Liina Keevallik has studied scenography at the Estonian Art Academy and holds a PhD from the University of Paris 8. She has done set and costume designs in Estonian theatres as well as abroad (France, Belgium, Spain, Norway, Lithuania), her works ranging from big operas to underground avant-garde. She has worked as the head scenographer of Von Krahl Theatre and Estonian National Opera. She was voted Scenographer of the year in 2016. She has also worked for film – designed feature and puppet films and directed films (Time. Wanted; the documentaries Wiiralt’s Dream; Romeo, Juliet and Jüri); written theatre texts, song lyrics and short film scripts (The Elusive Miracle by Rainer Sarnet) and directed visual performances.
Liina currently works as a freelancer in Paris and Tallinn and pursues her research in MEDIT, at Tallinn University. She is also an associate researcher in the international media archaeological research project Deceptive Arts (Les Arts Trompeurs). She is curating the pre-cinema department of the future Estonian Film Museum and gives
guest lectures at the Estonian Art Academy on pre-cinema inventions and their
exploitation. Since 2008, she has curated and organised May Lily Days, an annual festival of interdisciplinary arts.
Email: keevallik@gmail.com
Keevallik, L. (2015). Kui kõik on kehvasti, siis sadagu juba vihma ka? Kuidas meid filmides mõjutatakse nõnda, et me ise aru ei saa [If Everything Goes Wrong, Let it Rain? How Film Images Influence Us Without Us Noticing] Psühholoogia Sinule, 3/2015.
Keevallik, L., Hansar, M. (2014). Maikellukese päevad 2014 ehk Kasu peal väljas [May Lily Days 2014 or Looking for Profit]. Sirp, 12.06.
Keevallik, L. (2012) La figure visuelle des arts joués. Ses rapports au mythe / Une recherche sur la création de figures cinématographiques par des moyens mythologiques [The Visual Figure in Playful Art Forms. Its Relation to a Myth / A Study of the Creation of Cinematic Figures by Mythological Means]. PhD dissertation, Université Paris 8.
Keevallik, L. (2007). Nagu päris! Kunstiline kujund kinos ja tänaval [Like Real! The Artistic Figure at the Cinema and in the Street] Teater. Muusika. Kino, 12/2007, pp. 109-121.
Liina currently works as a freelancer in Paris and Tallinn and pursues her research in MEDIT, at Tallinn University. She is also an associate researcher in the international media archaeological research project Deceptive Arts (Les Arts Trompeurs). She is curating the pre-cinema department of the future Estonian Film Museum and gives
guest lectures at the Estonian Art Academy on pre-cinema inventions and their
exploitation. Since 2008, she has curated and organised May Lily Days, an annual festival of interdisciplinary arts.
Email: keevallik@gmail.com
Select publications
Keevallik, L. (2016). Romeo Castellucci teatrist. Ajal, mil nalja pole [Of Romeo Castellucci’s Theatre. At a Time of No Joking] Teater. Muusika. Kino, 2/2016, pp. 33-42.Keevallik, L. (2015). Kui kõik on kehvasti, siis sadagu juba vihma ka? Kuidas meid filmides mõjutatakse nõnda, et me ise aru ei saa [If Everything Goes Wrong, Let it Rain? How Film Images Influence Us Without Us Noticing] Psühholoogia Sinule, 3/2015.
Keevallik, L., Hansar, M. (2014). Maikellukese päevad 2014 ehk Kasu peal väljas [May Lily Days 2014 or Looking for Profit]. Sirp, 12.06.
Keevallik, L. (2012) La figure visuelle des arts joués. Ses rapports au mythe / Une recherche sur la création de figures cinématographiques par des moyens mythologiques [The Visual Figure in Playful Art Forms. Its Relation to a Myth / A Study of the Creation of Cinematic Figures by Mythological Means]. PhD dissertation, Université Paris 8.
Keevallik, L. (2007). Nagu päris! Kunstiline kujund kinos ja tänaval [Like Real! The Artistic Figure at the Cinema and in the Street] Teater. Muusika. Kino, 12/2007, pp. 109-121.