TASE

This spring, 15 young artists are graduating from the MA Contemporary Art program at the Estonian Academy of Arts. 13 of them are exhibiting their MA thesis projects at TASE ‘25 graduation show at Rävala 8 and two at the community garden of Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM), Kursi 5.

Rävala 8, III floor:
KitKit Para: ‘Shrek and The Aphrodite Beans’, supervisor Anu Vahtra, reviewer Anna Jensen
Yuko Kinouchi: ‘embodiment – -> de-zombification’, supervisors Madis Kurss and Else Lagerspetz, reviewer Taavi Suisalu
Brit Kikas: ‘Touch’, supervisors Tõnis Jürgens and Else Lagerspetz, reviewer Piibe Kolka
Viktoria Martjanova: ‘Visit’, supervisors Anita Kremm and Anu Vahtra, reviewer Sten Saarits

Rävala 8, II floor:
Eleftheria Kofidou: ‘Rapprochement’, supervisors Laura Cemin and Else Lagerspetz, reviewer Evelyn Raudsepp
Tea Lemberpuu: ‘Impersonal self-portrait. The daily choice to be seen or to hide’, supervisors Anu Vahtra and Maris Karjatse, reviewer Hasso Krull
Gerda Hansen: ‘One Piece at a Time’, supervisors Tõnis Saadoja and Else Lagerspetz, reviewer Lilian Hiob-Küttis
Liza Tsindeliani: ‘Trauma Made Me Hot’, supervisors Paul Kuimet and Maris Karjatse, reviewer Anna Škodenko
Chloé Geinoz: ‘Water, fountains and witches’, supervisors Liina Siib and Maris Karjatse, reviewer Elo-Hanna Seljamaa
Mia Felić: ‘What Goes Around’, supervisors Piibe Kolka and Maris Karjatse, reviewer Tõnis Jürgens

Rävala 8, I floor:
Kristi Vendelin: ‘Põletab, närib, ronib’, supervisors Kaspar Tamsalu and Maris Karjatse, reviewer Hanna Piksarv

Rävala 8, basement floor:
Vitor Pascale: ‘Room for Play’, supervisors David Ross and Else Lagerspetz, reviewer Jaanus Samma
Joel Jõevee: ‘selfportrait’, ‘self portrait 2’, ‘birthing pains’, ‘intimate separation’, supervisors Holger Loodus and Taavi Varm, reviewer Peeter Laurits

Community garden of EKKM, Kursi 5:
Yvette Bathgate & Jake Shepherd: ‘a space to gather, a place to grow’, supervisors Yvonne Billimore and Joss Allen, reviewers Ann Mirjam Vaikla and Sandra Pihlapson (Kosorotova)

Also participating in TASE ´25 exhibition: Lara Brener, Eri Rääsk, Iryna Tanasiichuk, Aivar Tõnso, Paula Vool

This year the thesis committee consists of five members for the Estonian graduating group and of six members for the international group. The core members are: artist and filmmaker Ingel Vaikla, curator and head of CCA Estonia Maria Arusoo, artist and educator Taavet Jansen. For June 3, they are joined by two more Estonian speaking members: artists and educators Marge Monko and Mart Vainre. For June 4 & 5, they are joined by three international members: writer, editor, and independent researcher Eric Otieno Sumba, and artists and educators John Grzinich and Léann Herlihy.

Maria Arusoo is a curator and dramaturge. Since 2013, she has been the director of the Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art and the commissioner of the Estonian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. She holds an MA in Art Theory from Goldsmiths, University of London, and has worked as an assistant to Martin Creed. Arusoo has curated numerous exhibitions and conferences, published widely, taught at the Estonian Academy of Arts and SAIC, and edited several art publications. Her current projects include a solo exhibition by Edith Karlson in Vilnius (2025) and the Estonian Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale (2026), featuring Merike Estna.

Taavet Jansen is an interdisciplinary artist whose work integrates movement, digital technologies, and interactive performance. His practice focuses on blurring the boundaries of art at the intersection of the viewer’s physical and digital presence. Jansen has situated his work in various environments, including theatre, galleries, and virtual spaces—his current focus lies in audience engagement in hybrid spaces and mixed reality. He is currently completing a PhD at the Estonian Academy of Arts.

