#müürileht

[surnumanaja]

Ma hakkasin postitama, et kuidas tõlkida kadakasaksacore inglise keelde, et kas peaks hoopis olema salsakeelne wachholderdeutscher-core sest "omg uskumatu sakslastel on sõna kõige jaoks!!!!11" (höhö joke's on you) või junipergermancore, mis keskmisele inglise keele emakeelena kõnelejale ütleb umbes-täpselt mitte midagi.

Siis tulebki, nagu @mistermooneyes seda juba tegi, lahti kirjeldada, et tegu on esteetika, mis peegeldab kolonialistlikku suhet kohalike ja võimul olijate vahel ja, kuidas oma identiteet tuleb maha salata, et jõuda üldse selle esteetikani. Ja see terve jänese urg vallandus sellest.... et mingid tüübid siin lehel riisuvad igast suvalisi tääge kokku??

Ja ma tean, et see pole mingi uus nähtus. strangeaeon kirjeldas seda, kuidas riisutud ühte kuhja nii queer-eskapism kui ka padukatoliiklased. Ja nüüd seda tohuvapohu vaadata....

Kuidas ma siia jõudsin? Millest ma üldse jahun?

Võib-olla polegi oluline, mis on kadakasaksacore inglise keeles, sest võib-olla ei olegi enam võimalik cottagecore'ist kolonialismi välja juurida

[helgisaldo]

2024

Sädelust, bravuuri ja rohkem ruumi 16.09.2024, Müürileht Helgi Saldo annab avaliku loengu sooväänamise ajaloost Eestis 17.07.2024, Vikervaade Seni suurim drag brunch toob pealinna lavale Delfi Oraakli 19.06.2024, KissFM Sugusantide kõrgkool saadab lõpetajad teele 6.06.2024, Vikervaade 5 Signs of a Great Summer Romance 1.06.2024, Trickster Magazine Queer Planet naaseb hirmu- ja vihavastasel päeval 14.05.2024, Vikervaade Mētra Saberova: The variations in the Baltic drag scene 30.04.2024, A Shade Colder Arvustus. SAAL3 pakkus vestlust iseendaga, dräägi ning magusat fetišit 8.04.2024, ERR Väike kohalike kvääriruumide välimääraja 8.03.2024, Müürileht Eesti esimese drag-kooli õpilased teevad hullumeelseid trikke 15.02.2024, Õhtuleht Hüvasti, Sveta! 10.01.2024, Müürileht

[sumajakume]

Kui ma koju lähen siis ma

Lähen Andineemele

Pigistan kassid nii kõvasti vastu rinda et maiteamis

Kraabin Kuma sabajuurikst tund aega

Istun oma perega laua taga, söön kapsa-hakklihahautist ja jauran tundide kaupa

Käin saunas

Ärkan oma voodis Tartus ja olen rõõmus, et on hommik

Näen iga kord korterist väljudes mõnda tuttavat

Räägin Miale, milliseid pirukaid ma unes nägin

Lähen mälumängule ja võtan Sume kaasa

Kallistan kõiki sõpru külmas talveöös

Lasen Paulal nii palju mind kallistada kui ta tahab

Jalutan ülikooli peahoone eest läbi ja olen uhke, et ma seal õpin

Loen Mökus Müürilehte

Kelgutan Kassitoomel

Ja olen jälle nii nii nii õnnelik

[plantsucc]

- Müürileht, märts 2020

[kodutoo]

