This text aims to revisit a cycle of struggle that politicised a spectrum of art practitioners in Tallinn and Estonia during 2010–2011. The struggle played out as a collective process of self-organisation, addressing issues related to unpaid labour and lack of social guarantees in the contemporary art sphere. …Art Workers’ Movement in Tallinn: The Politics of Disidentification
Author: Airi Triisberg
Airi Triisberg is an art worker based in Tallinn and Leipzig. Her affinity with struggles against precarious labour originates from the art workers’ mobilisation process in Tallinn during 2010– 2011. Her practice is also addressing issues related to gender and sexualities, and often situated at the intersection of contemporary art, political education and activism. She is co-editor of Art Workers. Material Conditions and Labour Struggles in Contemporary Art Practice, Tartu, 2015