BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:spatie/icalendar-generator NAME:EKA Calendar X-WR-CALNAME:EKA Calendar DESCRIPTION:EKA Events X-WR-CALDESC:EKA Events REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT5M X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT5M BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Tallinn BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T040000Z TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T030000Z TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261025T040000Z TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270328T030000Z TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251029T172532Z TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:208329 DTSTAMP:20260726T172532Z SUMMARY:Lili Maud Dobell & Éric-Olivier Thériault “Everything is Just S omething to Get Through” [Exhibitions] DESCRIPTION:\\n04.07-26.07 @ Keskpuur\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nThe opening of LMEO artist duo’s first international exhibition will take place on Jul y 4 at 13:00. Drinks for the opening will be provided by Tuletorn & Vaat.\ \n\\n\\n\\nKeskpuur is pleased to announce Everything is Just Something to Get Through – the first international exhibition by the artist duo LMEO . Originally from Montréal and now based in Tallinn\\\, LMEO brings toget her their individual practices through a collaborative approach rooted in sculpture\\\, installation\\\, and performance.\\n\\n\\n\\nAs temporary re sidents in Estonia\\\, the artists have developed the exhibition through t he observant gaze of newcomers. This exhibition challenges concepts of spe ctatorship and its relation to urban systems\\\, drawing attention to the ways public infrastructures can function [or can be understood] as choreog raphy.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe exhibition evokes a feeling of displacement or lonel iness that blends into the anonymity of public space. Through flickering l ights\\\, industrial assemblages\\\, and images of the mundane\\\, Everyth ing is Just Something to Get Through reflects on the banal structures that shape contemporary life and reimagines them as theatrical settings. LMEO invites viewers to encounter these environments with the heightened awaren ess of a visitor or outsider\\\, while considering how spiritual presence and emotional connection might inhabit ordinary spaces as a means of commu nicating across distance and coping with grief and loss.\\n\\n\\n\\n…\\n \\n\\n\\nLili Maud Dobell and Éric-Olivier Thériault have worked collabo ratively since October 2022\\\, after meeting while completing their BFAs at NSCAD University. After establishing an alternative gallery space in Ha lifax\\\, Canada\\\, the artists moved to Estonia to pursue graduate studi es at the Estonian Academy of Arts in the Contemporary Art MA programme. T he pair uses collaboration as a meeting ground for a shared artistic visio n\\\, resisting singular authorship.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe acronym LMEO stands fo r \"Laughing My Ears Off\" while also referencing the initials of their fi rst names.\\n\\n\\n\\nBoth artists specialize in sculptural practices that invite or consider bodily interaction with materials. Their collaborative practice speaks in a tone they describe as \"pathetic poetry\". Through t heir durational works\\\, they coined the term Proof of Performance to des cribe the sculptural act of making through being.\\n\\n\\n\\nCentral to th e pair’s joint practice is the gathering and assemblage of found objects \\\, reflecting a commitment to a sustainable artistic language that consi ders the relevance and utility of the readymade within a context of climat e and socio-political crisis. As a result\\\, the seemingly mundane spaces where the reflection and the non-doing aspects of a sculptural practice a re activated become the subject for the artwork itself.\\n\\n\\n\\nLili Ma ud and Éric-Olivier are currently developing Cycles\\\, a performance pie ce that will be shown at the 61st Venice Biennale under the pavilion umbre lla of Merike Estna’s House of Leaking Sky.