Ingel Vaikla is an artist and filmmaker based in Brussels. Her practice focuses on the representation of architecture in relation to communities, working with video, 16 mm film, and found footage. Rather than depicting architecture as sculptural form, she explores its existential and ideological dimensions. Vaikla has been a resident at HISK in Ghent and WIELS in Brussels, and is currently completing her doctoral studies at PXL-MAD/UHasselt. Her works have been shown internationally, including at IDFA, Kunsthalle Wien, EKKM, Bozar, Videonale, and Manifesta 13.

Marge Monko is an artist based in Tallinn, working with photography, video, and installation. Her work engages with historical events and is informed by psychoanalysis, feminist theory, and visual culture studies. Recent projects examine romantic discourse and its manifestations in advertising and commercial design. Monko has participated in the HISK program and artist residencies in New York, Vienna, Hong Kong, and São Paulo. Her works are held in several major collections, including MUMOK, Folkwang Museum, Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, FRAC Lorraine, and the Art Museum of Estonia.

Mart Vainre is an artist living and working in Tallinn. He combines traditional painting techniques with digital tools such as image editing, 3D scanning, and modelling. His works explore the interplay between human and machine-generated visuals, reflecting on the interface between humanity and contemporary technology. Vainre holds a BA in painting and an MA in new media from the Estonian Academy of Arts and has exhibited in solo shows as well as curated exhibitions at KUMU and the Tallinn Art Hall.

John Grzinich (he/him) is an audio-visual artist based in Estonia. His work integrates sound, moving images and site-specific installations to explore perceptions of sound and space, seeking resonances between people and places. Grzinich’s recent focus questions our anthropocentric views through performative and fixed media works by combining earthly agencies, expanded listening practices and participatory engagement.

Léann Herlihy (they/them) is an artist, researcher, and educator based in Dublin. Their practice engages with trans*, queer ecological, feminist, and abolitionist theory, spanning performance, video, sculpture, text, and radical pedagogy. Herlihy critiques normative frameworks of identity, focusing on collective agency and resistance beyond binary categories. They lecture at the National College of Art and Design and are a recipient of multiple Arts Council of Ireland awards. Recent exhibitions include Precarious Joys (Toronto Biennial, 2024), The Salvage Agency (TULCA, 2024), and PLAYING GOD (Innsbruck International, 2026). Herlihy is a studio artist at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios and currently in residence at Fire Station Artists’ Studios.

Eric Otieno Sumba is a writer, editor, and researcher based in Berlin. His work draws on social theory, political economy, postcolonial studies, and art criticism. He is editor for publication practices at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW). Recent editorial projects include Destination Tashkent and Echos der Bruderländer (2024, HKW & Archive Books). As a curator, he co-developed Riverberi (2024) with Spazio Griot at Mattatoio in Rome. His writing has appeared in Contemporary And, Frieze, Camera Austria, Text zur Kunst, The Guardian, and others.

TASE Anima ’25
Sõprus cinema 13.06. at 5–7 pm
Free entry

Join us at the screening of bachelor’s and master’s theses in animation of the Estonian Academy of Arts, which will take place on June 13 at 5 pm at the Sõprus cinema. The screening is free of charge.

The screening will take place within the framework of the EKA thesis festival TASE ’25. TASE is the annual major event of the Estonian Academy of Arts, the center of which is the thesis exhibition, where the faculties of architecture, design, art culture and liberal arts present this year’s master’s theses and a selection of bachelor’s theses and portfolios. TASE ’25 will take place at Rävala pst 8, Tallinn from May 29 until June 19.

Check out the TASE program, locations and graduates’ works on the page: https://tase.artun.ee 

Participants: Paulina Belik, Maya Chaudhary, Nataliia Domini, Timofei Jerjomenko, Annaliisa Lepik, Natalya Mirzoyan, Léo Dominique Mourey, Katrina Oll, Mia Rulli, Yiyang Sun, Alex Toodu, Kaisa Vallaots, Lukas Wind, Shunyuan Yao
Organisers: Lyza Karoly Jarvis, Sander Põldsaar, Lilli-Krõõt Repnau, Francesco Rosso

Graphic design: Mette Mari Kaljas, Rasmus Lukas, Nelli Viisimaa
Welcoming drinks from Punch Club.

