PIND: Estonian Art Project Launches at Centrala Gallery, Digbeth

PIND is an international art project, organised by the independent cultural producer Jaanika Okk and the Polish Expats Association. The project focuses on site specific art and collaboration. The aim of the project is to create a platform for international relationship between artists from Tallinn and Birmingham. Generating discussions and exchanging experiences as well as knowledge for mutual growth.

PIND (surface or a space in Estonian) represents the space in Birmingham, which Estonian artists are occupying during two month period.

Three artists with the street art background from Tallinn, Estonia will take over Centrala Gallery inside and out transforming the Gallery itself into a work of art depicting produce and items that are symbolic of Estonian life. The installation begins Monday 29^th June and the artists (Anton Koovit, Carl-Robert Kagge and Uku Sepsivart) encourage the public to come along and witness their creations unfold.

The project launches with a special preview night on Friday 3^rd July as part of Digbeth First Friday. As well as the exhibition the evening features DJ Rob Glover (Field Harmonics) and an opportunity to speak to the artists about their work.

On Saturday 4^th there will be an artist talk at 6pm and on both Saturday 4^th and Sunday 5^th July there will be Shop Calligraffiti workshops led by all three artists from 12 noon open to the public at only £5 per person.

This exciting exhibition will then be open until the end of August with further events to be announced.

PIND

4^th July until 30^th August 2015. Centrala Gallery, Digbeth, Birmingham

3^rd July 7pm – Preview Night (as part of Digbeth’s First Friday)

4^th July, 6pm – Artist talk, moderated by Dan Newso

4^th and 5^th July, 12noon until 4pm – Workshop led by Koovit, Kagge and Sepsivart

PIND project is funded by Arts Council England, Republic of Estonia Ministry of Culture and Estonian Cultural Endowment.

Press contact: Maryam Snape

mazzy@mazzysnape.com; 07776 030 517

Project manager: Jaanika Okk

mail@jaanikaokk.com; 07795 871 205

Polish Expats Association: Alicja Kaczmarek, alicja@polishexpats.org.uk

More info: http://centrala-space.org.uk/

June 18th, 2015 at 10 pm at Suur-Kloostri 11, Tallinn. All are welcome! Tickets 3 euro for EAA / 5 euro others

June 18 – July 7, 2015
HOP gallery
Working hours: 11 – 18
Closed on Wednesday

You are invited!
The art jewellery exhibition of Sofja Markarova HOMEOSIS: TOWARDS PERFECTION will be opened on Thursday, June 18 at 18pm in HOP gallery.

Sofja Markarova solo exhibition HOMEOSIS: TOWARDS PERFECTION presents the attempt to capture beauty that is beyond our grasp and understanding, to which the concept of “death” merely adds an element of ungraspableness and emphasises the impossibility of such an undertaking.
Through the dialogue between author and death the perfection of the Celestial hierarchy opens up to the viewer. The intended jewellery represents a manifesto of latent divinity on the basis of shape, chromaticity and substance. The perfect symmetry of the forms, the synthetic nature of the material, latest contemporary techniques and the use of a visually monochrome palette form the code of Sofja’s aesthetic preferences. It is a metaphor of godlikeness, which transforms jewellery into virtuality, into the prototype of perfection.
In Sofja’s work the necklace, as the most independent type of jewellery, holds sole position through such materials as polyurethane plastic, urethane caoutchouc, rubber, marble, necuron, silver and gold.

Sofja Markarova graduated from Estonian Academy of Arts, MA jewellery and blacksmithing and exhibited at Denmark, UK, Belgium and Estonia.

The exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.

Artist: Carla Castiajo
Sound: Paul Beaudoin
Where: Bathroom, Lembitu 3, Tallinn
Preliminary review: 3 June at 4 pm
Exhibition: 4 and 5 June, 4–7 pm
The bathroom is an intimate space where we execute contrasting actions and behaviors. We use this private space daily for cleaning ourselves of the impurity that accumulates by washing our bodies, hands and hair. In this space, we face the mirror where our hair can be combed and plaited or remove our unwanted hair. This intimate space is also the place where we expel our filth – our repugnant fluids and excrement.
In my recent works, my attention has focused on exploring the use and significance of human hair as a material in jewellery and art. The work’s purpose is to apply of the often ambiguous features present in hair and its potential to produce different and often opposing/contradictory meanings and reactions.
After washing your hands, you are welcome to touch the objects.
Carla Castiajo has studied and taught jewellery as a medium of expression. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Konstfack in Stockholm, Sweden and is currently a doctoral student at the Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn. The subject of her research is Hair: Purity or Promiscuity? Exploring Hair as a Material and its Meaning in Jewellery and Art.
She has taught at the BNU in Pakistan, the Oakham School in Britain, the ESAD in Portugal and the EKA in Estonia. Her work has been exhibited internationally.
Paul Beaudoin is an internationally recognized multimedia artist.
Many thanks to Ester Kruuse / Riigi Kinnisvara AS, Prof. Mart Kalm, Tiit Rammul, Virko Kuusk, Risto Tali, Andreas Kivisild, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Estonian Academy of Arts and FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia and with special thank to Prof. Kadri Mälk.

ERKI Fashion Show this Saturday will take place in Noblessner Valukoda, start at 7 pm. Get tickets here: www.erki.artun.ee/2015/et/piletid

21.05 Sam Jacob_Strange Harvest (London)
Sam Jacob is principal of Sam Jacob Studio for architecture and design and was one of the co-founding directors of FAT Architecture. He has been responsible for a range of internationally acclaimed and award winning projects ranging from the large scale — such as the master plan and design of the Heerlijkheid park and cultural centre in Rotterdam — to the cultural, including co-curating the British Pavilion at the 2014 Venice Biennale. Jacob is also a writer and critic, acting as contributing editor for Icon magazine and columnist for both Art Review and Dezeen. His book “Make It Real: Architecture as Enactment” was recently published by Strelka Press. He is currently working on projects across a range of scales including a masterplan for 300 homes near Cambridge, a social hub for a business park and a house in London’s Hoxton. Jacob is Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago, visiting Professor at Yale School of Architecture and Director of Night School at the Architectural Association.
Quite a few well-known architects, theoreticians, critics and urbanists have given talks at this lecture series since the end of 2011, to offer fresh perspectives on architecture, design, urban development and critical thought from around the globe.
www.samjacob.com
www.fat.co.uk
www.strangeharvest.com
Well-known architects, theoreticians, critics and urbanists have given talks at this lecture series, to offer fresh perspectives on architecture, design, urban development and critical thought from around the globe. The lectures are open to all students and professionals in the fields of architecture, urbanism and other spatial studies, as well as to the broader circle of those interested in the future of our living environment. The lectures are in English and they are free of charge.

The previous talks can be found at https://www.artun.ee/avatudloengud
The lecture series is supported by the Estonian Cultural Endowment.

13 young jewelry and blacksmithing students: Timmo Lember, Merlin Meremaa, Erle Nemvalts, Stig Paju, Johann Põldra, Helina Risti, Mari Saarepera, Jaan Škerin, Hanna-Maria Vanaküla, Agnes Veski, Krista Tiiu Koger, Hans Kristian Mänd, Kaur Virkebau

Telliskivi water tower, Telliskivi 59A, Tallinn

Read about the project here: 

http://chairmanstale.com