Category: Departments

25.09 – 01.10 Exhibition: https://www.facebook.com/events/853305954845876/

29.09 15.00 Talk: https://www.facebook.com/events/123706798363506/

The ways that materials and garments are created, are in a constant change. There are continuous dialogues between the appearance and functionality of the clothing. Sustainable design examples emerge as alternatives next to the mass production, and technology integrates into garment production means in different levels. Exploring alternative futures for textile and garment production, the exhibition presents examples from diverse interpretations of connecting textiles with technology. Textile Futures talk offers the opportunity to meet with the designers, artists and technologists behind the exhibition work to understand more their vision for the textile futures.

Anja Hertenberger (Holland) explores how technology can help us connect to our bodies and maximize our senses. Tara St James (USA) introduces sustainability in fashion. Oscar Tomico (Holland/Spain) offers insights into bringing technology close to the body. Kristi Kuusk (Estonia) wonders about the exhibition “Textile Futures” and talks to the Fashion & Textile MA students of Estonian Academy of Arts about their work at the exhibition.
Q&A with designers.

Event is free of charge, but please register:

RSVP kristi@spell.ee

More info: http://www.disainioo.ee/2017-program/textile-futures-talks

From May 18th to 31st takes place New Media’s alumni exibition “The Artist´s room” at Supersonicum Sound Gallery in Viljandi (Estonia). For more informations read from Facebook.

The exhibition. My Body. My Face. I Sense, I Look, I Imagine.

Graphic designer, blogger and enterpreneur Helene Vetik:

Self presentation in internet.
10 years on the field – evolution of the field and myself.

www.uustuus.ee

Open lecture series in the Faculty of Design

Fashion editor, stylist and blogger Aljona Eesmaa will talk about product in medias distorting mirror.

Cultural differences with Asian business partners.

See the programme of open lecture series in Faculty of Design: https://www.artun.ee/kalender/disainiteaduskonna-avatud-loengudopen-lectures-in-faculty-of-design/

You are cordially invited to a public lecture by Nora Sternfeld, Professor for Curating and Mediating Art at the Aalto University on Tuesday, February 21 at 18.30 at The institute of Art History and Visual Culture (Suur-Kloostri 11, Tallinn)

“Some Thoughts About Learning Together. Strategies of Art Education as Critical Practices of Knowledge Production”

How can we learn something that doesn’t exist yet? On the one hand this sounds paradoxical. But isn’t it on the other hand exactly what radical education is all about? Learning as a political and emancipatory practice has always been understood as a process towards another possibility: as a way to understand the social relations in order to change them; to understand them as they might only be understandable in another world. And maybe by doing so this one might change… As this process of self-transformation is a collective practice we can only learn it together. Following this thoughts the lecture will look at some examples of trafo.K – an office for art, education and critical knowledge production based in Vienna. We will discuss strategies for in-between spaces and contact zones that lay the ground for learning together.

Nora Sternfeld is Professor for Curating and Mediating Art at the Aalto University in Helsinki and co-director of /ecm — Master Program in Exhibition Theory and Practice at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. She is co-founder of trafo. K, office for art education and critical knowledge production and part of freethought, platform for research, education, and production based in London. In this context she is was one of the artistic directors of the Bergen Assembly 2016.

In cooperation with CuMMA – Studies in Curating, Managing and Mediating Art at Aalto University (https://cummastudies.wordpress.com).

Sofia Hallik “Born-Digitals”
26.01.-14.02.2017

HOP gallery
Tallinn
Hobusepea 2

You are kindly invited to Sofia Hallik’s solo exhibition “Born-Digitals” in HOP gallery.

Sofia Hallik (1991) is a jewellery artist and PhD student at the Estonian Academy of Arts (since 2015). In her doctoral thesis “Theomorphic Jewellery Essence by Means of Virtuality and Autonomy” (supervisors prof. Kadri Mälk and Dr. Jaak Tomberg) Sofia focuses on a search of divine form through innovative materials and technologies. What interests her the most is the way суberspace and digital technology influence jewellery.

Sofia’s solo exhibition “Born-Digitals” deals with the influence of cyberspace and the use of digital technology in the manipulation of work of art. There is a dematerialization and virtualization of an artwork in general happening in the aftermath of the Digital Revolution, which affects among other things, an art form that is highly physical form of art, namely jewellery. The aim of Sofia’s work is represented in the shameless and conscious adaptation of the conflicting concepts of handwork and machine work. Exactly at the junction of these two concepts there arises something truly attractive that is actually a taste of our reality.

In her new series of works, Sofia creates a dreamlike installation in both real and virtual rooms. Represented jewellery in particular serves as Sofia’s radical approach, allowing the artist to express the idea of Perfection of Virtual.