\\n\\\\n [Exhibitions] LOCATION:Keskpuur Gallery\, Keldrimäe 9 (2nd floor) DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Tallinn;VALUE=DATE:20260704 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Tallinn;VALUE=DATE:20260726 URL:https://www.artun.ee/en/calendar/lili-maud-dobell-eric-olivier-theriaul t-everything-is-just-something-to-get-through/ CATEGORIES:Exhibitions ITERATOR:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:208110 DTSTAMP:20260726T172533Z SUMMARY:Lisette Lepik’s solo exhibition Flow State [Exhibitions] DESCRIPTION:\\nLisette Lepik’s solo exhibition Flow State will open on 7t h of July at 18:00 at Artovert Gallery. \\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n7.07 – 7 .08.2026\\n\\n\\n\\nTue – Sat 12:00 – 18:00\\\, Sun – Mon closedExhi bition opening on Tuesday 7th of July at 18:00.\\n\\n\\n\\nArtrovert Galle ry\\\, Ristiku tn 10\\\, 10612 Tallinn\\n\\n\\n\\nLisette Lepik’s solo e xhibition Flow State focuses on the dialogue between painting as a non-lin ear medium and dance as a medium unfolding in time. The exhibition is guid ed by the question: how can movement that disappears in time be transforme d into an image\\\, and can painting convey the experience of movement?\\n \\n\\n\\nPainting has traditionally been understood as a static\\\, two-di mensional medium. Dance\\\, by contrast\\\, emerges through movement and d uration. While the two mediums engage with time in different ways\\\, both are shaped by gesture and bodily action. Movement in dance is experienced through time\\\, whereas painting appears to suspend time\\\, preserving traces of a process that has already passed.\\n\\n\\n\\nWithin both proces ses\\\, there are moments when attention becomes fully absorbed in the act itself. As movement unfolds\\\, awareness of the surrounding environment fades and the distinction between intention and action becomes less pronou nced. Flow State draws on this shared condition\\\, exploring how the flee ting presence of movement can leave traces that persist beyond the moment of its occurrence.\\n\\n\\n\\nFlow State extends beyond the boundaries of painting into a carefully constructed spatial environment. Sound\\\, light \\\, and exhibition architecture become active participants in the work\\\ , gradually dissolving distinctions between image and atmosphere\\\, obser vation and immersion. Together\\\, these elements create a space where the exhibition's central questions are experienced as much through the viewer 's movement and perception as through the paintings themselves.\\n\\n\\n\\ nLisette Lepik (b. 1999\\\, Tallinn\\\, EE) is an artist working primarily with painting and installation. Her practice examines the body as a site where intimacy\\\, memory\\\, family structures\\\, and social roles inter sect. \\n\\n\\n\\nLepik is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Contem porary Art at the Estonian Academy of Arts\\\, where she completed a Bache lor's degree in Painting in 2022\\\, and studied installation and sculptur e at the Iceland University of the Arts in 2019. She has exhibited in Esto nia\\\, Iceland\\\, Austria\\\, and Lithuania\\\, including duo exhibition s with Brenda Purtsak at Tartu Art House and Hobusepea Gallery (2024)\\\, and a collaborative exhibition with Kristina Kuzemko at Club Virgin\\\, a strip club in Tallinn (2025). Her most recent solo exhibition took place a t Haapsalu City Gallery (2025). She received the Estonian Academy of Arts' \"Õpi ja sära\" scholarship in 2024 and the Helju Rossmann Scholarship in 2025.\\n\\n\\n\\nOpen: 7.07 – 7.08.2026\\n\\n\\n\\nTue – Sat 12:00 – 18:00\\\, Sun – Mon closed\\n\\n\\n\\nArtrovert Gallery\\\, Ristiku tn 10\\\, 10612 Tallinn\\n\\n\\n\\nCurator: Nora Schmelter\\n\\n\\n\\nSoun d: Gregor Sirendi\\n\\n\\n\\nGraphic Design: Villem Sarapuu\\n\\n\\n\\nTec hnical Support: Siim Raie\\\, Nora Schmelter\\\, Mats Johan Soosaar\\n\\n\ \n\\nSpecial Thanks: Artrovert Gallery\\\, Estonian Cultural Endowment\\\, Estonian Academy of Arts Department of New Media\\\, Punch Club\\\, Bob B icknell-Knight\\\, Gerda Hansen\\\, Mats Johan Soosaar\\n\\\\n [Exhibition s] LOCATION:Artrovert Galerii DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Tallinn:20260707T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Tallinn:20260807T000000 URL:https://www.artun.ee/en/calendar/lisette-lepiks-solo-exhibition-flow-st ate/ CATEGORIES:Exhibitions