Exhibitions

Public screening of the short films by the 2nd year students of the department of photography at the Estonian Academy of Arts will take place at 10:00AM on Monday, May 26th in Cinema Sõprus (Vana-Posti Street 8, Tallinn).

Films were made during the Art Project 3 course, supervised by Paul Kuimet, Lauri Laasik, Mattias Veermets and Jevgeni Berezovski.

The screening is free and everyone is welcome!

More info: Paul Kuimet, paul.kuimet@artun.ee

20.05–21.05

 EKA Artists Reclaim Forgotten Military Ruins in Astangu, Tallinn 

Co(h)e(r)cion is a site-specific group exhibition by Contemporary Art MA (MACA) students of the Estonian Academy of Arts, held in the historic ruins of the ammunition tunnels in Astangu, Tallinn. Once part of a Tsarist-era military complex and later a highly protected Soviet ammunition site, this area is now largely forgotten and abandoned.

Four international contemporary artists :
Fausta Norekaite (LT), Denis Lebedev (DE), Giulio Cusinato (IT), and Kroplya (BY) – mediate the layered histories of this unique landscape through sound, language, ecology, image, and interactive elements.

The title Co(h)e(r)cion is a wordplay, reflecting the site’s ambiguous nature and the emotions it evokes –  blending cohesion, coercion, and erosion.
The mysterious ambience of Astangu inspired the artists to explore concepts that extend beyond human consciousness.

Co(h)e(r)cion invites you to experience these artistic incarnations of loss, presence, absence, and natural forces firsthand.

This exhibition also raises awareness about the role of ruins in post-humanist art ethics — exploring the potential for artistic intervention in more cohesive, integrated, and thoughtful ways.

From May 20 to 21, Co(h)e(r)cion dares visitors to immerse themselves in the secret realm of the unspeakable and the unseen.

Curated by Anastassia Janovskaja

Location
The exhibition takes place in Astangu forest, Haabersti, Tallinn.
Coordinates: 59°23’50.6″N 24°37’35.0″E

You can find the exact location by scanning the QR code provided or clicking the link below:
 https://maps.app.goo.gl/UiC3KA5CYYYknW3u5 .

The map is also available on our flyer for your convenience.

On May 22nd at 6:00 PM, filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn will present the film “My Architect” at the Estonian Academy of Arts about his father, the world-famous Estonian born architect Louis Kahn, and his work.

There will also be a conversation with Nathaniel on site and an opportunity to ask questions.

Trailer and information:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373175/

“Astonishingly, this personal saga blossoms into a “Citizen Kane”-like meditation on whether anyone is truly knowable – but the showpiece is Kahn the younger’s spellbinding photography, which shows off his dad’s buildings’ epic grandeur as well as their spiritual intimacy.”

– Robert Kolker, New York Magazine
“One of the best films of this, or any, year.”
–Leonard Maltin, Hot Ticket
“For gripping drama and suspense, there are few fictional movies that can hold a candle to Mr. Kahn’s odyssey through time and space.”
–Andrew Sarris, The Observer

Louis I. Kahn, who died in 1974, was one of the greatest architects of the twentieth century, creating a handful of buildings that, in the words of the L.A. Times, “change your life.” But he left behind an illegitimate son, Nathaniel, and a personal life of secrets and broken promises. “My Architect” takes us on a heartbreaking yet humorous journey as Nathaniel attempts to reconnect with his deceased father. The riveting narrative takes us from the men’s room in Penn Station, where Kahn died bankrupt and alone, to the bustling streets of Bangladesh and the inner sanctums of Jerusalem politics, as well as through unforgettable encounters with the world’s most celebrated architects. In a documentary with all the emotional impact of a dramatic feature film, Nathaniel’s journey becomes a universal investigation of identity—and a celebration of art and, ultimately, life itself.

