Pinhole. Ruumilised kohanemised: militaararhitektuur – trauma või väärtuslik pärand? 

You are very welcome to the final events of the residency program KORDON Pinhole on Saturday, July 11th at the Kordon Art Residency, Ranna 1, Hiiumaa. The events start at 15.00 and are free for all participants!

The PINHOLE residency program focuses on spatial transformations in the post-traumatic period, addressing the persistence and adaptation of military architectural heritage in the context of social and political change. The goal is to explore and analyze how and why architectural structures are transferred from one era to another, even after losing their original function and meaning. We will discuss the questions: what spatial values transcend the timeline of change? The goal of the residency program is to address political trauma using creative research methods. The program is a continuation of the TIME LAP residency program, which took place in Kordon in the fall of 2024.

Over the past century, the landscape of Hiiumaa has been shaped by military barracks, defensive structures, concrete bunkers, observation posts and gun emplacements. Even the Kaibaldi desert that has emerged in the middle of the island is a trace of the former tank battleground. How should we view the architectural heritage that has changed the island's landscape and human destinies: does it rather need to be forgotten or instead need to be cared for and brought to light, interact with and/or rethink? What feelings do the new military objects in Hiiumaa's nature evoke? Come and think with us!

PROGRAM

15.00 Artists who participated in the two-month residency program will introduce creative research projects completed in Hiiumaa and share their thoughts.
 
16.30 DEBATE: Military architecture – trauma or valuable legacy? The discussion will be moderated by Urmo Vaikla and Tüüne-Kristin Vaikla / co-curators of KORDON's Pinhole residency program.

18.00 Summary. Kordon honey and drinks.

Anu Pennanen (FI) is a visual artist and filmmaker born in Kirkkonummi, Finland. Her films and video installations have been exhibited extensively: CCA, Glasgow; CAC, Vilnius; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Montehermoso Cultural Center; Frankfurter Kunstverein; Manifesta 5, Donostia-San Sebastián, Nordic Art Biennial, Ars Baltica Triennale, Liverpool Biennial, Grand Café Saint-Nazaire, KUMU Estonian Art Museum, KunstenFestival des Arts Brussels and Kiasma Museum Helsinki, among others.

Kaisa Karvinen (FI) is an architect, curator and researcher currently based in Helsinki. Through writing, publications, and exhibitions she explores the principles shaping the construction of diverse futures and histories in architecture and design. She is the curator of the Finnish Pavillion of Architecture Biennale in Venice 2027 and Nordic Pavillion 2025.

Jona Kleinlein (NO) is based in Henningsvær Lofoten and works with Film, Video Games and Installations. He graduated Moving Images (BA) from Nordland University of Art and Film (now Filmuniversity Kabelvåg, part of University in Tromsø). Kleinlein works as a Director of Photography on different projects and was part of Total Refusal 2020-2024 where he conducted lectures, screened films and had several exhibitions.

Nelly Haag (NO) is based in Lofoten, Norway where she cooperates with her partner Jona Kleinlein in documentary film and independent video art. Their work has received development grants by Arktisk Film Norge and Norwegian Film Institute. She is part of the European Social Documentary Training Program (EsoDoc 2025). Her professional background includes both practical and theoretical theatre work.

Urmo Vaikla (EE) is a practicing interior architect, visual artist and spatial researcher. He is a partner at Vaikla Studio and the founder and co-curator of the KORDON Art Residency, a member of the Estonian Artists' Association and the Estonian Association of Interior Architects. Urmo Vaikla has a master's degree in graphic design from the Estonian Academy of Arts and has worked as an associate professor and lecturer in the Department of Interior Architecture of the Estonian Academy of Arts. He has participated in spatial installations both in exhibitions and as separate objects and spatial interventions. Since 2025, he has been undertaking a practice-based artistic doctoral research at the Estonian Academy of Arts.

Tüüne-Kristin Vaikla (EE), PhD is a spatial researcher and an interior architect who explores the social and artistic dimensions of space focusing on existing interior conditions and interim use of derelict spaces. She holds the academic positions as Adjunct Professor Interior Design RMIT University Melbourne. She is the curator of Estonian Pavillion of the 13-th Venice Architecture Biennale. Tüüne-Kristin is co-founder of interior practice Vaikla Studio & co-founder and curator of KORDON Art Residency in Hiiumaa.