During the voting breaks the actors Märt Avandi and Ott Sepp appeared on the screen with their intermission videos. The director of the clips is René Vilbre, who has already collaborated with the duo. Their humorous performance was divided into three parts, which in terms of genre constituted a historical drama.
In the first part we saw Ot’s wooden greyhound, a little battered, with the chimney busted and its owner standing in front of the house, wandering around the wasteland. Siiri Sisask’s legendary song “Mis maa sei on?” was playing in the background. Ott seemed extremely happy with the location and smiled happily at the start of the clip.
At one point he noticed Märti walking towards him along the snowy field and frowned. With a twinkle in her eyes, she sent a man walking towards him, who praised the beautiful place and asked him what the name of the place was. “Tartu,” Ott replied grumpily, and Märt repeated the name of the place several times. Ott still looked at the cheerful guest with a reluctant and sad look.
“What’s interesting here in Tartu?” Märt asked excitedly, without letting himself be disturbed by his companion’s state. Ott shrugged at the question. “Something. The river is here somewhere, but you can’t see it right now,” he said, and Märt remained silent, observing the surroundings. Ott decided to go into the room, but Märt was fascinated by the place. “What fun,” he praised.
In the second part the activity moved to the room and there the grumpy Ott was busy fixing the stove. At the same time, however, Märt was sawing pieces of wood outside to build his house and had already built his house. Ott found out what the neighbor was doing and when he heard that Märt wanted to move across the street, he wasn’t happy. “What? NO! Why?” Ott asked his neighbor questions. “Well, there is such a beautiful spirituality here,” said Märt, tired of sawing, and continued with the activity. Ott then returned to the room and continued tinkering with the oven.
When he got outside after a while, he found that Märt had built a new house on top of the snowy field: it was the Südalinna Cultural Center, or SÜKU. “This will be the cradle of our culture!” Märt thought excitedly at a certain point and was extremely happy with the house, even if there was only a snowman inside. Ott returned to the room after hearing this news.
In the third part Ott, a little grumpy, continued to heat the oven, but took a moment to reflect, interrupted by strange voices coming from outside. Hearing this, an angry Ott rushed out and demanded that Märt figure out what was happening.
“Good news! Tartu has been chosen as the European Capital of Culture in 2024!” shouted Märt, to whom Ott asked how such a thing is possible. “There are about two cities in Europe: Rome and Corinth. And everyone already has it … “said Märt, emphasizing that people are tired of these cities. “So start producing some kind of culture soon, soon – we don’t want to be ashamed,” persuaded Märt to the neighbor in the anguish of he.
When he returned to the room, Ott began to flatten himself and broke the candlestick, which he threw to the floor. After recovering for a while and fighting off the sadness, he went outside, where he saw an incredibly long line in front of SÜKU. However, a real intercultural party took place in the house: music was playing, people were dancing vigorously and multicultural music was playing.
Ott seemed confused and frustrated by what happened, and pushed his cabin to lose contact with the location. However, the party at SÜKU continued with great momentum. Devastated, Ott took his bags and began to leave Tartu across the fields, fleeing the culture. In the final monologue, the read voice of Jaan Rekkor stated that the Tatars are a tenacious people, but they have a strong enemy: culture. “He comes uninvited. He will take over our cities, our homes, our parks and our souls,” he said and suggested that people from other parts of the country shoulder the burden of the exhausted Tartan on the run.
Watch the short film “Tartu 24” by Märt Avand and Ott Sepa in the attached video.
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2024-01-20 21:24:08
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