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Peeter Linnap

Peeter Linnap (born 1960 in Tallinn) is an artist and a writer.

Linnap graduated from Tallinn University (Tallinna Pedagoogikaülikooli) Cultural Studies Department in 1983. (Dissertation "Eesti Foto Almanak" 1926–1932 ja ajakiri "Fotokunst" 1930–1931 sisuülevaade), defended his M.A in art history in 2001 in Estonian Academy of Art (Eesti Kunstiakadeemias) with dissertation "Vaateid Eesti fotole 1940.–1990. aastad”. In 2006 he completed his Ph.D in Semiotics and Cultural Studies in Tartu University (Tartu Ülikoolis) with the thesis Fotoloogia/ Photology.[2] Linnap has also studied in Tampere University (1991) and in Ansel Adams Center of San Francisco. In 1994–1998 Linnap was an associate professor of photography in Estonian Academy of Art. Since 2001 he is a professor and head of photography department on Pallas Academy of Applied Sciences (Kõrgemas Kunstikoolis Pallas) in Tartu, Estonia. In 2001–2005 he was a visiting lecturer in Tallinn University (Tallinna Ülikoolis) and since 2007 Linnap has also taught history of photography and theories of documentary in the Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication School of the same university.[2]

Contents • 1 Education • 2 Artworks o 2.1 Works in collections o 2.2 Publications of artworks • 3 Social activities • 4 Honours and awards • 5 Books and monographs by or on Peeter Linnap • 6 Compiled books by Peeter Linnap • 7 TV programs (author) • 8 References • 9 External links

Creative activities [edit] Linnap has published over 70 research papers including those with academic publishers as Springer (New York), Intellect (Bristol/ Chicago) a.o scientific journals. He has authored 12 monographs and compiled 5 research books, catalogues a.o. publications. Linnap has written articles for Estonian and international encyclopaedias. He has lectured internationally all over the world and has been a part of innumerous research conferences (visual studies, visual semiotics, history and theories of photography, art criticism etc). Peeter Linnap is one of the major founders of university level photography education in Estonia. He is considered to be a key figure of post socialist/ postcolonial art turn in the Baltic region. Linnap’s lectures include histories of photography and contemporary art, visual semiotics, histories and theories of documentary, art and photography theories, morphology of visual arts a.o; He has compiled teaching devices for contemporary art education. Peeter Linnap has been lecturing worldwide, including the universities of Erasmus (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), Rennes Uni and Universite de Picardie Jules Verne (Amiens, France), Osaka (Japan), Barcelona (Catalonia/ Spain), Dublin (DIT, Ireland), New York (CUNY Grad Center), Universite du Quebec a Montreal (Canada), Sydney (Austraalia), St James’s College of Newcastle University and The University of Creative Arts - Franham, West Surrey (Great Britain), Lund Uni (Sweden), Helsinki TAIK and Tampere Uni (Finland), Vilnius Art Academy (Lithuania), Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Politecnico de Viseu and Escola Superior de Artistica do Porto (Portugal), Istanbuli Kultür'i ja Marmara (Türgi), Venteetsia (Itaalia), Buenos Airese (Argentina) jt. ülikoolides.

As a curator Peeter Linnap has been an artistic director of Saaremaa Fotofestival and has produced the legendary Saaremaa biennials „Fabrique d’ Histoire” (1995) and „Invasion” (1997) and also more than 20 internationally exhibited shows including „Borderlands" 1993 (Streetlevel gallery of Glasgow and touring in U.K), „Out of the Shadow" in 1998 in Jenckins Art Center in NC USAs; "Arte Factum" (Fotografijos Galleria of Vilnius, 2003), „Changing World: Images" (Joseph Rippl-Ronai Art Museum, Kaposvar, Hungary, 2004), „Cross Time" (Prospekto Galleria, Vilnius. Toring to Istanbul and Barcelona 2012–2013) a.o. 

As a cultural critic and commentator, Linnap has broadcasted over 30 TV and radio programs. 

