Category: Departments

Exhibition of student works of
the III course of the EKA Faculty of Architecture.

The design studio focused on volumetric renovation and neighbourhood-based reconstruction on the example of the Mustamäe settlement. We looked at the renovation of six series 1-464 standard apartment buildings, offering alternatives for parking, accessibility, energy efficiency and other public benefits. As a result of the semester, 7 different approaches were proposed to improve the quality of life and strengthen the community in Mustamäe.

Õppejõud / supervisors: Sille Pihlak, Siim Tuksam (arhitektuur), Adam Orlinski (inseneeria ja energia disain)
Konsultandid / consultants: Karin Bachmann (maastikuarhitektuur), Teet Tark (vesi ja ventilatsioon)
Eksperdid / experts: Nadežda Sassina (kogukonna kaasamine)
Tudengid / students: Heinrike Aue, Mariia Babur, Julia Freudenberg, Sander Haugas, Janely Järv, Robert Kiisler, Augustas Lapinskas, Lukas Laubre, Paula Līva Lorence, Laura
Susanna Lätte, Katriin Maitsalu, Jarþrúður Másdóttir, Mariia Paslova, Yelyzaveta Peresada, Daria Polonska, Ella Mari Roosi, Erik Sammel, Helerin Talpsepp, Mariia Ufimtseva,
Triin Vaino, Markus Vernik, Anneli Virts.
Kuraatorid ja näituse kujundus: Ella Mari Roosi, Julia Freudenberg
Graafiline disain: Janely Järv, Laura Susanna Lätte
Projektijuht: Anna Tommingas

June 8 at EKA Library

Portfolio Café is an event that takes place each spring semester as a satellite event to EKA graduation show TASE. It is structured around one-on-one meetings between invited fine arts field professionals and EKA BA and MA level students. Each meeting takes place about 30 minutes. During Portfolio Café sessions students introduce themselves and their work and experts share their observations, provide recommendations, ask questions etc.

All Portfolio Café meetings are in English.

Registration: Portfolio Café invites all fine art students from the BA and MA level to participate. The spots are limited and participants will be chosen according to the provided portfolios.

To apply, please fill out this registration form lates on June 5.

EXPERTS

Paola Jalili (she / her) is an artist-publisher and cultural worker currently based in Helsinki. In 2021, she started Ei Mainoksia, Kiitos!, an independent art publishing initiative that aims to prioritize care and highlight the time and labor behind the act of publishing. She is part of Feminist Culture House, a curatorial and editorial platform that works with and for underrepresented artists, and produces tools for more equitable collaborations within the arts. In her visual arts practice, Paola reflects on the intersections between labor, gender, and the contemporary workplace. You can read more about her work at paolajalili.xyz

Kurt Vanbelleghem (Belgium, 1968) is a curator, critic and publisher specialized in the field of contemporary art and design. He received a MA in Psychological Sciences and an MA in Art History at the University of Ghent (B) and a Master in Visual Arts Administration at the Royal College of Art, London (UK).

Through his organization PresentFuture, he focuses on the artistic & professional development of contemporary artistic practices. He is specialized in the development of new curatorial, strategic and digital trajectories. In doing, he provides perspectives to navigate the opportunities and challenges ahead. An ongoing goal is to create synergies between different artistic disciplines as well as between artistic and technological & scientific innovations. He is alumni coach at St Lucas Antwerp and artistic advisor at several art organizations and higher art education institutions. He has been a contributing editor to a number of art & design magazines and has published several monographs and artist’s books.

Agnė Jokšė (b. 1993, Vilnius) is an artist and writer working between Vilnius and Copenhagen. In films, written pieces and performances Jokšė investigates questions concerning queerness, non-normative language, parallel histories and entangled relations.
Recently, Jokšė’s works has been shown at E-flux Screening Room (New York), Kogo Gallery (Tartu), Cell Project Space (London), Editorial (Vilnius), Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (2022), Artists’ Film International, Whitechapel Gallery, London (2021); Baltic Triennial 14 (2021). The artist’s work Dear Friend was granted the JCDecaux Award in 2019.