Sofia has graduated from Estonian Academy of Arts with a Master’s degree with cum laude in 2015. Sofia has had three solo exhibitions, the last one took place at HOP gallery in summer 2015; In 2015 Sofia was awarded the Foundation Noor Ehe / Young Estonian Jewellery grant. Her work has been exhibited at international exhibitions, the latter and the most important are “European Prize for Applied Arts 2015” in Belgium, Mons; “Marzee International Graduate Show 2015” in the Netherlands; “ESTONISHING!” exhibition at Thomas Cohn gallery as a part of Munich Jewellery Week 2016 and in Brazil, São Paulo.

We would like to thank: Kadri Mälk, Jaak Tomberg, Maria Valdma, Raiko Suits, Viktorija Domarkaite, Andres Hallik, Margarita Teeääre, EAA Jewellery and Blacksmithing department.

The exhibition was made possible with the support of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.

HOP gallery exhibitions are supported by the Estonian Ministry of Culture and the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.

Umbrella Group will open its first exhibition Confusion in the Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM) at 6pm on November 11, 2016.

Curatorial exhibition “Confusion” produced by the department of photography of the Estonian Academy of Arts takes places as an off season exposition on the first and second floor of the Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM) and will be open from November 12 to November 27.

Umbrella Group involves the following artists: Maris Karjatse, Madis Kurss, Kaisa Maasik, Hanna Samoson, Silvia Sosaar, and Ave Vellesalu.

The newly formed artist group captures attention with their spatial and video installations, a VR environment, as well as with the diverse and exhaustive subject treatment.

“Confusion” curated by Marco Laimre studies the concept of confusion in the context of contemporary art. The exhibition is based on Arkady and Boris Strugatsky’s idea that humanness is defined by man’s reaction to the unknown.

Exhibition publication designed by Anna Kaarma includes short descriptions of presented artwork.

Curator Marco Laimre will lead the artist talk with the members of Umbrella Group in EKKM’s cafe at 6pm on November 16.

Guided tour in Estonian will be led by art historian Madli Ehasalu at 1pm on November 20, guided tour in English will be led by art historian Eva-Erle Lilleaed at 1pm on November 27.

EKKM is located on Põhja pst. 35, Tallinn. Open hours Tue – Sun 12.00 – 19.00, closed on Monday.

Free entrance.

Supported by: EKKM; Cultural Endowment of Estonia; Estonian Academy of Arts; Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication School; Sadolin AS; Õllenaut

Thanks to: Rando Arand, Jevgeni Berezovski, Taavi Eelmaa, Marten Esko, Foku, Erik Heinsalu, Deniss Jeršov, Indrek Jõgi, Marie Karjatse, Indrek Klaus, Gennadi S. Klein, Karel Koplimets, Rein Kutsar, Ivo Kõvamees, Lauri Laasik, Arne Maasik, Keiu Maasik, Andrei Nakonetšnõi, Krista Palm, Elena Shkut, Hanno Soans, family Sosaar, Johannes Säre, Villem Säre, Raul Viitung, Reimo Võsa-Tangsoo

More info:

Marco Laimre

laimre@gmail.com

Kaisa Maasik

kaisa.maasik@artun.ee

http://www.ekkm.ee

ADAPT-r

26 November – 18 December 2016

Ambika P3, University of Westminster, London Daily 10.00-18.00 Admission Free P3exhibitions.com

Curated by Katharine Heron, Director, Ambika P3

Press View 10am–1pm Wednesday 23 November 2016 Private View: 6.30–8.30pm Wednesday 23 November 2016 Thursday 24 November: Book Launch and talk by Tom Holbrook Friday 25 November: Opening Lecture by Deborah Saunt

What do architects, artists, and designers actually do? What inspires them? How do they make the leaps of imagination they need to break new ground? Where do they find their ideas? How do they develop, test and share them with each other? How do they know when something’s going right?

Ambika P3 is proud to present ADAPT-r, a major exhibition that explores the research processes of working artists, architects and designers – revealing the diverse approaches to how they do what they do. From digital designers to landscape architects, brand designers to design activists, painters to performance artists, and many different types of architects, ADAPT-r presents the myriad approaches to the creative process.

This ground-breaking and challenging exhibition is the conclusion of a four-year international research initiative, funded by a major EU grant, and aims to provide rare insights through an extraordinary range of 35 creative practitioners from around the globe.

ADAPT-r, curated by Ambika P3 Director Katharine Heron, features the work of Siobhán Ní Éanaigh (McGarry Ní Éanaigh Architects, Ireland), Sam Kebbell (Kebbell Daish, NZ), Steve Larkin (Steve Larkin Architects, Ireland), C. J. Lim (Studio 8 Architects, UK), Marco Polleto and Claudia Pasquero (ecoLogicStudio, Italy/UK), Deborah Saunt (DSAHA, UK), Siv Helene Stangeland (Helen & Hard, Norway), Johannes Torpe (Johannes Torpe Studio, Denmark), and many more.

The exhibition offers a rich terrain of work to explore. It is divided into distinct areas charting the different stages of discovery within the creative process. Individual exhibits in the Studio show work in progress and completion by 35 practitioners, whereas Rooms reveals cross views of working together. The Library includes books and discoveries, while the Garden will be the site of a daily programme of events, including discussions, performances and screenings.

PRESS RELEASE

NOTES TO EDITORS ADAPT-r: The Background

Over a four year period, a remarkable EU grant allowed the employment of 35 individual artists, architects, designers, landscape architects, as Fellows for periods of 6 to 18 months to explore their own individual creative practices. Seven universities combined in partnership, to undertake the project named as ADAPT-r – Architecture, Design and Art Practice Training-research. Each moved from their own country to a different country within the partnership to undertake a PhD by practice. All present work in progress twice yearly at what is called a Practice Research Symposium – PRS – in a convivial, mutually supportive environment of critique. The PhD process concludes with a public examination or ‘defence’. This hard work is presented with craft and intelligence, and provides extraordinary insight in to the individual creative processes. Above all, the work itself is what drives the process. Creative practitioners need opportunities and encouragement to produce new work, and to bring it to the public eye. The EU grant allowed each practitioner the luxury of some paid time to think about their own work and creative processes and to share it with others.

The exhibition presents the work in the context of an international training network for practice based research in a PhD programme and will show the work of five practitioners who have completed their PhD, and four who will present at the time of the exhibition, as well as the work in progress of a further group of twenty six practitioners. See: http://adapt-r.eu

THE PARTNER INSTITUTIONS

ADAPT-r is a partnership of seven European Universities – Aarhus School of Architecture (Denmark), University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), KU Leuven Faculty of Architecture (Belgium), Estonia Academy of Arts (Estonia), Mackintosh School of Architecture – Glasgow School of Art (UK), RMIT Europe (Spain) & University of Westminster (UK).

http://arch.kuleuven.be/english, www.architecture.rmit.edu.au www.westminster.ac.uk/about- us/schools/architecture , www.fa.uni-lj.si, www.artun.ee, aarch.dk , www.gsa.ac.uk

ACCOMPANYING CATALOGUE/BOOK

Published to accompany the exhibition, an illustrated book, ADAPT-r, acts as both a guide to the exhibition and a memorandum of the ADAPT-r process. In addition to features on specific ADAPT-r projects, the book includes further details about the institutions involved, each fellows’ personal motivation and approach to the worlds of design and research, a guide to the layout and philosophy behind the exhibition and specially commissioned essays by Richard Blythe, Kester Rattenbury, Leon van Schaik and Fleur Watson, reflecting on the evolution and future of the ADAPT-r model.

The book is edited by Katharine Heron and Clare Hamman, with an introduction by Katharine Heron and Foreword by Johane Verbeke. Published by University of Westminster, November 2016, £10.00 (paperback). The book will also be available digitally.

EVENTS

Evening Events – weekdays only – include music, film, and practitioners in conversation. Practice Research Symposium 24 – 27 November

Booking is essential online at: www.p3exhibitions.com

PRESS RELEASE

ABOUT AMBIKA P3

Director: Professor Katharine Heron

Ambika P3 is the University of Westminster’s space for contemporary art and architecture, presenting a public programme of solo and group exhibitions, education projects, talks and

events. Dedicated to innovation, experimentation and learning, the programme has been conceived as a laboratory and meeting place for practitioners, industry and academia.

Past exhibitions at Ambika P3 include Anthony McCall’s Vertical Works (2011), David Hall’s End Piece… (2012), Ilya and Emilia Kabakov’s The Happiest Man (2013), Victor Burgin’s A Sense of Place (2013), Elizabeth Ogilvie’s Out of Ice (2014) and Potential Architecture with Apolonija Šušterŝič, Alexander Brodsky, Joar Nango and Sean Griffiths (2015) and Chantal Akerman: NOW (2015).

Forthcoming exhibition: The Casebooks Project (17 March – 23 April. 2017) curated by Michael Mazière.

VISITOR INFORMATION

ADAPT-r

Saturday 26 November – Sunday 18 December 2016 Daily 10.00-18.00 Admission Free

Ambika P3, University of Westminster, London P3exhibitions.com

Curated by Katharine Heron, Director, Ambika P3

Private View: 6.30–8.30pm Wednesday 23 November 2016 Thursdays 24 November: Book Launch and talk by Tom Holbrook Friday 25 November: Opening Lecture by Deborah Saunt

Bookable events online at: www.p3exhibitions.com

ADMISSION FREE

Ambika P3

Address: 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS Opening hours: Everyday 10am – 6pm Nearest Tube: Baker Street

Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7911 5876

Email: p3.exhibitions@wmin.ac.uk Website: www.p3exhibitions.com

For more information, interviews, or images, please contact

Kate Burvill: T: +44 (0) 207 226 7824, M: +44 (0) 7947 754 717, kateburvill@gmail.com Heather Blair: T: +44 (0) 20 3506 6941; E: h.blair@westminster.ac.uk