Möödunud nädala lõpus kutsusin kohvile infooperatsioonide ja -manipulatsioonide uurija Urve Eslase, et uurida temalt väärinfo leviku vastu võitlemise meetodite kohta. Mõnevõrra ootuspäraselt sain teada, et mingeid väga eesrindlikke uusi tehnoloogiaid selleks veel leiutatud ei ole ja selle töö ära tegemiseks mängib siiani tähtsat rolli ennekõike ikkagi inimfaktor. Samal ajal destabiliseerib kroonviiruse pandeemiast tulenev ebakindlus ühiskondi ja on soodne pinnas väärinfo levimisele. Ja seda võimalust ei jäta muidugi kasutamata meie infosõjas vilunud idanaaber. Alles paar päeva tagasi nägin üht tuttavat Facebookis jagamas kohaliku vandenõu-portaali Telegram vahendatud videot sellest, kuidas pandeemia näol on tegemist Maailma Majandusfoorumi pikalt sepitsetud pettusega ning milles kutsutakse inimesi üles kõikide – küll üsna umbmääraselt määratletud – poliitikute vastu üles astuma. Sealjuures võib videost ära tunda Ameerika Ühendriigile ja Euroopa Liidule omase visuaalse sümboolika. Pole kuigi raske mõista, milliste riikide usaldusväärsuse õõnestamiseks vaataja silmis video on loodud. Samal ajal kui minul on raske ette kujutada, kas on võimalik teha veel banaalsemalt läbinähtavat propagandavideot, on sel Telegrami Youtube’i kanalis üle kolmekümne tuhande vaatamise. Siinkohal on paslik meelde tuletada üht Vikerkaares 2016. aastal avaldatud ja Müürilehe veebiväljaandeski ilmunud Marko Uibu artiklit vandenõukultuurist ning Telegram.ee portaalist kui konspiratiivsuse maaletoojast Eestisse. „Vandenõukultuur toob ilmsiks „iseseisva kriitilise mõtlemise“ radikaliseerumise – kui eelduseks ei ole mitte ainult see, et üksikud poliitikud ja spetsialistid valetavad, vaid et kogu meedia ja avalik ruum on täis lootusetult kallutatud infot. Usaldamatust toidab võimulolijate elitaarsus ning eri ühiskonnagruppide lahkukasvamine, mis võimendub läbi sotsiaalmeedia,” kirjutab Uibu selles. Sotsiaal- ehk ühismeedia valupunktidest kirjutas Müürilehte möödunud aasta veebruaris artikli „Valguskaablist tulvav amorfne kihutuskõne” ka Urve Eslas ja nagu võime tõdeda, pole see teema tänaseks karvavõrdki oma ajakohasust kaotanud. Eslas toob välja, et teabe küsitav väärtus, emotsionaalsuse võimendamine ja radikaliseerumise soodustamine on ühismeediale omased komponendid. Samuti, et Facebooki eesmärk ei ole edendada demokraatiat, vaid hoida inimesi võimalikult kaua platvormil. (Ühismeedia sõltuvust tekitavatest mehhanismidest on meil mh kirjutanud ka neuroteadlane Kristjan Kalm.) Viimast võib pidada ka põhjuseks, miks Facebook ei ole teinud tõsiseltvõetavaid samme väärinfo leviku vastu võitlemiseks. Ometi loodan ma, et nii väikeses riigis ja kogukonnas nagu Eesti oleme võimelised looma mõtteruumi, mis toob inimesi kokku, selmet neid lahutada. Seda rolli kannab hetkel endiselt suuresti ajakirjandus, ent mis on viimase dekaadi jooksul kaotanud nii lugejate tähelepanu kui reklaamiandjate raha väga suures osas tollele samale vastuolulisele ühismeediale eesotsas Facebookiga. Kas meediamajad ja väljaanded suudavad ajakirjanduse ellujäämiseks leiutada uued strateegiad või päästavad meid sellest väärinfost ja vandenõuteooriatest läbiimbunud mudasoost hoopis innovaatilised tehnoloogilised lahendused, näitab aeg.

Helen Tammemäe, ajalehe Müürileht peatoimetaja, 10. september 2020. 

[sannakartau]

Müürilehe Berliini toimetus puhkehetkel

[marje]

Queering Motion Graphics

video essay

Tutor: Else Lagerspetz

1920×1080 px

8 min 28s

Queering Motion Graphics is a series of black and white video notes that question normatives in the field of motion graphics from a queer perspective. It showcases six components – frame, framerate, kinetic typography, eased motion, motion hierarchy, and character walk cycles – that can be taken into account when analyzing motion graphics projects. Some of the questions that the project inquiries are, “Why must the video be in a rectangular frame? What is an odd motion? How does the video feel in the eyes and the body of the viewer?”

Besides charting some seldomly asked questions about the field Queering Motion Graphics also celebrates the unappreciated and the overlooked parts of video and animation creation.

Queering Motion Graphics is available on Youtube and Vimeo video platforms.

Special thanks to Berit Silvia Kondratjev for voguing choreography

Kuidas õppida kväärilt animeerima? on Müürileht

Queering Motion Graphics on Tase’21

[smileymoth]

Hatari: Visualising the end of the world may be a healing process.

by Jaane Tomps. Published 19th September 2019 on Müürileht.

Anti-capitalistic performance art group Hatari has often turned their communication with media into a joke, but according to the founder of the group, Matthías Haraldsson, this conversation includes 0% humour.

[So here it is. I tried to translate it as correctly and as true to the base text as I could. If there are any grammatical errors or weird phrasings; my apologies, English isn't my first language. :] The interview has been translated from Estonian to English and because Tumblr hates everyone, links don’t show up in the tags, aka I can’t link the original. 

