Uus Rada galerii, Raja 11a, Tallinn
Start Date:
25.04.2025
Start Time:
19:00
End Date:
01.05.2025
“Put Yourself Out There” is a documentary-performative exhibition by Shion Yokoo, Triin Kauber and Jaana Persidski that explores the culture of job hunting and the possible ways in which a freelance artist can find work. The project reflects the prevailing attitudes in job hunting culture, where the emphasis is on the job seeker’s ability to sell themselves or, if necessary, humiliate themselves, to create an impressive CV that matches the offers, and to have the boldness to find employers and offer themselves to them.
During the exhibition there will be performative actions three times:
April 25th 19:00 opening of exhibition
April 27th 17:00
May 1st 19:00 exhibition finissage
Exhibition will be open 26.04-01.05 14:00-19:00
Shion Yokoo expresses herself and her surroundings through the performing arts with honesty and humanity, exploring theatricality and anti-theatricality both theoretically and practically. Currently, she is a PhD student and Junior Research Fellow in Studies of Cultures. As a contemporary performing artist, her recent works include the performative installation Peal kiri peal, created with Keisuke Sugawara for Tartu 2024, and installation pieces exhibited at Court Gallery Kunitachi in Tokyo.
Triin Kauber graduated from the Viljandi Culture Academy in the spring of 2023, majoring in dance art. She is currently a master’s student in choreography at Tallinn University. Kauber is also part of the TantsuRUUM team. Recently, Triin Kauber has delved into the research of the relationship between the body and technology, using video as her main means of expression. Her research focuses on the tension fields between the screen body and the real body, and the displacements that arise through compositional choices and manipulation on the screen.
Jaana Persidski‘s interests include life experiments, spicing up everyday life with play, and on the other hand, potential waste of time. She graduated from the Viljandi Culture Academy Tartu University in 2023 with a degree in dance art. In the 2023/2024 season, she was a resident at TantsuRUUM and conducted a workshop, “Jointflow of wasting time”, to resist hustle and grind culture. Jaana can use a cordless drill, a textile gun, knit, crochet, and solve various practical tasks.
Operator and montage: Tom Tristan Kidron
Technical support: Marko Odar
Special thanks: Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Comdecor, Metsvintage, Telliskivi Creative
City, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn University