NAIVE SUPER

Why are naive artists so adored and popular in every country? Maybe because they paint with an open heart. Belarus has Alena Kish and Yazep Drazdovich, and the Faroe Islands have Sigrun Gunnarsdóttir. One of the most famous Faroese artists lives modestly in her native village and sees the world as surreal and colorful. In a conversation with the Belarusian art curator Olga Klip, Marianna Mørkøre and Beinta á Torkilsheyggi will discuss the secret of Sigrid’s charm and wisdom and how the characters of her paintings came to life on the screen.

Language of the event: English with consecutive translation to Belarusian

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Marianna Mørkøre, film director and editor, author of the film "Heartist" (Faroe Islands)

Marianna Mørkøre, a Faroese-born film director and editor, is known for creating captivating imagery through complex visual narratives in a number of exceptional short films that have received international recognition. Her explorations in short film have informed her first venture into a feature length documentary.

Beinta á Torkilsheyggi, filmmaker and photographer, author of the film "Heartist" (Faroe Islands)

Beinta á Torkilsheyggi is a Faroese film director and photographer. With an enthusiastic curiosity for storytelling, art direction, and portrait photography, she has undertaken many exciting projects, continually intriguing the viewer with her distinctive contemporary style. Together, Beinta and Marianna have developed a uniquely playful aesthetic, bouncing their respective colorful and minimalistic approaches against one another in order to produce visually striking imagery.

Olga Klip, art critic, curator, and art manager (Belarus)

Olga Klip is a manager skilled in contemporary art, art education, museums, art exhibitions, and gallery administration. She has a Master's degree of Social Sciences in Visual and Cultural Studies and a Master 's degree of Art Studies. Olga studied art history and theory at St. Petersburg State University and museology at the Ecole du Louvre in Paris.The focus of Olga's curatorial and managerial practice is the reintegration of art into everyday life, overcoming elitism in art institutions, and empowering people to work with and for public outside the audience for high art. Olga works with under-represented artists, particularly in situations of cultural exclusion, which may be due to the center-periphery dichotomy or the restrictions practiced by cultural institutions.