EKA Material Lab, Kotzebue 10 (White house)
Start Date:
18.06.2026
Start Time:
15:00
End Date:
18.06.2026
Towards Patterns of Making
Eik Hermann, Juss Heinsalu, Kärt Ojavee
The current publication introduces the key findings of the MUUSA: Synthesis and Modelling of Material Research project and situates them in a broader context. The opening text, an interview with anthropologist Tim Ingold, challenges prevailing ideas about the relationship between material practice and academic theory, while offering alternatives. This is followed by an introduction to the conceptware underlying the work and an overview of the project’s progression. This publication helps to better conceptualise different practices of making and research, and supports the teaching of new practitioners.
Over time, various creative research models were tested, while simultaneously mapping, drafting and modelling different stages of the research process. Another aim was to develop and establish a new conceptware for making.
MUUSA brought together two artist-designers, Juss Heinsalu and Kärt Ojavee, philosopher Eik Hermann and several cross-disciplinary external experts. The project and its results were first shown as an exhibition (held in November 2024 at MUUSA Studio in Tallinn) and are now also presented as a publication.
Publishing of Towards Patterns of Making has been supported by the Estonian Academy of Arts, and the previous project was funded by the Estonian Ministry of Culture’s creative research grant.
The launch will be held in English.