Tambet, the Emir of Zahir
by Harry Lurcher

Just take the mic. Tambet, singer and bass player with Zahir on the road to here and what's next.

published

jan 26 '10
1 comment

Carbon Based Lifeforms
by Jim Sharman

“We're like a shepherd trying to herd his flock, but in our case they're machines not sheep.” Carbon Based Lifeforms talk about making music as a soundtrack for life.

published

nov 20 '09
10 comments

Lu:k
by Marika Agu

Lu:k are sailing the flagship of Estonian alternative dancemusic. No-one has reached their level yet in this specific genre. This is the interview with an important man in Estonian alternative music - Virko Veskoja.

published

sep 13 '09
5 comments

Wooden Shjips
by Harry Lurcher

This San Francisoco musical quartet are groovier than the Big Lebowski's beach scene, the silver edged storm clouds of Tesla sound they produce makes them this generations Spacemen 3, Hawkwind and Can rolled up in one.

published

sep 2 '09

Magik Markers
by Harry Lurcher

Interview with Pete Nolan, one half of the Magik Markers.

published

aug 2 '09

Those Dancing Days
by Maria Juur

(For those who do not know yet:) What exactly lies behind the name Those Dancing Days? Who are those five girls and under what circumstances have they joined forces to make some catchy tunes?

published

jun 29 '09
5 comments

Lazer's Brazilian Muses, Part III: Velhinhas
by Martin Lazarev

The ‘Velhinhas’ or old ladies from Brazil peer back at you through the lense of Lazer. Dignified and defiant, incredulous they regard the crazy white man in their midst.

published

oct 19 '09
1 comment

Lazer's Brazilian Muses, Part II: Moças
by Martin Lazarev

Melt into the pools of the brown eyed girls of Brazil. Lazer's adventures in Brazil continue...

published

oct 19 '09

Lazer's Brazilian Muses, Part I: Crianças
by Martin Lazarev

Part I of Lazer's Brazilian women, the ‘Crianças’ or children, street and beach kids, with the simple sunkissed smiles of life on the brink, day to day living, kittens without mittens, who knows where they will be tomorrow.

published

oct 19 '09

Decayed Youth
by Aleksander Kelpman

Pictures from the lens of one young Estonian photographer, Aleksander Kelpman, in the forests, cities and scrublands of Eesti.

published

aug 14 '09
3 comments

Gavin Watson: Raving '89
by Gavin Watson

If you were there, Gavin Watson's photo's will give you goose bumps; if you weren't, they're the closest you'll get.

published

jun 17 '09
2 comments

A Big Freeze in the Estonian Film Industry - “The Snow Queen” Interview with the Director Marko Raat
by Harry Lurcher

“The Snow Queen” is the first Estonian feature film release of 2010 and interpretation of Hans Christian Andersen's classic story. Director Marko Raat shares his thoughts on film making in a frozen fairytale climate and his previous works “The Knife” and “Jaan Toomik”.

published

feb 23 '10

Fags, Fascists & Financiers
by Harry Lurcher

Steady as she goes. Catch a week of Fassbinder's movies in Tallinn this February along with the theatre adaptation of his work: Garbage, the City and Death directed by Veiko Õunpuu.

published

feb 16 '10

Docpoint Tallinn 2010 - Get Edukated
by Harry Lurcher

A new International Documentary Festival in Tallinn, to chase the cold away, 17 documentaries in 3 days at 2 locations (Artis and Kumu) from January 29th-31st. Chat with Tristan Priimägi on what it is about documentaries that ring his bell.

published

jan 28 '10

They Call It Acid
by Harry Lurcher

The late 1980's saw the birth of a youth culture — “They Call It Acid” is the definitive document of the Acid House era.

published

dec 2 '09
2 comments

Robert Bresson – Patron Saint Of Cinematography
by Veiko Õunpuu

Having given up painting on doctor's orders (it supposedly made him too agitated) Bresson made his first short film at the age of thirty-three

published

nov 26 '09
1 comment

The Revolution That Wasn't
by Harry Lurcher

Director Aliona Polunina's talks about her award winning film about revolutionaries in modern day Russia and the challenges of making a true documentary in her home country.

published

nov 22 '09
2 comments

The Temptation Of St. Tony

“Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost.”
Dante Alighieri, “Divine Comedy.” Inferno, Song I

published

jun 14 '09
3 comments

Last Days of the Roman Empire
by Vadim Wilniewczyc & Andrei ‘Jack’ Jakovlev

From 2003-2007 Nightpeople magazine recorded the glamour and excess of Moscow's ultra-elite. The inheritors of the ‘eastern Roman Empire’ captured at play in a pyramid apex system that governs and behaves in ways familiar to scholars of ancient Rome.

