water for the shallow Baltic Sea, reaching an average…
of(f) focus
{ of(f) focus } Off focus translates to “out-of-focus”, when you cannot see the image clearly or when a camera, telescope, or other instrument is out-of-focus; while of(f) focus refers to…
Ann Mirjam Vaikla
Ann Mirjam Vaikla is an independent curator, artist and scenographer based in Tallinn, Estonia. In her artistic practice, she focuses on the intertwinement of ecological distress; non-human species/bodies; and decolonization. These topics…
gazes
{ gazes } There is something violent in the thought that we must be only one. Whole. Only one identity. Static. Is there only one way to be human? We are…