As an artist, Linnap has produced works that combine textual elements and communicative processes; photographic works and performances that often result with socially critical assemblages such as “Summer 1955”, 1993; Le Top 50, 1994; “Kleine Geschichte Estlands” and Kalevipoeg de facto, (both in 1996), Aftermonuments, 1999 and Homo EKAdemicus, 2000). Linnap has had more than 20 solo exhibitions in Europe and North America, including „Beyondscapes”, Foto-Medium-Art Gallery of Wroclaw, Poland (1993); „Estonian Studies”, Galerie in der Brotfabrik, Berlin, Germany (1994); „Summer 1955”, Gallery Mylos, Thessaloniki, Greece (1995); „Estonian Studies II”, Parts Gallery, Minneapolis, USA (1996); „Summer 1955”, Centro Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil (1997); "Estonia: Old and New”, SoHo Photo Gallery, New York, USA (2001) a.o. Linnap has been a part of hundreds of group exhibitions.

Artworks [edit]

Works in Collections [edit] Linnap’s works belong to the collections of The Art Institute of Chicago (USA), Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris, France), Zimmerli Art Museum/ Norton Dodge Collection (New Jersey, USA), Moderna Museet (Stockholm, Sweden), Museet for Fotokunst (Odense, Denmark), Estonian Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Photography/ Columbia College (MOCP, Chicago, USA) a.o. public and private collections. Works published [edit] Peeter Linnap’s works have been published in: Art in America, Art News and Aperture (New York), Art & Design (London), SEE (San Francisco), Parts Journal (Minneapolis), Portfolio (Edinburgh), Neue Bildende Kunst, Below Papers ja European Photography (Berliin), KATALOG (Kopenhaagen), 90-tal (Stockholm), Imago (Bratislava), Mare Articum (Szczecin), Studija (Riia), Valokuva and SIKSI (Finland); also in most of Estonian cultural publications.  TV programs and films on Peeter Linnap: „Peeter Linnap” (Fotovisioon), RTV, 1994 (dir. J. Nõgisto); „Peeter Linnap: artist as a critical institution”, 1998 (dir. M. Raat); “Scholars: Peeter Linnap” („Teadlased: Peeter Linnap”), ETV 2008 (dir. K. Veidenbaum). Organizational activities [edit] Linnap is a member of Estonian Artists Union, Estonian Society of Art Historians, Estonian Semiotic Society, Nordic Association of Semiotic Studies (NASS), International Society of Visual Semiotics (IAVS/ AISV), The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI), International Association of Art Critics (AICA) etc. [2] he is the member of International Advisory Board for International Journal of Honours and awards [ edit ] Professor Linnap has received Annual Award of the Estonian Cultural Endowment (1995), Kristjan Raud Annual Art Award (1998), Annual Award for the Cinema Criticism of the Teater. Muusika. Kino monthly magazine (1992, 2001), Art Criticism Annual Award of Sirp cultural weekly newspaper (2000), Ervin Pütsep Art Monograph Award (2008 for Fotoloogia/ Photology), Estonian Annual Award for history writings (autorite kollektiiv, 2010), Estonian Annual Award for history writings (autorite kollektiiv, 2016). 

Selected writings by Peeter Linnap: Kadreeritud tõde: fotograafia stalinistlikus Eestis 1944–1953/ Truth reframed: photography in Stalinist Estonia 1944-1953.// Kunstiteaduslikke uurimusi = Studeis in Art and Architecture. Tln, 2000; Kontseptualism ja Eesti fotodokumentalistika/ Conceptual art and Estonian documentary photography . // Kunstiteaduslikke uurimusi = Studeis of Art and Architecture. Tln, 2002; Johannes Pääsuke: mees kahe kaameraga = Johannes Pääsuke: a man with two cameras (kaasautor/ co author). Trt, 2003, 2008; Eesti fotograafia/ Estonian Photography 1839–2004. Trt, 2006 (CD-Rom); Silmakirjad: kirjutisi fotograafiast ja visuaalkultuurist/ Writings on photography and visual culture. Trt, 2007; Images and fear: repressed pictures as tools for analyzing society. // Int. J. Educ. Through Art 3 (2007) 3; Fotoloogia = Photology. Tln., 2008; Eesti foto/ Estonian Photography 1900–1940. // Eesti kunsti ajalugu = History of Estonian Art 5. Tln, 2010; History of Estonian photography 1900–1938. // The History of European Photography 1900–1938. 1. Bratislava, 2010; History of Estonian photography 1939–1969. // The History of European Photography 1939–1969. 2. Bratislava, 2014; Visualizing Estonia.// Society, vol 51, nr 1, 40–43; History of Estonian photography 1970–2000. // The History of European Photography 1970–2000. 3. Bratislava, 2016; Eesti foto/ Estonian Photography 1940–1991. // Eesti kunsti ajalugu = History of Estonian Art 6, Tln, 2016. 

