EKA Gallery

11.04.2025 — 27.04.2025

Spatialist Studio “Silicate Ontology I. A Material and Social History 1900-2025” EKA Gallery 11.–27.04.2025

SILICATE ONTOLOGY I. A material and social history 1900-2025
EKA Gallery 11.–27.04.2025
Opening: 11.04.2025 at 6pm
Open Tue–Sat 12–6 pm Sun 12–4 pm, free entry

Silicate embodies the evolution of 20th-century Estonian architecture. Among the few widely available materials during Soviet deficits, silicate played a crucial role in shaping both monumental and everyday architecture – from the heyday of functionalist villas to self-built garages, from standardised apartment buildings to military infrastructure.

Through a kaleidoscopic lens, the exhibition marries perspectives from material science, architectural history, and cultural anthropology to critically examine the contested status of silicate and its potential for future application. Interwoven throughout are the insights of alumni and research conducted by students and scholars of the Estonian Academy of Arts.

In an era of increasing resource constraints, the exhibition invites viewers to consider whether, and how, material contaminated by Soviet association can be reborn anew.

Curated by: Henri Kopra ja Iiris Tähti Toom (Spatialist Studio)
Technical support: Erik Hõim

The exhibition is supported by the Estonian Association of Architects, the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Tallinn City, Bauroc and Sadolin Estonia.
Opening drinks from Põhjala Brewery.

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Spatialist Studio “Silicate Ontology I. A Material and Social History 1900-2025” EKA Gallery 11.–27.04.2025

Friday 11 April, 2025 — Sunday 27 April, 2025

SILICATE ONTOLOGY I. A material and social history 1900-2025
EKA Gallery 11.–27.04.2025
Opening: 11.04.2025 at 6pm
Open Tue–Sat 12–6 pm Sun 12–4 pm, free entry

Silicate embodies the evolution of 20th-century Estonian architecture. Among the few widely available materials during Soviet deficits, silicate played a crucial role in shaping both monumental and everyday architecture – from the heyday of functionalist villas to self-built garages, from standardised apartment buildings to military infrastructure.

Through a kaleidoscopic lens, the exhibition marries perspectives from material science, architectural history, and cultural anthropology to critically examine the contested status of silicate and its potential for future application. Interwoven throughout are the insights of alumni and research conducted by students and scholars of the Estonian Academy of Arts.

In an era of increasing resource constraints, the exhibition invites viewers to consider whether, and how, material contaminated by Soviet association can be reborn anew.

Curated by: Henri Kopra ja Iiris Tähti Toom (Spatialist Studio)
Technical support: Erik Hõim

The exhibition is supported by the Estonian Association of Architects, the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Tallinn City, Bauroc and Sadolin Estonia.
Opening drinks from Põhjala Brewery.

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03.04.2025 — 06.04.2025

Aivar Tõnso “Light Matter in Dark State” at EKA Gallery 3.–6.04.2025

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Aivar Tõnso’s solo exhibition “Light Matter in Dark State”
EKA Gallery 3.–6.04.2025
Open Thu–Fri 2–10 pm Sat 12–10 pm Sun 12–6 pm, free entry
Opening: 3.04.2025 at 6 pm

Aivar Tõnso’s exhibition “Light Matter in Dark State” continues his experiments in the field of sound art that grew out of his musical work. The spatial sound exhibition, created with the Ebakõlar System, which relies on the sound characteristics of various materials, aims to push the boundaries of the listening experience, inviting viewers not only to listen, but also to actively perceive and participate in the sound space. It is possible to move within a sound composition without a definite beginning and end, which can be entered at any moment in time from any freely chosen direction.

Since sound and imagination are the central themes in Tõnso’s work, he also considers the character of sounds important, and as one way to achieve unique sounds, he often uses the constantly evolving Ebakõlar System built on the basis of various physical materials. Unlike commercial speakers designed for listening to music, Ebakõlar System do not try to play the widest possible sound frequency spectrum evenly. Each speaker has its own unique raw and undesigned character resulting from the properties of the material. It is also a process where the material visible to the eye acquires new hidden meanings due to the excitation by sounds.

Photos of the Ebakõlar System can be downloaded here.

Aivar Tõnso is a musician, sound artist and curator of interdisciplinary cultural events. He has been involved in electronic music creation since the early 90s and has participated in projects such as Hüpnosaurus, Kismabande, Kulgurid and Ulmer. Having long ventured into the fringes of club music and experimental electronic music, he has been active in the field of sound art in recent years both as an artist and as the organizer of the Üle Heli festival.

On Saturday, April 5th at 3 pm, artist Aivar Tõnso will give a guided tour at the exhibition in English.

The event is part of the Tallinn Music Week city program. Check out the full program here.

Graphic design by: Jaan Evart
Light design by: Rene Manivald Tamm
Technical support: Erik Hõim
The exhibition is supported by Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Sadolin Estonia, Tallinn City and Tallinn Music Week.
Opening drinks from Põhjala Brewery.

Thanks: Ian Simon Märjama, Maria Aua, Märt Vaidla, Tarvo Porroson, Tiina Tõnso, Timo Toots, Madis Reivik, Raivo Raidvee

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Aivar Tõnso “Light Matter in Dark State” at EKA Gallery 3.–6.04.2025

Thursday 03 April, 2025 — Sunday 06 April, 2025

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Aivar Tõnso’s solo exhibition “Light Matter in Dark State”
EKA Gallery 3.–6.04.2025
Open Thu–Fri 2–10 pm Sat 12–10 pm Sun 12–6 pm, free entry
Opening: 3.04.2025 at 6 pm

Aivar Tõnso’s exhibition “Light Matter in Dark State” continues his experiments in the field of sound art that grew out of his musical work. The spatial sound exhibition, created with the Ebakõlar System, which relies on the sound characteristics of various materials, aims to push the boundaries of the listening experience, inviting viewers not only to listen, but also to actively perceive and participate in the sound space. It is possible to move within a sound composition without a definite beginning and end, which can be entered at any moment in time from any freely chosen direction.

Since sound and imagination are the central themes in Tõnso’s work, he also considers the character of sounds important, and as one way to achieve unique sounds, he often uses the constantly evolving Ebakõlar System built on the basis of various physical materials. Unlike commercial speakers designed for listening to music, Ebakõlar System do not try to play the widest possible sound frequency spectrum evenly. Each speaker has its own unique raw and undesigned character resulting from the properties of the material. It is also a process where the material visible to the eye acquires new hidden meanings due to the excitation by sounds.

Photos of the Ebakõlar System can be downloaded here.

Aivar Tõnso is a musician, sound artist and curator of interdisciplinary cultural events. He has been involved in electronic music creation since the early 90s and has participated in projects such as Hüpnosaurus, Kismabande, Kulgurid and Ulmer. Having long ventured into the fringes of club music and experimental electronic music, he has been active in the field of sound art in recent years both as an artist and as the organizer of the Üle Heli festival.

On Saturday, April 5th at 3 pm, artist Aivar Tõnso will give a guided tour at the exhibition in English.

The event is part of the Tallinn Music Week city program. Check out the full program here.