published

dec 31 '09

Stone Bridge Over The River Emajõe
by Michael Walsh

The story of the magnificent stone bridge, Kivisild, built in Tartu (Estonia) by Catherine the Great then blown up, bit by bit, by the German and Russian armies during WWII, along with 60% of the city...

published

jun 17 '09

Going down in Riga
by Harry Lurcher

On a sunny summer Saturday morning in Riga there was a new kind of cop on the beat - Riga's riot police were out in force wearing elbow, shin, knee and chest plates, part man part robo turtle...

published

jun 14 '09

If You Go Down to the Woods Today
by Okeiko

Okeiko, the girl with the sun in her hair, creates other worlds inspired by the Estonian landscape and travels down under.

published

jan 14 '10
4 comments

A One Night Stand
by Olga Temnikova

Olga Temnikova's exhibition ‘A One night Stand’ uses sexual behavior patterns for metaphors of the Artist and Public communication.

published

jan 14 '10
1 comment

Heikki Leis
by Harry Lurcher

‘The people are different figures in Estonian culture - here we have musicians, singers, actors, poets, directors etc.’, Heikki Leis on his recent exhibition of graphite drawings of the heads and hands of Estonians who have moved or inspired him...

published

oct 12 '09
6 comments

Jasper Zoova
by Hanno Soans

The sweet popglam of Zoova's drawings might repel some people, or is not acceptable due to the subject matter, the way he draws is free of the clichés characteristic to Estonian graphic art or drawing tradition

published

aug 31 '09

Christian Saldert
by Olga Temnikova

‘Take your time and get yourself in to the best of all art schools. Very simple and boring advice, but also very true.’
The art and advice from painter Mr Christian Saldert of Stockholm

published

jun 14 '09
2 comments

A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
by Tristan Priimägi

‘The comic book city is not a place with regulated crossroads and window-shopping, but a maze of shadowy alleyways that are occupied by characters from the edges of imagination.’ - Tristan Priimägi on life in a metropolis for the comic book character

published

sep 14 '09
3 comments

Offgrid: Going Down the Rabbit Hole
by Michael Gallagher

Do you want to take the blue pill and wake up in your bed or the red and see how deep the rabbit hole goes?

published

sep 9 '09

Upriver with Heikki's Lens: Travels along the Mekong
by Heikki Leis

Heikki Leis, photographer, sculptor and artist takes us on his trip along a portion of the Mekong, the worlds 12th longest river, as he travels from Thailand up through Laos.

published

feb 3 '10

Kola Powder Part I
by Andrei ‘Jack’ Jakovlev & Oskar Voit

Mining for Powder — Travels to the Top of the World Part I

published

nov 7 '09
1 comment

From The Freezer To The Cooker: Lazer's Adventures In Brazil
by Harry Lurcher

Evocative interview with Estonian photographer and designer Martin ‘Lazer’ Lazarev enjoying being exotic on and around the beaches of Brazil

published

oct 14 '09
2 comments

Timberjack's #2: Coffee Table
by Jack

published

feb 12 '10

Cuprocking
by Marika Agu

published

sep 9 '09
4 comments

Timberjack's #1: Shelving Unit
by Jack

Timberjack teaches us how to make a simple shelving unit in his first tutorial for divedivedive.

published

aug 13 '09
1 comment

Tartu-flette
by Maiken Urmet

published

feb 5 '10
1 comment

Slowing Down and Doing More than Just Sniffing the Roses
by Michael Gallagher

“It is said that without the culinary arts, the crudeness of reality would be unbearable.”

published

dec 23 '09

nAnO - Underground Upmarket Eaterie
by Harry Lurcher

A small, beautifully formed space to get inspired about food, good company and explore the more essential things in life.

published

dec 17 '09
2 comments

Warm Potato Salad With Hot Smoked Salmon
by Maiken Urmet

published

nov 4 '09
3 comments

West End Lane Books Recommendations Part I
by West End Lane Books

Sometimes you visit a place and just know, ‘I will be back‘. West End Lane Books an independent book shop in West Hampstead, London is one of those places. Take a peek at some of their book reviews they kindly shared with us.