Opening:
30.05.2025 at 17:00 

Location: Paks Margareeta, Pikk tn 70, 10133 Tallinn
Curator: KITKIT PARA
Artists: Andre Joosep Arming, Zody Burke, Laura De Jaeger, DOKK (Liina Leo, Eugenio Marini, Ingrid Helena Pajo), Kadi Estland, Maria Kapajeva, Ando Naulainen & Pire Sova, Sarah Nõmm, Mari Volens

As questions of care and belonging become ever more entwined with vulnerability and fragility, the group exhibition COCOON examines how contemporary artists engage with the theme of protection through diverse perspectives. Set within the historic walls of Fat Margaret, a 14th-century defensive tower in Tallinn’s Old Town, the exhibition connects the history of medieval fortification to reflections on land, water, borders, and the fluidity of identities. Tracing the shifting nature of place, where land holds memory, water signals change, and borders reveal evolving cultural and political lines, while identities are explored as fluid and ever-changing, shaped by adaptation, exchange and context.Featuring nine artists, duos, and collectives based in Estonia, the exhibition includes video, sculpture, photography, photographic prints, and site-specific installations, displayed throughout the museum to engage with the building’s historical architecture and existing artifacts, creating a dialogue between past, present, and future. COCOON explores the evolving meaning of protection amid ecological, political, and cultural shifts and questions what it means to protect and care for ourselves, for one another, and for the stories we carry.

Graphic design: Fatima-Ezzahra El Khammas

Translator: Kristiina Arna

Special thanks to Põhjala Brewery, Hansas Plaadimaailm OÜ, Mihkel Karu, Hanna Samoson

Supported by Cultural Endowment of Estonia and Estonian Maritime Museum

“MÕJU”, a group exhibition by students of the Glass and Ceramics departments at the Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA), opens on Thursday, May 22 at 18:00 in the Põhjala Tehas Cultural Centre, Marati 5, Tallinn.

From May 22 to June 8, the the exhibition presents works by eleven emerging artists who each explore the concept of “influence” — the meaning of the Estonian word “mõju” — through personal interpretations and diverse material approaches.
A shared conceptual approach ties the diverse works together. Here, influence moves quietly – through gestures, fragments, and the gentle persistence of repetition. It resides in the body, in memory, in material – often unnoticed until something shifts, suddenly becoming impossible to ignore. A surface cracks. A pattern breaks. A new perspective emerges.

At MÕJU, influence is not a force to be imposed but a presence to be sensed. It resists definition, yet leaves a trace. A mark. A memory. A motion repeated until it becomes something else.

Exploring themes such as language, memory and music—the artists employ materials ranging from glass and ceramics to photography and site-specific or ephemeral works.

Participants: Arina Golubeva, Darja Nikitina, Elisabeth Töltl, Elza Jenzena, Koidu K. Priimägi, Lilian Maasik, Lou Bolinger, Mona Sofia Tahk, Rumen Stoychev, Teresa RA, Yulia Vakina

Supervisors: Kaja Altvee, Ingrid Allik, Kateriin Rikken

Graphic design: Koidu K. Priimägi, Elisabeth Töltl

The exhibition is supported by the Estonian Academy of Arts, Vivacolor, Põhjala Tehas and
Embassy of Austria.

The exhibition opening is supported by Põhjala Brewery.

TRACKING _ wrrrrr, bzzzt, zzrrt listens in on the spaces between connection and disconnection. The exhibition explores sound as a carrier of relation, a tool of interference, and a force of emancipation. Across textures of noise, silence, voice, and feedback, the works probe how sound both binds and unsettles across systems, bodies, and environments.

Here, sound is not simply transmitted – it is felt, fractured, layered. It resists linearity. It pulses with the messiness of contact. In these sonic encounters, listening becomes an active method of tracing presence, absence, and transformation. Rather than framing communication as seamless, the exhibition embraces its noise: the missed signals, delays, and ruptures that often reveal more than clarity ever could.

The exhibition is by the Estonian Academy of Arts New Media students presented at ((NYT)), a interdisciplinary art space in Berlin-Charlottenburg focused on acoustic and multimedia art. Dedicated to experimental sound art practices, the venue provides a platform for innovative artistic expression. Founded in 2023 by Szerafina Schiesser, ((NYT)) continues to cultivate Berlin’s vibrant experimental arts community.

With works by: 
Trevor Kinna, Liisi Kõuhkna, Olev Kuma, Anett Maiste, Villem Sarapuu, Nora Schmelter, Mats Johan Soosaar, Aidan Timmer, and Russell Gill

Graphic design by Villem Sarapuu

Supervised by Sten Saarits

Supported by the Estonian Academy of Arts, Bitwig GmbH, and the Erasmus+ Program

OPENING HOURS

Opening on Friday 23.05.24 6pm – 10pm

Saturday 24.05.25 12am – 7pm

Sunday 25.05.25 12am – 7pm

Programme

23.05.25  7pm Performance by ADAM

25.05.25  3pm Artist Tour of the Exhibition

Location

((NYT)) Art Space

Philippistraße 7

14059 Berlin-Charlottenburg

Near U-Bahnhof Kaiserdamm

On Thursday, May 15th at 5:30 pm jewellery and blacksmithing students of the Estonian Academy of Arts will open the group exhibition “Wasted Light” on two floors at Roosikrantsi 8b.