Graphic design by: Jaan Evart
Light design by: Rene Manivald Tamm
Technical support: Erik Hõim
The exhibition is supported by Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Sadolin Estonia, Tallinn City and Tallinn Music Week.
Opening drinks from Põhjala Brewery.

Thanks: Ian Simon Märjama, Maria Aua, Märt Vaidla, Tarvo Porroson, Tiina Tõnso, Timo Toots, Madis Reivik, Raivo Raidvee

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03.04.2025 — 25.05.2025

Anu Jakobson “Finite_Jest.psd” at EKA Billboard Gallery 3.04.–25.05.2025

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Anu Jakobson’s solo exhibition “Finite_Jest.psd”
EKA Billboard Gallery 3.04.–25.05.2025
Open 24/7, free
Opening: 3.04.2025 at 6.30 pm

Anu Jakobson’s paintings explore internet culture by using symbols and images that are widely spread online. Much like ancient civilizations used hieroglyphics and stone carvings for representation to encode power, myth, and collective identity, Jakobson’s work similarly engages with contemporary symbols. The cloudiness achieved with an airbrush emphasizes the virtual, while the painting itself resembles a file of poor quality. By translating these fleeting digital symbols into the physical permanence of a painting, the work reflects a return to classical representation. It suggests that, in the age of excessive information, our need to document and decode reality mirrors the visual storytelling of past civilizations.

Curated by: Kaisa Maasik
The exhibition is supported by Tallinn City.
Opening drinks from Põhjala Brewery.

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Anu Jakobson “Finite_Jest.psd” at EKA Billboard Gallery 3.04.–25.05.2025

Thursday 03 April, 2025 — Sunday 25 May, 2025

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Anu Jakobson’s solo exhibition “Finite_Jest.psd”
EKA Billboard Gallery 3.04.–25.05.2025
Open 24/7, free
Opening: 3.04.2025 at 6.30 pm

Anu Jakobson’s paintings explore internet culture by using symbols and images that are widely spread online. Much like ancient civilizations used hieroglyphics and stone carvings for representation to encode power, myth, and collective identity, Jakobson’s work similarly engages with contemporary symbols. The cloudiness achieved with an airbrush emphasizes the virtual, while the painting itself resembles a file of poor quality. By translating these fleeting digital symbols into the physical permanence of a painting, the work reflects a return to classical representation. It suggests that, in the age of excessive information, our need to document and decode reality mirrors the visual storytelling of past civilizations.

Curated by: Kaisa Maasik
The exhibition is supported by Tallinn City.
Opening drinks from Põhjala Brewery.

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13.03.2025 — 19.03.2025

Guided tours at Karl Joonas Alamaa’s solo exhibition “Daily Play and Bread”

Artist Karl Joonas Alamaa and curator Mikk Lahesalu will lead three guided tours at the exhibition “Daily Play and Bread” at EKA Gallery:
– on Thursday, March 13 at 4 pm, in Estonian
– on Wednesday, March 19 at 4 pm, in English
– on Wednesday, March 19 at 5 pm, in Estonian

Participation is free of charge.

More info:
https://www.artun.ee/en/calendar/karl-joonas-alamaa-daily-play-and-bread-at-eka-gallery/

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Guided tours at Karl Joonas Alamaa’s solo exhibition “Daily Play and Bread”

Thursday 13 March, 2025 — Wednesday 19 March, 2025

Artist Karl Joonas Alamaa and curator Mikk Lahesalu will lead three guided tours at the exhibition “Daily Play and Bread” at EKA Gallery:
– on Thursday, March 13 at 4 pm, in Estonian
– on Wednesday, March 19 at 4 pm, in English
– on Wednesday, March 19 at 5 pm, in Estonian

Participation is free of charge.

More info:
https://www.artun.ee/en/calendar/karl-joonas-alamaa-daily-play-and-bread-at-eka-gallery/

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06.03.2025 — 30.03.2025

Karl Joonas Alamaa “Daily Play and Bread” at EKA Gallery 7.–30.03.2025

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Karl Joonas Alamaa’s solo exhibition “Daily Play and Bread”
EKA Gallery 7.–30.03.2025
Open Tue–Sat 12–6pm Sun 12–4pm, free entry
Opening: 6.03.2025 at 6pm

Artist and designer Karl Joonas Alamaa is interested in personal and collective power — how the strength of individuals can oppose authority and politics. The exhibition is based on interviews with people from different parts of the world who have been forced to leave their home countries for various reasons. Working with archival materials and collecting personal stories, their works highlight the power of seemingly small actions to unite people and create social change.

“The basis of the research is the story of my great-aunt Leili, who was deported to Siberia during the Stalinist purges,” explains Alamaa. “In Siberia, Leili was sent to work in a birch forests. On another day of work, she carved her name and family details into the bark of a birch tree. Unexpectedly, that log reached the workshop where her father worked, and he happened to see it after a long time of separation.” This notion of hope amidst extreme repression raises critical questions about the nature of hope, resilience, and resistance in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. How can individuals find hope in the most desperate situations? How do small, personal acts of resistance challenge the carefully designed power structures and contribute to broader social change?

The title of the exhibition is derived from the aphorism of the ancient Roman poet Juvenal “Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.” This refers to bread as a cross-cultural symbol, representing everyday well-being and basic needs as well as their use as a tool of oppression. The exhibition brings together textile sculptures and other interactive and playful works that explore memory and society, delving into the themes of finding hope and purpose in a world that often feels suffocating and restrictive.

Karl Joonas Alamaa (2000) has studied fashion at the Estonian Academy of Arts and costume design at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. In their practice, they often engage with the notion of the mundane, exploring the potential of everyday phenomena and small actions to create change, working with historical archival materials, personal memories, and experiences. The exhibition has grown out of their master’s project, for which they have received the Mathilde Horlait-Dapsens Prize, the JAT Prize and the Future Proef Award.

Cheerful trio: Karl Joonas Alamaa, Linda Mai Kari, Mikk Lahesalu

Language editor: Olivia Soans

Lighting designer: Mikk-Mait Kivi

Technician: Erik Hõim

Graphic designer: Fatima-Ezzahra Khammas

Special thanks: Myriam Van Gucth, Esther Severi, Vaast Colson, Helena Kask, Martin Lahesalu, Visa Nurmi, Andres Alamaa, Siiri Alamaa, Peeter Kari, Asmus Soodla, Jim Wockenfuß, Lisette Sivard, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Eesti Vabaõhumuuseum.

The exhibition is supported by Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Mathilde Horlait-Dapsens Foundation and Tallinn City.

Opening drinks from Põhjala Brewery.

See photos of the opening here.

Artist Karl Joonas Alamaa and curator Mikk Lahesalu will lead three guided tours at the exhibition “Daily Play and Bread” at EKA Gallery:
– on Thursday, March 13 at 4 pm, in Estonian
– on Wednesday, March 19 at 4 pm, in English
– on Wednesday, March 19 at 5 pm, in Estonian

Participation in the tours is free of charge.

