Ääremaastikud / Periphery Theatre and analogue film workshop

Ääremaastikud / Periphery

Piusa Ürgoru Maastikuteater presents:
10–19 AUGUST 2026, OBINITSAS

Landscape Theatre & Analogue Film Camp – Landscapes and Scenes

What will we do?

We gather in the landscape — and in the village — to create together.

This is a site-specific theatre and analogue film camp, where performance and film emerge from the same shared process, rooted in both nature and local cultural life.

Led by Csaba Formanek (HU) — actor, choreographer, and theatre-maker — we will develop a landscape theatre piece shaped by the body, the environment, and the presence of others. The work unfolds in direct relation to the place: forest paths, open spaces, water, village spaces, and silence.

At the same time, guided by Peter Kollanyi, we will create an experimental short film on 8mm and 16mm analogue film.

The film does not document the theatre.
It listens to it, follows it, transforms it.

It grows from the same gestures, atmospheres, and encounters — yet becomes its own autonomous work, with its own rhythm and visual language.

The theatre exists only once, in time and space.
The film remains as a trace — fragile, material, and alive.

All film material will be developed by hand in Obinitsa, allowing participants to experience the full tactile process of analogue filmmaking.

Artistic approach

We work at the intersection of body, landscape, and analogue image — but also within a living cultural environment.

The landscape is not a backdrop — it is a collaborator.
The village is not a setting — it is a presence.
The body is not performing — it is responding.
The film is not recording — it is remembering.

Through slowness, attention, and collective creation, we explore how ephemeral experiences can be held, transformed, and reimagined.

Where?

Obinitsa, South Estonia — a unique cultural village in Setomaa, where landscape, traditions, and community life are closely connected.

The camp takes place in collaboration with local hosts and cultural practitioners, offering insight into a living rural environment shaped by strong cultural identity and creative activity.

Living together

We live as a temporary community.
Participants stay in tents — please bring your own sleeping bag and camping equipment.

Washing takes place in a traditional sauna, as there are no separate shower facilities.
Meals are prepared and shared together.

Participation

Participation fee: 100 EUR
Includes materials, workshops, and food.

Participation is open to everyone.
Places are allocated on a first come, first served basis upon payment.
Final deadline for payment: 15 July.

The working language of the camp is English (with Estonian support where needed).

Join us

Open to all who are curious about film, theatre, and experimental creation.
No prior experience is required.

Come to be part of a process where
landscape becomes stage,
village becomes context,
time becomes material,
and film becomes memory.

PREVIOUS SHOWs
https://youtu.be/9HSnUwkurMw?is=gIQ3q2ponoxJnNRW
https://youtu.be/pMgXiELifP8?is=MpYs4ZYzKADHMDEo

Program:

10 August

14.00 Meeting in Obinitsa / arrival / accommodation
15.00 Introduction / getting to know each other / group exercises
19.00 Dinner
20.00 Presentation of the camp programme / expectations / creative vision

11 August

9.00 Breakfast
11.00 Group work (theatre / scriptwriting / casting / scenography / costumes)
14.00 Lunch
15.00 Group work continues
19.00 Dinner
20.00 Film screening / discussions / music / movement

12 August

9.00 Breakfast
11.00 Group work (developing scenes / dramaturgy / roles)
14.00 Lunch
15.00 Group work continues
19.00 Dinner
20.00 Film screening / discussions / creative evening

13 August

9.00 Breakfast
11.00 Introduction to analogue filmmaking with Peter Kollanyi
12.00 Preparation for shooting
14.00 Lunch
15.00 Shooting (analogue film)
19.00 Dinner
20.00 Watching experimental films / discussion

14 August

9.00 Breakfast
10.00 Preparing for shooting
11.00 Shooting
14.00 Lunch
15.00 Shooting
19.00 Dinner
20.00 Film screening / reflections

15 August

9.00 Breakfast
10.00 Reflection / planning
11.00 Shooting
14.00 Lunch
15.00 Shooting continues
19.00 Dinner
20.00 Free creative evening / music / movement

16 August

9.00 Breakfast
11.00 Developing and processing analogue film in Obinitsa
14.00 Lunch
15.00 Film processing continues / viewing material
19.00 Dinner
20.00 Discussion / reflection

17 August

9.00 Breakfast
11.00 Rehearsals in landscape
14.00 Lunch
15.00 Full run-through / adjustments
19.00 Dinner
20.00 Final preparations

18 August

9.00 Breakfast
11.00 Final preparations
14.00 Lunch
16.00 First performance (landscape theatre walk)
19.00 Dinner
20.00 Second performance

More info:

Sara.kisari@gmail.com
Tel. +37258877144
https://www.eikellegimaa.ee/en

Avalik töötuba III / Karakterite ja kostüümide loomine

Aeg: 25-26. mai 2024 (mõlemal päeval kell 11-15, 4-tunnised töötoad)

Asukoht: Eikellegimaa

Sisu: Õmblemine, punumine, maskid ja rekvisiidid. Töö traditsiooniliste käsitööriistade ja looduslike materjalidega. Töötoa eestvedajad: Marit Külv ja Maari Soekov.

Muudes tegevustes abistavad vabatahtlikult kogukonna omad käsitöölised.

Public workshop III / Characters in Landscapes / Costumes and Craft

Design a character and realise the costume

Time: 25th and 26th of May 2024. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 4-hour workshops)

Location: Eikellegimaa - the ancient valley of Piusa river, Võrumaa

Content: Workshop on developing a character, sewing, braiding, masks and props. Work with traditional hand tools and natural materials.

Workshop leaders: Marit Külv and Maari Soekov.

Maari Soekov is an artist and illustrator who creates animalistic characters in magical pattern worlds.

Craftsmen from the community are present to assist with tools, materials and techniques.

Event is a collaboration of MTÜ Eikellegimaa and Finno-Ugric Film Fond (FUFF) with support of Tartu 2024.

Public workshop IV / Analogue film workshop - Landscapes and scenes

Time: July 16-18, 2024 at 11:00-15:00 every day

Location: Eikellegimaa - the ancient valley of Piusa river, Võrumaa

Content: Workshop on creating audiovisual images/ films for the performance - “Periphery”. We use 16mm camera equipment and different analogue film technics (scratching, painting, covering) - in collaboration of the already existing scenes of the show. We make short films which will be projected by a 16 mm projector in the actual performance in the scenery-landscape.
We will be developing the films in Riga.

Workshop leader: Dragos Adriana - Lector, Photography and Dynamic Image, National University of Arts Bucharest Bucharest, Romania

The workshop is in English with possible Estonian translation.