Get ready for the most legendary fashion event of the year – the ERKI Fashion Show is happening again on June 17, 2023!

As the virtual world continues to evolve, our lives are becoming increasingly digitised, altering our experiences. The metaverse is a potential destination where people can interact in ways that are not possible in the physical world. This space offers endless opportunities for exploration, creativity, and innovation, shaping and transforming our understanding of ourselves and our place in the world.

For the first time, ERKI will take place in two locations on the same evening – starting at Põhjala Brewery, in a mechanical sterility, and moving on to Techno club HALL, where we will open the highest peak of the mechanical world – the human nature itself.

Dresscode – My Higher Self

5 PM – Doors
6 PM – Act I, Põhjala Brewery (Peetri 5)
7.30 PM – Act II, Techno Club HALL (Peetri 6)
9.30 PM – Awards Ceremony, Noblessner
11 PM – Afterparty, Techno Club HALL

Don’t miss out on this unforgettable experience of emerging talent and immerse yourself in the unique atmosphere of ERKI!

Tickets can be purchased here

NB! Please read the ticket information carefully!

You can also purchase an afterparty ticket separately, follow the event in Facebook

SCHEDULE OF DEFENSES

Defenses will take place at EKA, Põhja pst 7

Live streaming in EKA TV

room A501

Urban Studies Master’s Thesis Defense

29. May 

10.00-11.15 DARIA KHRYSTYCH (In)Visible Care: Civilian Volunteerism in Wartime Ukraine.

11.20-12.20 NABEEL IMITIAZ  The Infrastructure of Border Regime: Neocolonial Subjugation of Life in Modern Democratic Societies.

12.45-13.45 OLEKSANDR NENEKO Mapping Out The Dual Crisis of War and Housing in Dnipro, Ukraine. 

13.45-14.45 KHADEEJA FARRUKH. Towards The Everyday of Transnational Lives: From Sonnenallee in Neukölln to The Globalization In Question. 

Juhendajad: Sean Tyler ja Keiti Kljavin.

Arhitektuuri ja linnaplaneerimise magistritööde kaitsmised 

30. ja 31. May EKA, room A501

30. mai

9.00-9.45 MARK ALEKSANDER FISCHER Taskukohase linna arendamine. Kopli kaubajaam, viimane pusletükk Põhja-Tallinna sotsiaalsel maastikul.

Juhendajad Andres Alver, Douglas Gordon, Eik Hermann.

9.45-10.30 OLARI PAADIMEISTER Tihendamine kui ruumiline töövahend tuleviku linnade probleemide lahendamisel.

Juhendajad Andres Alver, Douglas Gordon, Eik Hermann.

10.30-11.15 JOHAN HALLIMÄE Helidega planeeritud linn.

Juhendajad Andres Alver, Douglas Gordon, Eik Hermann.

11.15 – 11.30 kohvipaus

11.30-12.15 KRISTOFER SOOP Avang 59°39’ N, 25°42’ E, Loksa sadama, Loksa ja Lahemaa piirideülene ruumikäsitlus Läänemeremaade kontekstis.

Juhendajad Andres Alver, Douglas Gordon, Eik Hermann.

12.15-13.00 ANETT GRIFFEL Katkestustest ühendusteks. Kopli lahe kallasrada.

Juhendajad Katrin Koov, Kadri Klementi, Eik Hermann.

13.00-13.45 KATARIINA MUSTASAAR Tööstusjärgne meremaastik. Paljassaare sadama taimtervendamine. 

Juhendajad Laura Linsi, Roland Reemaa, Eik Hermann.

13.45 – 14.45 lõuna

14.45-15.30 KADI PIHLAK Rattateede võrgustiku planeerimise ja hindamise metoodika.

Juhendajad Martin Melioranski, Raul Kalvo, Eik Hermann.

15.30-16.15 ANNA RIIN VELNER Camino de igapäev.

Juhendajad Laura Linsi, Roland Reemaa, Eik Hermann.

16.15-17.30 SIIM TANEL TÕNISSON Linna ühendamine. Bastionivöönd kui linna sidusstruktuur.

Juhendajad Martin Melioranski, Raul Kalvo, Eik Hermann.

31. May

9.00-9.45 LINDA LI ARRO Linnaga sidusa tööstuskvartali arendamine. Laki kvartali potentsiaalid rohepöördes.

Juhendajad Laura Linsi, Roland Reemaa, Eik Hermann.

9.45-10.30 CAROLINA REIDMA Parkimismajade taasmõtestamine Maakri asumi näitel.

Juhendajad Toomas Tammis, Tarmo Teedumäe, Eik Hermann.

10.30-11.15 ART BOGDANOVICS Tartu Ülikooli Keskus.

Juhendajad Toomas Tammis, Tarmo Teedumäe, Eik Hermann.

11.15-12.00 UKU JULIAN TARVAS Kohaldatavad korterelamud väikeasulas. Palivere aleviku näitel. 

Juhendajad Toomas Tammis, Tarmo Teedumäe, Eik Hermann.

12.00 – 13.00 lõuna

13.00-13.45 KATRIN LANG Hüljatud hoonete kasutuselevõtu strateegia ja lahtivõetavate hoonete iseehitamise manuaal.

Juhendajad Laura Linsi, Roland Reemaa, Eik Hermann

13.45-14.30 LOORA ORAV Tööstuskanepi rakendamine arhitektuurse materjalina ehitussektori keskkonnamõju vähendamiseks Eestis.

Juhendajad Martin Melioranski, Raul Kalvo, Eik Hermann.

14.30-15.15 KERTU JOHANNA JÕESTE Vastastikusel toel põhinevad puitstruktuurid.

Juhendajad Martin Melioranski, Raul Kalvo, Eik Hermann.

15.15-16.00 DELIJA THAKUR Materjali kui ressursi elu pikendamine. Liivalaia kohtumaja juhtum.

Juhendajad Laura Linsi, Roland Reemaa, Eik Hermann.

A group exhibition “Pretty Gimmicks, Charming Trinkets and All the Other Things” will open on Friday, June 2nd at 6 pm at the end stop of the Kopli tram line.

The six participating artists are united by their love of things: their artistic practice revolves around nearly forgotten objects as if prolonging their lifespan. At a time when there are more (and far too many) things than ever, people are still deeply attached to the tangible. It is this ‘something’ that makes things the anchors to which we attach our identities and the vessels in which we gather our experiences. The inner life of things observed in this way turns them into capsules of humanity, which carry the invisible evidence of being human as they ‘marinate’ in time. The artists use objects to engage with autobiographical, poetic as well as anthropological questions.

The exhibition takes place in an old kiosk at the last stop of the tram line in Kopli. Spread across the counter, the works explore the human love of trinkets, the absurdity of mass production, and the power of objects to unite and divide communities.

Instead of a kiosk vendor, one of the artists is on duty every day so that the exhibition experience takes a slightly different form each day through the presence of each artist or curator.

Participating artists: Sandra Ernits, Rose Magee, Mara Kirchberg, Sarah Nõmm, Siim Preiman, Leonor Talefe
Graphic design: Kertu Klementi
Curator: Anita Kodanik

Kiosk next to the building at Kopli 99b, Kopli tram line end stop.

The exhibition is open until June 11, Mon-Fri 14:00-20:00, Sat-Fri 12:00-18:00

Special thanks: Mart Veelmaa, Anders Härm, Margit Säde, Mattias Veller, Derevjashka cafe 

More info: Anita Kodanik / anita.kodanik@artun.ee, +372 55507327

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The seminar taking place as part of the Transform4Europe Week of the European Universities Alliance will present the research projects carried out at EKA, which reveal the special nature of knowledge creation based on creative practices.
The seminar is open to everyone!
(The seminar is held in English)

10.00-10.15 Opening words, Dr. Anu Allas, Vice-Rector of Research, Head of Doctoral School

10.15-10.35 “Semi-urban communities: a methodology for increasing the biodiversity of cities with landscape architecture solutions” – Karin Bachmann, PhD student of Architecture and Urban Planning programme

10.35-10.55 “The Reconstruction and Artistic Development of the Historical Relief Print Technique” – Dr. Jaana Päeva, Researcher at Design Faculty

10.55-11.15 “Understanding How Artistic Research Helps to Discover Innovative Roles in Hybrid Performances” – Taavet Jansen, PhD student of Art and Design programme

11.15-11.35 “Bedroom Sketches: Sleep Tracking and Surveillance Capitalism” –  Tõnis Jürgens, PhD student of Art and Design programme

11.35-12.00 Q&A

Estonian Academy of Arts Grad Show TASE ’23
tase.artun.ee
01–17.06, open every day 12.00–18.00
Opening: 31.05, 16.00 at the Freedom Square and 19.00 at the Estonian Academy of Arts

Exhibition locations:
Freedom Square 8, Tallinn Art Hall, Artists Union’s studios, shop and bar rooms, Vent Space, Grafodrom and Experimental Printmaking Studio
Freedom Square 6, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery
Põhja pst 7, Estonian Academy of Arts (Architecture faculty’s grad works)
Lai 17, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design yard (Graphic Design MA grad works, open until June 11)

On Freedom Square, we present the deconstructed fashion show You Have Only A Moment by Lab of Figurative Thought, followed by the announcements of the winners of the Young Artist and Young Applied Artist awards. Additionally, for the first time this year, the Young Designer Awards will be given out! Opening event continues at 19.00 at the TASE of Architecture, located in EKA!

TASE is the annual graduation show of the Estonian Academy of Arts. The exhibition presents graduation works of the Architecture, Art and Culture, Design, and Fine Arts faculties. Most works are exhibited in the Freedom Square buildings 8 and 6. The Architecture faculty’s graduation works are located at the Estonian Academy of Arts. The Graphic Design master’s works are exhibited in the yard of the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design (open until June 11).

tase.artun.ee opens with the exhibition on May 31!
Along with the works at the main exhibition, written theses are presented digitally on tase.artun.ee together with the PhD and Art and Culture works.

PROGRAMME

Grad Show TASE ‘23 grand opening
Fashion-performance You Have Only A Moment by Lab of Figurative Thought
Linda Mai Kari, Anita Kremm, Kristel Zimmer, Liisamari Viik
Supervisor: Ene-Liis Semper
31.05 at 16.00
Freedom Square

TASE of Architecture exhibition opening
31.05 at 19.00
EKA, Põhja pst 7

Theses defences
29.05–14.06
artun.ee/kaitsmised

TASE FILM
14.06 at 18.30
EKA, A101, Põhja pst 7

Guided tour by Anna-Liisa Villmann
15.06 at 15.00 in English
Starts at Tallinn Art Hall, Freedom Square 8
Guided tour by Gregor Taul (Faculty of Architecture’s graduation works)
16.06 at 12.00 in English
Starts at EKA lobby, Põhja pst 7

SATELLITE PROGRAMME

Fragment_21:12, Jewellery and Blacksmithing course works
Aleš Rezler, Elis Liivo, Lara Herrmann, Maarja Hallika, Madlen Hirtentreu, Madli Pajos, Helen Tiits, Paul Aadam Mikson
Supervisors: Eve Margus and Nils Hint
19.05–04.06, every day at 14.00–20.00
Tower of Old Town, Pikk Jalg 2

