The fourth issue of the art magazine A Shade Colder, titled Shifting Timelines will be launched at the beginning of May. This is the second print issue of the magazine.
The pre-launch of the magazine takes place on 27 April at the National Gallery of Art in Vilnius at the symposium Crossing that Bridge: Art Criticism in the Baltic and Nordic Terrains.
In Tallinn, the new issue of A Shade Colder will be presented on 11 May at the medieval tavern Kolmas Draakon (The Third Dragon, Raekoja plats 1).
The new issue explores the theme of shifting timelines. Timelines are often used as tools for (re)arranging narratives about the past and equally so for creating future projections. Compiling a timeline also means including certain events, people and perspectives, and excluding others. Sometimes projected timelines become disrupted or broken due to historical and/or personal events, which leads to the question of how do we refocus and re-evaluate to regain our bearings?
The new issue includes contributions by writers and artists from Estonia, Germany and Ukraine: Brigit Arop, Maria Arusoo, Jaak Juske, Kaarin Kivirähk, Concordia Klar, Kateryna Lysovenko, Angela Maasalu, Thomas Röske, Eda Tuulberg, Mari Vallikivi, Aro Velmet. The cover features Safe from the Snowdrift by Concordia Klar (1978). The issue is accompanied by a new episode of the podcast Majickk Sound. The host Marika Agu discusses what happens when an art gallery shapeshifts into a dance club, but also the effects that sound has to the body and people’s mental state with the Vilnius-based DJ and performer Dodomundo.
It is already possible to pre-order the magazine from the web shop. Half of the proceeds of the sales of the first issue will be donated to the Ukrainian Emergency Art Fund.
A Shade Colder Magazine aims to draw connections between art in Estonia and elsewhere in the world by highlighting shared stories, provide deeper analysis and also capture more short-lived occurrences. A Shade Colder strives to be a useful tool for working within and introducing this part of Europe internationally. Together with a variety of artists, writers, curators, designers, performers, architects and other creative minds, based both in Estonia and abroad, we aim to critically rethink how to speak about Estonian art on the local and international level.
Kaarin Kivirähk is the editor-in-chief and Keiu Krikmann is the managing editor of the magazine. The rest of the CCA’s team, Marika Agu, Maria Arusoo and Sten Ojavee serve as the editorial board of the magazine. The graphic design is created by Jojo&me (Johanna Ruukholm and Martina Gofman). For the most part, A Shade Colder is published online, accompanied by one or two print issues per year. Each issue is published under a specific theme and publishing schedule follows the seasonal logic of the Estonian and international art calendar.
The magazine is published by the Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art and funded by the Estonian Ministry of Culture as well as private sponsors.