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Lugemik Lugemik is a PUBLISHER and a BOOKSHOP in Tallinn, Estonia. We're not active on Facebook. https:/

Founded in 2010 by graphic designer Indrek Sirkel and artist Anu Vahtra, Lugemik publishes books and other printed matter, working closely together with artists, writers, designers, printers in every step of the publishing process. In 2013 Lugemik opened a bookshop on the premises of Contemporary Art Museum Estonia (EKKM). In 2015 Lugemik was joined by the curator and artist Laura T***s for extended activities with artists beyond publishing projects.

03/12/2019

Tallinna linn on astumas lühinägelikku, rumalat ning kultuurivaenulikku sammu. Linna väitel ei ole Eesti Kaasaegse Kunsti Muuseumi hoone, mida asutus Tallinnalt rendib, tänapäeva nõuetele vastav ning on külastajatele suisa ohtlik.

Üks olulisemaid ja elavamaid iseseisvaid näitusepaiku Eestis ning meie kodu, Eesti Kaasaegse Kunsti Muuseum (EKKM), sulg...
27/11/2019

Üks olulisemaid ja elavamaid iseseisvaid näitusepaiku Eestis ning meie kodu, Eesti Kaasaegse Kunsti Muuseum (EKKM), sulgeb ajutiselt oma uksed! Koos EKKM-iga lõpetab 1. detsembrist oma hooaja ka Lugemiku raamatupood. 30. novembril oleme avatud kuni 20.00, viimane ringkäik näitusel “Tiira-taara, tuia-taia, pimesikk tuli meie majja” algab kell 18.00.

Petitsioon on töös, EKKM vajab tuge rohkem kui kunagi varem!

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Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM), one of the most important and vibrant independent exhibition venues in Estonia and our home base is temporarily closing! Together with EKKM, Lugemik Bookshop will also end its season as of 1 December. On 30 November we'll stay open till 20.00, last tour of the current show "A-tishoo, A-tishoo, We All Fall Down" at EKKM starts at 18.00.

It's time to show some love and support and to spread the word! A petition is in the making, stay alert for updates!

Eesti Kaasaegse Kunsti Muuseum peatab näitusetegevuse

EKKM to halt its public activities
[In English below]

Oleme otsustanud 30. novembri seisuga näitusetegevuse ajutiselt peatada ning oma 2019. aasta näitusehooaja ennetähtaegselt lõpetada, sest meie Põhja pst. 35 näitusemaja omanike ehk Tallinna Linna ja SA Tallinna Kultuurikatla poolt tellitud ehitusauditist lähtuvalt on SA Tallinna Kultuurikatel meie üürilepingu erakorraliselt üles öelnud. Kuigi meie laguneva hoone konstruktsioonid on auditi põhjal isegi rahuldavas kuni heas seisukorras, on hoone erinevaid detaile hinnatud vaatluste põhjal ohtlikeks, mis on ka väidetavaks aluseks SA Tallinna Kultuurikatla erakorralisele üürilepingu ülesütlemisele.

Olgugi et Eesti Kaasaegse Kunsti Muuseum (EKKM) ei ole Põhja pst. 35 hoone omanik, oleme rohkem kui 13 aastat kestnud tegevuse jooksul olematu eelarve ja suure motivatsiooniga nii hoone kui näituseruumide seisukorda selgelt paremuse suunas viinud. Auditis välja toodud probleemid ei tule meile üllatusena, sest oleme siin majas töötades teadlikud selle tehnilisest seisukorrast. Küll aga jääb meile arusaamatuks asjaolu, kuidas auditis välja toodud probleemid peaksid olema aluseks meiega sõlmitud üürisuhte lõpetamisele. Oleme asunud olukorrale võimalikke lahendusi otsima ja alustanud suhtlust uue lepingu sõlmimise eesmärgil, et EKKM avalikkusele hiljemalt järgmise näitusehooaja alguseks taas avada.

Meie eesmärk on endiselt see, mis ta on alati olnud – jätkata Põhja pst. 35 hoones kõrgetasemelist ja rahvusvaheliselt silmapaistvat näitusetegevust ning hoida siinne mereäär kultuurile. Tuginedes juba 2014. aastal aset leidnud teravatele aruteludele, mis puudutasid Kultuurikatla ja EKKMi ümbruse detailplaneeringut, on selgelt avalikkuse huvides Põhja pst. 35 kinnistu jäämine ühiskondlike hoonete maaks ka tulevikus.