Unbounded Nature, Glass and Ceramics course works
Annali Kruusamägi, Annika Luhaäär, Erko Lill, Helen Tiits, Kätriin Reinart, Laura Stina Parri, Marta Vikentjeva, Sara Kyllönen, Valeria Poljakova, Õnne Paulus
19.05–18.06, every day at 9.00–19.00, opening 18.05 at 17.00
Tallinn Zoo, Paldiski mnt 146, entrance with the zoo ticket

Contemporary Drawing: Worlding in Layers, Contemporary Art course works
Triin Anijalg, Maria Hindreko, Sander Karjus, Kassandra Laur, Rebecca Norman, Helena Pass, Mia Rulli, Nana Schilf, Sirel Tammisto
Supervisor and curator: Britta Benno
23.05–17.06, Tue-Sat at 12.00–18.00, opening 22.05 at 17.00
EKA Gallery, Põhja pst 7

A pool with moderate temperature, Painting course works
Karola Ainsar, Luis Bruder, Maria Hindreko, Sander Karjus, Rebecca Norman, Daria Morozova, Elisa Margot Winters
Supervisors and curators: Mihkel Ilus, Tõnis Saadoja, Anna Škodenko
25.05–09.06.23, Mon-Fri at 12.00–18.00, opening 24.05 at 17.00
ARS project space, Pärnu mnt 154

Cherries once grew in my garden, Curatorial Studies and Contemporary art group exhibition
Gerda Hansen, Iryna Tanasiichuk, Siew Ching Ang, Mirjam Varik, Sarah Noonan
Curator: Ketlin Käpp
27–28.05 and 01–04.06 at 12.00–19.00 or by appointment 26.05–07.06
Uus Rada gallery, Raja 11a

In the shadow of tree being, Contemporary Art course works
Triin Anijalg, Maria Hindreko, Sander Karjus, Kassandra Laur, Rebecca Norman, Helena Pass, Mia Rulli, Nana Schilf, Sirel Tammisto
27.05–18.06, every day at 9.00–18.00, opening 26.05 at 17.00
Gallery of Tampere House, Jaani 4, Tartu

Textile Design from Fibre to Tech Solutions, Open Academy course works
Carolin Freiberg, Madde Jerbach, Piret Kuhlbars, Monika Lepik, Marit Lillenberg, Mari-Liis Lõppe, Tiia Nõmm, Heidi Renzer, Aleksander Väär
28.05–19.06, every day at 9.00–23.00
EKA, first floor glass corridor, Põhja pst 7

Creative Realities, Contemporary Art course works
Gerda Hansen, Mirjam Varik, Syed Sachal Rizvi, Eri Rääsk, Mari Steinberg, Anna-Liisa Kree, Mia Felić, Lara Žagar, Mohammadmojtaba Habibidavijani
Curator: Siim Raie
28.05–28.08, Fri-Sat at 12.00–18.00, opening 28.05 at 15.00
Villa Dombrovka, Karepa, Lääne-Virumaa

Three Drops of Blood, student exhibition
Agnes Milla Bereczki, Anu Kadri Uustalu, Lumimari, Kaur Joonas Karu, Kirke Mari Päll, Piret Potter, Ringo Roots, Triinu Väikmeri, Wing Kiu Mak, Denise Damaso, Camille Laurelli
31.05–14.06, Wed–Thu at 13.00–20.00, Fri-Sun at 11.00–18.00
Kalamaja Museum, Kotzebue 16, entrance with the museum ticket

Catarsis, Interior Architecture course works
Marleen Armulik, Katarina Ild, Hanna Kruusma, Laura Movits, Getter Pihlak, Elle Marie Randoja, Jaan Repnikov, Sven Samyn, Mirjam Vaht
Supervisor: Nele Tiidelepp
01–04.06, 24/7, performance on 31.05 at 19.00
Abandoned hut across from EKA main entrance, Põhja pst 2