The exhibition features contemporary jewellery and metal works that explore wear and tear as a slow but constant process through time and change.

The exhibition connects the past and present day, offering a vantage point where material and cultural wear and tear form a poetic yet critical reflection of identity, memory and embodied experiences. “Wasted Light” discusses how we are affected by processes that do not entirely erode, but bring out what is hidden beneath the layers.

Participants
Greg-Robin Al-Touby, Miia Helena Allsalu, Kelly Engelbrecht, Marek Huntsaar, Robert Idvani, Liisi Kõuhkna, Helle-Maris Laanet, Kaspar Lesk, Tarvo Porroson, Kaspar Pulk, Liisa-Chrislin Saleh, Patrick Soome, Pärt Taukar, Melani Telliskivi, Liisa Tikka

Supervisors Eve Margus and Nils Hint
Graphic design Mikk Jõgi

Thanks to the Estonian Academy of Arts, Aldar Eesti OÜ

Open for visiting 16.05-01.06.2025

Wed-Fri 14:00-19:00

Sat-Sun 12:00-19:00

Rait Lõhmus presents the methodology developed during his MA studies with the project Reblow Toolset: “Piiritus / Infinite” – a site-specific glassblowing performance that connects industrial production heritage with contemporary craft. The performative reblowing takes place in the historic Rakvere Distillery and invites to reflect on the invisibility and impact of mass production. The demonstration brings human presence back into a space built on mechanised precision.

Reblow Toolset is a selection of tools and devices for reblowing premade glass objects. Influences from earlier productions and modified equipment are extensions of the designer’s body in a mobile glassblowing studio. The technology redefines and revalues existing glass objects, referring  to collaboration with a previous author, production, era or region.

“Piiritus / Infinite” is the outcome of experimentation, conceptual and tool development during the MA studies. The final project presentation takes place at Rakvere Distillery, an iconic yet vanishing part of Estonia’s industrial heritage. The former production space bridges creator, material, space, eras and heritage.

Reblowing reveals the potential of premade glass objects: resume, retake, reblow, remember, reproduce and reshape.

Supervised by Andres Allik, Triin Jerlei, Juss Heinsalu, Kärt Ojavee

Supported by Estonian Academy of Arts – Craft Studies

Rait Lõhmus’ site-specific glassblowing demonstration “Reblow Toolset: Piiritus / Infinite” is part of the Estonian Academy of Arts’ Craftstudies MA programme and the EKA TASE Graduation Show.

An invitation to the opening of “From Mines to Mountains”, an exhibition by Hannah Segerkrantz on Thursday 15.05 at 18:00 

From Mines to Mountains unfolds as an act of care within an industrially mined landscape often denied tenderness. Anchored in historical, environmental and socio-political research, the project unveils the complex entanglements of Ida-Virumaa, Eastern Estonia—a region reshaped by over a century of oil shale mining. At its core are four hand-sculpted vessels made of clay and glazes from oil shale ash sourced directly from this terrain. Through field research, writings, material experiments, and a visual essay, the project asks what it means to care for a terraformed environment, offering a new perspective through the language of craft. 

With special thanks to: Lina Kaljundi, Juss Heinsalu, Kärt Ojavee, Eik Hermann, Ainar Varinurm, Maksim Olissov, Anne Eelmere, Jaan August Viirand, Ethel Ütsmüts, Tiiu Meiner, Kati Saarits, Marite Helena Kuus, Karl Joonas Alamaa, Taavi Teevet 

Supported by: Estonian Academy of Arts – Craft Studies 

Opening: May 15th, 2025, 18:00 

Exhibition is open by appointment between 15.05-29.06 

Pikk Jalg 3, III floor 

Hannah Segerkrantz is a designer whose practice combines the notion of agency with the re-definition of what we address as our ‘surroundings’. With an interest in the intersection between architecture and radical ecologies, her approach to research is environmental, sensorial and contextual. Whether exploring the cultural background and gestures of architectural materials, or studying the relations between objects, people and local traditions, she offers tools and means for bridging our connection with the environments we inhabit.

hannahsegerkrantz.com