PLAYFUL CITY:
LAURI LEST (EE)
installation programme
PLAYFUL CITY / August 13-17
8 installations / locations on map
With the theme "Playful City", the 2025 festival invites you to discover the playful side of the urban environment. Play isn’t only for children – it’s a vital part of adult life too, nourishing our bodies, minds, and human relationships. Play in urban space brings freshness to routine, encourages spontaneous encounters, and sparks creativity. Eight artists and collectives from Estonia and beyond will create installations inspired by the theme "Playful City", spread throughout the town.
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photo: Krõõt Tarkmeel
Lauri Lest (EE)
LAI 7
Location: Lai 7
August 13, 15.00-20.00
August 14-17, 12.00-20.00
Lai 7 is a sound and light installation created in an abandoned and decaying residential building in the heart of Tartu. In this installation, discarded household appliances and furniture make music, thereby elevating both themselves and their bleak surroundings beyond their status as mere waste. The music and lighting program has been composed on-site at the building at Lai Street 7. The cycle lasts about 13 minutes.
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Lauri Lest (b. 1983) is an Estonian musician, sound and performance artist. Lauri creates and plays atmospheric electronic music, works with found objects, vibration speakers and sound and video editing software. His art can be described as melancholic, dreamy, experimental and sometimes humorous. He has released three studio albums and holds a degree in sculpture and installation from the Estonian Academy of Arts.
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Lauri Lest portfolio
The project is supported by the Estonian Cultural Endowment.
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