NOT SUITABLE FOR WORK

Jaanus Sammas exhibition Not Suitable for Work. A Chairmans Tale, conceived for the Estonian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, te lls the story of the former collective farm chairman Juhan Ojaste (19211990), a war hero and family man, who was declared not suit able for work. He was found guilty after being subjected to humiliating criminal trials in the 1960s for his involvement in homosex ual acts in Soviet Estonia. He lost his job and was abandoned by his family. After spending a year and a half in a corrective labor camp, Ojaste mov...[Read more]