Spooky Action At A Distance 2023

Festival of Spooky Action at a Distance is an annual international festival of transdisciplinary performing arts organized by eˉlektron. Our third edition is filled with live performances, music programs, workshop, discussions and a bookshop by artists from Estonia, Portugal, Ukraine, Latvia, the Netherlands and the UK.
The concept of spooky action at a distance, first described by Albert Einstein, describes how an object can be affected without being physically touched by another object. Just like we get touched, provoked, inspired by words, images, sounds. Just how arts, sciences, technologies and culture constantly influence each other.
For three days and nights we will be exploring this phenomenon with the focus on the montage between natural and artificial, natural and synthetic. We invite artists whose experimental and risky creations we appreciate and therefore we want a wider audience to get to know them. And we believe that a small festival is a perfect concentrated environment where the visitor can get to know artists’ creative language.
For the first time Festival of Spooky Action at a Distance invites you as close as possible – to eˉlektron’s new venue in Tallinn and as usual – online at elektron.art.

More info: https://elektron.art/projects/spooky23

PROGRAM:

11/05/2023 Thursday
10:00-11:00
"She gave it to me I got it from her" / Clara Amaral (PT): performance, in English (with pre-registration, 5 spots only)*
16:00-17:00
"She gave it to me I got it from her" / Clara Amaral (PT): performance, in English (with pre-registration, 5 spots only)*
18:00
doors & bar
18:00-22:30
Kausaal Bookshop
18:00-22:30
"4EVER" / Kelli Gedvil, FREMEN: interactive installation, in English
19:00-19:45
"Schema" / Karl Saks, Jaan Evart: performance, in Estonian
20:00-20:30
artist talk: Karl Saks: in Estonian
20:45-21:45
"Year Without a Summer Meets Tactile Distortion" / Mikk-Mait Kivi, Emer Värk, Renzo van Steenbergen (NL), Üüve-Lydia Toompere, Johhan Rosenberg: performance, language no problem
22:00-22:30
discussion with Clara Amaral (PT) + "room of words" / Maria Matiashova (UKR) presentation: in English

12/05/2023 Friday
15:00-23:00
"4EVER" / Kelli Gedvil, FREMEN: interactive installation, in English
18:00
doors & bar
18:00-23:00
Kausaal Bookshop
19:00-20:00
"Year Without a Summer Meets Tactile Distortion" / Mikk-Mait Kivi, Emer Värk, Renzo van Steenbergen (NL), Üüve-Lydia Toompere, Johhan Rosenberg: performance, language no problem
20:30-21:30
"Castle of Blood" / Apparatus & Apparata: performance, in Estonian
22:00-22:20
_mediaklub / Photinus Studio (UKR): audiovisual concert, language no problem

13/05/2023 Saturday
10:00-14:00
“Writing Bodies” / Eline Selgis: workshop, in English and Estonian (for free, with registration)**
16:00
doors & bar
16:00-00:00
Kausaal Bookshop
17.00-18.30
"Something Great" / eˉlektron: performance, in English and Estonian
19.00-20.00
“FrostBite” / Jette Loona Hermanis, Anna Ansone (LV), Krišjānis Elviks (LV), Sofija Putniņa (LV), Martina Gofman: performance, in English
20:15-20:45
artists talking to artists: "Something Great" + "FrostBite": discussion, in English
21.00-21.30
"Conductor" / Photinus Studio (UKR) / Yevhenii Orlov, Mykhailo Vybodovskyi, Yevhenii Kucheriavyi, Dmytro Tentiuk, Daria Maiier: performance, generative music, dance, language no problem
21:45-22:15
artist talk: Photinus Studio: in English
23:00-...
MUSIC PROGRAM: Stabs (LV), Zahir, OTY.10 (UKR), TBA

*Festival passes include the possibility to see Clara Amaral's performance on 11.05. But since it's only for 5 people at a time, please pre-register to see it by writing to [email protected]

**registration to Eline Selgis' workshop: https://fienta.com/writing-bodies-workshop-eline-selgis-kausaal

Venue: Kopli 27, Tallinn (building 2, 3rd floor) and online at https://elektron.art/

Team: Hendrik Kaljujärv, Maike Lond, Kaie Olmre, Bohdana Korohod, Taavet Jansen, Jaan Evart, Krista Jakobson-Hadar, Mait Visnapuu, Jürgen Volmer, Mikk-Mait Kivi, Ahmet Sinan Kaya, Daria Shevchenko, Oleksandra Tumyk, Taras Shkoliarenko, Sven Raju

Supported by: Eesti kultuuriministeerium, Eesti Kultuurkapital, EMTASTRA

Suur suur aitäh: Magnus Andre, Raul Reinup, Argo Vals, Lukas Jansen, Revo Koplus / Noorsooteater, Kaie Viigipuu-Kreintaal / Balti Filmi- ja Meediakool, Allan Räim, Ellon, Kanuti Gildi SAAL, Henry Kasch & kõik meie vabatahtlikud, sõbrad & perekond.