ITERATOR:2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:208476 DTSTAMP:20260726T172533Z SUMMARY:Peer-review of Sonya Isupova’s exhibition DESCRIPTION:\\nOn 14 August\\\, from 13:00 to 14:30 (EEST)\\\, the public p eer review of Art and Design doctoral student Sofia Isupova's first solo e xhibition\\\, “Water\\\, Usually in the Shape of a River\\\,” will tak e place in EKA Gallery on the second floor.Water\\\, Usually in the Shape of a River folds in itself infrastructures\\\, shapes perceptions\\\, and registers transformations. A river exists simultaneously as a border\\\, a defence mechanism\\\, and a source of both life and death. Its water can become a resource\\\, a weapon\\\, or a memorial. The exhibition investiga tes Soviet infrastructural projects and their modes of representation\\\, focusing on hydroelectric dams built along the Dnipro River in southern Uk raine\\\, particularly the Kakhovka and Dnipro hydroelectric stations. Thr ough film and archival research\\\, juxtaposed with media art installation \\\, Isupova examines how these projects reshaped both landscape and colle ctive memory.The exhibition forms part of her doctoral research on the eff ects of colonial infrastructure on the landscape.At the centre of the exhi bition is the essay film Water\\\, Usually in the Shape of a River\\\, whi ch functions as a visual map of a memory of a landscape that is no longer there.\\n\\n\\n\\nReviewers: Dr. Raivo Kelomees (EKA) and Prof. Madina Tlo stanova (Linkoping University\\\, Sweden)\\n\\n\\n\\nSupervisors: Dr. Epp Annus\\\, Dr. Varvara Guljajeva\\n DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Tallinn;VALUE=DATE:20260814 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Tallinn;VALUE=DATE:20260814 URL:https://www.artun.ee/en/calendar/peer-review-of-sonya-isupovas-exhibiti on/ ITERATOR:3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:204777 DTSTAMP:20260726T172533Z SUMMARY:Zody Burke & Klara Zetterholm “Ersatz Strata”  [Exhibitions] DESCRIPTION:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nApril 24 - August 15\\\, 2026Opening April 23 at 6pm\\n\\n\\n\\nAnnouncing the opening of 'Ersatz Strata'\\\, a joint exhi bition by Zody Burke (Tallinn\\\, NYC\\\, EKA MACA) and Klara Zetterholm (Stockholm) at Temnikova & Kasela gallery.  \\n\\n\\n\\nThe work is an e xploration of a recently discovered imagined anthropological site of quest ionable provenance. Through reliefs\\\, sculptures\\\, printed work\\\, ki netic elements\\\, and industrial residue\\\, the artists present an unrel iable aesthetic archaeology in the language of natural history museums.\ \n\\n\\n\\nThe exhibition includes a short story written by Jaakko Pallasv uo (a.k.a. Avocado Ibuprofen) with design by Taylor Tex Tehan (EKA GDMA).\ \n\\n\\n\\nThe opening will include a live performance by musician and dig ital-age cosmogonist 011668 (Los Angeles)\\\, whose interdisciplinary work blends spirituality\\\, consumption\\\, and fossil fuel mythologies. The performance will occur just before twilight.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.\\n\\\\n [Exhibitions] LOCATION:Temnikova &\; Kasela galerii DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Tallinn;VALUE=DATE:20260424 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Tallinn;VALUE=DATE:20260815 URL:https://www.artun.ee/en/calendar/zody-burke-klara-zetterholm-ersatz-str ata/ CATEGORIES:Exhibitions ITERATOR:4 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:205892 DTSTAMP:20260726T172533Z SUMMARY:Maria Kapajeva. I Am A Border [Exhibitions] DESCRIPTION:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n29.05–16.08.2026Maria Kapajeva. I Am A BorderC urator: Siim Preiman\\\, Exhibition designer: Anu Vahtra\\n\\n\\n\\nEstoni an artist Maria Kapajeva will open her largest solo exhibition to date at the Tallinn Art Hall’s Lasnamäe Pavilion on 28 May at 6 pm. Titled I Am a Border\\\, the exhibition brings together 16 works created between 2014 and 2026\\\, many of them produced specifically for this show. Admission is free.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe exhibition is the culmination of more than a decad e of artistic research into the border as a geographical\\\, bodily\\\, an d emotional phenomenon.