Piibe Kolka "It’s Not a Place, It’s a Shape. Andy Männik's Archive"

It's Not a Place, It's a Shape. Andy Männik's Archive is a lecture-performance by Piibe Kolka that takes audiences into a personal archive. The archive belonged to Andy Männik, an Estonian carpenter living in New York who, together with Steina and Woody Vasulka, initiated the avant-garde arts space The Kitchen. It is the story of a friendship that inquires how we see each other through distances in time and space.

Piibe is interested in disappearance and presence, in what is recorded and what emerges in the moment, in embodied memories and the rhythms of early video. The form of the performance is inspired by the early years of The Kitchen and to the experimental "bring your tapes" evenings of early video and performance art, where artists made video recordings and built live events around them.

Piibe Kolka is a filmmaker and artworker whose practice involves playful interpretations of real-life material. These interpretations may take shape as films, installations, performances, writing, conversations, or walks.

Author and performer: Piibe Kolka

Dramaturgical advice: Kadri Noormets

Sound design: Israel Bañuelos

Light design: Léon Allik

Camera: Fidelia Regina Randmäe, Piibe Kolka

Project manager: Kerly Ritval

Thank you: Kristiina Davidjants

Co-production: Kanuti Gildi SAAL, Piibe Kolka, Maagiline Masin

Project development: UnionDocs, SoundImageCulture Lab, Baltic Analogue Lab

Supported by: Eesti Kultuurkapital, Eesti Filmi Instituut, Eesti Rahvusarhiiv

Premiere: 15.10.2026 Kanuti Gildi SAAL