Ptarmigan existed as a project space in Vallila from 2009-2011 and a mobile curatorial/creative platform until 2014. We no longer exist as an organised collective, but this website will continue to serve as an archive of the activities produced as/at Ptarmigan during these years.
Born in Tartu, Estonia 1984. Based in Norway since 1997. Currently lives and works in Oslo. BA from Bergen Art Academy and MA from Konstfack, Stockholm.
Anne-Liis works mainly with video installations based on relational and performative strategies. Her work explores notions of identity and community. The starting points of her latest work are scenes/situations from our everyday lives. She focuses on the subtle violence that often goes unnoticed as we are coexisting and inhabiting the public realm.
Throughout her practice she has been interested in how personal identity relates to collective or national identity and how the individual participates and negotiates his or her place in the current collective culture. She is interested in the feelings, images, stories, memories and fantasies that construct processes of identification influencing the distance towards that culture.
Anne-Liis often works collaboratively and one of the current projects is AtwoB, an artist group consisting of four artists originating from Denmark, Sweden, Estonia/Norway and Japan. In their practices they draw inspiration and knowledge from their individual, cultural and linguistic backgrounds in order to examine issues surrounding text, vocality, multilingualism and translation. Their work takes the form of performance-related activities, sound pieces and text-based works.
Anne-Liis's residence is part of the Axis of Praxis programme in conjunction with MoKS, supported by Kulturkontakt Nord.
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