Selected bibliography on Peeter Linnap: Who is who in Reasearch: Visual Arts. London, Intellect, 2013; ETABL IV, 2013; EKABL, 1996, 273; Eesti kunstnikud 1. Tln.,1998, 100–105; 275–278; EE, 2000, 14, 250; Eur. Photogr. Mag. 54 (1993), 25–26; Borderlands: Contemporary Photography from Baltic States. Glasgow, 1993; Das Gedächtnis der Bilder: Baltische Photokunst Heute. Kiel, 1993, 162, 172–73; Neue Bildende Kunst (Berlin) (1994) 6, 41–43; Art&Design: Photography in Visual Arts. London, 1995, 54–59; Art in America (1996) 3 March, 41–45; Out of the Shadow: Photobased Arts from the the Baltics. Greenville, 1998, 37–39; Art in America (2001) 4, 114; Imago (Bratislava) 13 (2002) 50–55; J. Stathatos. Peeter Linnapi "Suvi 1955". – Vikerkaar, 1994, nr. 8; R. Varblane. Kunstimaailm ja meie / Artworld and us. – Kunst, 1995, nr. 2; Kat.: Peeter & Eve Linnap. I. Schube. Berlin, 1994. ["t.: Aamulehti (Tampere), 1992, 21. kesäkuuta; Õhtuleht, 1994,7. dets.; Hommikuleht, 1994, 31. dets.

Books and monographs [edit]

¥ Peeter Linnap. “Borderlands: Contemporary Photography from the Baltic States”. Glasgow, Street Level Photography Gallery and Workshop. (1993), 96 p. ISBN 1897723032 ¥ Peeter Linnap. “Out of the Shadow: Photobased Art form the Baltics”. Greenville Jenckins Art Center/ Wellington B.Gray Gallery. (1998) 68 p.ASIN: B008WVQVMA ¥ Peeter Linnap. “Kirjutisi fotograafiast ja visuaalkultuurist (Writings on photograohy and visual arts) 1986–2006”. Tartu, Kõrgem Kunstikool Pallas, 2007, 352 p. (Silmakirjad/ Eyescripts 3). ISBN 9789985930144 ISSN 14068893 ¥ Peeter Linnap. “Fotoloogia” (Photology). Tallinn, Jutulind, 2008, 388 p. ISBN 9789949155835 ¥ Peeter Linnap. “Intervjuud visuaalkultuuri intellektuaalidega (Interviews with intellectuals in visual culture) 1992–2010”. Tartu, Kõrgem Kunstikool Pallas, 2011, 355 p. (Silmakirjad/ Eyescripts 4). ISBN 9789985991541 ISSN 14068893 ¥ Peeter Linnap. “Väike visuaalkultuuri leksikon” (Concise Glossary of Visual Culture). Tartu, Kõrgem Kunstikool Pallas, 2011, 428 p. (Silmakirjad/ Eyescripts 5). ISBN 9789985991558 ISSN 14068893 ¥ Peeter Linnap. “Intellektuaalne kunst: kirjutisi fotograafidest”. Tartu, Kõrgem Kunstikool Pallas, 2012, 360 p. (Silmakirjad/ Eyescripts 6). ISBN 9789985930144 ISSN 14068893 ¥ Peeter Linnap. "Maailma fotograafia ajalugu". Tartu, Kõrgem Kunstikool Pallas, 2014, 488 p. (Silmakirjad/ Eyescripts 7). ISBN/ISSN 9789985991596 (köites)/14068893 ¥ Peeter Linnap. "Eesti fotograafia ajalugu 1839–2015". Tartu, Peeter Linnap, 2016, 528 p. (Silmakirjad/ Eyescripts 8). ISBN/ISSN 9789949964536 (köites)/14068893 ¥ Peeter Linnap. "Ajaloost läbi/ A Man through History". Tartu, Peeter Linnap, 2017, 224 p. (Silmakirjad/ Eyescripts 9). ISBN/ISSN 9789949964543 (köites)/14068893

