{"id":150798,"date":"2025-09-05T12:48:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T09:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/?p=150798"},"modified":"2025-09-05T12:50:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T09:50:28","slug":"fotokuu-presents-international-photographic-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/fotokuu-presents-international-photographic-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Fotokuu Presents International Photographic Art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The international contemporary photography biennial Tallinn Fotokuu begins today, 5 September. This marks the eighth edition of the event, which runs until 31 October. The programme features four main exhibitions along with numerous smaller exhibitions and public events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">On opening day, two major showcases will be unveiled. At the historic Saarinen House, <b>Tanja Muravskaja<\/b>\u2019s solo exhibition \u201cAiad: Tanja Muravskaja ja valgus\u201d, or \u201cGardens: Tanja Muravskaja and Light\u201d, opens. Muravskaja explores the boundaries between reality and image through the themes of water, light, and time. The exhibition is designed by <b>Jevgeni Zolotko<\/b>, with art historian <b>Elnara Taidre<\/b> serving as its expert advisor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tanja-Muravskaja-Aiad_seeria14-fotost_2025_13-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tanja-Muravskaja-Aiad_seeria14-fotost_2025_13-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tanja-Muravskaja-Aiad_seeria14-fotost_2025_13-433x650.jpg 433w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tanja-Muravskaja-Aiad_seeria14-fotost_2025_13-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tanja-Muravskaja-Aiad_seeria14-fotost_2025_13-73x110.jpg 73w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tanja-Muravskaja-Aiad_seeria14-fotost_2025_13-18x27.jpg 18w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tanja-Muravskaja-Aiad_seeria14-fotost_2025_13-120x180.jpg 120w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tanja-Muravskaja-Aiad_seeria14-fotost_2025_13-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tanja-Muravskaja-Aiad_seeria14-fotost_2025_13-210x315.jpg 210w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tanja-Muravskaja-Aiad_seeria14-fotost_2025_13-450x675.jpg 450w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tanja-Muravskaja-Aiad_seeria14-fotost_2025_13-650x975.jpg 650w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tanja-Muravskaja-Aiad_seeria14-fotost_2025_13.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"759\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Eva-Stenram_Drape-759x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Eva-Stenram_Drape-759x1024.jpg 759w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Eva-Stenram_Drape-481x650.jpg 481w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Eva-Stenram_Drape-768x1037.jpg 768w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Eva-Stenram_Drape-81x110.jpg 81w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Eva-Stenram_Drape-18x24.jpg 18w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Eva-Stenram_Drape-120x162.jpg 120w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Eva-Stenram_Drape-111x150.jpg 111w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Eva-Stenram_Drape-210x284.jpg 210w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Eva-Stenram_Drape-450x608.jpg 450w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Eva-Stenram_Drape-650x878.jpg 650w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Eva-Stenram_Drape.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">That same day, the area around the Kaubamaja intersection transforms into an open-air exhibition space with the opening of the international exhibition \u201cVolitatud vormid\u201d, or &#8220;Authorised Forms&#8221;.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotokuu.ee\/en\/programm\/volitatud-vormid?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"><span class=\"s1\"><br><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Six site-specific works offer passers-by a moment of pause amidst the bustling urban landscape, opening up new perspectives on familiar surroundings. The exhibition features photographic works by <b>Elo Vahtrik<\/b> of Estonia, <b>Eva Stenram <\/b>of Sweden, <b>Giovanna Petrocchi<\/b> from Italy, <b>Mare Tralla<\/b> from Estonia, <b>Mia Dudek<\/b> of Poland, and Estonian <b>Sigrid Viir<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Andre_Joosep_Arming_Eemaldumine_ei_eksisteeri_lopp_2025_Tindiprint_alumiiniumkomposiidil_varvitud_mannipuidust_showcase_raam_muuseumiklaas-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Andre_Joosep_Arming_Eemaldumine_ei_eksisteeri_lopp_2025_Tindiprint_alumiiniumkomposiidil_varvitud_mannipuidust_showcase_raam_muuseumiklaas-1024x768.jpg 1024w, 