Radiotehnika
Video, newspaper, 2011
The film “Radiotehnika” and the newspaper allow me to reflect on the imagery of Soviet times, the well known imagery of Soviet factory and the social privileges that this environment granted to its workers. It is important to remember the nostalgia and the instability that those who lost their jobs and their privileges feel today and to remember that factory newspapers were propaganda tools monitored and censored by the Communist Party. All of this work is a close collaboration with Agnese Luse, Mara and Galina Traumane, Rihards Baržinskis and Ineta Sipunova. (E.M.)
Artist's Bio:
Eléonore de Montesquiou was born in Paris, lives in Berlin and Tallinn. Her work is based on a documentary approach, translated in films, drawings and texts, it deals mainly with issues of integration/immigration/meaning of a nation in Estonia, giving voice to the Russian community.
Eléonore de Montesquiou’s projects are collaborations with composers (Helena Tulve, Tanja Kozlova, Liis Jürgens, Lembe Lokk, Triplex, Helge Hinteregger) and graphic designers (Aadam Kaarma, Heidi Sutterlütty, Jose Soares de Albergheria).