Compiled and edited books [edit]

¥ Ajaloo Vabrik. Fabrique d’Histoire (Saaremaa Biennaal 1995). Compiled and Edited by Peeter Linnap. Tln., Kaasaegse Foto Keskus. (1995) 120 p. ISBN 9985601602 ¥ Invasioon. Invasion. (Saaremaa Biennaal 1997). Koostanud, toimetanud ja eessõna kirjutanud (Edited by) Peeter Linnap. Tln., Kaasaegse Foto Keskus. (1997) 128 p. ISBN 9985603737 ¥ Peeter Linnap (Toim). "Käsitlusi fotograafiast 1855–2003" (Collected Estonian writings on photography). Tartu, Kõrgem Kunstikool Pallas, 2003. 315 p. (Silmakirjad 1). ISBN/ISSN 998593010X ¥ Peeter Linnap (Toim). Eesti foto [CD-Rom]: Eesti fotograafia 1839–2004 = Estonian photography 1839–2004. Tartu, Kõrgem Kunstikool Pallas, 2006. ISBN/ISSN 9789985930137 ¥ Peeter Linnap (Toim). “Tõlketekste visuaalkultuurist, nüüdiskunstist ja fotograafiast“ (Translated essays on photography, contemporary art and visual culture). Tartu, Kõrgem Kunstikool Pallas, 2009, 304 lk. (Silmakirjad/ Eyescripts 2). ISBN 9789985991527 ISSN 14068893

TV Programs (scriptwriter and/ or director)[edit]

¥ „Homo Consumens" (Martin Parr). ETV (Estonian National TV) 1992 15 min ¥ „Fiktiivsed skulptuurid"/ “Fictive Sculptures” (Francois Mechain) ETV (Estonian National TV)

    1991 12 min

¥ „Aja sõdurid"/ “Soldiers of Time”. ETV (Estonian National TV) 1993 25 min ¥ „Ajaloo vabrik: 2 Dokument kunstis"/ “Archive in Art”. ETV (Estonian National TV) 1995 25 min ¥ „Ajaloo vabrik: 3 Intervjuu Thomas McEvilley'ga". ETV (Estonian National TV) 1995 40 min ¥ Meediareflektiivne kunst/ Media-reflective art. ETV (Estonian National TV) 1996 20 min („Pärast kunsti”/After Art 1) ¥ Kunst ja poliitika/ Art and Politics ETV (Estonian National TV) 1996 20 min („Pärast kunsti”/ After Art 2) ¥ Töö teema kunstis/ Labor in art ETV (Estonian National TV) 1996 20 min („Pärast kunsti”/ After Art 3) ¥ Vaatamine ja nägemine/ Looking and seeing in art ETV (Estonian National TV) 1996 20 min („Pärast kunsti”/ After Art 5) ¥ Topeltmängud kunstis/ Double articulations in today’s art ETV (Estonian National TV) 1996 20 min („Pärast kunsti”/ After Art 6) ¥ „Invasioon 3: Maastik/ Territoorium"/ “Landscape and Territory”. ETV (Estonian National TV)

   1997 35 min

¥ „Invasioon 4: Intervjuu Victor Burgin'iga" (Interview with Victor Burgin) ETV (Estonian National TV) 1997 35 min

References [edit] 1 Siirdu üles ↑ Peeter Linnap 2 ↑ Siirdu üles asukohta: 2,0 2,1 2,2 Peeter Linnap Eesti Teadusinfosüsteemis (Peeter Linnap in

   Estonian Research Information System)

External links [edit] ¥ Peeter Linnap Eesti Teadusinfosüsteemis (Peeter Linnap in Estonian Research Information

   System)

¥ Peeter Linnapi looming EKM digitaalarhiivis (Peeter Linnap artist cv) ¥ Peeter Linnapi looming ja tegevus Eesti Filmi Andmebaasis[1] (Peeter Linnap in Film database) Siirdu üles ↑ http://www.efis.ee/et/inimesed/id/1594/biograafia.+"Peeter Linnap". Eesti Filmi Andmebaas.