Sofiya Babiy
A spectrum of disappearance / Hääbumise varjundid
Location: Rävala 8, room A203
Defence: 12.05 at 10 o’clock

Elias Sormanen
Dreams of Novaja Zemlja / Unenäod Novaja Zemljast
Location: Pikk jalg 3, attic
Defence: 12.05 at 15 o’clock

Juulia Aleksandra Mikson
For a moment / Hetke vaid
Location: Manufaktuuri 7/2 ja Manufaktuuri kvartal apple orhid
Defence: 13.05 at 11 o’clock

Iohan Figueroa
Drifting / Kandumine
Performance: 13.05 at 16 o’clock
Location: Paljassaare hoiuala (outdoors)
Defence: 14.05 at 10 o’clock in Krulli Studio (Kopli 70a, II floor)

Hannah Segerkrantz
From Mines to Mountains / Maast Mägedeks
Location: Pikk jalg 3, III floor
Defence: 14.05 at 14 o’clock

Kati Saarits
Series of Belongings / Seeriad esemetest
Location: Koidu 23-6 apartment
Defence: 15.05 at 11 o’clock

Alyona Movko-Mägi
Creature. Maker. Mire. / Olend. Looja. Soo.
Location: Gallery SEEK, Väike-Pääsukese 5
Defence: 15.05 at 15 o’clock

Rait Lõhmus
reblow toolset: piiritus / infinite
Performance/demo: 16.05 at 13 o’clock
Location: Rakvere piiritustehas, Vabriku 6 in Rakvere
Defence: 16.05 at 14 o’clock

You are warmly invited to the opening of Juulia Aleksandra Mikson’s solo exhibition “For a Moment” on Tuesday, May 6th at 18:30, at Manufaktuuri 7/2, Tallinn.

From 6th to 16th of May Juulia Aleksandra Mikson is organizing her solo exhibition “For a Moment” as part of her master’s project at the Craft Studies department at the Estonian Academy of Arts. The overarching theme of the exhibition is the metamorphosis of life and the fading of matter. The materials used in the artworks engage with the gradual decay of life. The limited lifespan of the pieces — their potential to break, unravel, or fragment — conveys the uniqueness of both disintegration and creation.

By using the word ‘hääbuma’ that translates as decay or fading , often associated with melancholy or sorrow, the artist embraces the inevitability of life’s flow — where every end marks a new beginning. Nothing is permanent nor irreversibly lost, but rather in constant motion, always offering the potential for rebirth.

The exhibition site itself reflects a location-specific metamorphosis through time — the reinhabitation of the once-abandoned Baltic Cotton Spinning and Weaving Factory, now being transformed into the Manufaktuuri Quarter. The exhibition unfolds across three spatial environments: an apple orchard, liminal space between old factory buildings , and a contemporary residential development. This new architecture contrasts visually with the remaining factory buildings — at least, for now, before the old is fully absorbed by the new.The exhibition space brings together the works that embody various forms of textility and stages of transformation.

Juulia Aleksandra Mikson is a textile artist who explores the boundaries between materials. Her creative process is guided by the intrinsic properties of the materials, allowing them to lead the dynamics of creation. In her liminal practice, she has combined textiles with clay, and metal with textiles — revealing new layers within the relationships between materials. Working with both metal and clay, she values the freedom found in not knowing — a space where limitations do not hinder experimentation or the flow of creativity. For her, the essence of creation lies in the pure joy of making, where technique and material naturally become extensions of the hands and the mind.

Juulia’s work engages with themes surrounding the relationship between humans, the Earth, and nature. Through this lens, she reflects on the contemporary fear of dacy and fading — where, in denying disappearance, we live in illusion.

“For a Moment”, Juulia Aleksandra Mikson’s solo exhibition, forms part of her master’s thesis in the Art Studies curriculum at the Estonian Academy of Arts and is presented within the EKA TASE Graduation Festival.

Supervisors: Marta Konovalov, Kärt Ojavee, Juss Heinsalu
Mentor: Ivar Veermäe
Installation Team: Martin Mikson, Anna-Liisa Pärt
Sound Artist: Karolin Sigus
Graphic Design: Katariin Mudist

The artist wishes to thank:
The EKA Ceramics Department, the EKA Jewellery and Blacksmithing Department, the EKA Textile Department, the EKA Art Studies programme, Karl Aunin, Kille-Ingeri Liivoja, Mari-Ann Reede, Paul Aadam Mikson, Aleš Rezler, Mia Tamme, and all other collaborators in thought.

