Leib on elu alus - Хлеб, всему голова - Bread is the Head of Everything
 

Opening: Friday August 22nd, 5 PM​

Opening hours: 

Friday August 22nd, 3 - 7 PM

Saturday August 23rd, 1 - 7 PM

Sunday August 24rd, 1 - 7 PM          ​

During their residency in Narva the artists Tina Haber, Thomas Ravens, Birgit Schlieps set up a temporary BREAD LABORATORY to engage in an exchange on the topic of bread with local residents and Estonian artists. For some people from Narva, the first thing that came to mind was the Russian proverb ‘Хлеб — всему голова’. The exhibition is based on three sources: what they discovered in Narva, what people sent them per mail and what they carried in their luggage.

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​Multiples and other portable small works

Cécile Dupaquier, Alexander Gürten, Ulvi Haagensen, Tina Haber, Thaddäus Hüppi, Iréne Hug, Maarten Janssen, Jorge Lopes, Johanna Mangold, Eléonore de Montesquiou, Franziska Nast, Reinhold Oster, Thomas Ravens, Susanne Ring, Birgit Schlieps, Archiv Laura Mars, Stefanie Seufert, Erik Steinbrecher.

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buttered bread / võileib / бутерброд 

Mail Art by people from Europe and beyond 

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Speaking of bread in Narva

2025, Estonia, 28 min, EN/RU UT

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Tina Haber, Thomas Ravens, Birgit Schlieps

An interview-based short documentary that explores the cultural and personal role of bread in the lives of the people we met in Narva. Filmed during our stay at the Narva Art Residency in August 2025, the film reflects on memory, tradition, and community through the stories told around this staple food.

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Interview partners: Ilya Grim, Irina, Kohvik Kaar, Gleb Kuznetsov, Ahti Lyra, Anneli Oduvantsik, Reinhold Oster, Alexander Openko, Bakery Petrovskaya, Hildegard Reimann, Jelena Tšekulajeva.

 

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