\\n\\n\\n\\nIts point of departure is the region be yond Narva\\\, Narvataguse – the former homeland of the artist’s pater nal family\\\, now located within the Russian border zone and inaccessible to the family today. Through photographs\\\, video works\\\, installation s\\\, and textiles\\\, Kapajeva approaches borderliness not as a fixed pla ce\\\, but as a continuous state of transition – never fully one thing\\ \, never fully becoming the other.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe works intertwine the Nar va River\\\, the post-operative body\\\, family archives\\\, a disappearin g language\\\, and disrupted connections to landscape and heritage. One of the exhibition’s central works\\\, Four Generations Later\\\, features the artist’s relatives reading dialect texts from the Narvataguse region recorded in 1947 – a language that has become partly incomprehensible e ven to younger Russian-speaking generations.The installations incorporate materials such as maps from the family archive\\\, diary entries by Kapaje va’s father\\\, a family tree drawn by a geneticist\\\, and a blanket th at once belonged to the artist’s grandmother. Several works also explore the fluidity of the body and identity\\\, connecting queer perspectives w ith ecology and border landscapes.\\n\\n\\n\\n“What moves me in Maria Ka pajeva’s work is her ability to speak about identity without simplifying it. Her works hold vulnerability\\\, the weight of history\\\, and a deep ly personal clarity all at once\\\,” said the exhibition’s curator Sii m Preiman. “Every day I see how nationalism is often something that divi des rather than unites us.”\\n\\n\\n\\nThe exhibition is accompanied by a diverse public programme:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n30 May at 2 pm – curator’s t our with Siim Preiman\\n\\n\\n\\n17 June at 5 pm – artist’s tour with Maria Kapajeva\\n\\n\\n\\nIn July\\\, Maria Kapajeva and Anton Küünal wi ll host a joint event exploring the intersections of plants\\\, ecology\\\ , and queer perspectives (date to be confirmed)\\n\\n\\n\\n9 August – a collective textile workshop titled Queering and Sewing Together\\n\\n\\n\\ nOn the exhibition’s final day\\\, 16 August\\\, there will be an artist ’s tour followed by a communal cooking event in the Korr-korr (Borborygm us) series\\\, where the exhibition team and visitors will prepare and sha re food together.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nMaria Kapajeva is an artist whose work exp lores questions of identity and gender\\\, with a particular focus on in-b etween and transitional states. Her works are included in several museum c ollections\\\, including the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art and the Tar tu Art Museum. She is currently pursuing doctoral studies at the Estonian Academy of Arts and is one of the recipients of the Estonian state artist ’s salary.\\n\\\\n [Exhibitions] LOCATION:Tallinna Kunstihoone Lasnamäe Paviljon DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Tallinn;VALUE=DATE:20260529 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Tallinn;VALUE=DATE:20260816 URL:https://www.artun.ee/en/calendar/maria-kapajeva-i-am-a-border/ CATEGORIES:Exhibitions ITERATOR:5 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:208073 DTSTAMP:20260726T172533Z SUMMARY:“Charge\, Jaw\, Babble\, Faucet” at EKA Gallery 4.07.–16.08.2 026 [EKA Gallery\, Exhibitions] DESCRIPTION:\\n\\nRonja Siitonen\\\, Maria Wrang-Rasmussen\\\, Martina Zito \\n“Charge\\\, Jaw\\\, Babble\\\, Faucet”\\nEKA Gallery 4.07.–16.08. 2026 (NB! Closed during 20.07.–2.08.)\\nOpen Tue–Sat 12–6 pm Sun 12 –4 pm\\nOpening: Friday\\\, July 3 at 6 pm\\n\\nThe exhibition “Charge \\\, Jaw\\\, Babble\\\, Faucet” expands through the magical\\\, gray are as of active incoherence\\\, wielding gibberish as both shield and tool to explore alternative logics of language. Here\\\, communication extends be yond words into expanded forms and hidden meanings. Gibberish\\\, as a pri vate space of understanding\\\, offers a playground for hide-and-seek betw een language and body\\\, humour and mystery.