Interview is under the cut!]

Hatari, who represented Iceland this year during Eurovision have certainly been one of the more controversial participants this year, yet they haven't finished with Europe. Haraldsson, who caused a lot of politic-trouble when waving around the Palestinian flags in Israel, said that destroying capitalism is going according to plan ─ they just can't lose hope now!

How far are you with the plan to destroy capitalism?

"Everything's going according to plan. We just destroyed some capitalists in the Netherlands and soon, of course Estonia, and other northern countries, will be waiting for us. We're doing well, but next year we will try turn up the tempo a lot more. We are hoping to give out an album soon and as you probably already know, we're heading for a bigger European tour. Due to Klemens just turning into a father for the second time, we can't be as efficient as we'd like; we have to learn how to fuse destroying capitalism with our own family lives. "

The situation in the world is pretty bad, has it made reaching your goals harder?

It really has, indeed. The climate collapse is one of the bigger ordeals, with which humanity has had to deal with and I think that the governments should be more active in those fields. We can't always put all the pressure on individuals, even if they can do a lot by themselves. The situation isn't to be praised right now, but we stay hopeful and trustful to our plan.

Do you enjoy the attention you received after the Eurovision song contest or would you rather leave it all behind?

To be honest, I would love to hire a duplicate of myself for concerts and tours, so I could write more. But no, the adventure and the leap we have taken, has been partially because of Eurovision, which gave us more attention. I wouldn't like to take it all back, but it is a lot of hard work and responsibility.

Has the local music scene started to treat you any differently after Eurovision?

I think so, yes, but at the same time, we have never fit into the places we've been invited to play at. We stepped up at a festival in the Netherlands and among the metal and hardcore artists stood us, that band from Eurovision. During other events, however, are we the hardcore band. We have learned to adapt. Eurovision introduced us firsthand to a lot of people and understandably, it has changed our image.

What's the story with your anger in actuality? I dare to believe that your stage-persona isn't reality...

For sure, my stage-persona is an outlet through which I meditate and manifest the anger with, which I would usually keep inside me. I usually manage to find great balance and I don't get angry a lot in my private life. I prefer to keep my emotions repressed inside me rather than speak or show them.

Which human values are overrated in your opinion?

We live in a very individualistic society. I'd say that ambitions connected with oneself, aka a person's immature ego, are overrated. I despise petty people who can't see things from an another perspective.

What is your depiction of the most fulfilling happiness?

Happiness is to be accepted and to accept others. To feel safe in a creative and an encouraging atmosphere ─  that the concepts would be respected and that it would celebrate differences. And overall,  destroy capitalism in a family friendly atmosphere.

One local schoolgirl said in a video, which recently went viral, that "The world is an empty and a useless place and people should go extinct, because climate change along with every single politician sucks." Do you agree?

Yes. That concludes it perfectly. At least that's what we try to depict. Being in denial about problems doesn't do us good, but I believe that even in the most empty places, where there are the worst politicians, it is possible to find something, about which to be hopeful about. I believe that after crashing to the bottom we can only move upward, but while being hopeful we shouldn't forget to be realistic.

What do you think the end of the world is going to be like?

I'd prefer that the world didn't end. However,  I do think that just visualising it can be a healing process and we should all do it.

Is Hatari's long-awaited album the end of the beginning of something?

It is both. I believe, that every end is the start of something new and the album has undoubtedly been a milestone for the creation that circles around Hatari. At the same time, it is also a big relief to get it off our shoulders, because after releasing that, we can focus our attention on something new. Those things always take time. We have been planning to release the album for months now, but we want to do it when we feel that it is completely ready. But it will come one day.

What's the overall conception of the album?

In the centre of its attention is corruption and the confrontation of it. Power and powerlessness. Individuality versus collective thinking. Hopefulness and hope.  Domination and surrendering. It will bring the listener to think about death, the world, and the end of all humanity as we know of it now. It will bring people to discover their deepest fears and anguish and hopefully inspire them to dream of a better future.

How do you understand that an idea is fully complete?

You don't, actually. You could work on it forever. But at a certain point you have to say, that that's the story and if we worked on it for more, it would sound differently, but it's good even in its current shape. The end result is, sometimes, also in the hands of others, because I work on the lyrics and vocals. Klemens and Einar are the ones defining the tracks.

I liked one of the interviews, where you brought up Britney Spears as one of the inspiration sources for Hatari. In which ways does she inspire you exactly?

