Anna Maskava: Milk and Vodka
PLACE: Art House Turku, Nunnankatu 4, 2 floor, Tehdas
DATE & TIME: Fresh Start Club Night at Fri 5.9. at 20:00–00:30
DURATION: 45 min. Performance is part of the Fresh Start Club Night programme, which also features performances by Anabela Veloso and Hanna Ijäs. No pre-booking needed.
LANGUAGE: English
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Milk and Vodka is an autobiographical performance focused on storytelling. It blends personal memories with social commentary, offering a humorous yet honest reflection on life in the Latvian countryside during the 1990s, a time shaped by change, uncertainty, and questionable decisions. The performance reflects on growing up in Latvia after the collapse of the Soviet Union, using personal experiences, absurd rituals, and moments that reveal the unexpected sides of everyday life in a society undergoing transformation.
Milk and Vodka employs audience interaction to explore how early experiences, local environments, and social conditions leave lasting marks on a person’s life. It is not only a reflection on the past but also a look towards the future, exploring how the past shapes who we are and what we are becoming.
The work has been developed as part of the FRESH START Nordic / Baltic programme in collaboration with Live Art Denmark (Copenhagen) and the Starptelpa Festival (Riga). The programme is funded by the Nordic Culture Point.
Anna Maskava (she/her) is a transdisciplinary visual artist whose work has a particular focus on performance and photography, often blending the two. Maskava’s works explore themes of kinship, particularly women’s experiences and the interconnectedness between humans and non-humans. With gathering and storytelling as core elements of her artistic practice, she weaves together actual and imagined narratives to examine Latvia’s socio-political forces and collective memory.