Through the Gaps in the System: Arvo Pärt and the Soviet Underground
"Pärt is still widely regarded as an isolated, solitary figure who appeared out of nowhere in 1980s Berlin, his crystalline musical language already fully formed"Continue Reading →
Storks and Larches: Looking for the Baltic Germans' Traces
British-born, Latvian-based writer Mike Collier's latest novel attempts to reconstruct a world that existed not too long agoContinue Reading →
Goodbye Eastern Europe? An Interview with Jacob Mikanowski
"That’s what I’m pushing again – to say: no, this is a unique and uniquely rich human landscape that has had also some of the most extreme experiences in all…Continue Reading →
Borderland Complexities: Photos of the Baltics' Eastern Edges
The project Baltic Borders, led by photographer and videographer Sami Siva, results from a period of fieldwork in 2021 and 2022 along the eastern borders of Estonia and Latvia. The…Continue Reading →
“All Is Lost. I Am Chased by English”: How Estonia Got a Navy
In 1918, the Baltic was ablaze with a range of conflicting polities. All along the littoral, a plethora of factions staged a bloody and vicious conflict for control of the…Continue Reading →