Oleme tänulikud nii publiku, koostööpartnerite kui toetajate mõistva suhtumise eest, sest ennetähtaegselt lõppeb ka hiljuti avatud Kaasaegse Kunsti Eesti Keskuse (KKEK) kollektiivselt kureeritud näitus “Tiira-taara, tuia-taia, pimesikk tuli meie majja” ning oma uksed peavad sulgema EKKMi Kohvik ja Lugemiku raamatupood.

Me loodame, et toimuv ei ole algus EKKMi kadumisele ega ka üldisema umbusu avaldumine kriitilise ja eksperimentaalse kultuuri vastu. Hoiame teid kindlasti kursis edasiste arengutega ning jääme lootma teie kõigi toele ja toetusele!

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We have decided to temporarily halt our public activities and end our 2019 exhibition season prematurely on the 30th of November, as in view of the building audit commissioned by the owners of our Põhja pst. 35 exhibition venue – FDN Tallinn Creative Hub and the city of Tallinn – the Creative Hub has decided to abruptly terminate our lease agreement. Even though the observation-based audit finds the structural state of our venue, albeit in disrepair, to be satisfactory or even good, some details of the building have still been deemed dangerous, which are also the alleged grounds for the termination of our lease by the Creative Hub.

In spite of the Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM) not being the owner of the Põhja pst. 35 building, we have managed, in the course of more than 13 years of activities, with an insufficient budget and immense motivation, to undeniably maintain and improve the state of the building and the exhibition spaces. The issues brought forth by the audit come as no surprise to us, as we are well aware of the general conditions our venue is in. Still, it remains unclear how the issues stated in the audit could be employed as grounds for the termination of the lease. We have already begun to work towards finding solutions to these issues and have started to negotiate for a new lease agreement in order to be able to re-open to the general public by the beginning of the next exhibition season at the latest.

Our mission is the same as it has always been – to continue our outstanding and internationally acknowledged work with contemporary art and to keep this section of the city’s waterfront as cultural and non-commercial public space. Considering the outcome of the heated discussions around the detailed planning of the area of EKKM and the Creative Hub back in 2014, it is undoubtedly in the interest of the public that the area remains as land set aside for public and not-for-profit use.

We are grateful to our audience, to our collaborators and to our supporters for their understanding, because not only will the recently opened exhibition A-tishoo, A-tishoo, We All Fall Down, collectively curated by the Center for Contemporary Arts Estonia (CCA), be prematurely shut down, but also EKKM’s Café and Lugemik’s bookshop will have to close their doors.

We do hope that what is happening is neither the beginning of EKKM’s disappearance nor an appearance of general disbelief in critical and experimental culture. We will be sure to keep you up to date with all further developments, while counting on your support!

✨NEW IN THE SHOP!!!✨ The Daily Bread by Dépense Défensive • Published by Dépense Défensive • Edition of 100 • 10 EUR The...
14/11/2019

✨NEW IN THE SHOP!!!✨ The Daily Bread by Dépense Défensive • Published by Dépense Défensive • Edition of 100 • 10 EUR

The Daily Bread is a collection of beginnings. It stems from Dépense Défensive’s residency at Le Petit Versailles community garden on the Lower East Side, between the 2nd and the 17th of August, 2018. Everyday, the artists would choose, print, and read out loud the first chapter of a book: through the words of Emily Dickinson and Sun Tzu, Auguste Blanqui and Jean Genet, the readings allowed a multiplicity of encounters, and initiated a community, around issues of production, disobedience, and “availability.” The book gathers and archives those fifteen chapters, along with pictures documenting performances and installations, expanding the project and extending its reach.

✨NEW IN THE SHOP!!!✨ Empty Coats by August Krogan-Roley • Text by Neil Clements • 40 pages • 15 EUR • Published by Lugem...
08/11/2019

✨NEW IN THE SHOP!!!✨ Empty Coats by August Krogan-Roley • Text by Neil Clements • 40 pages • 15 EUR • Published by Lugemik

August Krogan-Roley ‘Empty Coats’ with text by Neil Clements, explores the human condition that continues to obsess over the tribal nature of branding and identity. Krogan-Roley uses carpet collage as a medium to describe these semiotic interests through parallel histories of nomadic tapestries and the heraldry traditions in coat of arms. The work aims to highlight the internal and external forces of these symbols and their imprint from the canon of image making. Published on the occasion of the exhibition by the same title at Kogo Gallery (Tartu, Estonia), August 23 – October 5, 2019.

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