COCOON

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

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.

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

The exhibition Jääkolek consists of works by the second-year graphic art students at the Estonian Academy of Arts.

The word jääkolek in Estonian refers to what is left behind. The exhibition looks at how memory settles into ordinary things: the spaces we move through, the tools we use, the images we make. These traces live not only in the work itself, but also in the studio we share; a space that holds the rhythms of our daily making, quiet moments, and collective conversations. Over time, it has become both a place of creation and reflection, marked by what has happened within its walls.

The works of Jääkolek explore a range of topics, from personal introspection and identity to tradition, collective memory, and the nature of artistic labour. Some pieces are shaped by family histories or past events, while others focus on internal experiences and questions of the self.

There is a shared interest in traces: the marks left by repeated gestures, the sounds that linger, the material presence of things. Together, these works form a collection of imprints, fragments of thoughts, feelings, and memory that refuse to disappear.

Participating artists:

Aliisa Ahtiainen, Alona Chuprina, Olga Dubrovskaja, Merit Himmelreich, Jacqueline-Desirée Rosenthal, Robin August Vöörmann

Thank you: Eve Kask and Viktor Gurov for supervising, EKA Graafika for support and Art Lovers of Estonia for sponsoring the opening eventJääkolek

Exhibition dates: 20.–30.05 2025

Opening: 19.05 2025 kell 17.00

Location: GÜ galerii, Pärnu mnt 154, Tallinn

Opening hours: E–R / Mon-Fri 12–18