Draft:Peeter Linnap

Peeter Linnap

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

Linnap graduated from the Tallinn University (Tallinna Pedagoogikaülikool) 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 at the Estonian Academy of Arts (Eesti Kunstiakadeemia) with his dissertation "Vaateid Eesti fotole 1940.–1990. aastad”. In 2006 he completed his Ph.D in Semiotics and Cultural Studies at the University of Tartu (Tartu Ülikool) with the thesis Fotoloogia/ Photology.[2] Linnap has also studied at Tampere University (1991) and at the Ansel Adams Center in San Francisco. In 1994–1998, Linnap was an associate professor of photography at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Since 2001, he is a professor and the head of the photography department at the Pallas Academy of Applied Sciences (Kõrgemas Kunstikoolis Pallas) in Tartu, Estonia. In 2001–2005, he was a visiting lecturer at Tallinn University (Tallinna Ülikoolis) and since 2007 Linnap has also taught history of photography and theories of documentary at 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 Books compiled by Peeter Linnap • 7 TV programs (author) • 8 References • 9 External links

Creative activities [edit] Linnap has published over 70 research papers including those published by academic publishers such as Springer (New York), Intellect (Bristol/ Chicago) and other scientific journals. He has authored 12 monographs and compiled 5 research books, catalogues and other publications. Linnap has written articles for Estonian and international encyclopaedias. He has lectured internationally all over the world and has participated in innumerable 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 in the 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 and other such themes. He has compiled teaching methods for contemporary art education. Peeter Linnap has lectured worldwide, including the universities of Erasmus (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), Rennes 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 (Australia), St. James’s College of Newcastle University and the University of Creative Arts – Franham, West Surrey (Great Britain), Lund University (Sweden), Helsinki TAIK and Tampere University (Finland), Vilnius Art Academy (Lithuania), Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto Politecnico de Viseu and Escola Superior de Artistica do Porto (Portugal), the universities of Istanbul Kültür and Marmara (Turkey), Venice (Italy), Buenos Aires (Argentina) and others.

As a curator, Peeter Linnap has been an artistic director of the Saaremaa Photo Festival and has produced the legendary Saaremaa biennials Fabrique d’ Histoire (1995) and Invasion (1997), along with more than 20 internationally exhibited shows including Borderlands in 1993 (Street Level Gallery, Glasgow and touring in the UK), Out of the Shadow in 1998 at the Jenckins Art Center in North Carolina, USA; Arte Factum (Fotografijos Galleria of Vilnius, 2003), Changing World: Images (Joseph Rippl-Ronai Art Museum, Kaposvar, Hungary, 2004), Cross Time (Prospekto Galleria, Vilnius. Touring to Istanbul and Barcelona in 2012–2013) and others.

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

As an artist, Linnap has produced works that combine textual elements and communicative processes; photographic works and performances that have often resulted in 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 held 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) and others. Linnap has participated in 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), Art Museum of Estonia, Museum of Contemporary Photography/ Columbia College (MOCP, Chicago, USA) and other public and private collections. Published works [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 and European Photography (Berlin), KATALOG (Copenhagen), 90-tal (Stockholm), Imago (Bratislava), Mare Articum (Szczecin), Studija (Riga), Valokuva and SIKSI (Finland), and also in most 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). Organisational activities [edit] Linnap is a member of the Estonian Artists Union, the Estonian Society of Art Historians, the Estonian Semiotic Society, the Nordic Association of Semiotic Studies (NASS), the International Society of Visual Semiotics (IAVS/ AISV), the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI), the International Association of Art Critics (AICA), etc. [2] He is a member of the International Advisory Board for the Asian Journal of Social Studies a.o. periodicals. Honours and awards [ edit ] Professor Linnap has received the Estonian Cultural Endowment Annual Award (1995), the Kristjan Raud Annual Art Award (1998), the Teater. Muusika. Kino monthly magazine Annual Award for Cinema Criticism (1992, 2001), the Sirp cultural weekly newspaper Annual Award for Art Criticism (2000), the Ervin Pütsep Art Monograph Award (2008 for Fotoloogia/ Photology), and the Estonian Annual Award for History Writings (collective of authors, 2010 and 2016).

Selected writings by Peeter Linnap: Kadreeritud tõde: fotograafia stalinistlikus Eestis 1944–1953/ Truth Reframed: Photography in Stalinist Estonia 1944-1953.// Kunstiteaduslikke uurimusi = Studies in Art and Architecture. Tallinn, 2000; Kontseptualism ja Eesti fotodokumentalistika/ Conceptual Art and Estonian Documentary Photography. // Kunstiteaduslikke uurimusi = Studies in Art and Architecture. Tallinn, 2002; Johannes Pääsuke: mees kahe kaameraga = Johannes Pääsuke: a Man with Two Cameras (kaasautor/ co-author). Tartu, 2003, 2008; Eesti fotograafia/ Estonian Photography 1839–2004. Tartu, 2006 (CD-Rom); Silmakirjad: kirjutisi fotograafiast ja visuaalkultuurist/ Writings on Photography and Visual Culture. Tartu, 2007; Images and Fear: Repressed Pictures as Tools for Analysing Society. // International Journal of Education through Art 3 (2007) 3; Fotoloogia = Photology. Tallinn., 2008; Eesti foto/ Estonian Photography 1900–1940. // Eesti kunsti ajalugu = History of Estonian Art 5. Tallinn, 2010; History of Estonian photography 1900–1938. // The History of European Photography 1900–1938. 1. Bratislava, 2010; the History of Estonian photography 1939–1969. // The History of European Photography 1939–1969. 2. Bratislava, 2014; Visualising Estonia.// Society, vol. 51, no. 1, 40–43; the 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, Tallinn, 2016.