Supported by: Estonian Cultural Endowment, Põhjala Brewery, Estonian Academy of Arts – Art Studies

Opening: May 6, 2025 | 18:30–21:00

Exhibition Open:

7th May: 16:00–19:00
9th May: 16:00–19:00
12th May: 16:00–19:00
14th–16th May: 16:00–19:00

Location: Manufaktuuri 7/2, Tallinn

Join us at the screening of bachelor’s and master’s theses in animation of the Estonian Academy of Arts, which will take place on June 15 at the Sõprus cinema.

Participants: Carlos Santiago Ordoñez Alarcon, Aurelijus Čiupas, Ditiya Ferdous, Naira Hatchaturjan, Elise Kruusel, Evridiki Papaiakovou, Inês Machado Sales Grade Pinto, Piret Potter, Kirke Ross, Xingpei Shen, Nicole Tanysh, Laura Andrea Gudiño Sosa, Kelli Tõnurist, Sigrit Villido , Ada Napiorkowski.

Entrance is free.

The screening will take place within the framework of the EKA thesis festival TASE ’24. TASE is the annual major event of the Estonian Academy of Arts, the center of which is the thesis exhibition, where the faculties of architecture, design, art culture and liberal arts present this year’s master’s theses and a selection of bachelor’s theses and portfolios. TASE ’24 will take place until June 16 at locations all over Tallinn.

Check out the TASE program, locations and graduates’ works on the page tase.artun.ee

TASE ‘24
Estonian Academy of Arts Grad Show
30.05.–14.06.24
Open every day from 12 to 6 pm
tase.artun.ee

TASE is the yearly graduation show of the Estonian Academy of Arts, where the faculties of Architecture, Design, Art Culture and Fine Arts present current master theses and a selection of bachelor theses and portfolios. See the graduation works also on the website tase.artun.ee!

OPENING ON MAY 29

Schedule of the opening of TASE ’24 on Wednesday, May 29:

• 3 pm doors open at the Estonian Academy of Arts
• 4 pm opening of TASE ’24 at the graduation show of the Faculties of Architecture and Art Culture at the Estonian Academy of Arts
• 5.30–6 pm collective procession from the Estonian Academy of Arts to Tallinn Art Hall
• 6 pm opening of the graduation show of the Faculties of Design and Fine Arts at Tallinn Art Hall
• 7–11 pm party at Tallinn Art Hall

On the opening day, on May 29, the graduation show is open to visitors from 5–8 pm at the Estonian Academy of Arts and from 5–9 pm at Tallinn Art Hall.

LOCATIONS

Estonian Academy of Arts
Graduation works of the Faculties of Architecture and Art Culture
30.05.–14.06.24, open every day from 12 to 6 pm, free entry
Address: Põhja puiestee 7, Tallinn

Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Vent Space
Graduation works of the Faculties of Design and Fine Arts
30.05.–14.06.24, open every day from 12 to 6 pm, free entry
Address: Vabaduse väljak 6 & 8, Tallinn

Design and Architecture Gallery
Graduation works of the bachelor students of Digital and Industrial Product Design and the master students of Product Design
29.05.–8.06.24, open Mon–Fri from 12 to 6 pm, Sat–Sun from 12 to 5 pm, free entry
Address: Pärnu mnt 6, Tallinn

ETC
Graduation exhibition “Do You Copy?” of the master students of Graphic Design
1.–7.06.24, open every day from 1 to 5 pm, free entry
Address: Niine 8a, Tallinn

Long Leg Gate Tower
Graduation exhibition “ETHEL IS GOD” by Ethel Ütsmüts, bachelor student of Ceramics
30.05.–14.06.2024, open Mon–Fri 10 to 14 pm, free entry
Address: Pikk Jalg 3, Tallinn

PoCoLAB.ai
Graduation works of the master students of Interaction Design (MIxD)
01.–08.07.2024, open every day from 3 to 8 pm, entry 5€/3€/0€
Address: Rotermanni 14, Tallinn

Põhja pst 2, Tallinn
Graduation exhibition “Where to Belong” by Laura Movits, bachelor student of Interior Architecture
1.–4.06.24, open every day from 12 to 6 pm, free entry

