Events

On Thursday, 27 August at 5 p.m. Johanna Mudist will open her solo exhibition “Flora and Fauna” in the small gallery of the Tartu Art House.   With these drawings, Johanna Mudist continues her little man’s series, where the play between the small format of her piece and the proportions of the human-character(s) depicted, looked at the myth of the little man known from the classics of literature. When used in literature, “little man” was little mostly in terms of its function (e.g. some clerk as a cog in the machine), Mudist, however, is observing the system as a whole. This time, the play with proportions has moved on from people also to flora and fauna.   Having drawn the distinction, dividing the world into living beings, plants and animals, the artist abandons it almost at once and demonstrates the metamorphic nature of all matter. All conceivable proportions are uncertain and sequences are arbitrary.

On 27 August at 7 PM, Vaal Gallery in Tallinn will open the exhibition of Laura Põld and Piret Karro, Shedding Skin. The exhibition project was born in joint creation of the two authors and brings together Laura Põld’s site-specific installations, drawings and ceramics and Piret Karro’s poetry, prose and photos in the format of a notebook series. Shedding Skin refers to changing, hardening, and the need for self-creation. The dialogue between Põld and Karro took place in the context of the movement restrictions established in the course of this year’s global events. Particular focus was set on the practical issues of living arrangements and cohabitation constellations as well as the survival strategies of cultural workers. Piret Karro’s texts are straightforward and convey Eastern European realism. She uses assertive and poignant free verse to write about intimacy and violence and the relationships between body and space, locating herself en route between Tallinn–Berlin–Budapest.

Once again, on August 19th, begins the annual ceramics symposium at Tohisoo Manor House and kiln yard, in Kohila. In 2020 we celebrate both the 20th symposium and 20 years passing from the first anagama-kiln constructions. The format of this year´s symposium is different. Given the circumstances, the usual international event is postponed and the group is composed of local participants.   Kohila Symposium has become a tradition, an important event both in the local and international scene, gathering contemporary knowledge and skills around different wood-firing techniques while functioning as a mediator between the professional community and among the general public.

On August 19th at 5pm at KORDON Container Gallery is opening of the video installation “Case No.14. The Storm on the Baltic Sea” by Karel Koplimets with Artist Talk at 6pm and  Sea Rescue Seminar afterwards. You are very invited!   We see a pop-up container gallery as design activism dealing with urgent issues: technology and capitalist (over-)consumption and its contrast with nature.The video installation “Case No.14.

The group exhibition ida ots(as)? / east end(s)? focuses on re-examining and reflecting on the identity and socio-psychological experiences of Eastern Europeans. Eight Estonian artists will present their works in diverse mediums, and thereby create a complex offering for an open intergenerational dialogue. We question: What does it mean to be a nation that is located and defined as being North-Eastern European? How is Estonia's identity shaped by inner and outer expectations? When will we be able to live up to the set of economic, societal and developmental standards of Western Europe or do we have the backbone to define a new path?   Alexei Gordin https https://www.alexeigordin.com/ Madlen Hirtentreu https://www.madlenhirtentreu.com/ Flo Kasearu http://www.flokasearu.eu/

The exhibition is open from 8 August – 30 August from Wednesday until Sunday 12pm-6pm (on Monday and Tuesday the exhibition is closed) at Narva Art Residency (Joala 18). The exhibition entrance is free of charge. The opening of the exhibition takes place on 6 August at 5pm – everybody is welcome! Authors: Loora Kaubi, Lisette Lepik, Ekke Peeter Sauter, Theresia Pürmayr, Egert Tischler, Jelizaveta Šalova, Kati Müüripeal, Vassa Ponomarjova, Ats Kruusing, Liisa-Aleksandra Volmer Supervisors: Kristi Kongi and Tõnis Saadoja

Gudrun Koppel’s exhibition “She hoped that Angels see and understand – She hoped that someone sees and understands” in Draakon gallery will be opened on Monday, 3rd of August at 18.00. The exhibition remains open until August 29.   Just as a mythical snake that devours itself from its tail continues to eat its tail in a total endless eternal circle, so everything is the same and has already happened here under the Sun. In retrospect, arbitrary generalizations are made, about which there is no complete truth, because narratives have been interpreted as reflective in the world behind the mirror.   The way angels are portrayed, as we understand them in the Western Christian world, comes from Persia, the oldest monotheistic religion, Zoroastrianism.   The island of Antirhodos sank to the seabed due to a tsunami caused by an earthquake in the 4th century.

Opening 5.08. 17.00 – 19.00   The exhibition brings together the installation "Husa" by Mari-Leen Kiipli and series of photo collages "Crystal Grid" by Paul Kuimet. The opening takes place in the gallery and the courtyard of the Widget Factory. We kindly ask to keep a reasonable distance so that everybody can feel comfortable.   The installation by Mari-Leen first created for Haapsalu City Gallery and exhibited there in July fills the Kogo Gallery and expands to the yard of the Widget Factory. Series "Crystal Grid" by Paul Kuimet was first shown at the Tallinn Art Hall in the Paul Kuimet's and Mihkel Ilus' exhibition "Endless Story" curated by Siim Preiman.   Mari-Leen Kiipli's installation "Husa" depicts a fantastic garden.

In July, the windows of A–gallery on the corner of Hobusepea and Pikk street host the exhibitions of. The exhibitions are on view in any weather and at any time of the day between 6th and 29th of August 2020.   Also, keep an eye on the homepage of A-gallery for the continuation of the artist talk series!   EXTENDED PLAY

On Thursday, 30 July at 5 pm Mari Volens will open her solo exhibition “Sudden Disentanglement” in the monumental gallery of the Tartu Art House.   The exhibition consists of the installation “A Quiet Turn” (2018, earlier exhibited in the Draakoni Gallery in Tallinn and at the Tallinn Art Hall group exhibition “The Art of Being Good”) and the photo series “Taking Shape”. The artist uses sound, light, colour and moving objects to create the resulting ensemble. Altogether it is the border between the internal world of thoughts and imagination and the external reality.   Something started moving. Couldn’t go on as before. Some air got into the compressed state, rigidity and defence were replace by trust. What if we could let go of familiar forms? If we knew that there was another way. If we didn’t forget that we didn’t need more. Maybe we can, maybe we don’t have to,