Selected bibliography on Peeter Linnap: Who is who in Research: Visual Arts. London, Intellect, 2013; ETABL IV, 2013; EKABL, 1996, 273; Eesti kunstnikud 1. Tallinn,1998, 100–105; 275–278; EE, 2000, 14, 250; European Photography Magazine 54 (1993), 25–26; Borderlands: Contemporary Photography from the 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: Photo-based Arts from the Baltics. Greenville, 1998, 37–39; Art in America (2001) 4, 114; Imago (Bratislava) 13 (2002) 50–55; J. Stathatos. Peeter Linnap ‘Summer 1955’ – Vikerkaar, 1994, no. 8; R. Varblane. Kunstimaailm ja meie / ‘The Art World and Us’ – Kunst, 1995, no. 2; catalogue: Peeter & Eve Linnap. I. Schube. Berlin, 1994. ["t.: Aamulehti (Tampere), 1992, 21. kesäkuuta; Õhtuleht, 1994, 7 December; Hommikuleht, 1994, 31 December.

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: Photo-based 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 photography and visual arts) 1986–2006”. Tartu, Pallas Academy of Applied Sciences, 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, Pallas Academy of Applied Sciences, 2011, 355 p. (Silmakirjad/ Eyescripts 4). ISBN 9789985991541 ISSN 14068893 • Peeter Linnap. “Väike visuaalkultuuri leksikon” (Concise Glossary of Visual Culture). Tartu, Pallas Academy of Applied Sciences, 2011, 428 p. (Silmakirjad/ Eyescripts 5). ISBN 9789985991558 ISSN 14068893 • Peeter Linnap. “Intellektuaalne kunst: kirjutisi fotograafidest” (Intellectual Art: Writings on Photoraphy). Tartu, Pallas Academy of Applied Sciences, 2012, 360 p. (Silmakirjad/ Eyescripts 6). ISBN 9789985930144 ISSN 14068893 • Peeter Linnap. "Maailma fotograafia ajalugu" (World History of Photography). Tartu, Pallas Academy of Applied Sciences, 2014, 488 p. (Silmakirjad/ Eyescripts 7). ISBN/ISSN 9789985991596 (bound)/14068893 • Peeter Linnap. "Eesti fotograafia ajalugu 1839–2015" (History of Estonian Photography 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 (bound)/14068893 • Peeter Linnap. "Peeter Tooming: mees valgel hobusel/ A Man of Light ". Tartu, Peeter Linnap, 2018, 223 p. (Silmakirjad/ Eyescripts 10). ISBN/ISSN 9789949964574 (bound)/14068893 • Peeter Linnap. "Peeter Tooming: mees valgel hobusel/ A Man of Light ". Tartu, Peeter Linnap, 2018, 223 p. (Silmakirjad/ Eyescripts 10). ISBN/ISSN 9789949964574 (bound)/1406889 • Peeter Linnap (Ed). Martin Parr. Back then : 1990's: the Baltics and Russia in transition = Toona 1990-1992 : 1990. aastad: Balti riigid ja Venemaa üleminekuperioodil / Martin Parr

           Tartu,). Tartu, Pallas Academy of Applied Sciences, 2019. 112p. ISBN/ISSN 
           9789949964581 (Köites) 14068893
   Peeter Linnap (Ed). Eesti foto antoloogia. I köide, 19. sajand kuni 1940 = Anthology of 
           Estonian photography. Volume I, from the 19th century to 1940 / Peeter Linnap ; [tõlked: 
           Roderic Campbell, Peeter Tammisto, Peeter Linnap ; kujundus: Silver Sikk]
           Tartu : Kõrgem Kunstikool Pallas, 2020 (Tartu : Bookmill trükikoda). 528p. ISBN/ISSN  
           9789949742103 (köites) 14068893
   Peeter Linnap (Ed) Eesti foto antoloogia. II köide, 1940 kuni 2010 = Anthology of Estonian 
           photography. Volume II, from 1940 to 2010 / Peeter Linnap ; [tõlked: Peeter Tammisto, 
           Paul Austin, Peeter Linnap ; kujundus: Silver Sikk] Tartu: Kõrgem Kunstikool Pallas, 2021 
           ([Tartu] : Bookmill) 1183 lk. : ill. ; 25 cm ISBN/ISSN:  9789949742110 (köites) 14068893

Compiled and edited books [edit]

• Ajaloo Vabrik. Fabrique d’Histoire (Saaremaa Biennaal 1995). Compiled and edited by Peeter Linnap. Tallinn, Kaasaegse Foto Keskus. (1995) 120 p. ISBN 9985601602 • Invasioon. Invasion. (Saaremaa Biennaal 1997). Koostanud, toimetanud ja eessõna kirjutanud (Edited by) Peeter Linnap. Tallinn, Kaasaegse Foto Keskus. (1997) 128 p. ISBN 9985603737 • Peeter Linnap (Toim). "Käsitlusi fotograafiast 1855–2003" (Collected Estonian writings on photography). Tartu, Pallas Academy of Applied Sciences, 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 (ed.). “Tõlketekste visuaalkultuurist, nüüdiskunstist ja fotograafiast“ (Translated essays on photography, contemporary art and visual culture). Tartu, Pallas Academy of Applied Sciences, 2009, 304 p. (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/ Labour 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’s 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.