Karin Laansoo (Tallinn, Estonia)
______project: Exploitation On Demand
Within the frame of public sphere and rhetoric Karin Laansoo was sending out her 'open call'
as one part of her curatorial residency project. She invited authors
and volunteers to engage in her project by suggesting performances
dealing with the many expressions of exploitation. A number of selected
scripts were performed in Berlin.
_____about
Karin Laansoo is a curator and writer,
originally from Estonia and currently based in New York
City. After receiving her MA in Art History from the Estonian
Academy of Arts in 2002, she has worked as a producer and Gallery
Manager in Tallin and in New York. In 2005 she authored an
award-winning book, 22+ Young Estonian Artists. Since 2008 she has been the Director of Point-B an international artist residency in Williamsburg, New York. She also runs a single-work gallery called Monospace in her apartment in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.