Heie Treier

Art critic Heie Treier, PhD teaches art history and theory at the Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication Schoolat Tallinn University, where she focuses on contemporary art. She and Arne Maasik collaborated on the 2016 Kahn exhibition at the Kuressaare Castle in Saaremaa "Kahn: Islander,” accompanied by a book of the same name, which was completed at the request of the Louis Kahn Estonian Foundation.

Presentation "Kahn. Islander"

Is the architect Louis Kahn (1901-1974) not only in dialogue with a history of the finest works of architecture, but also with the medieval architecture of his the birthplace, the island of Saaremaa? Art historian Heie Treier will introduce her latest research which is based on the above assumption. She will make use of the work of the architectural photographer Arne Maasik, who has spent a decade photographing Kahn’s buildings in the United States, Bangladesh, and India, in comparison to Saaremaa’s medieval architecture.

Presentation is accompanied by a 20-minute performance by Jaanika Peerna and David Rothenberg.