The Flying Tram (2025)

This exhibition is largely based on my PhD about the atmospheres of trams. A tram atmosphere combines the history, technology and aesthetics of trams with our associations and emotions, memories and everyday experiences. An artistic language is often a way to describe otherwise elusive atmospheres. Therefore, the exhibition features a number of works of art dedicated to trams. In addition, it includes archival photographs and video reels of Tallinn trams, museum objects, tram plans and dreams, as well as stories by tram drivers.

The exhibition is open in The People’s Museum of Tallinn from March 2025 until February 2026.

Interview in Estonian and English (TV3 Estonia)

Interview in Russian (ETV+)

Curator and artist: Aleksandra Ianchenko, PhD

Co-curator: Denis Jatsenko

Production: Jaanika Jüris, Joonas Parve

Garaaž. Гараж. Garage (2024)

This exhibition explores the paradoxicality of a garage, its history and mythology, through diverse garage stories, both archival and contemporary. In Tallinn, one can find different garages: historical buildings from the early 20th century and garage areas built during the Soviet period. While some still serve as parking places or warehouses, others are now workshops, places for hobbies and businesses. By gathering these stories, this exhibition seeks to understand the past, present and future of garages in our city. The exhibition is in the Tallinn City Museum from October 2024 until December 2025.

Interview with curators (in Russian), ETV+

Curators: Aleksandra Ianchenko, Denis Jatsenko

Research consultant: Tauri Tuvikene

Design: Katerina Poltavets

Lines That Live (2024)

The photo exhibition features different forms and views of territorial borders. The exhibition was organised by the research project Eur-Asian Border Lab along with the symposium ‘Bridging the Regions and Disciplines in Border Studies’ at Tallinn University in February 2024. The online version of the exhibition is here.

Curatorial team: Karin Dean, Aleksandra Ianchenko, Krista Mölder

Exposition design: Aleksandra Ianchenko, Krista Mölder

Web version: Djahane Ambrine Zaïr

Coordination: Sevda Özden

Trams: More than Transport (2022)

The temporary exhibition on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the closure of the tramways in Turku, Finland. The exhibition consists of 7 stories (“stations”) about trams not as functioning transport but as symbolical and cultural objects. These stories are based on artistic and academic research from the PUTSPACE project. The exhibition was on display at Åbo Akademi University in October 2022.

Rabbits&Rails (2022)

The touring exhibition Rabbits&Rails is about public transport as public space in European cities. It features artworks and academic findings by the PUTSPACE researchers. The exhibition was on display at Halles Saint-Gery in Brussels (spring 2022), at the Estonian Road Museum (summer 2022) and at the Museum of Geography in Padua, Italy (autumn 2022).

The online version of the exhibition is available in 7 languages here.