She's a great artist and an icon of her generation. Her lyrics overcome the word-for-word understanding of a text; it's a greater level of consciousness, where we and art are the same. And her music is also very catchy.

You'll soon be performing in Narva. How much research do you do before stepping to the stage? Are you aware of the situation in Estonia right now?

Actually, my art school teacher is from Estonia. We often discuss about the current situation and usually the locals are worried about horrifyingly similar things as everyone else. They worry about the populist rhetoric and conservative and nationalist rulers, who don't take problems with the current climate seriously. I've heard, that in Estonia's government there are climate change deniers, which is an extremely serious and a worrisome topic.

You haven't visited Estonia before, right?

I've been to Tallinn once. I sang in the choir during high school. We performed in a beautiful church. It was very cold. The old town was very beautiful and I remember the guide, who had impressive knowledge of the middle ages. I remember as well, that singing in the choir wasn't exactly my thing. My high school friends were in a jovial mood and sang Icelandic national songs disgustingly loud, while I was googling Arvo Pärt in my hotel room.

I take that you're a fan of Arvo Pärt then?

Yes, he's probably one of my most favourite composers. It would be incredible to do something together with him. We have done a collaboration with one Icelandic composer and during that time, during a concert in Reykjavík, we included him within the choir. Maybe, if I sent some texts to Arvo Pärt... We would be honoured, if he created something with us for the choir or perhaps something abstract ─  it doesn't have to be lyrical, it's his own free will. If Arvo Pärt wants to contact us, then he can always write to us on the address capitalism@hatari.is. No matter which type of a collaboration he'd wish for ─ we are very open to ideas!

[reneealtrov]

Urmas Viilma, archbishop of Estonian evangelical lutheran church. . . . #vsco #church #archbishop #urmasviilma #portraitsmag #blackandwhite #blackandgrey #portrait_shots #vscoportrait #müürileht #pentax #pentax645d #mediumformat

[biit]

Müürileht 63 - Huumor UEB - Rake, DJ-ankeet Jakob and Nathan Tulve jne. #müürileht #readingisfundamental #biitme #recordstore (at Biit Me Record Store)

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illustration for Müürileht

[helgisaldo]

2023

Q-Space'i kultuurifestival tõi kokku väliskülalisi ja kohalikud filmihuvilised 6.12.2023, Vikervaade Q-Space korraldab LGBT+ kultuuri festivali Tallinnas ja Narvas 16.10.2023, Vikervaade „Transcendentia” ehk maailm pärast lõppu 3.10.2023, STL Is corporate support for LGBT+ community breaking prejudices in Estonia? 2.10.2023, ERR Dräägime binaarsust 22.09.2023, Sirp Galerii: Parima Balti drag-kuninga tiitel toodi taas Eestisse 17.09.2023, Vikervaade Tartus toimub Balti sugusantide tuleproov 7.09.2023, Vikervaade Kvääriklubi Hungr reisib Tartusse 29.08.2023, Vikervaade Kogo galerii kvääriprogrammis algas värvikate drag-esinejate näitus 26.08.2023, Tartu Postimees Kogo galeriis avatakse Baltimaade drag-esinejate rühmanäitus 15.08.2023, Vikervaade Drag-pidu BÄM! tähistab 7. sünnipäeva oksjoniga Hungris 6.07.2023, Vikervaade ‘What the new generation wants’ 22.06.2023, Meduza Helgi Saldo: Erinevus ei ole puudujääk 21.06.2023, Eesti Ekspress Galerii: ERM-i ööelu näituse jaoks valmib lühifilm "Lillade õuduste öö" 14.06.2023, ERR Tartu LGBT peol käib nii palju heterosid, et see on saanud endale „heterosõbralikkuse“ märgi 8.06, Eesti Ekspress Sveta Grigorjeva: miks peaks iga hetero minema Pride’ile 7.06.2023, Vikervaade Filmimuuseum näitab dokfilmi mässust, millest algas rahvusvaheline LGBT-liikumine 1.06.2023, Vikervaade "Lillade õuduste öö" otsib taustanäitlejaid 19.05.2023, Vikervaade Ligi 150 LGBT esindajat kogunes Tammsaare parki vägivallavastasele meeleavaldusele 17.05.2023, Reporter.ee LGBT-vaenu vastasel päeval toimub Tammsaare pargis meeleavaldus 12.05.2023, Vikervaade Kväärid avavad Tallinnas uue kogukonnabaari 13.04.2023, Pealinn BÄM! otsib superstaari: Svetas toimub drag-võistlus 3.04.2023, Vikervaade Helgi Saldo: inimese vastu kena olemine ei maksa mitte midagi 19.03.2023, ERR Kultuur Eesti Laul 2023: Milline etteaste oleks parim tänavustele gei-"Näljamängudele" ehk Eurovisioonile? 8.02.2023, Eesti Ekspress Kiirkohting: Charity Kase 1.02.2023, Müürileht Fantaasiat ja kväärpunki: Tallinnas esineb drag queen Charity Kase 25.01.2023, Vikervaade

