3rd conference of the finno-ugric young creators

“10 years of the EthnoFuturist Era”
Tartu-Võromaa 
May 4 to 8, 1999

Programme

eesti keeles - suomeksi - po-russki
$ Organized by Fenno-Ugria Foundation $ In co-operation with Estonian Kostabi $ociety, Finnish Institute in Estonia, Tartu Young Authors' League, Friends of the Estonian National Museum $ Sponsors: Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Tartu City Government $

 
 
 
May 4 4 p.m. Vernissage: Village architecture by Ritva Liisa Pihlaja (Finland) Tartu University Library (Struve 1, Tartu)
May 5  10 a.m.
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1 p.m.		 The opening of the conference, opening addresses, general papers, plenary session
Moderated by Krista Sürje (Manager, Fenno-Ugria Foundation)
Opening addresses by Tõnu Seilenthal (the Board of Fenno-Ugria Foundation), Arvo Valton (President, Association of Finno-Ugric Literatures), Kauksi Ülle (the Estonian Kostabi $ociety), Pertti Pyhtilä (Finnish Institute in Estonia, Tartu section), Jaak Prozes (President, Youth Association of Finno-Ugric Peoples)

General papers

  • Kari Sallamaa (Assistant Professor, University of Oulu, Finland) - The philosophy of ethno-futurism as the foundation for the survival of Finno-Ugric peoples
  • Professor Rein Taagepera (University of California, University of Tartu, Estonia) - On the persistence of the identity of indigenous peoples today and in the future
  • Kaido Kama (Director, Võro Institute, Estonia) - Contemporary Võro movement against the background of European indigenous peoples
 The Exhibition House of the Estonian National Museum, (Kuperjanovi 9, Tartu)
2 p.m. to 
6 p.m.		 Plenary session: Papers on the practice of ethno-futurism.
Moderated by Andres Heinapuu 
  • Andres Heinapuu (Manager, Information Centre of Finno-Ugric Peoples, Estonia) - The First Livonians, or the Livonian people as an Ethno-Futurist Project
  • Heie Treier (Eesti Ekspress,editor on visual arts, Estonia) - Slide presentation on Estonian artists in today’s art world
  • Pavel Mikushev (artist, Komi) - Ethnic traditions in the upbringing of children on the example of art school
  • Laid Shemyer (writer, translator, Mari El) - On contemporary Mari literature
  • Timo Maran (student at the University of Tartu) - Text and nature
  • Irina Orekhova (student at the University of Tartu, Udmurt) - A hundred opinions on Ebga
 The Exhibition House of the Estonian National Museum, (Kuperjanovi 9, Tartu)
5 p.m. Vernissage:The Jester with the Whistle -paintings by Yuri Dyrin OBU Gallery, Raekoja plats, Tartu
8 p.m. Ethnic cultures night: 
Udmurt songs: Nadezhda Utkina, Tatyana Minniyakhmetova; Mari bag-pipe: Laid Shemyer; Kärsh (Hill Mari zither): Julia Kuprina; Komi music: Aleksander Chuvyurov; Finnish folk tunes: Inga Sulin, Maila Sulusaari; Hungarian folk songs: Toth Szilard, Beata Sahverdov; Livonian hits: Ulla Ernstreit etc., etc., etc.		 Writers’ House (Kirjanduse Maja), Vanemuise 19, Tartu
May
6		 10 a.m. 
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noon		 Plenary session, moderated by Kauksi Ülle (Manager, Tartu Centre of Fenno-Ugria Foundation)
  • Kati Kivimäki (Gallen-Kallela Museum, Finland) - Survey of the Ethno-Futurist Finno-Ugric art in Russia (with slide presentation)
  • Taive Särg, Indrek Särg (Tartu, Estonia) - Poet from the forest (lecture accompanied by a documentary film)
  • Kursi school (Estonia) - 10 years of Kursi school (slide presentation)
  • Hannu Oittinen (Finland) - The fate of Finnish dialects today
 the Exhibition House of the  Estonian National Museum (Kuperjanovi 9, Tartu)
1 p.m.
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6 p.m.		 Panels of the Conference
1. Youth Association of Finno-Ugric Peoples in the Tartu Centre of Fenno-Ugria Foundation (Kuperjanovi 16). Chaired by Jaak Prozes (President, Youth Association of Finno-Ugric Peoples)
2.Literature, drama, translation in the Writers’ House (Vanemuise 19). Moderated by Jan Rahman (Võro) and Laid Shemyer (Mari). With the participation of the Young Authors' League (NAK - Noorte Autorite Koondis, Estonia)
3. Visual arts in the Exhibition House of the Estonian National Museum (Kuperjanovi 9). Moderated by Yuri Lobanov (Udmurt)
Olga Listratova (artist, Udmurt) - On ethno-futurism in Udmurt art
4. Architecture and ecology in the Writers’ House (Vanemuise 19). Moderated by Pertti Pyhtilä (Finland) and Julia Kuprina (Hill Mari).
3 p.m. Vernissage: Mother of Woods -paintings by Alexander Ivanov Chaplin Art Center, Esplanaadi 10, PÄRNU
8 p.m. Literary evening
Poetry read in the original or in translations by the following authors and translators: Laid Shemyer (Mari), Nina Obrezkova (Komi), Kauksi Ülle (Võro), Contra (Urvaste), Jan Rahman (Võro); Presentation ofthe short story collection Elumask by Jüri Ehlvest (Estonian Kostabi $ociety)		 The Exhibition House of the Estonian National Museum, (Kuperjanovi 9, Tartu)
May
7		 10 a.m. Võromaa tour for guests: a visit to Võro Institute, a presentation of ecotourism in Võromaa, visits to local farms