Events

Andres Koort will open his personal exhibition Chaos and Order in Hobusepea gallery at 18:00 on Wednesday, July 27th, 2022. Exhibition will be open until August 22nd, 2022.  The title Chaos and Order refers to the two opposite forces and the motion between these two states. Etymologically, the word “chaos” is related to Greek verb “χαίνω” that denoted the yawning emptiness, void, gap. This is the initial existence of non-existence of things; a state consisting of a potential, a yearning for getting structured. This is the commencement phase of things charged with pure energy, the birth moment of all things. Also, exact sciences study the essence of “chaos”. According to the theory of chaos, there are a systematic ground structure, constant feedback, repetitions, self-resemblance, fractals and self-organization behind the seemingly random behaviour of chaotic complex system.

General common sense would say that there is no Planet B, and we should focus and target all resources on fixing planet Earth which humanity has managed to bring to a fatal stage. We are living in the geological time known as the Anthropocene – the age when human activity began to influence the planet’s climate and ecosystems significantly.     Nevertheless, the super-rich, like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, choose to invest (but also obtain a big junk of public funding) in space research and speculate about the possibility of leaving for Planet B. Surprisingly, such naive escapism gains attention instead of undoing the ecological damage on Earth and begins to be considered as an alternative option to the heavily contaminated and problematic Planet A. The billionaires reassure the public of their altruistic intentions for a better future while realizing their power, capital, and technophilia dreams.   Why do people like Elon Musk want to save us? And most importantly, why do they want us to believe that we need to be saved?  

On Friday, July 29 at 6:00 p.m., the exhibition “7 artists. Body“ will open in the large gallery of Tartu Art House. The curators of the exhibition are Mall Nukke and Tiiu Rebane. The conceptual starting point of the exhibition is the “body“. What is the body, right here and now? Is it topical, sexual, social, cultural, environmentally sensitive, political, spiritual, or something else? How “is” something a body and another thing “is not”? The exhibition dedicated to the figurative paintings of seven artists is a continuation of the series of exhibitions held at the initiative of the painter Mall Nukke and under the auspices of the Estonian Painters Association. The series started in the spring of 2021 at the Rantakasarmi Gallery of the Helsinki Artists’ Association in Suomenlinna, Finland.

On Friday, 29 July at 6 p.m. Karin Strohm will open her solo exhibition “Too late to be modest” in the small gallery of Tartu Art House. Karin Strohm’s exhibition consists of a series of paintings that represent visual mind games. Thought games, inspired by the relationship between nature and the Anthropocene. This is a glimpse into the circle of life. The artist adds: “Landscapes grown over by carnivorous plants inhabited by a mass of breeding rabbits. Rabbits as the symbols of the civilised world in a carnivorous jungle. Who’s eating who here? Regardless of the mobility of the breeders, the plants will get to us when we are under the soil sooner or later. In a competition which is exceedingly escalating and in an atmosphere full of pressure, the rabbits will continue breeding. This, in turn, produces humus and meat for the carnivores…”

On Wednesday, August 3 at 4 p.m. the exhibition “Reflecting the Self” will open in the Valga Museum. The exhibition is curated by Peeter Talvistu. A special bus from Tartu is available for the opening! For the fourth time, Tartu Artists’ Union will organise an exhibition of contemporary art in the gallery of the Valga Museum. This time, however, the central figure is one of the first renowned woman artists in Estonia: Karin Luts. The self-portraits that she made at different points in her life will be accompanied by six contemporary authors: Cloe Jancis, Loora Kaubi, Eva Labotkin, Margit Lõhmus, Anna-Stina Treumund and Mari Volens. Even though their depictions of themselves are very different visually and conceptually, the persona of Luts and her writings have played a significant role in the development of many of today’s woman authors in Estonia.

Sirje Petersen will open her personal exhibition Flow of Light in Draakon gallery at 18:00 on Monday, July 25, 2022. Exhibition will be open until August 19, 2022.  Light shows us colours.  What's out comes in and what's in gets out. Openness and closeness. Light helps us to see details and light makes darkness go away. Everyone has a place and a space in this world, sometimes it is warm and cosy, sometimes cold and bleak. Sometimes it is noisy, sometimes it is too silent. Always changing – in light and in shadow. No-one can grow in darkness. It becomes possible in light.  Darkness may seem endless but a ray of light can always lit it up and make everything alive.

Lecture “Species Stock Market” by Prof Urmas Kõljalg director of University of Tartu Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden — EAA Muhu Art  Residency 25.07.2022 at 18.00 https://www.ai-res.org/single-post/liikide-aktsiaturg-prof-urmas-k%C3%B…

Finally in Tallinn! Opening of the exhibition Self-Portrait as a Dancer and a Revolutionary by Brit Pavelson and Cloe Jancis at Volta Showcase 12.07.2022 The opening of the duo show entitled Self-Portrait as a Dancer and a Revolutionary by Brit Pavelson and Cloe Jancis will take place on 14 July at 6 pm at Volta Showcase. The exhibition playfully addresses topics such as women’s everyday roles and the spaces in which these roles are expressed. What are the roles that permeate through the definition of a parent, a partner and an artist? How can we best cope with the emotional states that different roles make us feel? Which domestic practices are considered “feminine” and what is their social or artistic value?

15.07–09.09.2022 We cordially invite you to the exhibition opening on 14.07 at 6.00 PM! Kristina Õllek’s solo exhibition Filtering With Cyanobacteria, Double Binds & Other Blooms at the ISSP gallery is a continuation of her ongoing project Filter Feeders, Double Binds & Other Silicones (2019 – …), based on personal observations and research around anthropocentric influences on marine ecology. With the current exhibition, Õllek is focusing on cyanobacteria and the Baltic Sea, which is one of the most polluted and human-affected seas in the world. Its fragile ecosystem is not only dependent on natural factors, but is heavily impacted by the human population surrounding it (including agricultural run-off nutrients, industrial chemicals, poor water management, waste, heavy marine traffic, underwater noise, etc.).

For thousands of years people have talked about the source of eternal youth and wishing wells, but no such source or well has ever been found anywhere. Today, people’s indelible thirst for eternal youth and beauty still remains unquenched. From Saturday, 9 July, Cloe Jancis’ exhibition Wishing Well will be open at Tallinn City Gallery, drawing inspiration from the influx of commodified self-help opportunities on social media. The curator of the exhibition is Siim Preiman. You are welcome to the opening of the exhibition at Tallinn City Gallery on Friday, 8 July at 6 pm.