published

nov 23 '09

Struve and the Tartu Meridian
by Michael Walsh

F.G.Wilhelm von Struve, astronomer and initiator of the Struve Geodetic Arc, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

published

dec 22 '09
1 comment

The Mighty Ural
by Michael Walsh

The secret “Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact” German Russian Non-Aggression Treaty in 1939, facilitated technology transfer and the USSR was licensed to copy the BMW R 71

published

aug 14 '09
1 comment

Underground Music Scene Flyers: Estonia, Part I
by Martin ‘Qba’ Kaares

Few flyers handpicked by Qba, a grand old man of Estonia's drum and bass community.

published

dec 27 '09
1 comment

Italian Law & Order
by Harry Lurcher

On the streets of Verona, Rome and Milan with the cops and priests in their finest livery.

published

aug 25 '09

Heikki Leis

I'm freelance artist. I have been doing mainly hyper-realistic pen- and pencil drawings and i have been active in phtotgraphy and sculpture.

since

feb 3 '10
1 contribution

Okeiko

a photographer and artist based in Tallinn Estonia. Drawing her inspiration from nature her photographs are heart warming and charming, sneaking into your subconscious to play mischievously.

since

jan 14 '10
1 contribution

Vadim Wilniewczyc & Andrei ‘Jack’ Jakovlev

Vadim Wilniewczyc - a photographer and graphic artist. One of a kind, not to be repeated. Andrei Jakovlev, (Jack) - a freelancing Art Director. Just an old school snowboarder.

since

dec 31 '09
1 contribution

Martin ‘Qba’ Kaares

Being an artist and a DJ at the same time, his name is known by especially those Estonians who have chosen to reside on the alternative side of both local communities.

since

dec 27 '09
1 contribution

Veiko Õunpuu

a writer, artist and film director, sometime lecturer, ex-carpet salesman (never made a sale)

since

nov 26 '09
1 contribution

West End Lane Books

established 1994, is an independent bookshop in the heart of West Hampstead

since

nov 23 '09
1 contribution

Jim Sharman

His career and personal life centre around a desire to improve and develop communication between people...

since

nov 20 '09
1 contribution

Andrei ‘Jack’ Jakovlev & Oskar Voit

Andrei Jakovlev, (Jack) - a freelancing Art Director and Oscar Voit - a professional hairstylist since 1996.

since

nov 7 '09
1 contribution

Maiken Urmet

A native of Tartu, Estonia, wants to expand the Estonian diet with foreign dishes. She has by now published her first cookbook „Teistmoodi kokaraamat” (A Different Kind of Cookbook) and is currently working on another.

since

nov 4 '09
2 contributions

Martin Lazarev

since

oct 19 '09
3 contributions

Tristan Priimägi

since

sep 14 '09
1 contribution

Michael Gallagher

an Estonian/American lawyer who came to Tartu in 1994 and has been living and working in Tartu since then.

since

sep 9 '09
2 contributions

Marika Agu

on the way she'd pick up anything, from poker skills to photography

since

sep 9 '09
2 contributions

Hanno Soans

Hanno Soans, born in 1974 is a freelance art critic based in Tallinn, Estonia.

since

aug 31 '09
1 contribution

Aleksander Kelpman

My name is Sander. I'm a suburb kid from Tallinn - Estonia, I'm 18 years old and find pleasure in arts.

since

aug 14 '09
1 contribution

Jack

Hi I'm Jack. I like to make things, tables chairs, book cases. I'm going to be showing you how to make things too.

since

aug 13 '09
2 contributions

Maria Juur

is a writer based in Tallinn, Estonia. Her background is in art history but prefers Mutant Discos to museums and sees herself in the space between art and music culture.

since

jun 29 '09
1 contribution

Gavin Watson

Today he works in fashion, photo realism and portrait photography and his work is on show at galleries all over the globe.

since

jun 17 '09
1 contribution

Michael Walsh

a graphic designer from Ireland, living in Tartu, Estonia since 1992. An underlying element in his work is a search for a reinterpretation of design classics in a contemporary way which respects aesthetic heritage and craft.

since

jun 17 '09
3 contributions

Olga Temnikova

a graduate of the Estonian Academy of Arts. Now working as a freelance graphic painter/designer/illustrator and gallerist in Tallinn.

since

jun 14 '09
2 contributions

Harry Lurcher

Heard once that life is too serious to be taken seriously. Poet, promoter, director of creativity, frustrated artist and aspiring human being.

since

jun 14 '09
13 contributions