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(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Noora_Geagea_Competition_r-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Noora_Geagea_Competition_r-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Noora_Geagea_Competition_r-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Noora_Geagea_Competition_r-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Noora_Geagea_Competition_r-85x64.jpg 85w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Noora_Geagea_Competition_r-18x14.jpg 18w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Noora_Geagea_Competition_r-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Noora_Geagea_Competition_r-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Noora_Geagea_Competition_r-210x158.jpg 210w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Noora_Geagea_Competition_r-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Noora_Geagea_Competition_r-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Noora_Geagea_Competition_r.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On 25 September, the joint Estonian\u2013Finnish group exhibition \u201c<i>just juuri n\u00fc\u00fcd nyt<\/i>\u201d opens at the Hobusepea Gallery and the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fotokuu.ee\/en\/programm\/just-juuri-nuud-nyt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">FOKU Gallery<\/span><\/a><\/span>. The exhibition explores photography as a technical, cultural, emotional, and political medium. Some artists deconstruct the image into fragments, while others combine photography with sculpture or text.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Participating artists include, from Estonia: <b>Andre Joosep Arming<\/b>, <b>Cloe Jancis<\/b>, <b>Karel Koplimets<\/b>, <b>Kristina \u00d5llek<\/b>, and <b>Maria Kapajeva<\/b>. From Finland: <b>Andrey Bogush<\/b>, <b>Karl Ketamo<\/b>, <b>Maija Tammi<\/b>, <b>Noora Geagea<\/b>, and <b>Saara Ekstr\u00f6m<\/b>. The exhibition is curated by <b>Hertta Kiiski<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"866\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Meta-Valiusaityte_Photo-by-Marina-Polovinkina-866x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Meta-Valiusaityte_Photo-by-Marina-Polovinkina-866x1024.png 866w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Meta-Valiusaityte_Photo-by-Marina-Polovinkina-550x650.png 550w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Meta-Valiusaityte_Photo-by-Marina-Polovinkina-768x908.png 768w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Meta-Valiusaityte_Photo-by-Marina-Polovinkina-85x100.png 85w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Meta-Valiusaityte_Photo-by-Marina-Polovinkina-18x21.png 18w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Meta-Valiusaityte_Photo-by-Marina-Polovinkina-120x142.png 120w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Meta-Valiusaityte_Photo-by-Marina-Polovinkina-127x150.png 127w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Meta-Valiusaityte_Photo-by-Marina-Polovinkina-210x248.png 210w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Meta-Valiusaityte_Photo-by-Marina-Polovinkina-450x532.png 450w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Meta-Valiusaityte_Photo-by-Marina-Polovinkina-650x768.png 650w, https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Meta-Valiusaityte_Photo-by-Marina-Polovinkina.png 1166w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 866px) 100vw, 866px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Fotokuu culminates with <b>Sirje Runge<\/b>\u2019s solo exhibition \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fotokuu.ee\/en\/programm\/hapral-pinnasel-sirje-runge-ja-valgus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">Hapral pinnasel: Sirje Runge ja valgus<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u201d. It opens on 11 October at the Kai Art Centre. Runge delves into the study of light, colour, and perception, placing fragility\u2014both as a concept and as material\u2014at the centre of her work. The exhibition invites the viewer into a space where matter and thought, light and shadow, as well as creation and decay, intertwine. The curator is <b>M\u0117ta Valiu\u0161aityt\u0117<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Fotokuu also offers 14 smaller exhibitions around Estonia. Included are Tallinn\u2019s major venues, such as the Kumu Art Museum, Fotografiska, and the Juhan Kuusi Dokfoto Centre, as well as several smaller galleries like Draakoni, Positiiv, Punctum, Vabaduse, FOKU, and Seek. In Tartu, the programme is hosted by Kogo Gallery, and in Viljandi by R\u00fcki Gallery. The festival\u2019s official info point is located at FOKU Gallery (V\u00e4ike-Karja 10) in Tallinn. Read more about Fotokuu <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fotokuu.ee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">here<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The international contemporary photography biennial Tallinn Fotokuu begins today, 5 September. 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