\\n\\nWorking across video\\\ , installation\\\, sculpture\\\, and jelly painting\\\, the exhibition bri ngs together artworks by Ronja Siitonen\\\, Maria Wrang-Rasmussen\\\, and Martina Zito. Here\\\, modern-day spells take shape as rhythmical language s in translation. Alchemical transformations simmer as teeth are scratched and paws wait patiently\\\; skin wrinkles and stretches into a sweet tens ion\\\; the trapeze pendulum hangs poised\\\, ready for a push.\\n\\nGraph ic design: Simon Janson\\nTechnical support: Ats Kruusing\\nThe exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and Sadolin Estonia.\\n Opening drinks from mirai™.\\\\n [EKA Gallery\\\, Exhibitions] LOCATION:EKA Gallery DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Tallinn:20260703T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Tallinn:20260816T160000 URL:https://www.artun.ee/en/calendar/charge-jaw-babble-faucet-at-eka-galler y/ CATEGORIES:EKA Gallery\, Exhibitions ITERATOR:6 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:208075 DTSTAMP:20260726T172533Z SUMMARY:Sonya Isupova “Water Usually in the Shape of a River” at EKA Ga llery 4.07.–16.08.2026 [EKA Gallery\, Exhibitions] DESCRIPTION:\\n\\nSonya Isupova\\n“Water Usually in the Shape of a River. Hydroelectric Imaginaries of the Southern Ukrainian Landscape”\\nEKA Ga llery 4.07.–16.08.2026 (NB! Closed during 20.07.–2.08.)\\nOpen Tue–S at 12–6 pm Sun 12–4 pm\\nOpening: Friday\\\, July 3 at 6 pm\\n\\n“Wa ter Usually in the Shape of a River” is the first solo exhibition by Ukr ainian artist and researcher Sonya Isupova. The exhibition explores Soviet infrastructural projects and their modes of representation\\\, focusing o n the hydroelectric dams built along the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine\ \\, particularly the Kakhovka and Dnipro hydroelectric stations. Through f ilm and archival research\\\, Isupova examines how these projects reshaped both landscape and collective memory.\\n\\nThe exhibition forms part of h er doctoral research on the effects of colonial infrastructure on the land scape. She approaches Soviet films about infrastructure as “imaginary ma ps” that helped construct a unified Soviet space while simultaneously pr eserving visual records of territories before their transformation. Throug h these films\\\, it becomes possible to trace the beginnings of ruination and reconstruct fragmented memories of landscapes submerged beneath the m an-made seas of the Kakhovka and Dnipro reservoirs.\\n\\nPositioned betwee n monumentality and utility\\\, Soviet hydroelectric projects generated a distinct visual language that presented nature as transformed by political power. Through archival artefacts and speculative reconstruction\\\, the exhibition revisits these submerged landscapes and the histories embedded within them.\\n\\nGraphic design: Simon Janson\\nTechnical support: Ats Kr uusing\\nThe exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and Sadolin Estonia.\\nOpening drinks from mirai™.\\\\n [EKA Gallery\\\, Exhibitions] LOCATION:EKA Gallery DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Tallinn:20260703T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Tallinn:20260816T160000 URL:https://www.artun.ee/en/calendar/sonya-isupova-water-usually-in-the-sha pe-of-a-river-at-eka-gallery/ CATEGORIES:EKA Gallery\, Exhibitions ITERATOR:7 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:207774 DTSTAMP:20260726T172533Z SUMMARY:Seminar: Circular and Modular Construction Systems for Small Struct ures [Events\, Workshops] DESCRIPTION:\\nAt the seminar\\\, we will introduce Met(s)aRING\\\, a joint research and development project by EKA PAKK (Estonian Academy of Arts) a nd RMK (State Forest Management Centre)\\\, which aims to develop a circul ar and modular construction system for RMK’s visitor infrastructure\\\, including small-scale structures and cabins.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe project explor es how infrastructure can be designed to be adaptable\\\, upgradable\\\, a nd reusable over time. The focus is on recurring standardized timber compo nents\\\, the use of production residues\\\, and solutions that reduce mat erial consumption\\\, simplify maintenance\\\, and extend the lifespan of structures.