Auguste Petre
03/12/2018
In 1978, Marko Mäetamm’s father went to Toronto to meet his own father. They hadn’t met since 1944, when Marko’s grandfather left his homeland of Estonia because of the ominous political situation. Forty years after this meeting, Marko Mäetamm has collected his memories of the past in a project titled One Month in Canada. The exhibition is on view at the Tallinn Art Hall until February 3, 2019.
This new exhibition is a collaboration between Mäetamm and Canadian writer, performance artist and therapist Rita Bozi and playwright and director Ken Cameron. Through texts, installations, videos, drawings and paintings, One Month in Canada not only tells the story of Mäetamm’s family, but also reviews an experience that is familiar to many Estonians as well as other inhabitants of the Baltic region. Giving the impression of a historical retrospect, the exhibition investigates emotional and very personal documents regarding the truth of the past. These fragmented facts of one family reflect a particular period of time and make one wonder: what has changed? And more importantly: how has history changed in our perception?
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