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    NEW MEDIA

    About the department:

    New Media is a contemporary art field focused on artistic experimentations with pre- and post-digital technologies that is cohabiting with other disciplines of fine arts. Based on professional standards, students are prepared to be skilled in time-based media art, interactive art, sound and visual art.

    The New Media Arts program, a component of EKA’s contemporary arts master’s program, currently emphasizes on three study modules: Videogames in Art Lab (VIA Lab) studies, Sound Art Connected Studies, and Video Art Connected Studies, alongside various practical workshops provided within the New Media workspace by International artists and professionals.

    The list of our alumni includes Aivar Tõnso, Piibe Piirma, Hannes Aasamets, Helen Västrik, Mari-Liis Rebane, Mart Normet, Katrin Enni, Kadri Liis Rääk, Eve Arpo, Evi Pärn, Karl Saks, Taavi Suisalu, Juhan Soomets, Martin Rästa, Roman-Sten Tõnissoo, Sten Saarits, Tõnis Jürgens.

    EVA Lab cluster

    Courses: EVA Lab 1 (Experimental Video Games in Arts), Unity Game Engine workshop, 3D Lidar Scanning workshop, Micro Games Factory
    Language: English
    Qualifications: No prior experience requirement
    Supervising teachers: Camille Laurelli, Taavi Varm, Sten Saarits
    Collaborations: LVLup! Videogame Museum of Estonia, National Library of Estonia, Museum of Design of Estonia, Komposter Festival, ARS Art Factory, Aalto University

    Sound Art Spring

    Courses: Sound Art & Spatial Sound Experiments, Reveil Broadcast dawn chorus ‘Sound Camp’, Modular Sound Synthesis Basics, Electronics for Sound and Music workshop
    Language: English
    Qualifications: No prior experience requirement
    Head of program: Sten Saarits
    Supervisors: Sten Saarits, John Grzinich, Bruno Quast, Camille Laurelli, Hans-Gunter Lock
    Collaborations: EKA Animation, Aalto University, ARS Art Factory, Walls Have Ears Sound Art Festival, Bitwig GmbH, Playtronica, Copper Leg Art Residency

    Video Art Programme

    Courses: Video Installation: Experiments With Moving Image in Spatial Context, Interactive Art, Virtual Reality Workshop
    Õppekeel: inglise
    Language: English
    Qualifications: No prior experience requirement
    Supervisors: Sten Saarits, Aubery Lis, Hans-Gunter Lock, Taavi Varm
    Partners: Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design, EKA Product Design

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    EKA New Media students’ exhibition “I’m not playing games, I swear” at RaRa

    Students of EVA Lab, the Experimental Video Games in Art laboratory of the Estonian Academy of Arts New Media Department, present their exhibition in a new gallery space inside the National Library of Estonia. Although the National Library or RaRa building itself will only reopen to the general public in 2027, this exhibition offers an early glimpse into a yet unnamed art space that has not ...
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    BIP “Godot Game Making for Beginners”

    From 24th of November to 28th of November, EKA hosted an Erasmus BIP workshop "Godot Game Making for Beginners". The workshop introduced students to the basics of the Godot game engine through the lens of contemporary art, focusing on creating original interactive game environments and integrating them into their own artistic practices. By the end of the course, students were be able to ...
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    Sten Saarits “Absentia”

    ARS Project Space 24.10.–15.11.2025 Mon–Fri 12:00–18:00, Sat 12:00–16:00 Exhibition opening: Friday, 24 October at 18:00 Sten Saarits’ solo exhibition ‘Absentia’ presents a trilogy of video works: The Wait (2020), The Stream (2022), and The Browse (2023), all connected by a sense of tension. A person no longer recognizes their world – they observe it, not with the curiosity of the first ...
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    Estonian Academy of Arts Students Once Again at Ars Electronica

    Systems of Unrest: Estonian and Finnish Art Students Respond to Contemporary Anxieties For the first time, the Estonian Academy of Arts and Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture join forces at Ars Electronica Festival 2025, presenting "Systems of Unrest" in the Campus exhibition area from September 3-7 in Linz, Austria. This collaborative exhibition brings together five ...
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    EKA New Media exhibition ‘WALKTHROUGH’

    Kuressaare Castle, Lossihoov 1, Kuressaare, Saaremaa 13.07.-04.08.2025; entrance with museum ticket Opening: July 12 2PM; free entrance during the opening The Exhibition is part of Saarte Art Fest program. WALKTHROUGH is a group exhibition showcasing media art installations by students of EVA Lab, part of the Estonian Academy of Arts’ New Media programme. The lab focuses on experimental ...
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    Sound Art Exhibition ‘TRACKING _ wrrrrr, bzzzt, zzrrt’

    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 ...
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    Presentation of Wooded Meadow Augmented Reality Video Games

    On May 7 at 17:00, the presentation of the augmented reality-based video games "VäikesedElud" will take place at the green area in front of EKA. As part of collaboration with EKA UNESCO Chair on Cultural Heritage Studies, the Environmental Agency, and the University of Tartu's project WoodMeadowLIFE experimental games on the theme of wooded meadows were created in collaboration between the ...
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    Gallery: opening of Aivar Tõnso’s solo exhibition “Light Matter in Dark State” at EKA Gallery

    From Thursday, April 3, Aivar Tõnso's project “Light Matter in Dark State” will be open at EKA Gallery. The exhibition will remain open until April 6 and can be visited Thu–Fri 2–10 pm Sat 12–10 pm Sun 12–6 pm.  On Saturday, April 5th at 3 pm, artist Aivar Tõnso will give a guided tour at the exhibition in English. Graphic design by: Jaan Evart Light design by: Rene Manivald Tamm Technical ...
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    New Media Arts is located on the 3rd floor – B306-B310.
    (Põhja puiestee 7, Tallinn)