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe aim of the seminar is to gather practical feedb ack from builders and manufacturers on the applicability of the system cur rently under development. We will discuss how standardized or flexible a c onstruction system should be\\\, the opportunities for using reclaimed or lower-grade timber\\\, and how procurement models and collaboration framew orks influence the implementation of sustainable solutions.\\n\\n\\n\\nYou can register for the event HERE!\\n\\n\\n\\nPROGRAMME\\n\\n\\n\\n27 Augus t 2026\\\, 9:30–12:30EKA White Building (Kotzebue 10\\\, Tallinn)\\n\\n\ \n\\n9:30 Introduction to the ongoing research project\\\, RMK’s long-te rm goals and ambitions (RMK)\\n\\n\\n\\n9:45 Eight Design Principles for V isitor Infrastructure Design (EKA)\\n\\n\\n\\n10:00 Introduction to the Co nstruction System (EKA)\\n\\n\\n\\n10:15 The Use of Underutilized and Lowe r-Value Timber in Construction (TalTech)\\n\\n\\n\\n10:30 Coffee Break and Introduction to the Construction System Prototype\\n\\n\\n\\n11:00–12:3 0 Workshop\\n\\n\\n\\nResearch at EKA PAKK is co-funded by the European Un ion and the Estonian Research Council through the project “PUUSTER: Deve lopment of Methods for Valorising Underutilized Timber and Wood Materials in Construction” (TEM-TA80).\\n\\n\\n\\nThis event is part of the Adapte r Network Collaboration Club Series\\\, a platform where researchers\\\, c ompanies\\\, and representatives of the public and private sectors come to gether to engage in meaningful discussions and explore opportunities for c ollaboration. You can find all Adapter Collaboration Clubs here.\\n\\\\n [ Events\\\, Workshops] LOCATION:EKA White Building (Kotzebue 10\, Tallinn) DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Tallinn:20260827T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Tallinn:20260827T123000 URL:https://www.artun.ee/en/calendar/seminar-circular-and-modular-construct ion-systems-for-small-structures-and-cabins/ CATEGORIES:Events\, Workshops ITERATOR:8 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:206791 DTSTAMP:20260726T172533Z SUMMARY:EKA Arh Conference 2026 — “To Be Continued…” [Events] DESCRIPTION:\\nEKA Arh Conference 2026 is titled To Be Continued....From Sc attered Facts to Shared Concerns\\\, and takes place as Day 1 of the two-d ay Tallinn Architecture Biennial TAB Symposium.\\n\\n\\n\\nTickets for the EKA Architecture Conference and the entire TAB Symposium — available at an early-bird price until 31 July — can be purchased on Fienta.\\n\\n\\ n\\nThe 2026 EKA Arh Conference focuses on one of the central questions fa cing architecture and urban development today: how do we move forward when starting from scratch is no longer a viable option? While knowledge about climate transition\\\, resource limits\\\, and the built environment is a bundant\\\, translating that knowledge into collective action remains a ch allenge. Rather than asking only what comes next\\\, the conference asks w hat can and should continue.\\n\\n\\n\\nAcross urban\\\, building\\\, and material scales\\\, international speakers and researchers explore adaptat ion\\\, reuse\\\, and transformation in the built environment. The program me brings together perspectives from architecture\\\, planning\\\, constru ction\\\, and research to discuss how existing places\\\, buildings\\\, an d resources can support meaningful change\\\, and how scattered knowledge can become shared concerns capable of shaping long-term action.\\n\\n\\n\\ nProgramme\\n\\n\\n\\n09:30–09:45Opening Words\\n\\n\\n\\n09:45–10:30T ransformation KeynoteAleksi Neuvonen (Demos Helsinki\\\, Finland)Finnish f utures thinker and co-founder of Demos Helsinki\\\, whose work explores so cietal transformation\\\, post-growth futures\\\, and new models of collec tive action.\\n\\n\\n\\n10:30–10:45Coffee Break\\n\\n\\n\\n10:45–12:15 | Parallel Sessions\\n\\n\\n\\nMain Hall – Session I: Spatial and Archi tectural TransformationThis session explores processes of spatial transfor mation across urban and architectural scales\\\, examining how cities\\\, landscapes\\\, and built environments adapt to changing social\\\, ecologi cal\\\, and cultural conditions. Contributions address themes such as urba n restructuring\\\, adaptive reuse\\\, spatial continuity\\\, and the rela tionship between territorial systems\\\, public space\\\, and architectura l intervention.