Sense of Measure, Interior Architecture course works
Simon Baguette, Piret-Liis Carson, Päär-Joonap Keedus, Ann-Katriin Kelder, Anni Truu, Krete Tarkmees, Laura Maria Tõru, Viktoria Ugur, Mari Uibo, Eliisabet Valmas-Romanov
Supervisors: Roland Reemaa, Hannah Sergerkrantz
01–17.06, every day at 09.00-23.00, opening 31.05 at 18.00
EKA cafeteria, Põhja pst 7

Pretty Gimmicks, Charming Trinkets and All the Other Things, Curatorial Studies and Contemporary Art course works
Sandra Ernits, Mara Kirchenberg, Rose Magee, Sarah Nõmm, Siim Preiman, Leonor Talefe
Curator: Anita Kodanik
3–11.06, Mon-Fri at 14.00–20.00, Sat-Sun at 12.00–18.00, opening 2.06 at 18.00
Last stop with the Kopli tram, at the kiosk next to Kopli 99b

Head organiser: Pire Sova
Assistant: Dana Lorên Vares
Exhibition design: Kaisa Maasik, Johannes Luik
Architecture exhibition design: Diana Drobot, Karl Erik Miller
Communication: Solveig Jahnke, Andres Lõo, Maarja Pabut
Graphic design: Birgita Siim, Agnes Isabelle Veevo, Aaro Veiderpass
Web coordinator: Kert Väljak
Web developer: Patrick Zavadskis
Install manager: Johannes Luik
TASE FILM: Maya Chaudhary, Terje Losvik
TASE shop: Sigrit Lõhmus

Supported by: Estonian Artists’ Association, Tallinn Art Hall, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Akzonobel, Punch

On May 18 and 19, we invite you to visit the EKA gallery and the open spaces on the 2nd and 5th floors, where over the course of two days this semester’s works by the first-year MA Contemporary Art students will be exhibited.

The exhibition is open on both days from 15:00–18:00 and is part of the Fine Arts Assessment Marathon, which offers an unique opportunity to get to know the current works of the young artists.

In addition to the EKA building, works by several students can be seen in other locations:

– Rose Magee’s exhibition is open at Vent Space gallery until Wednesday, May 17, 16:00–19:00

– Lara Žagar’s exhibition will open at Vent Space gallery on Friday, May 19, 19:00.

– Sarah Nõmm’s work can be seen at the exhibition Naturally It Is Not at the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design until June 11, Wed & Fri–Sun 11:00–18:00, Thu 11:00–20:00.

– Eri Rääsk’s work can be seen at Balta (between Vana-Kalamaja street 1 & 3) on Friday, May 19, 17:00–03:00.

Students participating in the exhibition: Rose Magee, Sarah Nõmm, Mia Felic, Mara Kirchberg, Mirjam Varik, Siim Preiman, Anna-Liisa Kree, Iryna Tanasiichuk, Sarah Noonan, Eri Rääsk, Leonor Talefe, Sandra Ernits, Mari Steinberg, Lara Žagar, Alisa Khellberg, Gerda Hansen and Syed Sachal Rizvi.

The students were supervised by Marge Monko, Kirke Kangro, Merike Estna, Taavi Talve, Anu Vahtra, John Grzinich, Paul Kuimet, Taavi Piibemann, Sirja-Liisa Eelma, Eve Kask, David K. Ross.

Film Screening

Title: Zum Vergleich / In Comparison 

Harun Farocki (2009)

x  Project Presentation Building Information: Kadambari Baxi, Klaus Platzgummer, Lennart Wolff (2022-)

Description

Bricks are the resonating foundations of society. Bricks are simply very long-playing records. Like records, they appear in series, but every brick is slightly different – not just another brick in the wall. Bricks create spaces, organise social relations and store knowledge about social structures. They resonate in a way that tells us if they are any good. Bricks form the basic sound of our societies, but we haven’t yet learned to listen to them.