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Karl Joonas Alamaa “Daily Play and Bread” at EKA Gallery 7.–30.03.2025

Thursday 06 March, 2025 — Sunday 30 March, 2025

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Karl Joonas Alamaa’s solo exhibition “Daily Play and Bread”
EKA Gallery 7.–30.03.2025
Open Tue–Sat 12–6pm Sun 12–4pm, free entry
Opening: 6.03.2025 at 6pm

Artist and designer Karl Joonas Alamaa is interested in personal and collective power — how the strength of individuals can oppose authority and politics. The exhibition is based on interviews with people from different parts of the world who have been forced to leave their home countries for various reasons. Working with archival materials and collecting personal stories, their works highlight the power of seemingly small actions to unite people and create social change.

“The basis of the research is the story of my great-aunt Leili, who was deported to Siberia during the Stalinist purges,” explains Alamaa. “In Siberia, Leili was sent to work in a birch forests. On another day of work, she carved her name and family details into the bark of a birch tree. Unexpectedly, that log reached the workshop where her father worked, and he happened to see it after a long time of separation.” This notion of hope amidst extreme repression raises critical questions about the nature of hope, resilience, and resistance in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. How can individuals find hope in the most desperate situations? How do small, personal acts of resistance challenge the carefully designed power structures and contribute to broader social change?

The title of the exhibition is derived from the aphorism of the ancient Roman poet Juvenal “Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.” This refers to bread as a cross-cultural symbol, representing everyday well-being and basic needs as well as their use as a tool of oppression. The exhibition brings together textile sculptures and other interactive and playful works that explore memory and society, delving into the themes of finding hope and purpose in a world that often feels suffocating and restrictive.

Karl Joonas Alamaa (2000) has studied fashion at the Estonian Academy of Arts and costume design at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. In their practice, they often engage with the notion of the mundane, exploring the potential of everyday phenomena and small actions to create change, working with historical archival materials, personal memories, and experiences. The exhibition has grown out of their master’s project, for which they have received the Mathilde Horlait-Dapsens Prize, the JAT Prize and the Future Proef Award.

Cheerful trio: Karl Joonas Alamaa, Linda Mai Kari, Mikk Lahesalu

Language editor: Olivia Soans

Lighting designer: Mikk-Mait Kivi

Technician: Erik Hõim

Graphic designer: Fatima-Ezzahra Khammas

Special thanks: Myriam Van Gucth, Esther Severi, Vaast Colson, Helena Kask, Martin Lahesalu, Visa Nurmi, Andres Alamaa, Siiri Alamaa, Peeter Kari, Asmus Soodla, Jim Wockenfuß, Lisette Sivard, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Eesti Vabaõhumuuseum.

The exhibition is supported by Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Mathilde Horlait-Dapsens Foundation and Tallinn City.

Opening drinks from Põhjala Brewery.

See photos of the opening here.

Artist Karl Joonas Alamaa and curator Mikk Lahesalu will lead three guided tours at the exhibition “Daily Play and Bread” at EKA Gallery:
– on Thursday, March 13 at 4 pm, in Estonian
– on Wednesday, March 19 at 4 pm, in English
– on Wednesday, March 19 at 5 pm, in Estonian

Participation in the tours is free of charge.

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03.02.2025 — 30.03.2025

“Dancing with the Stars!” at EKA Billboard Gallery 3.02.–2.03.2025

Dancing

DANCING WITH THE STARS!
EKA Billboard Gallery 3.02.–2.03.2025
Open 24/7, free
Opening: 3.02.25 at 5 pm

Dancing with the Stars! exhibition showcases the designed letters and the process of the class Typography I. During 14 weeks several exercises and experimentations were carried out, drawing was done both by hand and on the computer, using toilet paper, towels, foam and even a metal engraver.

While the first seven weeks were dedicated to experimentation and playing, the last seven focused on creating an entire alphabet and going through the letter design process. Vectorised letters were created, several of which were also made into working font files.

Students:
Simon Janson, Ryan Kaabel, Anni Kangur, Riste Sofie Käär, Jan-Markus Maasepp, Alina Maškina, Elisabeth Mägi, Berit Raun, Mattias Erik Tiik, Rasmus Tikerpe, Katariina Tõnismäe, Mark Albert Villand, Artjom Ševtšenko, Kätriin Reinart, Eline Cremers, Mira Keygnaert, Dennis Vugts

Supervisor:
Agnes Isabelle Veevo

The fonts can be downloaded for free from the SUVA Type Foundry website: suvatypefoundry.ee

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“Dancing with the Stars!” at EKA Billboard Gallery 3.02.–2.03.2025

Monday 03 February, 2025 — Sunday 30 March, 2025

Dancing

DANCING WITH THE STARS!
EKA Billboard Gallery 3.02.–2.03.2025
Open 24/7, free
Opening: 3.02.25 at 5 pm

Dancing with the Stars! exhibition showcases the designed letters and the process of the class Typography I. During 14 weeks several exercises and experimentations were carried out, drawing was done both by hand and on the computer, using toilet paper, towels, foam and even a metal engraver.

While the first seven weeks were dedicated to experimentation and playing, the last seven focused on creating an entire alphabet and going through the letter design process. Vectorised letters were created, several of which were also made into working font files.

Students:
Simon Janson, Ryan Kaabel, Anni Kangur, Riste Sofie Käär, Jan-Markus Maasepp, Alina Maškina, Elisabeth Mägi, Berit Raun, Mattias Erik Tiik, Rasmus Tikerpe, Katariina Tõnismäe, Mark Albert Villand, Artjom Ševtšenko, Kätriin Reinart, Eline Cremers, Mira Keygnaert, Dennis Vugts

Supervisor:
Agnes Isabelle Veevo

The fonts can be downloaded for free from the SUVA Type Foundry website: suvatypefoundry.ee

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05.02.2025 — 07.02.2025

“(anti-)career days” at EKA Gallery 5.–7.02.2025

(ANTI-)CAREER DAYS
EKA Gallery 5.–7.02.2025
See schedule below, participation is free

The three-day event series “(anti-)career days” invites all those active in the field of art and culture to participate in workshops, reading groups, discussions and exercises that seek to explore what it means to be an artist today. The event focuses on the personal, collective and institutional touchpoints on a creative journey, initiating discussions on themes of precarity, solidarity and social and political responsibility. Academic education asks us who we are in order to shape us into prescribed frameworks and prepare us for a professional career. What if, instead, we focused on who we would like to be and the kind of world we would like to live and create in? The aim of the “(anti-)career days” project is to abandon the individualistic idea of ​​surviving as an artist in order to discuss how we can collectively flourish. Realizing collectivity can, in turn, be a liberating and unifying force to critically rethink the role and function of institutions and intervene in the broader social context to which art is inevitably connected. The event is an open platform for several collectives, networks and creative individuals who will explore the topics from different perspectives.

Initiated by: Laura Konsand
Participants: Community in EKA for Palestine, Daylight Project, ENKKL (Estonian Young Contemporary Art Union), Frederik Klanberg, Kolkaplikad, Laura Konsand, Performing Arts Curator, Queer Association of EKA Students, Ulvi Haagensen, Yvette Bathgate & Jake Shepherd
Graphic design: Fatima-Ezzahra Khammas
Technical support: Mattias Veller
Drinks for the communal dinner from Põhjala Brewery.

SCHEDULE

DAY 1, February 5th – BITE THE HANDS THAT HOLD US (IN COMPLICITY)

3 – 5 pm collage workshop “What Could Make EKA Safer for LGBTQIA+ People?” organised by EKA Students’ Queer Association (in Estonian and English) Please sign up here.

