Margaret Tali and Ieva Astahovska on the MoMa Post Platform

Margaret Tali and Ieva Astahovska on the MoMa Post Platform — Ieva Astahovska’s photo by Andrejs Strokins; Margaret Tali’s portrait is granted by Margaret Tali

EKA’s KVI (Kunstiteaduse ja visuaalkultuuri instituut) researcher Margaret Tali published an article in collaboration with Ieva Astahovska at Museum of Modern Art’s online platform Post, which gives an overview of their curated international exchange and research project “Communicating Difficult Pasts” (2019-2022).

Estonian Academy of Arts and Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art are partners in this project, which approaches Baltic history as global and closely entangled with its adjacent regions. It proposes to see the reworking of past traumas as potential for creating new solidarities. The article offers an overview about the international symposium “Prisms of Silence” at EKA, summer school held in Kūldiga and exhibition “Difficult Pasts. Connected Worlds” organised in the Latvian National Gallery of Arts and showcases works by artists Zuzanna Hertzberg (PL), Vika Eksta (LV) and Quinsy Gario (NL) commissioned for the project. The next exhibition in the project is planned to take place in Vilnius National Gallery in spring 2022.

The article on MoMa POST

1) Participants of the International Summer School of the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, titled “Communicating Difficult Pasts” in Kuldīga, Latvia, August 2019. Photo by Margarita Ogoļceva, the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art; 2) Performance “When I Eat”, made by the SILENCE collective at the summer school “Communicating Difficult Pasts” at Kuldīga Artists’ Residence Gallery on August 6, 2019. Photo by Margarita Ogoļceva, the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art; 3) Symposium “Prisms of Silence” at the Estonian Art Academy in Tallinn, Estonia, February 2020. Photo by Margarita Ogoļceva, the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art; 4) Participants of the symposium “Prisms of Silence” visiting Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom, Tallinn, Estonia, February 2020. Photo by Margarita Ogoļceva, the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art; 5) Jörgen Gario and Quinsy Gario in a spoken word and live music performance “How to See the Spots of Der Leopard'' in Kuldīga, Latvia, August 2020. Photo by Annemarija Gulbe, the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art; 6) Exhibition “Difficult Pasts. Connected Worlds” at the Cupola Hall of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia, 2020. Photo by Margarita Ogoļceva, the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art; 7) Zuzanna Hertzberg, from the series “Volunteers for Freedom”. “In Memory of Braina Libka Rudina / Braina Rudin-Foss (Voss) / Marlena Nenadova” and “In Memory of Miriam Libka Rudina / Miriam Vitlins” at the exhibition “Difficult Pasts. Connected Worlds”. 2020. Wooden boxes, mixed media, 57x49x7 cm (closed). Photo by Alexey Murashko, the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art; 8)Vika Eksta, “Conversations with Dad” at the exhibition “Difficult Pasts. Connected Worlds”. 2020. Multi-media installation, video 20". Photo by Vika Eksta, the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art