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site-specific performance / installation in New York
Estonian House (commissioned by Performa 17 biennial )
video / HD / 15`40´´

Featuring Uno Habakukk, Epp Kotkas-Hardy, Urve Ruut Kaminski, Andres Männik, Mairo Notton, Tormi Notton, Naima Rauam, Kadri Sepp, Diina Tamm & co, Krista Altok Tassa, Kristi Roosmaa Tootell, Reet Värnik
Camera Piibe Kolka
Editing Flo Kasearu, Piibe Kolka, Epp Kubu
Color Rasmus Kosseson
Sound / Music Juhan Vihterpal

Ainult liikmetele (Members Only) is a site-specific project on the American Estonian diaspora and current members of the New York Estonian House, taking place in all of the 10 different rooms of this three-story Beaux-Arts building in Manhattan’s Murray Hill. The Estonian House parallels Kasearu’s beloved “Flo Kasearu House Museum” in Tallinn, in which the artist has turned her family’s home and personal living space into a public museum. Ainult liikmetele (Members Only) provides a new narrative for the Estonian House filled with humor and absurdity, based on its past and possible future, while providing new insights into the complexity of national identity. Familiar settings are rearranged, new objects are added and visual elements highlight specific practices. While several characters occupied the rooms, Flo and Kadri Sepp, the manager of The Estonian House New York, were leading the tours.