One of the missions of EKA Students’ Queer Association is to stand up for the well-being of students and to facilitate dialogue between the school and the community. This collage workshop is the first step in mapping students’ concerns, joys, needs and expectations for the school environment. What’s good? What could be improved? During the workshop these questions will be approached playfully and visually using the collage technique. The purpose is to get to know each other first, in order to plant the first seeds of collaboration that can grow into something lasting and solid.

6 – 7.30 pm roundtable talk “A Political University” hosted by Community in EKA for Palestine (in English)

Since the onset of the genocide in Gaza, the arts and culture sector has witnessed an ‘apolitical’ discourse that has impacted artists, art organizations, and art schools in various ways.

The notion of institutional neutrality diminishes political engagement and suppresses scholarly debate. It conceals the inherently political nature of nearly every university activity, from decisions about admissions and research funding to policies on hosting events and putting up posters. Each choice made by university administrators, whether small or large, reflects political considerations.

By asserting an apolitical stance, universities effectively absolve themselves of the responsibility to support scholars’ freedom to document, discuss, and educate about political violence. Student activism, which has historically been a cornerstone of social progress and solidarity, is itself a critical form of education. In light of this, how can an art university that is inherently political claim to be apolitical?

DAY 2, February 6th – A LITTLE SOLIDARITY CAN GO A LONG WAY

2 – 5 pm workshop “Solidarity in Artistic Biotope” facilitated by Laura Konsand. Please sign up here.

In the cultural field our private and working lives are often interwoven, making it more difficult to pinpoint the elements that cause precarity. What causes our shared precarious predicament? What do we need for our creativity and collaboration to flourish? How can this knowledge help us practice more solidarity across and beyond our field?

During the workshop participants answer a set of questions to gain a better understanding of the conditions necessary to do their work. In a group of three, participants will take turns and share their answers. This is followed by a group discussion in which all the answers will be placed in a designated field of the artistic biotope to illustrate our collective position.

The artistic biotope is a framework developed by Belgian sociologist Pascal Gielen. The biotope is an abstraction of the artist’s life divided into four different sub-domains: domestic, peers, market and civic domain. A sustainable artistic path requires a healthy balance between the four domains.

(This workshop was originally developed by Sepp Eckenhausen and Koen Bartijn from Platform Beeldende Kunst, a member-based organisation in the Netherlands that investigates the role of art in society and campaigns for a better art policy.)

6 – 7.30 pm discussion “Appropriated Rest: Critical Examining of Anti-work Narratives” led by Veriko Dundua, organised with Daylight Project. Please sign up here.

In today’s individualistic society, rest has lost its radical roots, transforming into a personal choice, often defined by privilege. In this discussion, we will focus on the origins of anti-work and rest as a resistance movement in POC and indigenous traditions. How have more privileged members of society appropriated rest and diluted its anti-capitalist legacy? How can we reclaim rest and dismantle the systems that deprived us of it in the first place?

We will unpack the existing hierarchies in the labour market and explore how we can better support and implement intersectional work refusal tactics. The discussion seeks to understand work refusal as a means to confront systemic inequalities and to imagine a future where work is shared collectively and embodies liberation.

DAY 3, February 7th – ONE DOESN’T LEARN TO SWIM BY READING THE MANUAL

2 – 5 pm workshop “Beyond Professional: Rehearsing for the Future” led by Frederik Klanberg (in English). Please sign up here.

We are often asked to be professional, but when striving for this, don’t we end up reproducing the professions as they currently exist? Could there be something beyond professionalism that might help us reimagine our practices as rehearsals for a better world–one with more favourable social and political arrangements? How can we create worlds and build movements?

This workshop offers two proposals for participants to read and discuss together. First one is from Stefano Harney and Fred Moten’s book “The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study”, which explores the concept of becoming “more than professional”. Second proposal introduces the principles of Kingian Nonviolence from Kazu Haga’s book “Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm.” These texts serve as lenses for reimagining the world, guiding us toward understanding how we might prepare for the future.

In the second half of the workshop, we will pool our references and aspirations into one shared carrier bag that will become our guide for moving beyond professionalism and exceeding the limitations of current professions.

6 – 8 pm Digesting / Food for Thought communal dinner hosted by Yvette Bathgate & Jake Shepherd. Please sign up here.

To conclude the (anti-)career days program, we invite you to share a meal together as a moment to reflect and digest what we learned, discussed and questioned over the days. There is a saying that too many cooks spoil the broth, we actively disagree and challenge this perception, believing that the more hands, ideas, and backgrounds only further enrich a stew (or anything else). By sharing the weight and workload of the tasks among participants, we all become equally involved in the communal meal, including the often invisible labour of hosting.

As a duo Yvette and Jake are interested in the intimate space around a dinner table and how spaces of tenderness and kinship can also hold space for collective action, activism and learning. While working together on the tasks that come together in the process of meal sharing – cooking, cleaning, serving, etc., we will discuss the events throughout the programme, thinking through the politics of togetherness and how to resist the roles that the infrastructures of creative industries place upon us.

Participation is free, but pre-registration is required. When registering, please choose how you can contribute to the dinner. We start with chopping and preparation from 10am. Setting the table and serving is from 6pm, and cleaning up starts at 8pm. You can sign up for multiple roles. If you aren’t able to lend a hand you can simply sign up for the dinner itself.

The food will be vegan and gluten free. Please get in touch if you have any questions or want to share any access needs and how we can accommodate.

7.30 – 8 pm Nancy Nakamura Räpipunt

In 2020 kolkaplika and artist liina pääsuke founded the musical group Nancy Nakamura Räpipunt that features song lyrics based on kolkaplika and artist Kadi Estland’s poems. The group will perform on the last day of “(anti-)career days”.

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Throughout the event visitors can try their hand in meme art at a temporary meme production house founded by the Performing Arts Curator (@performingartscurator). Ulvi Haagensen has contributed a video lecture “In Praise of Unprofessionalism” based on a conversation between her three imaginary friends: Thea Koristaja, Olive Puuvill and Artist Researcher. In addition, a selection of artworks from ENKKL and Kolkaplikad collective are displayed that illustrate and reflect the event’s themes.

Performing Arts Curator’s Meme Workshop
Performing Arts Curator (@performingartscurator)

In the digital age, memes have evolved into critical gestures that encourage engagement and dialogue. As a medium combining image and text, – and the dissonance that often occurs between them – memes provide an insight into the collective consciousness to which we all contribute in one way or another. At their core, memes are like tricksters, appearing out of nowhere and embarking on an unpredictable journey through digital spaces where their intertextual paths often intersect.

Welcome to the meme production unit! You don’t need a degree in postmodern art or institutional critique to initiate dialogue and imagine alternatives to the status quo. Memes leave room for a multiplicity of knowledge and viewpoints, serving as a tool for our imagination in a world without grand narratives. Browse the printed images, grab scissors and cut out the ones you like. Imagine a situation or condition, trust that it’s relatable, and just cut, copy and paste. Feel free to use pens and don’t feel limited by what you think you know about memes.

