LOST 1980S

Conference day at Rotermann’s Salt Storage on December, 9, 2003

Speakers include Sirje Helme, Ants Juske, Eha Komissarov, Heie Treier, Piret Lindpere, Raivo Kelomees, Kädi Talvoja, Pirjo Urvak

10.00 - 10.20 Sirje Helme. “Why Eighties?”
10.20 - 10.50 Ants Juske. “Soviet Postmodernism”
10.50 - 11.20 Eha Komissarov.“1980s as the final self-fulfilment of Soviet Estonian art”
11.25 - 12.00 Heie Treier. “Sublime and Kitsch”
12.00 - 12.25 Sirje Helme. “Vacuum. The impossibility of radical art” 

12.25 - 13.00 coffee break

13.00 - 13.30 Piret Lindpere. “1980s in Estonian architecture: the story of transitivity and transitorily”
13.30 - 14.00 Raivo Kelomees. “"The game board" of marginal art life”
14.00 - 14.30 Kädi Talvoja. “Tartu slide painting. Grotesque – game or tactic?”
14.30 - 15.00 Pirjo Urvak. “Punk culture in Estonia:1980s and today ” 

15.00 - 16.00 public debate

Organizers: Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia; Association of Estonian Art Historians