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The Forest of Ink & Skin
Prima Vista International Literature Festival, 2024
Tartu, Estonia
in collaboration with Henri Hütt
"...this event stimulated thinking about the fruitful connection between ecological and animistic culture and gave an experience of a more symbiotic, benign and horizontal relationship between man and the wider ecosystem. It was a real ecotopia incarnate."
~ Maarja Pärtna
The brief: 'Bring your own utopia'
The venue: Tartu New Theatre
The collaborators: David Hartley, Henri Hütt, Rickerly, & over 40 tattooed Estonians
The concept: A living forest of body art, eight original folktales, a rhizomatic audience, 4hr durational performance
The themes: permanence, change, human ecologies, hope, transformation, isolation, redemption
With special thanks to: Svea Kaseorg, Marja Unt, Jaan Malin, Jaak Tomberg, Krista Ojasaar, Penny Boxall, Maarja Pärtna, Johanna Roos, Ivan Wadeson
Further Adventures in Tartu
Tartu in Autumn '22:
woodsmoke | edgelands | performance | street art | surrealisms
read here, & here, & here
Tartu in Spring '23:
bog swimming | river canoeing | The Embassy of Utopia | literature festival | thin places | performative toasters
read here
Tartu in Winter '24:
saunas | ski slopes | ice floes | the frozen bog | hedgehog pilgrimage
read here
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