Ulvi Haagensen’s video lecture „In Praise of Unprofessionalism”

The video lecture, “In Praise of Unprofessionalism”, is based on a conversation between three imaginary artist friends that meet one afternoon to chat about amateurs and professionals. Olive Puuvill is a bricoleuse artist, Thea Koristaja is an artist cleaner and AR is an artist researcher.

Olive expresses her frustration with the demands that the title of a professional artist places upon her. It diverts attention from what actually interests her in the creative process – ideas and artworks. The three friends reach a conclusion that to liken oneself to an “intellectual amateur” (Edward Said) – who loves what they do, and are more knowledgeable in their passion, interests and devotion than any professional – is far more helpful in making sense of one’s practice. Professionalism is the opposite of creativity, because it stifles creative confusion, natural rhythm and resourcefulness in problem solving. As Olive says, being an unprofessional artist is much more fun.


BIOGRAPHIES

Community in EKA for Palestine is a group of students, staff and alumni from the Estonian Academy of Arts standing in solidarity with Palestine.

Daylight Project is a feminist, anarchist, queer and DIY art project to disrupt and subvert the institutional status quo.

Veriko Dundua are interested in self-organised communities and the sustainability of collective organising. They are passionate about questions on how communities can foster inclusive spaces and challenge systemic inequalities through culturally conscious collaboration. They hold an MA in Anthropology from Tallinn University.

Estonian Young Contemporary Art Union (ENKKL) is a non-institutional community of active young artists that strives to be flexible and ever-changing, in tune with what is happening in the world, and resilient in turbulent times.

EKA Students’ Queer Association unites the academy’s LGBTQIA+ community. They initiate safe and fun gatherings where everyone can feel welcome. Their mission is to foster dialogue between the school and the community to ensure a supportive environment for all.

Ulvi Haagensen is an artist whose practice combines installation, sculpture and performance to explore the blurred edges between art and everyday life. She recently defended her PhD in Artistic Research at the Estonian Academy of Arts.

Frederik Klanberg
is an artist and educator committed to collaborative, critical and inclusive modes of learning together. He believes that, in its truest form, arts education can be a process of collective self development. He holds an MA in Education from the Piet Zwart Institute in the Netherlands.

Kolkaplika is a collective that creates independent content in peripheries around the world. In 2020 kolkaplika and artist liina pääsuke founded the musical group Nancy Nakamura Räpipunt that features song lyrics based on kolkaplika and artist Kadi Estland’s poems. The group will perform on the last day of “(anti-)career days”.

Laura Konsand is a freelance writer and cultural worker based in Rotterdam and Tallinn. She is interested in art’s relationship to infrastructures that shape our present in visible and invisible ways, seeking to understand and question them. She is the organiser of (anti-)career days.

Performing Arts Curator (@performingartscurator) is the fight or flight response of a freelance curator working under neoliberal conditions. It’s an internet persona dedicated to making sense, failing completely, and then laughing about it. @performingartscurator holds a degree of 37,2 Celsius.

Jake Shepherd & Yvette Bathgate are an artist duo based between Estonia and Scotland. Together, their practice is rooted in collaboration, centering co-creation, agency, and tenderness as integral threads that bind their creative practices. They are enrolled in MA Contemporary Art program at Estonian Academy of Arts.

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“(anti-)career days” at EKA Gallery 5.–7.02.2025

Wednesday 05 February, 2025 — Friday 07 February, 2025

(ANTI-)CAREER DAYS
EKA Gallery 5.–7.02.2025
See schedule below, participation is free

The three-day event series “(anti-)career days” invites all those active in the field of art and culture to participate in workshops, reading groups, discussions and exercises that seek to explore what it means to be an artist today. The event focuses on the personal, collective and institutional touchpoints on a creative journey, initiating discussions on themes of precarity, solidarity and social and political responsibility. Academic education asks us who we are in order to shape us into prescribed frameworks and prepare us for a professional career. What if, instead, we focused on who we would like to be and the kind of world we would like to live and create in? The aim of the “(anti-)career days” project is to abandon the individualistic idea of ​​surviving as an artist in order to discuss how we can collectively flourish. Realizing collectivity can, in turn, be a liberating and unifying force to critically rethink the role and function of institutions and intervene in the broader social context to which art is inevitably connected. The event is an open platform for several collectives, networks and creative individuals who will explore the topics from different perspectives.

Initiated by: Laura Konsand
Participants: Community in EKA for Palestine, Daylight Project, ENKKL (Estonian Young Contemporary Art Union), Frederik Klanberg, Kolkaplikad, Laura Konsand, Performing Arts Curator, Queer Association of EKA Students, Ulvi Haagensen, Yvette Bathgate & Jake Shepherd
Graphic design: Fatima-Ezzahra Khammas
Technical support: Mattias Veller
Drinks for the communal dinner from Põhjala Brewery.

SCHEDULE

DAY 1, February 5th – BITE THE HANDS THAT HOLD US (IN COMPLICITY)

3 – 5 pm collage workshop “What Could Make EKA Safer for LGBTQIA+ People?” organised by EKA Students’ Queer Association (in Estonian and English) Please sign up here.

One of the missions of EKA Students’ Queer Association is to stand up for the well-being of students and to facilitate dialogue between the school and the community. This collage workshop is the first step in mapping students’ concerns, joys, needs and expectations for the school environment. What’s good? What could be improved? During the workshop these questions will be approached playfully and visually using the collage technique. The purpose is to get to know each other first, in order to plant the first seeds of collaboration that can grow into something lasting and solid.

6 – 7.30 pm roundtable talk “A Political University” hosted by Community in EKA for Palestine (in English)

Since the onset of the genocide in Gaza, the arts and culture sector has witnessed an ‘apolitical’ discourse that has impacted artists, art organizations, and art schools in various ways.

The notion of institutional neutrality diminishes political engagement and suppresses scholarly debate. It conceals the inherently political nature of nearly every university activity, from decisions about admissions and research funding to policies on hosting events and putting up posters. Each choice made by university administrators, whether small or large, reflects political considerations.

By asserting an apolitical stance, universities effectively absolve themselves of the responsibility to support scholars’ freedom to document, discuss, and educate about political violence. Student activism, which has historically been a cornerstone of social progress and solidarity, is itself a critical form of education. In light of this, how can an art university that is inherently political claim to be apolitical?

DAY 2, February 6th – A LITTLE SOLIDARITY CAN GO A LONG WAY

2 – 5 pm workshop “Solidarity in Artistic Biotope” facilitated by Laura Konsand. Please sign up here.

In the cultural field our private and working lives are often interwoven, making it more difficult to pinpoint the elements that cause precarity. What causes our shared precarious predicament? What do we need for our creativity and collaboration to flourish? How can this knowledge help us practice more solidarity across and beyond our field?

During the workshop participants answer a set of questions to gain a better understanding of the conditions necessary to do their work. In a group of three, participants will take turns and share their answers. This is followed by a group discussion in which all the answers will be placed in a designated field of the artistic biotope to illustrate our collective position.

The artistic biotope is a framework developed by Belgian sociologist Pascal Gielen. The biotope is an abstraction of the artist’s life divided into four different sub-domains: domestic, peers, market and civic domain. A sustainable artistic path requires a healthy balance between the four domains.