\\n\\n\\n\\nMonumental studio – Session I: Prefabrication \\\, Retrofit\\\, and Adaptive Reuse\\n\\n\\n\\nThis session examines pref abricated and industrialized approaches to the transformation of existing buildings and urban fabric. Contributions explore themes such as adaptive reuse\\\, modular retrofit systems\\\, circular renovation strategies\\\, and the extension of building lifecycles\\\, addressing how contemporary c onstruction methods can support more sustainable and resource-conscious fo rms of spatial transformation.\\n\\n\\n\\n12:15–13:15Lunch\\n\\n\\n\\n13 :15–14:00Adaptation KeynoteHiroto Kobayashi (Keio University\\\, Tokyo\\ \, Japan)\\n\\n\\n\\nJapanese architect\\\, professor at Keio University\\ \, and founder of Kobayashi Maki Design Workshop\\\, known for his work on adaptive reuse\\\, post-disaster reconstruction\\\, and resource-consciou s architecture.\\n\\n\\n\\n14:00–14:15Coffee Break\\n\\n\\n\\n14:15–15 :45 | Parallel Sessions\\n\\n\\n\\nMain Hall – Session II: Material Syst ems and Circular Construction\\n\\n\\n\\nThis session focuses on material systems\\\, construction processes\\\, and circular approaches to the buil t environment. Contributions examine themes such as material reuse\\\, pre fabrication\\\, tectonics\\\, fabrication methods\\\, and resource-aware d esign strategies\\\, addressing how construction systems can support more adaptive and sustainable spatial practices.\\n\\n\\n\\nMonumental studio – Parallel Session II: Participatory Planning and Urban Transformation\\ n\\n\\n\\nThis session explores participatory approaches to urban transfor mation through digital mapping\\\, GIS-based spatial analysis\\\, and coll aborative planning tools. Contributions address themes such as tactical ur ban interventions\\\, community engagement\\\, and urban greening strategi es\\\, examining how localized actions and participatory processes can inf orm broader spatial and policy frameworks and vice versa.\\n\\n\\n\\n15:45 –16:00Coffee Break\\n\\n\\n\\n16:00–16:45Panel Discussion\\n\\n\\n\\n1 6:45–17:00Closing Words\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\\\n [Events] LOCATION:EKA DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Tallinn:20260910T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Tallinn:20260910T170000 URL:https://www.artun.ee/en/calendar/eka-arh-conference-2026-to-be-continue d/ CATEGORIES:Events ITERATOR:9 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:198998 DTSTAMP:20260726T172533Z SUMMARY:Seminar: How to write a more inclusive\, transnational and polyphon ic history of the visual arts on a European scale today? DESCRIPTION:The EKA Institute of Art History and Visual Culture is part of the Visual Arts in Europe: An Open History (EVA) project that brings toget her more than 150 art and heritage historians representing the 46 member c ountries of the Council of Europe. The project is led by an Editorial Boar d\\\, composed of six European specialists\\\, and supported by the Intern ational Association of Research Institutes in the History of Art (RIHA). I ts scientific and operational coordination is provided by the Institut nat ional d’histoire de l’art (INHA) in Paris.\\nLaunched in 2019\\\, this scientific and editorial project results in the publication of a digital platform\\\, documenting the history of the visual arts on the European co ntinent\\\, from prehistory to the present day. This platform will be stru ctured around a collection of 475 objects and images\\\, selected in consu ltation with all of its institutional partners. It is developed within the framework of an international dialogue\\\, remaining attentive to the plu rality and richness of scholarly traditions\\\, accessible to all audience s\\\, and providing an account of current research in the discipline of ar t history.\\nThis seminar will examine the principles that inspired the la unch of this project\\\, the methodology used both for the selection of ob jects and the attribution of associated texts\\\, as well as the challenge s encountered during the development of the digital platform. The presenta tion of the project and platform prototype will be followed by an open dis cussion with colleagues from the EKA Institute of Art History and Visual C ulture\\\, host of this seminar and Estonian project partner. With INHA di rector Anne-Solène Rolland and project coordinator Margot Sanitas present \\\, the seminar will be an opportunity for all the Estonian representativ es to share their reflections on the selection of objects and how the proj ect contributes to reshaping our common history of European visual culture .