A new research programme is launched that would be unique in the Baltic
region. The evolution of Estonian audio-visual culture is observed from
the regional perspective, in parallel and interwoven with both the East
European and Nordic picture landscapes and production processes. The
development of audio-visual culture is also studied in the context of
border-crossings between media, i.e. significant attention is paid to
inter-textuality and inter-semiotic translations between different
fields of arts in different eras, e.g. between literature and film,
visual arts and film or music and film. Critical attention is also paid
to analysis of production and consumption mechanisms of audio-visual
culture by relating the audio-visual form and narrative system to
social, political and economic fields.