(This workshop was originally developed by Sepp Eckenhausen and Koen Bartijn from Platform Beeldende Kunst, a member-based organisation in the Netherlands that investigates the role of art in society and campaigns for a better art policy.)

6 – 7.30 pm discussion “Appropriated Rest: Critical Examining of Anti-work Narratives” led by Veriko Dundua, organised with Daylight Project. Please sign up here.

In today’s individualistic society, rest has lost its radical roots, transforming into a personal choice, often defined by privilege. In this discussion, we will focus on the origins of anti-work and rest as a resistance movement in POC and indigenous traditions. How have more privileged members of society appropriated rest and diluted its anti-capitalist legacy? How can we reclaim rest and dismantle the systems that deprived us of it in the first place?

We will unpack the existing hierarchies in the labour market and explore how we can better support and implement intersectional work refusal tactics. The discussion seeks to understand work refusal as a means to confront systemic inequalities and to imagine a future where work is shared collectively and embodies liberation.

DAY 3, February 7th – ONE DOESN’T LEARN TO SWIM BY READING THE MANUAL

2 – 5 pm workshop “Beyond Professional: Rehearsing for the Future” led by Frederik Klanberg (in English). Please sign up here.

We are often asked to be professional, but when striving for this, don’t we end up reproducing the professions as they currently exist? Could there be something beyond professionalism that might help us reimagine our practices as rehearsals for a better world–one with more favourable social and political arrangements? How can we create worlds and build movements?

This workshop offers two proposals for participants to read and discuss together. First one is from Stefano Harney and Fred Moten’s book “The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study”, which explores the concept of becoming “more than professional”. Second proposal introduces the principles of Kingian Nonviolence from Kazu Haga’s book “Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm.” These texts serve as lenses for reimagining the world, guiding us toward understanding how we might prepare for the future.

In the second half of the workshop, we will pool our references and aspirations into one shared carrier bag that will become our guide for moving beyond professionalism and exceeding the limitations of current professions.

6 – 8 pm Digesting / Food for Thought communal dinner hosted by Yvette Bathgate & Jake Shepherd. Please sign up here.

To conclude the (anti-)career days program, we invite you to share a meal together as a moment to reflect and digest what we learned, discussed and questioned over the days. There is a saying that too many cooks spoil the broth, we actively disagree and challenge this perception, believing that the more hands, ideas, and backgrounds only further enrich a stew (or anything else). By sharing the weight and workload of the tasks among participants, we all become equally involved in the communal meal, including the often invisible labour of hosting.

As a duo Yvette and Jake are interested in the intimate space around a dinner table and how spaces of tenderness and kinship can also hold space for collective action, activism and learning. While working together on the tasks that come together in the process of meal sharing – cooking, cleaning, serving, etc., we will discuss the events throughout the programme, thinking through the politics of togetherness and how to resist the roles that the infrastructures of creative industries place upon us.

Participation is free, but pre-registration is required. When registering, please choose how you can contribute to the dinner. We start with chopping and preparation from 10am. Setting the table and serving is from 6pm, and cleaning up starts at 8pm. You can sign up for multiple roles. If you aren’t able to lend a hand you can simply sign up for the dinner itself.

The food will be vegan and gluten free. Please get in touch if you have any questions or want to share any access needs and how we can accommodate.

7.30 – 8 pm Nancy Nakamura Räpipunt

In 2020 kolkaplika and artist liina pääsuke founded the musical group Nancy Nakamura Räpipunt that features song lyrics based on kolkaplika and artist Kadi Estland’s poems. The group will perform on the last day of “(anti-)career days”.

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Throughout the event visitors can try their hand in meme art at a temporary meme production house founded by the Performing Arts Curator (@performingartscurator). Ulvi Haagensen has contributed a video lecture “In Praise of Unprofessionalism” based on a conversation between her three imaginary friends: Thea Koristaja, Olive Puuvill and Artist Researcher. In addition, a selection of artworks from ENKKL and Kolkaplikad collective are displayed that illustrate and reflect the event’s themes.

Performing Arts Curator’s Meme Workshop
Performing Arts Curator (@performingartscurator)

In the digital age, memes have evolved into critical gestures that encourage engagement and dialogue. As a medium combining image and text, – and the dissonance that often occurs between them – memes provide an insight into the collective consciousness to which we all contribute in one way or another. At their core, memes are like tricksters, appearing out of nowhere and embarking on an unpredictable journey through digital spaces where their intertextual paths often intersect.

Welcome to the meme production unit! You don’t need a degree in postmodern art or institutional critique to initiate dialogue and imagine alternatives to the status quo. Memes leave room for a multiplicity of knowledge and viewpoints, serving as a tool for our imagination in a world without grand narratives. Browse the printed images, grab scissors and cut out the ones you like. Imagine a situation or condition, trust that it’s relatable, and just cut, copy and paste. Feel free to use pens and don’t feel limited by what you think you know about memes.

Ulvi Haagensen’s video lecture „In Praise of Unprofessionalism”

The video lecture, “In Praise of Unprofessionalism”, is based on a conversation between three imaginary artist friends that meet one afternoon to chat about amateurs and professionals. Olive Puuvill is a bricoleuse artist, Thea Koristaja is an artist cleaner and AR is an artist researcher.

Olive expresses her frustration with the demands that the title of a professional artist places upon her. It diverts attention from what actually interests her in the creative process – ideas and artworks. The three friends reach a conclusion that to liken oneself to an “intellectual amateur” (Edward Said) – who loves what they do, and are more knowledgeable in their passion, interests and devotion than any professional – is far more helpful in making sense of one’s practice. Professionalism is the opposite of creativity, because it stifles creative confusion, natural rhythm and resourcefulness in problem solving. As Olive says, being an unprofessional artist is much more fun.


BIOGRAPHIES

Community in EKA for Palestine is a group of students, staff and alumni from the Estonian Academy of Arts standing in solidarity with Palestine.

Daylight Project is a feminist, anarchist, queer and DIY art project to disrupt and subvert the institutional status quo.

Veriko Dundua are interested in self-organised communities and the sustainability of collective organising. They are passionate about questions on how communities can foster inclusive spaces and challenge systemic inequalities through culturally conscious collaboration. They hold an MA in Anthropology from Tallinn University.

Estonian Young Contemporary Art Union (ENKKL) is a non-institutional community of active young artists that strives to be flexible and ever-changing, in tune with what is happening in the world, and resilient in turbulent times.

EKA Students’ Queer Association unites the academy’s LGBTQIA+ community. They initiate safe and fun gatherings where everyone can feel welcome. Their mission is to foster dialogue between the school and the community to ensure a supportive environment for all.

Ulvi Haagensen is an artist whose practice combines installation, sculpture and performance to explore the blurred edges between art and everyday life. She recently defended her PhD in Artistic Research at the Estonian Academy of Arts.

Frederik Klanberg
is an artist and educator committed to collaborative, critical and inclusive modes of learning together. He believes that, in its truest form, arts education can be a process of collective self development. He holds an MA in Education from the Piet Zwart Institute in the Netherlands.

Kolkaplika is a collective that creates independent content in peripheries around the world. In 2020 kolkaplika and artist liina pääsuke founded the musical group Nancy Nakamura Räpipunt that features song lyrics based on kolkaplika and artist Kadi Estland’s poems. The group will perform on the last day of “(anti-)career days”.

