The installation by Rebeca Žukovitš and Marion Selgall explores themes of care and abandonment. Through traditional folk song types “The Daughter Slayer” and “Daughter To The Water!”, the exhibition examines the position of women as daughters who grow up in secret and unpreferred. The exhibition creates a dialogue between folk songs and Christian tradition, inviting the audience to reflect on how the values of communities that historically favored sons, values recorded in folk songs from 100 to 200 years ago, are still reflected in modern society.
Rebeca Žukovitš (b. 1999) is a multimedia artist and composer who, through video, animation, and installation explores the intersections of body, identity, and digital space. Her work focuses on the politics of gaze in the digital age and the tensions between analogue and digital realities. Drawing inspiration from medieval philosophy and biblical narratives, Žukovitš addresses themes of identity, perception, corporeality, and gender. Experimenting with a glitched self-portraiture, Žukovitš investigates fluid identities, body dysmorphia and the feeling of disorientation. She frequently incorporates text and the human voice. Rebeca Žukovitš has studied audiovisual composition at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and media art at KASK & Conservatorium / School of Arts Gent. Her works have been screened and exhibited in Estonia, Belgium, Italy, Spain and France.
Marion Selgall (b. 1982) is a folk musician and vocal teacher who brings the ancient world of traditional songs into the present day. While preserving traditions is central to her work, she is also fascinated by exploring how and with what means folk songs can be reimagined in a contemporary context. Selgall holds a degree in folk singing from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and a degree in Estonian and comparative folklore from the University of Tartu. She leads various communal singing events and teaches folk singing at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, in the singing group of the folk culture society Leigarid, and to private students. She is a member of the ensembles The Baltic Sisters, Näkken, Tallinna Naesed, and 6hunesseq, with whom she has performed in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Switzerland, and Germany.
Graphic designer: Kertu Rannula
Operators: Anna Ovtšinnikova ja Joosep Ivask
Special thanks to: Einike Leppik, Paolo Girol, Liina Meta Kuuskman, Aet Tõnissoo, Jaana Ratas, Tor Magne Hallibakken, Estookin Andreen, Frida Frøydis Ingesdatter, Margo Kõlar, Helen Allikvee, Elenor Allikvee, Reigo Nahksepp, David Ocean Kaljurand, EMTA pärimusmuusikud
Exhibition supported by: Estonian Cultural Endowment, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, Jakobi Galerii, festival Commute7
PROGRAMME
14.04 Opening Event
19:00 Opening and performance
20:00 Musical performances
15.04 Exhibition tours
17:00 ENG
18:00 EST
16.04 Workshop
19:00 Singing workshop with Marion Selgall // Special guest Anna Hints
17.04 Exhibition tours
17:00 ENG
18:00 EST
19.04 Finissage
19:00 Artist talk with Rebeca Žukovitš and Marion Selgall // Special guest Annika Kupits
20:00 Musical performances
There might be slight changes in the programme!
