Liis Koger
happiness. It is not true to say we are losing our religion - at least I hope we are not, I personally would not like to communicate every day with a person who does not believe in anything at all. And I do not also believe there could be an atheist in dysfunctional plane or (even when it is all quiet) on the Western Front. I put those necessary conversances in the back compartment of my brain, but I do not work on its basis. I prefer not to take a fixed fragment what to carnalize, but rather see if I will find something new out of the work!
APPROACH FROM LEEWARD 2013 oil on canvas 120 x 80 cm
WORKING PROCESS
Reading your CV, we have been impressed by the wide spread of your experiences: besides studying for your BA in Fine Arts in Painting, you've also studied Theology. So we would like to ask you how your multidisciplinary education has informed the way you produce your own art today.
Besides painting, you are also a poet, and you have recently published a collection of poems. We couldn't understand your native language, so we were wondering if you could tell us a bit of your poetic production, even though it goes without saying that the poetry and language are intrinsically connected one to each other...
University of Tartu in Estonia has a great history and present - the word we often forget, specially on Theology. But before that, I studied also Psychology. Religious studies are important to understand how the world works: not for finding the one truth for yourself, but to get to know what principles the people in different countries and tribes are following: what is the reason for their behaviour, their
Exactly. It is all about one story that might not happen in a lifetime, so I am fortunate it has. It is all romantic, with its sides of felicity and tragic - you know, should be familiar to many people, we just talked about the war century! So, in love and war, nothing has changed. I still play Marlene Dietrich, >>> 7