Laura Konsand is a freelance writer and cultural worker based in Rotterdam and Tallinn. She is interested in art’s relationship to infrastructures that shape our present in visible and invisible ways, seeking to understand and question them. She is the organiser of (anti-)career days.

Performing Arts Curator (@performingartscurator) is the fight or flight response of a freelance curator working under neoliberal conditions. It’s an internet persona dedicated to making sense, failing completely, and then laughing about it. @performingartscurator holds a degree of 37,2 Celsius.

Jake Shepherd & Yvette Bathgate are an artist duo based between Estonia and Scotland. Together, their practice is rooted in collaboration, centering co-creation, agency, and tenderness as integral threads that bind their creative practices. They are enrolled in MA Contemporary Art program at Estonian Academy of Arts.

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09.01.2025 — 02.02.2025

“Whispering with Eyes Closed” at EKA Gallery 10.01.–02.02.2025

WHISPERING WITH EYES CLOSED
EKA Gallery 10.01.–02.02.2025
Opening: 9.01.2025 at 6pm
Open Tue–Sat 12–6 pm Sun 12–4 pm, free entry

Artists: Victor Flavell (FR), Minni Havas (FI), Kadri Joala (EE), Tõnis Jürgens (EE), Ats Kruusing (EE), Sanna Nissinen (FI), Marc Sauvageot (EE)

The international group exhibition “Whispering with Eyes Closed” deals with being asleep and dreaming, and the unlimited possibilities experienced during this time. The main characters depicted in the works have suddenly fallen asleep or are already dreaming, embarking on journeys into the unknown. The viewer experiences a foreign world through someone else’s hazy gaze, letting go, giving up control. The boundaries between the imaginary and the real blur and a leap into the void is made, creating sometimes conscious, sometimes unconscious images.

Curator: Kaisa Maasik
Exhibition design: Kaisa Maasik
Graphic design: Fatima-Ezzahra Khammas

Technical support: Ats Kruusing

Exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and Sadolin Estonia.
Opening drinks from Põhjala Brewery.

There will be two curatorial tours part of the exhibition:
– on Thursday, January 9 at 5pm, with the artists, in English
– on Wednesday, January 15 at 2pm, in Estonian

See photos of the opening here.

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“Whispering with Eyes Closed” at EKA Gallery 10.01.–02.02.2025

Thursday 09 January, 2025 — Sunday 02 February, 2025

WHISPERING WITH EYES CLOSED
EKA Gallery 10.01.–02.02.2025
Opening: 9.01.2025 at 6pm
Open Tue–Sat 12–6 pm Sun 12–4 pm, free entry

Artists: Victor Flavell (FR), Minni Havas (FI), Kadri Joala (EE), Tõnis Jürgens (EE), Ats Kruusing (EE), Sanna Nissinen (FI), Marc Sauvageot (EE)

The international group exhibition “Whispering with Eyes Closed” deals with being asleep and dreaming, and the unlimited possibilities experienced during this time. The main characters depicted in the works have suddenly fallen asleep or are already dreaming, embarking on journeys into the unknown. The viewer experiences a foreign world through someone else’s hazy gaze, letting go, giving up control. The boundaries between the imaginary and the real blur and a leap into the void is made, creating sometimes conscious, sometimes unconscious images.

Curator: Kaisa Maasik
Exhibition design: Kaisa Maasik
Graphic design: Fatima-Ezzahra Khammas

Technical support: Ats Kruusing

Exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and Sadolin Estonia.
Opening drinks from Põhjala Brewery.

There will be two curatorial tours part of the exhibition:
– on Thursday, January 9 at 5pm, with the artists, in English
– on Wednesday, January 15 at 2pm, in Estonian

See photos of the opening here.

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20.12.2024

“Throw Ratio” at EKA Gallery 20.12.2024

“Throw Ratio”
EKA Gallery 20.12.2024 from 5 to 9 pm, free entry

We warmly invite you to the final exhibition of the course “Moving Image in Space” by EKA Visual Communication students.

During the semester, the students have delved into the technical and creative aspects of projection art, creating three stylistically different works that expand the boundaries of projection art.

Participants: Paula Hõbe, Marie Kanger, Marianne Lapin, Kristi Markov, Kadri Raudmägi, Greta Ruga, Inna Rõžihh, Siim-Aoum Villido, Kert Väljak, Karolina Kapinus

Supervisor: Alyona Movko-Mägi

Discover visual music techniques in abstract visuals, experience animations inspired by historical patterns, and immerse yourself in an installation inspired by the world of video games.

Each work offers a unique perspective and invites visitors to think along and discover new worlds created by moving images in space.

See you at the gallery, where art and technology meet in an exciting way!

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“Throw Ratio” at EKA Gallery 20.12.2024

Friday 20 December, 2024

“Throw Ratio”
EKA Gallery 20.12.2024 from 5 to 9 pm, free entry

We warmly invite you to the final exhibition of the course “Moving Image in Space” by EKA Visual Communication students.

During the semester, the students have delved into the technical and creative aspects of projection art, creating three stylistically different works that expand the boundaries of projection art.

Participants: Paula Hõbe, Marie Kanger, Marianne Lapin, Kristi Markov, Kadri Raudmägi, Greta Ruga, Inna Rõžihh, Siim-Aoum Villido, Kert Väljak, Karolina Kapinus

Supervisor: Alyona Movko-Mägi

Discover visual music techniques in abstract visuals, experience animations inspired by historical patterns, and immerse yourself in an installation inspired by the world of video games.

Each work offers a unique perspective and invites visitors to think along and discover new worlds created by moving images in space.

See you at the gallery, where art and technology meet in an exciting way!

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02.12.2024 — 19.12.2024

Fine Arts Assessment Marathon 2.–19.12.2024

December brings an opportunity to experience, in an exhibition format, works produced by students in the Faculty of Fine Arts as their term projects: every day there will be a fresh crop of university students’ works on display in the gallery.

Works in animation, contemporary art, installation and sculpture, painting, photography, graphic art, scenography curricula will be on display. On each evening of the marathon, a new exhibition will be installed and in the following evening the exhibit will give way to the next one. Hopefully, viewers will be able to keep up with the pace of the young artists.

The assessments will take place in the main building of EKA (2nd & 3rd floor general areas, 2nd floor drawing classes A-205 and A-206, EKA Gallery; Kotzebue 1), in the new EKA building (Kotzebue 10) and at Uus Rada gallery (Raja 11A).

On the assessment day, the exhibitions at EKA gallery and the new EKA building (Kotzebue 10) are open from 3 pm to 6 pm, on Sundays the exhibitions are open from 12 pm to 6 pm.

