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13.4.Talking Trash(lab) lecture: Ernest Truely
tiistai 10. huhtikuuta 2012, Andrew Gryf Paterson Tapahtuma: Talking Trash(lab) lecture by Ernest Truely

Welcome to join the 3rd Talking Trash(lab) lecture, this time by Ernest Truely (Polymer / Baltic Film & Media School, Tallinn, EE). The lecture takes place again at Aalto Media Factory, Friday 13th from 17.30-19.00.

"The Polymer Method of production"

Mr Truely will show documentation of site specific, functional installation in temporary environments including Error Sauna in Estonia and Lithuania in the context of international artist residency. He will report on Trashlab Tallinn at Culture Factory Polymer (12-22 March 2012) with photographic and anecdotal documentation. He will explain and show examples of the Polymer Method of production including use of available resources, location, improvisation and elegant solutions.

Ernest Truely is an American artist working in an Estonian context. He serves on the board of directors of Culture Factory Polymer in Tallinn, Estonia, where he helps to organize artist residency and art educational programming. He is a lecturer at Baltic Film and Media School.

More info about Trashlab & Talking Trash(lab) lecture series: http://trashlab.info/
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* Image: "Swing With Me" Mixed media installation/Performance by Ernest Truely, Nida Art Colony, Nida Lithuania, Photo by Justin Tyler Tate, May 2011.

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