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 approaches to video games within contemporary art practice.

Bob Bicknell-Knight, Alisa Butenko, Rosa-Maria Nuutinen and Yiyang Sun explore video games as an artistic medium, examining how material culture, time, and the environment are perceived and constructed across both physical and digital realms.The exhibition itself is a liminal manifestation of the two worlds, where the viewers are invited to explore the many spaces that the exhibition occupies. Looting is a fundamental part of video games, where the player has an opportunity to upgrade or increase their powers through exploring the digital environment, much of the time in minute detail. Many of these found items are worthless, and the chance of finding the most valuable loot is limited. Like in games, we invite the viewer to explore the different spaces and discover the separate artworks.

Artists: Bob Bicknell-Knight, Alisa Butenko, Rosa-Maria Nuutinen, Yiyang Sun

Supervisors: Camille Laurelli, Sten Saarits

Production assistance: Sava Plukhooii, Taavi Varm, Hans-Gunter Lock

Supported by Estonian Academy of Arts, EVA Lab, Saaremaa vald, Kuressaare Kultuurivara, Kuressaare Castle