Toomas Thetloff | Estonia

Toomas Thetloff is an Estonian interdisciplinary artist working in the fields of photography, sound, installation, performance and video
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Since 2005 he has been running several performance-actions in cooperation with „Art Security” and EKSP. He is also a coordinator for an experimental project space „p.o.t.t.” and a member of MoKS.

http://www.fantomas.jabber.ee

Project: A Film
Category: Photography, Video
Period: April 2008
Event: Art Residency

This is my first time to do an Artist Residency. I have many questions on my mind and they need to be answered.

The aim of this project is to try to comprehend the personal essence of Artist in Residency program. To do this I will map the history and events of Nodar by creating a narrative from the meetings and interviews with the local people and by investigating the documented history of NOGS.

To perceive the fruitful characteristics of a subject, it is wise to examine it from many different perspectives. If we consider a space to be a vocabulary then we also need tools of common language to share the experience. For this reason I want to undergo the collective experience of Nodar through the eyes and ears of an ordinary villager. In a small community it is important for an organization to be aware of its impact on the community. One way to learn this is by examining the myths and stories people hold on them.

In a way my work will be the manifestation of the process of the free associations initiated by Nodar in the local community. The collected material will be mixed with the (f)actual documents and archive materials of Nodar. The fact is fiction.

An excerpt of the video conceived and presented during the residency ("A Film"):