Uus Rada Gallery & Raja Building
Graduation works of the master students of Contemporary Art, participants Sandra Ernits, Mara Kirchberg, Sarah Noonan, Siim Preiman
31.05.–14.06.24, open every day from 12 to 6 pm, free entry
Address: Raja tn 11a, Tallinn

PROGRAMME

EKA pop-up shop
29.05.–2.06.24 in the lobby of Tallinn Art Hall, open Wed 6–11 pm Thu–Sun 12–6 pm

Theses defences
27.05.–13.06.24

Guided tours about the graduation works part of Architecture with Gregor Taul at the Estonian Academy of Arts, starting in the lobby:
5.06. at 2 pm in English
5.06. at 4 pm in Estonian

Guided tours at Tallinn Art Hall, start in front of the building on Freedom Square:
8.06. at 1 pm by Anna-Liisa Villmann in Estonian
8.06. at 3.15 pm by Valeriya Ferschel in Russian
9.06. at 1 pm by Anna-Liisa Villmann in Estonian
9.06. at 3 pm by Anna-Liisa Villmann in English
14.06. at 4.30 pm tour about the stories of the building’s past with Kaisa Maasik in Estonian

TASE FILM, curated by Kaur Järve
11.06.2024 at 6 pm at the Estonian Academy of Arts, room A-101, free entry

28.05. at 5 pm opening of the exhibition by the students of Product Design at the Design and Architecture Gallery

30.05. at 4 pm opening of the graduation show of the master students of Contemporary Art at Raja 11a

31.05. at 4 pm opening of graduation exhibition “Where to Belong” by Laura Movits, bachelor student of Interior Architecture

31.05. at 7 pm opening of the graduation show „Do You Copy?“ of the master students of Graphic Design in the project space ETC

Public programme in the Design and Architecture Gallery:

1.06 at 1.30-3 pm workshop “Design quality time” for families in Estonian
1.06. at 12 & 3 pm guided tours in Estonian
2.06. at 12 & 3 pm guided tours in Estonian
8.06. guided tour at 12 pm in Estonian
2.06 at 1.30-3 pm workshop “Experiencing Design” in Estonian

SATELLITE PROGRAMME

Exhibition “Disruptive Dissonance” by the second year students of the department of Jewellery, Telliskivi 60, Telliskivi Kvartal
23.05.–5.06.24, open Tue–Sun from 12 to 7 pm, free entry
Opening: 22.05. at 6 pm
Participants: Emilia Santaella Barreto, Elisabet Kiverik, Alice Kupri, Lucie Pastyrikova, Liisu Saar, Jekaterina Šehovtsova, Ronja-Marjam Vene

Exhibition “With Love and Fortitude” by the first year master students of Contemporary Art, ARS Project Space, Showroom and Studio 53, ARS Art Factory, Pärnu mnt 154, Tallinn
25.05.–14.06.24, open every day from 12 to 6 pm, free entry
Opening: 24.05. at 6 pm
Participants: Yvette Bathgate, Mihhail Boitsov, Anna Broučková, Christina Gradtke, Katariina Kesküla, Yuko Kinouchi, Eleftheria Kofidou, Tea Lemberpuu, Sven Mantsik, Jana Mätas, Jane Muts, KitKit Para, Vitor Pascale, Merilin Põldsam, Jake Shepherd, Liza Tsindeliani, Elo Vahtrik, Kristi Vendelin

Screenings of Elle Lepik’s film “Agentic Glass Landscapes 1”, Energy Discovery Centre, Põhja pst 29, Tallinn
30.05.–14.06.24, Mon–Fri 11.15 am & 2.15 pm Sat 11.15 am & 3.15 pm, entry 15€/12€

Craft studies coursework, Kopli 70a, 2nd floor, Krull kvartal, Tallinn
31.05.–9.06.24, open Fri–Sat from 1 to 7 pm or by appointment
Opening: 30.06. at 6 pm
Participants: Sofiya Babiy, Iohan Figueroa, Rait Lõhmus, Juulia Aleksandra Mikson, Katariin Mudist, Maarja Mäemets, Alyona Movko-Mägi, Kati Saarits, Hannah Segerkrantz, Elias Sormane

