Opening Events of the exhibition “Anna-Stina Treumund: How to Recognise a Lesbian”

On the first week of September, Kumu Art Museum's Contemporary Art Gallery will unveil the largest-ever exhibition of the feminist artist and activist Anna-Stina Treumund’s (1982–2017) works, mapping her activities as a photographer, a contemporary artist and an activist.

As a part of the opening programme of the exhibition "Anna-Stina Treumund: How to Recognise a Lesbian?", the following events will take place:

13:00 Panel Discussion: “The F-word: 14 years later”, in Estonian. In conversation with Brigitta Davidjants, Dagmar Kase, Aet Kuusik, Johanna Ross and Mare Tralla
14:30 Artists’ Tour: Janina Sabaliauskaitė, Maria Izabella Lehtsaar and Elo Vahtrik, in English
15:30 Activism School: What is the state of civic activism in Estonia?, in Estonian. Panelists: Martin-Rasmus Kass (Fridays for Future), Kristin Tõnisson (Progressiivne liikumine) and Anette Mäletjärv (Heterokringel). The discussion will be moderated by the freelance cultural worker Laura Konsand.

Admission to events with a museum ticket.

ACTIVISM SCHOOL

How to resist or take to the streets? How does it feel to stand up for something – alone, together, with friends and strangers? Who is an “activist” and what does solidarity mean?

Anna-Stina Treumund has said that "you cannot accomplish anything with just art". Inpired by this message, her activism and oeuvre, Kumu Art Museum has brought together a series of events titled "Activism School", including various practical, educational and theoretical workshops taking place throughout the exhibition period. The aim of Activism School is to provide participants with tools to enable civic activism to grow in Estonia at a time when (international) human rights are under threat, the climate crisis looms large, and inequality is on the rise.

These events are a part of the public programme of the exhibition "Anna-Stina Treumund: How to Recognise a Lesbian?".

This is the largest-ever exhibition of Anna-Stina Treumund’s (1982–2017) works, mapping her activities as a photographer, a contemporary artist and an activist. Treumund was a feminist artist and activist, as well as the first in Estonia to clearly integrate her artist’s position with the experience of being a lesbian. Her art projects of the 2000s and 2010s were seminal in the Estonian art scene and the feminist movement. Although she never received wide recognition during her lifetime, her oeuvre remains impactful.

Additional information:
Eesti Kunstimuuseum / Art Museum of Estonia
Weizenbergi 34 / Valge 1, 10127 Tallinn
kunstimuuseum.ekm.ee

Anna-Stina Treumund. Drag. 2009. Digital print, pigment photo. Art Museum of Estonia