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Sanatorium Atmosphere is the title of an artistic research presented as an exhibition in Tartu (Estonia) and in Vilnius (Lithuania) in the autumn 2020 and 2021. This text is the closing keynote of « The European Spa as a Transnational Public Space and Social Metaphor », final project meeting / conference, 2-3 June 2022 Brijuni Islands, Croatia. Sara Bédard-Goulet (Tartu) & Bruno Goosse (Bruxelles)
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Closing Keynote : Sara Bédard-Goulet (Tartu) & Bruno Goosse (Bruxelles) The European Spa as a Transnational Public Space and Social Metaphor Final project meeting / conference, 2-3 June 2022 Brijuni Islands, Croatia « With the help of selected case studies, both Principal investigators will zoom in on the function of the spas as seasonal transnational public spaces and stages, detail the principles of in- or exclusion and the negotiations of the issues at the spas. In particular we explore the tensions between the medicalization of the spas versus the role entertainment, sociability and consumption played. In the longue durée, we analyse…
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The Sanatorium’s Atmosphere is a solo show by the Belgian artist Bruno Goosse, which takes place at the Kogo Gallery in collaboration with Sara Bédard-Goulet, Professor of Romance Studies at the University of Tartu Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Atmosphère sanatoriale questions the invention of the public sanatorium as a political response to the tuberculosis epidemic that appeared at the end of the 19th century in industrialized countries, put into perspective by Estonian history. Kogo Gallery, October 23 – December 18, 2020, Tartu, Estonia. Already in his treatise “On Airs, Waters, and Places” Hippocrates wrote that one must consider the…