Exhibition of the master students of Contemporary Art titled “AEGn/a: exhibition in the city centre of Tallinn”, Aegna Island, Tallinn
2.-26.06.24, visiting according to the ferry schedule
Opening: 2.06., guided tours at 11 am & 3 pm
Finissage: 26.06.
Participants: Yvette Bathgate, Chloé Geinoz, Katariina Kesküla, Eleftgeria Irene Kofidou, Jane Muts, Anumai Raska, Jake Shepherd, Melina Unterhauser, Elo Vahtrik
Curator: Keithy Kuuspu

Exhibition “Contemporary Drawing: Worlding in Layers” by the second year students of Fine Arts, NART studio and Narva Kreenholm Manufacturing Company
3.–30.06.24, NART studio open Mon–Fri from 3 to 7 pm Sat–Sun from 1 to 7 pm, Kreenholm can be visited on Saturdays at 1pm as part of a guided tour, free entry
Opening: 2.06. at 1 pm
Participants: August Joost, Maria Kallau, Laura Lillepuu, Triin Mänd, Elise Marie Olesk, Sandra Puusepp, Mia Mai Seppel, Hanna Vinter

Jana Mätas’ solo exhibition, Keskpuur, Keskturg, Keldrimäe 9, Tallinn
3.–23.06.24, open every day from 9.30 am to 3.30 pm, free entry
Opening: 8.06. at 1 pm

Graduation exhibition “Imprints of Being” by the photography students of the EKA Open Academy, EKA Billboard Gallery, Kotzebue 1, Tallinn
4.06.–25.08.24, open 24/7, free
Opening: 4.06. at 6 pm
Participants: Birgit Aitsam, Priit Jaak Sild, Karolin Kaplan, Reelika Helde-Mikkor, Geroli Peedu, Eveli Smitt, Liisi Tali, Grete Tuiken

Exhibition “I Hope You Don’t Mind…” by Rebecca Norman and Elisa Margot Winters, Cafe Ait, Vene 14, Tallinn
10.06.–31.10.24, open every day from 9 am to 7 pm, free entry
Opening: 8.06. at 5 pm

Screening of the graduation works of the Animation department’s bachelor and master students, Kino Sõprus, Vana-Posti 8, Tallinn
15.06.24 from 5 to 7 pm, free entry
Participants: Carlos Santiago Ordoñez Alarcon, Aurelijus Čiupas, Ditiya Ferdous, Naira Hatšaturjan, Kate Jansone, Elise Kruusel, Evridiki Papaiakovou, Inês Machado Sales Grade Pinto, Piret Potter, Kirke Ross, Xingpei Shen, Nicole Tanysh, Laura Andrea Gudiño Sosa, Kelli Tõnurist

Pille-Riin Valk’s artwork “Scent of Moments”, the facade of the Estonian Academy of Arts, Kotzebue 1, Tallinn
Open 24/7, free 

TASE TEAM

Organizer
Kaisa Maasik (kaisa.maasik@artun.ee, +372 5396 2524)

Assistant
Mia Tohver

Creative logisticians of TASE ’24
Vabaduse väljak 6 & 8
Brigit Arop, Johannes Luik

Creative logisticians of TASE ’24
Faculty of Architecture at the Estonian Academy of Arts
Anni Kärmik, Kairi Mändla

Curator of TASE FILM
Kaur Järve

Graphic design
Robin Raspel, Georg-Ander Sild, Ronald Trei

Communication
Pärtel Eelmere, Laura Jüristo, Triin Käo, Maarja Pabut, Andres Lõo (contact for press: andres.loo@artun.ee, +372 526 7253)

Technical director
Erik Hõim

Technical team
Katariina Kesküla, Ats Kruusing, Eke Ao Nattan, Reigo Nahksepp, Jake Shepherd, Mattias Jürgen Veller

SUPPORTERS

AkzoNobel, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Estonian Artists’ Association, Punch, Tallinn Art Hall, ERASMUS

Defence presentations of Master’s theses in Contemporary Art and Animation curricula
June 5–6, starting 10.00 at the TASE ‘23 exhibition at Tallinn Art Hall, Vabaduse väljak 8

5. juuni / June 5

10.00 – 10.45, VI floor
Heli Haav – master’s thesis: artistic component “Lilith” and written component ”Looking into the invisible: Attempts to find unspoken connections between the health of the Earth and the well-being of humankind”, supervisor Anu Vahtra (MA). Reviewer Elnara Taidre (PhD).

