Sutures

Sutures explores the layered formation of identity and mechanisms of biopolitical control in the post-Soviet space. In the EKA Gallery version, the work consisted of three printed portraits and three unsynchronized video channels displayed on monitors. Digitally rendered female figures bear red scar-like patterns on their faces, reminiscent of traditional Tarvastu embroidery—symbols of cultural memory etched onto the body. The first video depicts a woman shedding her "skin"—a metaphor for rejecting imposed societal norms. The second shows bodily movements beneath a transparent yet oppressive material, illustrating the tension between obedience and resistance. The third channel features a woman in digitally recreated Muhu folk costume performing capoeira movements—a reference to historical resistance and hidden struggle. The body becomes a site of political and cultural inscription, where transformation reveals both personal and collective narratives of belonging and loss in post-Soviet Estonia.