The exhibition raises questions about national pride and affiliation. With the flag as their subject, the artists’ emphasis is on notions and ceremonies surrounding it. Flags unite, invoke pride and disrupt unities. In an attempt to broaden the idea of what constitutes a flag, the artists draw parallels between sports and international relations in order to examine the power struggles and need to dominate opponents inherent in both.
Flag Days is part of the satellite programme of the Tallinn Photomonth contemporary art biennial and is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and the Embassy of Iceland in Helsinki.
Contributors: Karen Sif Ársælsdóttir, Madis Kurss, Rakel Ýr Stefánsdóttir
Thanks: Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar – FH, Guðrún Jóhannesdóttir, Hilja Koplimets, Karel Koplimets, Kling & Bang, Nudist Drinks, Tartu Ülikooli Akadeemiline Spordiklubi.
ÁSTRÍÐUR JÓNSDÓTTIR (b. 1991, Iceland) is a visual artist from Reykjavík. She studied fine arts and sculpture respectively, at Iceland University of the Arts and Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki. Ástríður’s work, often site specific, delicately marries balance and tension: A suggestion of an event that has passed – or perhaps a story yet to be concluded.
KAISA MAASIK (b. 1994, Estonia) is an artist and curator based in Tallinn. She has graduated from the Master of Contemporary Art programme at the Estonian Academy of Arts in 2021. Maasik values shared practices and working with techniques which expand into the space. In 2020, Maasik was awarded the Wiiralt stipend.