[vahrammuradyan]

A super quick one for Müürileht about discrimination on the real estate rent market and Estonian landlords preferring female Estonians as tenants and rejecting everybody else. As always thanks to Editor Helen Tammemäe and AD Madis Katz. @muurileht @madiskatz . . . #illustration #sketch #editorialillustration #illustree #print #art #printedmatter #graphicdesign #illustrationartists #illustrator #illo #minimalart #illustree #illustrationgram #inkonpaper #illustratorsoninstagram #illustrationartist #sketch #ink #artstagram #art_spotlight #handdrawn #printmaker 24 #collage #color #colour #realestate #rent. More illustrations here ☞ instagram.com/vahrammuradyan

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About Estonian

"Did You Eat the WHOLE Cake?" On Learning Estonian by Judith Knott (Deep Baltic) | “Estonian is popularly known as a difficult language to learn. Much of its vocabulary is unfamiliar, as the only other national languages it’s related to are Finnish and, more distantly, Hungarian. It’s even been described as the most difficult Latin-alphabet language for a native English speaker, and some of its features have assumed an almost mythical status. From my experience so far, I would agree that it’s challenging, but one of the coping strategies is to focus on one’s own reality as a learner (which will be different for each individual) and not be daunted by the myths.”

The Estonian Language by Urmas Sutrop (The Estonian Institute) | A booklet covering the history of the Estonian language, an overview of grammar and syntax, and information on dialects and related languages. (FR/GER/SWE)

Online language programs

Keeleklikk / Keeletee | These online, multimedia programs from the Estonian government cover levels 0-A2 and B1-B2, respectively. Both include feedback and correspondence with professional Estonian language teachers (all free!).

Speakly | This program is most similar to Duolingo, and has extra features like listening exercises to explore. If you look around the internet, you can often find a free code. And in 2021, there is a new simplified free version on mobile.

Some quality older resources have gone offline: Lingvist’s short course in Estonian, and Kultuuriklikk, a companion to the Keeleklikk series that introduces Estonian culture at a B level. I hope they will be back some day!

Language textbooks

E nagu Eesti / T nagu Tallinn / K nagu Kihnu | This widely used series is the current standard for classroom instruction. Independent students may find it a challenge, because while there are EN/RUS/FI glossaries, all of the teaching is in Estonian.

Estonian Textbook | Though the author is now also recognized as a Soviet spy, this book contains some of the best explanations of Estonian grammar available in English.

There are other widely available Estonian books, such as from the Teach Yourself or Colloquial series. I don’t think they are as focused or well-organized as the texts above, but it’s not to say you can’t get some value from them.

Media

Television | Eesti Televisioon is the national public broadcaster in Estonia. Its native language programming is mostly free to stream worldwide. See what is airing this minute in Estonia or browse the archive.

As far as I know, there isn’t a “slow news” service, but some programs have closed caption options. People tend to speak more clearly on the chat shows, although the subject matter can be more abstract than on scripted TV.

Music | There’s more to Estonian music, but the Laulupidu is a good place to start. The Üheslaulmine from 2018 is a more casual sing-along.

Podcasts | Many options among those listed at podcastid.ee and the public radio podcasts at Vikerraadio. One to check out is “Järgmine peatus,” where guests share their travel experiences (Estonians love to travel!).

Newspapers and magazines | Some old school newspapers are Postimees and Eesti Päevaleht. On the magazine side, Anne & Stiil is something like Estonian Cosmo. Sirp and Müürileht are higher brow cultural magazines; Edasi follows current affairs.

Online dictionaries and tools

Eesti - Inglise - Eesti sõnaraamat | Estonian - English dictionary.

Sõnaveeb | An Estonian-only dictionary, but one with a great interface and extras like verb conjugations, and a simpler version for language learners.

Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat | A dictionary that provides correct examples of word usage.

Sihitisesõnastik | A dictionary to find the correct object case of a verb.

Eesti Keele Instituut | Home of many more specialized dictionaries and resources.

Filosoft | Tools to find word stems and conjugations and declinations.

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"Kõik laigid ma annaksin sulle", lühike proosa -Tauno Vahter