Tallinn: newsletter of 25 November 2011

In this issue:

- Tallinn 2011 programme will come to a Happy End on 22 December

The year as European Capital of Culture in Tallinn will finish on 22 December with an intense programme at the seashore and in city centre. As part of ’Happy End’ a unique one and only screening of ’60 Seconds of Solitude’ will take place at Tallinn harbour, a new composition by Margo Kõlar ’Song of the Tower Bells’ will sound on Freedom Square accompanied by a video projection on the facade of St John’s church.

- Sophie Calle: Take Care of Yourself opens on Monday in Tallinn Art Hall

“I received an email telling me it was over. I didn’t know how to respond. It was almost as if it hadn’t been meant for me. It ended with the words, Take care of yourself.” And so I did. I asked 107 women, chosen for their profession or skills, to interpret this letter. To analyze it, comment on it, dance it, sing it. Exhaust it. Understand it for me. Answer for me. It was a way of taking the time to break up. A way of taking care of myself”

- Christmas Market opens in Tallinn

On Saturday 26 November at 10 this year’s Christmas Market opens on Town Hall Square. In addition to booths there is a stage for weekend cultural programmes and in a cosy cottage Father Christmas waits for children.

- Christmas Jazz brings warmth!

Festival Christmas Jazz 2011 offers 20 fantastic concerts at churches, clubs, concert and theatre halls in six Estonian cities from November 24th to December 10th. Musicians will come here from USA, Spain, France, Switzerland, Germany and other countries.

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* Ene-Liis Semper 14. october - 31. december 2011, Tallinn

Ene-Liis Semper’s exhibition will comprise a massive spatial installation and new video works. The 5th floor of Kumu Art Museum will become the new locus for Semper, who has been examining spatial tension in her installations, stage productions and other performances for many years.

* Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) 16. november 2011

Being held for the 15th time, one of north-eastern Europe’s biggest and most important film festivals brings the cinema to the city and brings animators to Tallinn. Thanks to its unique structure, PÖFF offers a look at the year’s best animations, student films and short films, feature and documentary films and children’s and youth films, and entices everyone to grab their mobiles and try their hand at making films themselves.

* Composer in residence in Nõmme: Tõnu Kõrvits 27. november 2011, Tallinn

There are many composers in Estonia, who while acting on world stages, for us still remain Mirjam, Tanja, Märt-Matis, Piret, Tauno, Erkki-Sven, Urmas and Tõnu.

* Signa: "Bleier Research Incorporation" 08. december 2011, Tallinn

The Signa group’s work is among the most unusual and innovative art and theatre projects in Scandinavia. It is place-specific – they rephrase and restage abandoned buildings and complexes, creating timeless, enigmatic environments into which the audience can delve in search of experiences for shorter or longer intervals.

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For further information: Tallinn European Capital of Culture for 2011