SCHEDULE
Mon 2.12. Photography, supervisor Krista Mölder (EKA Gallery)
Mon 2.12. Drawing, supervisor Tõnis Saadoja (2nd & 3rd floor general areas)
Tue 3.12. Drawing, supervisor Eero Alev (EKA Gallery)
Wed 4.12. Drawing, supervisor Ulvi Haagensen (EKA Gallery)
Thu 5.12. Anatomical drawing, supervisors Maiu Rõõmus, Matti Pärk (EKA Gallery)
Fri 6.12. Scenography, supervisor Ene-Liis Semper (EKA Gallery)
Sat 7.12. – Sun 8.12. Scenography, supervisor Mark Raidpere (EKA Gallery)

Mon 8.12. New Media, supervisor Sten Saarits (EKA Gallery)
Mon 8.12. Photography, supervisors Marge Monko, Reimo Võsa-Tangsoo NB! Uus Rada Gallery, the exhibition will remain open until 15.12.
Tue 10.12. Studio photography, supervisor Tanja Muravskaja (EKA Gallery)
Tue 10.12. Drawing (animation and scenography), supervisor Britta Benno (2nd & 3rd floor general areas, 2nd floor drawing classes A-205 and A-206)
Wed 11.12. Painting, supervisors Tõnis Saadoja, Mihkel Maripuu, Holger Loodus (EKA Gallery)
Thu 12.12. Animation, supervisors Lilli-Krõõt Repnau, Ülo Pikkov, Anu-Laura Tuttelberg (EKA Gallery)
Thu 12.12. Anatomical drawing, supervisors Maiu Rõõmus, Matti Pärk (2nd & 3rd floor general areas, 2nd floor drawing classes A-205 and A-206)
Fri 13.12. Painting, supervisors Karl-Kristjan Nagel, Tõnis Saadoja (EKA Gallery)
Sat 14.12. – Sun 15.12. Painting, supervisors Sirja-Liisa Eelma, Alice Kask, Mart Vainre (EKA Gallery)

Mon 16.12. Graphic Art, supervisors Liisi Grünberg, Viktor Gurov, Liina Siib, Britta Benno, Eve Kask, Eve Kaaret (EKA Gallery)
Mon 16.12. Photography, supervisors Triin Kerge, Annika Haas (Kotzebue 10)
Tue 17.12. Graphic Art, supervisors Lembe Ruben, Mark Antonius Puhkan, Maria Izabella Lehtsaar, Paul Rannik (EKA Gallery)
Wed 18.12. Sculpture, supervisors Taavi Talve, Laura Põld (EKA Gallery)
Wed 18.12. Contemporary Art, supervisors Marge Monko, Reimo Võsa-Tangsoo, Liina Siib, Taavi Talve, Anu Vahtra, Maris Karjatse, Laura Põld, Holger Loodus, Kristi Kongi, Sten Saarits, Camille Laurelli, Eve Kask (2nd & 3rd floor general areas of the main building of EKA and the new building, Kotzebue 10)
Thu 19.12. Contemporary Art, supervisors Maris Karjatse, Eve Kask, Kristi Kongi, Camille Laurelli, Holger Loodus, Marge Monko, Laura Põld, Sten Saarits, Liina Siib, Taavi Talve, Anu Vahtra, Reimo Võsa-Tangsoo (EKA Gallery & Kotzebue 10)

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Fine Arts Assessment Marathon 2.–19.12.2024

Monday 02 December, 2024 — Thursday 19 December, 2024

December brings an opportunity to experience, in an exhibition format, works produced by students in the Faculty of Fine Arts as their term projects: every day there will be a fresh crop of university students’ works on display in the gallery.

Works in animation, contemporary art, installation and sculpture, painting, photography, graphic art, scenography curricula will be on display. On each evening of the marathon, a new exhibition will be installed and in the following evening the exhibit will give way to the next one. Hopefully, viewers will be able to keep up with the pace of the young artists.

The assessments will take place in the main building of EKA (2nd & 3rd floor general areas, 2nd floor drawing classes A-205 and A-206, EKA Gallery; Kotzebue 1), in the new EKA building (Kotzebue 10) and at Uus Rada gallery (Raja 11A).

On the assessment day, the exhibitions at EKA gallery and the new EKA building (Kotzebue 10) are open from 3 pm to 6 pm, on Sundays the exhibitions are open from 12 pm to 6 pm.

SCHEDULE
Mon 2.12. Photography, supervisor Krista Mölder (EKA Gallery)
Mon 2.12. Drawing, supervisor Tõnis Saadoja (2nd & 3rd floor general areas)
Tue 3.12. Drawing, supervisor Eero Alev (EKA Gallery)
Wed 4.12. Drawing, supervisor Ulvi Haagensen (EKA Gallery)
Thu 5.12. Anatomical drawing, supervisors Maiu Rõõmus, Matti Pärk (EKA Gallery)
Fri 6.12. Scenography, supervisor Ene-Liis Semper (EKA Gallery)
Sat 7.12. – Sun 8.12. Scenography, supervisor Mark Raidpere (EKA Gallery)

Mon 8.12. New Media, supervisor Sten Saarits (EKA Gallery)
Mon 8.12. Photography, supervisors Marge Monko, Reimo Võsa-Tangsoo NB! Uus Rada Gallery, the exhibition will remain open until 15.12.
Tue 10.12. Studio photography, supervisor Tanja Muravskaja (EKA Gallery)
Tue 10.12. Drawing (animation and scenography), supervisor Britta Benno (2nd & 3rd floor general areas, 2nd floor drawing classes A-205 and A-206)
Wed 11.12. Painting, supervisors Tõnis Saadoja, Mihkel Maripuu, Holger Loodus (EKA Gallery)
Thu 12.12. Animation, supervisors Lilli-Krõõt Repnau, Ülo Pikkov, Anu-Laura Tuttelberg (EKA Gallery)
Thu 12.12. Anatomical drawing, supervisors Maiu Rõõmus, Matti Pärk (2nd & 3rd floor general areas, 2nd floor drawing classes A-205 and A-206)
Fri 13.12. Painting, supervisors Karl-Kristjan Nagel, Tõnis Saadoja (EKA Gallery)
Sat 14.12. – Sun 15.12. Painting, supervisors Sirja-Liisa Eelma, Alice Kask, Mart Vainre (EKA Gallery)

Mon 16.12. Graphic Art, supervisors Liisi Grünberg, Viktor Gurov, Liina Siib, Britta Benno, Eve Kask, Eve Kaaret (EKA Gallery)
Mon 16.12. Photography, supervisors Triin Kerge, Annika Haas (Kotzebue 10)
Tue 17.12. Graphic Art, supervisors Lembe Ruben, Mark Antonius Puhkan, Maria Izabella Lehtsaar, Paul Rannik (EKA Gallery)
Wed 18.12. Sculpture, supervisors Taavi Talve, Laura Põld (EKA Gallery)
Wed 18.12. Contemporary Art, supervisors Marge Monko, Reimo Võsa-Tangsoo, Liina Siib, Taavi Talve, Anu Vahtra, Maris Karjatse, Laura Põld, Holger Loodus, Kristi Kongi, Sten Saarits, Camille Laurelli, Eve Kask (2nd & 3rd floor general areas of the main building of EKA and the new building, Kotzebue 10)
Thu 19.12. Contemporary Art, supervisors Maris Karjatse, Eve Kask, Kristi Kongi, Camille Laurelli, Holger Loodus, Marge Monko, Laura Põld, Sten Saarits, Liina Siib, Taavi Talve, Anu Vahtra, Reimo Võsa-Tangsoo (EKA Gallery & Kotzebue 10)

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