10.45 – 11.30, V floor
Jonathan Stavleu – master’s thesis entitled ”Museum of the 20th Century Archeology”, supervisor Anu Vahtra (MA). Reviewer Camille Laurelli (PhD).

11.30 – 12.15, IV floor
Samuel Lehikoinen – master’s thesis: artistic component “Unemployment Simulator 2018” and written component ”Everyday is Sunday”, supervisor John Grzinich (MA). Reviewer Taavi Varm (MA).

Lunch 12.15 – 13.15

13.15 – 14.00, III floor
M. Mojtaba H. Davijani – master’s thesis: artistic component “The Little Goldfish” and written component ”Shoot for Freedom”, supervisors John Grzinich (MA) and Kersti Uibo (MA). Reviewer David Ross (MA).

14.00 – 14.45, II floor, elevator
Stina Isabel Gavrilin – master’s thesis: artistic component “Break out. Give in.” and written component ”Seele Brennt”, supervisors John Grzinich (MA) and David Ross (MA). Reviewer Camille Laurelli (PhD).

15.45 – 16.30 ZOOM in EKA
Keawalee Warutkomain (Animation MA) – master’s thesis “Being-in-Between: A Journey to Contemplate the Notion of ‘Life/Death’ via an Improvisational Animation Approach”, supervisor Michael Croft (MA). Reviewer Mari-Liis Rebane (MA).

Assessment committee: Kristi Kongi, Sten Ojavee, Kristina Õllek, Agnė Jokšė, Rebecca Duclos.

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6. juuni / June 6

10.00 – 10.45, Kunstihoone
Triin Türnpuu – magistritöö koondpealkirjaga „Kunst on sinu ümber. Pea meeles – võid katsuda, mitte vaadata!”, juhendajad Ingrid Allik (MA) ja Else Lagerspetz (MA). Retsensent Tamara Luuk (MA).

10.45 – 11.30, Kunstihoone
Marleen Suvi – magistritöö koondpealkirjaga „18:25”, juhendajad Merike Estna (MA) ja Eik Hermann (MA). Retsensent Kaarin Kivirähk (MA).

11.30 – 12.15, Kunstihoone
Lisann Lillevere – magistritöö loominguline osa „Sulav tõde” ja kirjalik osa „Ma ei tea, mis on reaalsus, aga ma tean, mis mulle meeldib”, juhendajad Marge Monko (MA) ja Helen Sirp (MA). Retsensent Elnara Taidre (PhD).

12.15 – 13.00, I korrus
Anselm Oja – magistritöö koondpealkirjaga „Tuunitud eneseotsingud pimedatel sisetänavatel”, juhendajad Reimo Võsa-Tangsoo (MA) ja Anu Vahtra (MA). Retsensent Elo Liiv (MA).

Paus 13.00 – 14.00

14.00 – 14.45, III korrus
Kristiina Aarna – magistritöö loominguline osa „518 päeva” ja kirjalik osa „Nähtamatu hääl ja hool naiskunstnike loomingus”, juhendaja Marge Monko (MA). Retsensent Brit Pavelson (MA).

14.45 – 15.30, III korrus
Heleliis Hõim – magistritöö koondpealkirjaga „Täitumatus (Unfulfilled)”, juhendaja Reimo Võsa-Tangsoo (MA). Retsensent Holger Loodus (MA).

15.30 – 16.15, VI korrus
Annika Hint – magistritöö loominguline osa “Recreate.betterlife.jpg” ja kirjalik osa “Trying to grasp a rainbow is the surest way to make it vanish”, juhendaja Taavi Talve (MA). Retsensent Hanno Soans (MA).

16.15 – 17.00, VI korrus
Liis-Marleen Verilaskja – magistritöö loominguline osa „Jumaliku surm: Apokalüptiline unenägu” ja kirjalik osa „Jõudmine unenäost usuni ja kunsti”, juhendajad Eve Kask (MA) ja Andrus Laansalu (MA). Retsensent Lilli-Krõõt Repnau (MA).

Hindamiskomisjon: Kristi Kongi, Sten Ojavee, Kristina Õllek, Sandra Kosorotova, Tõnis Saadoja. 

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.