Farocki’s film lets our eyes and ears consider different traditions of brick production in comparison – and not in competition, not as a clash of cultures. Farocki shows us various brick production sites in their colours, movements and sounds.

Farocki shows sites of brick production in their colours, movements and sounds. Brick burning, brick carrying, bricklaying, bricks on bricks, no voice-over. 20 inter-titles in 60 minutes tell us something about the temporality of brickmaking processes. The film shows us that certain modes of production require their own duration and that differences between cultures can be shown in brick time.

(Ute Holl)

Credits

Original title: Zum Vergleich. Director Harun Farocki; Script Harun Farocki, Matthias Rajmann; Cinematographer Ingo Kratisch; Sound Matthias Rajmann; Editor Meggie Schneider; Drawings Andreas Siekmann; Collaboration Antje Ehmann, Anand Narayan Damle, Michael Knauss, Regina Krotil, Iyamperumal Mannankatti, Mamta Murthy, Markus Nechleba, Jan Ralske, Yukara Shimizu, Isabelle Verreet.

Format 16mm, col. Length 61 min. Year 2009

“Bricks create spaces, organise social relations and store knowledge about social structures. […] Bricks form the basic sound of our societies, but we haven’t yet learned to listen to them. Farocki’s film lets our eyes and ears consider different traditions of brick production in comparison […]” (Ute Holl)

Harun Farocki’s film In Comparison (2009) opens up a global perspective on the conditions of the production of bricks and compares their modes, ranging from full automation to manual labour. The film screening serves as a point of departure for a discussion on today’s labour processes in architecture.

It will be introduced by Kadambari Baxi, Klaus Platzgummer, and Lennart Wolff, and accompanied by a presentation of their ongoing research and exhibition project Building Information (2022 -). Their project addresses labour processes in architecture in the context of digital ecosystems, structuring relationships among human and non-human actors. It was exhibited at the Architekturmuseum of the TU Berlin and led to a series of events in collaboration with ARCH+.

A series of open architectural lectures will be held this 2023 spring under the title “Triggers of Architecture”. The theme brings architects and theoreticians to Tallinn, who analyze the root causes of architecture and the means of making it.

On May 25 at 6 p.m., Kadambari Baxi will explore the connections between architecture and activism, geopolitics, and propaganda with the lecture “Building Activism: A New Agenda for Architecture”.

She will share her collaborative projects where concerns for human rights and climate futures spur different forms of architectural activism. Examining migrant labor exploitation on construction sites, reproductive rights politics, transnational air pollution and climate resilience, she links architecture to geopolitics and advocacy. The lecture discusses how local building sites expand unequal global processes; climate models reconstruct transnational air pollution to depict new zones of toxic responsibility; a plant-installation advocates for abortion rights, and a stalled climate resilience construction evokes imminent climate futures. Collectively, these projects aim to outline a new agenda for activism in architecture.

Kadambari Baxi, architect and educator based in New York, works collaboratively forming interdisciplinary partnerships on project basis. Her design, research and media projects circulate widely in international forums. As Professor of Practice in the Undergraduate Architecture Department at Barnard College, Columbia University, she teaches design studios and environmental visualization seminars. Recent advocacy includes cofounding the group “Who Builds Your Architecture?” and serving on the advisory board of “The Architecture Lobby.”

Within the framework of a series of open lectures, the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning of EKA presents a dozen unique practitioners and valued theorists in the field in Tallinn every academic year.

The lectures are intended for all disciplines, not only for students and professionals in the field of architecture. All lectures take place in the large auditorium of EKA, are in English and free of charge.

The lecture series is supported by the Estonian Cultural Endowment.

Curated by Andres Ojari.

www.avatudloengud.ee

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Additional information:

Tiina Tammet

E-post: arhitektuur@artun.ee

Tel. +372 642 0071