\\n\\n\\n\\n LOCATION:EKA\, A-501 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Tallinn:20260917T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Tallinn:20260917T000000 URL:https://www.artun.ee/en/calendar/seminar-how-to-write-a-more-inclusive- transnational-and-polyphonic-history-of-the-visual-arts-on-a-european-scal e-today/ ITERATOR:10 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:205638 DTSTAMP:20260726T172533Z SUMMARY:Nordic Baltic Comics Exhibition ”Mythbústers” [Events\, Exhibi tions] DESCRIPTION:When you think of the Nordic and Baltic regions\\\, your first associations might be trolls and Vikings\\\, the midnight sun and polar ni ghts\\\, saunas and ice swimming\\\, hygge and fika\\\, Nokia and IKEA. Ma ybe you have also heard about their excellent school systems and strong so cial welfare models. But what is behind these myths? 16 comic artists from across the Nordics and Baltics created works that reflect their unique pe rspectives on life in the region.\\n\\nParticipating artists: Akvile Magic dusté (Lithuania)\\\, Cecilia Vårhed (Sweden)\\\, Clara Jetsmark (Denmar k)\\\, Disa Wallander (Sweden)\\\, Elín Elísabet (Iceland)\\\, Emmi Valv e (Finland)\\\, Ida Neverdahl (Norway)\\\, Joonas Sildre (Estonia)\\\, Jur ijs Tatarkins (Latvia)\\\, Laura Ķeniņš (Canada)\\\, Liisa Kruusmägi ( Estonia)\\\, Mari Ahokoivu (Finland)\\\, Ona Kvašytė (Lithuania)\\\, Sø ren Glosimodt Mosdal (Denmark)\\\, Tim Ng Tvedt (Norway)\\\, Tommi Musturi (Finland). Curator: David Schilter.\\n\\nAlong with the exhibition comes the publication Baltic Comics Magazine š! #57 ''Mythbústers\\\,'' which collects these stories and gets distributed worldwide.\\n\\nOrganized by K uš! in collaboration with Nordic Council of Minister’s Offices in Latvi a and Estonia.\\n\\nSupported by Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation\ \\, Nordic Council of Minister’s Offices in Latvia and Estonia\\\, Danis h Cultural Institute and Embassy of Sweden in Riga.\\\\n [Events\\\, Exhib itions] LOCATION:Eesti Kunstiakadeemia (Põhja puiestee 7) DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Tallinn:20260903T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Tallinn:20261004T000000 URL:https://www.artun.ee/en/calendar/nordic-baltic-comics-exhibition-mythbu sters/ CATEGORIES:Events\, Exhibitions ITERATOR:11 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:205130 DTSTAMP:20260726T172533Z SUMMARY:Exhibition “Kristi Kongi: Chromatic Drift” [Exhibitions] DESCRIPTION:\\nOpening on Thursday\\\, 21 May at 6 pm in the Great Hall of the Kumu Art Museum(Weizenbergi 34 / Valge 1\\\, Tallinn). Chromatic Drif t creates a cohesive perceptual and spatial experience centred on colour\ \\, a defining element in the oeuvre of the Estonian painter Kristi Kongi. Works created specifically for this exhibition over the past couple of ye ars\\\, together with the surrounding installation-based environment\\\, e voke both chromatic richness and a poetic mode of being in unmapped territ ory. At the opening\\\, the launch of the book accompanying the exhibit ion will also take place. The opening will take place in Kumu’s courtya rd\\\, weather permitting. Opening programme on Saturday\\\, 23 May:\\n\ \n\\n\\nExhibition tours with curator Ann Mirjam Vaikla and artist Kristi Kongi: 12 noon (in English) and 2 pm (in Estonian)Artist talk with Krist i Kongi at 3:30 pm\\n\\n\\n\\nThe exhibition will remain open until 11 Oct ober 2026.\\n\\n\\n\\nCurator: Ann Mirjam VaiklaExhibition design: Mari Hunt\\\, Grete Daut (MARIHUNT architects)Graphic design: Brit PavelsonExh ibition installation manager: Tõnis MedriCoordinator: Anastassia Langin en\\n\\\\n [Exhibitions] LOCATION:Kumu kunstimuuseumi suur saal DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Tallinn:20260521T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Tallinn:20261011T000000 URL:https://www.artun.ee/en/calendar/exhibition-kristi-kongi-chromatic-drif t/ CATEGORIES:Exhibitions ITERATOR:12 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR