Between the 15th of July and the 31st of August we spent a six week MOKS residency in the small Estonian village of Mooste. Our work employed a variety of participative and interactive techniques to explore Estonian identity, and the relationships between people, place and history.
The Baron’s clothes
We started talking with two members of the Von Nolken family in Germany who gave us access to their family archives. The portrait shown below was taken of the last generation of Von Nolkens who resided in the manor.
Image: Courtesy of the Von Nolcken family (A portrait of the last family members to live in the manor)
On Estonian Independence Day we ran a photo-shoot in the residential area of Mooste, creating a series of displaced portraits in which local people are dressed in clothes that the last Von Nolken family might have posed in 100 years ago (or at least as near as could manage).
Special thanks go to the theatre in Tartu for lending us the costumes.
Further MOKS residency projects:
MILK MESSENGERS
SAND MAPPING
WINDOW PICTURES
THE MOPED PROCESSION
EXHIBITION
