The thematic additional programme of the exhibition Hold Me Tender will launch this week in Tallinn Art Hall’s Lasnamäe Pavilion.
On Thursday, 17 August at 7 pm, the first ALO creative writing workshop invites participants to imagine a speculative queer history together, listen to and discuss critical texts of queer folklore and co-write poetry and prose that will appear in the first edition of queer stories, ALO.
On Saturday, 19 August at 4 pm, we will launch the food-themed community programme Korr-korr (Borborygmus) at the exhibition Hold Me Tender, which offers lectures, workshops, talks and joint cooking sessions, featuring a variety of creators and thinkers in whose work preparing and sharing food holds a special place. The programme will be opened by Ulla Juske, Eva Järv and Hanna Piksarv, inviting visitors to grill whitebread over the flames and enjoy stories shared in the simple charm of fire.
The artists describe the event as follows: “In fairy tales, a lost wanderer often finds a company – sometimes ghostly, but sometimes enchantingly wonderful – sitting around a campfire in the woods, and this becomes the beginning of a life-changing event. The wanderer benefits from joining the crowd by the fire, either by learning to understand the language of birds or finding out the location of a hidden treasure. In real life too, sharing a piece of food by the fire brings strangers together, and the fire encourages stories to unfold.”
Also taking place on the same evening will be sessions of Re-treat, the performance by Maija Mustonen, one of the artists participating at the exhibition Hold Me Tender, which focuses on giving a caring touch to one person at a time. The number of sessions at the performances is very limited, therefore we also offer an opportunity to observe them as an audience. During the exhibition, the performances will take place on 18 and 19 August and 23 and 24 September. You can register for the sessions via https://doodle.com/meeting/organize/id/dyXp5onb [1].
Tallinn Art Hall’s Lasnamäe Pavilion (24 Jaan Koorti Street) is open from Wednesday to Sunday 12–7 pm. Free entrance.