Exhibition “Journey in Juri Lotman’s Semiosphere”
August 30 – September 18, 2022
MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art-Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and State Museum of Contemporary Art Collections
(TIF-Helexpo premises, Thessaloniki, Greece)
February 2022 marked 100 years since the birth of Estonian-Russian semiotician Juri Lotman (St. Petersburg, Russia Lotman, 1922 - Tartu, Esthonia, 2022). To celebrate this anniversary, the exhibition “Journey in Juri Lotman’s Semiosphere” which was first presented at the Estonian National Museum, is now hosted by MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki, Greece, from August 30 till September 18, 2022.
The exhibition introduces Juri Lotman, a professor of the University of Tartu, world-renowned semiotician, literary theorist and cultural historian, who dedicated himself to the study of culture, art and the workings of human consciousness. He was an extraordinary man who held the doors of his home and the world of his ideas open to people in the closed society.
The exhibition design is centred around Juri Lotman’s apartment in Burdenko (now Veski) street in Tartu, Estonia. Over decades, this is was the meeting place of researchers, students and cultural figures. It was a spacious and creative environment, the birthplace of high-flying ideas that made the city of Tartu a world-famous centre for semiotics. The exhibition portrays the many sides of Juri Lotman – a generous host, a dedicated grandfather, a versatile thinker and an intellectual of conscience.
The content and design concept of the exhibition was created by film art director Katrin Sipelgas and director Jaak Kilmi in cooperation with the Estonian Semiotics Association. The exhibition was originally displayed at the Estonian National Museum from February to April 2022. The exhibition was realised with the contribution and support of the University of Tartu, Tallinn University’s Juri Lotman Semiotics Repository, Estonian National Museum, Estonian Ministry of Culture, Estonian Cultural Endowment and UNESCO. In Greece, the exhibition is co-organised by MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art.
Parallel events
Guided tour in the exhibition “Journey in Juri Lotman’s Semiosphere” by the semioticians Peeter Torop and Silvi Salupere. The tour will be in English.
Thursday, September 1, 2022 / 14:00
- Book your place and/or contact: t.. 2310 240002 (Tuesday - Saturday 11:00-17:00), email info.contemporary@momus.gr, marking “Tour LOTMAN”
One day workshop in the frame of the exhibition “Journey in Juri Lotman’s Semiosphere”, organized and run by the Semiotic Lab of AUTh and MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art. The workshop will be in Greek.
Thursday, September 15, 2022 / 14:00-18:00
- Book your place and/or contact: t.. 2310 240002 (Tuesday - Saturday 11:00-17:00), email info.contemporary@momus.gr, marking “Workshop LOTMAN”