Two-Room Conference
Two-Room Conference is a ongoing series of domestic symposium conceived by Oliver Issak and Margaret Tilk, transforming their apartment into a temporary public forum.
The series explores what happens when political and intellectual conversation abandons plazas and auditoriums and instead unfolds within the tight architecture of a two-room home.
Rooted in Judith Butler’s critique of Hannah Arendt’s separation of public and private spheres, the project treats the home as a space where intimacy and public action merge. Sixty years and thousands of kilometres from Yoko Ono’s home performances, the artists’ living room becomes a contemporary “public room” at the European periphery.
The series revolves around an intentionally open thematic impulse—“speaking about something interesting”—inviting contributions driven less by expertise than by curiosity, resonance, and the simple desire to share thought.
Act I
13.09.2025
“the couch”
Speakers: Daniel Tamm, Kerly Ritval, Erik Richard Salumäe, Kristel Zimmer, Elisa-Johanna Liiv
Act II
16.11.2025
“the bed”
Speakers: Tristan Czar Aasmäe, Elo Vahtrik, Kenn-Eerik Kannike, Kerli Ilves, Kairi Mändla, Anita Kremm