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:20251119T124658Z TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:205892 DTSTAMP:20260816T124658Z 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:1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:208073 DTSTAMP:20260816T124658Z 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:2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:208075 DTSTAMP:20260816T124658Z 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\\nEvents taking part of the finissage of the exhibition “Water\\\, Usually in the Shape of a River” at EKA Gallery on Friday\\ \, August 14:\\n1–2.30 pm public peer preview\\n6–8 pm finissage: live musical performance by dijakritika and drinks from Põhjala Brewery\\n\\n Events are free of charge.\\n\\nGraphic design: Simon Janson\\nTechnical s upport: Ats Kruusing\\nThe exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowme nt of Estonia and Sadolin Estonia.\\nOpening drinks from mirai™.\\\\n [E KA 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:3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:208752 DTSTAMP:20260816T124658Z SUMMARY:Peer-Review of Triin Reidla’s Exhibition Project “Architect Mii a Masso. In Five Acts” DESCRIPTION:\\nOn 21 August at 13:00 the public peer-review of the exhibiti on project\\\, part of the doctoral research of Cultural Heritage and Cons ervation doctoral candidate Triin Reidla will take place at the Museum of Estonian Architecture (Ahtri 2)\\\, first floor.Supervisors: Ingrid Ruudi\ \\, PhD (Estonian Academy of Arts) and Maris Mändel\\\, PhD (Estonian Aca demy of Arts)Reviewers: prof Andres Kurg (Estonian Academy of Arts) and Ju tta Tynkkunen\\\, PhD (Museum of Finnish Architecture and Design\\\, Helsi nki)The event will be held in English.To get the most out of the discussio n\\\, visitors are encouraged to see the exhibition before attending the p eer-review event.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe exhibition “Architect Miia Masso. In Fi ve Acts”\\\, the second project of the practice-based doctoral research\ \\, draws on Masso's personal archive and presents highlights from her mor e than fifty-year architectural career. Divided into five thematic acts\\\ , the exhibition explores Masso’s work from both the Soviet period and t he years following the restoration of Estonia’s independence. It feature s apartment buildings\\\, summer houses\\\, private residences\\\, public buildings\\\, urban plans and commercial buildings characteristic of both periods. From the personal archive\\\, a number of distinctive original wo rks and documents are presented alongside copies that the architect regard ed as an essential part of her portfolio.The exhibition is open until 23 A ugust.\\n LOCATION:Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseum DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Tallinn:20260821T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Tallinn:20260821T143000 URL:https://www.artun.ee/en/calendar/peer-review-of-triin-reidlas-exhibitio n-project-architect-miia-masso-in-five-acts/ ITERATOR:4 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:207774 DTSTAMP:20260816T124658Z 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:5 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:208852 DTSTAMP:20260816T124658Z SUMMARY:Opening ceremony of the 2026/27 academic year [Academic Calendar\, Events] DESCRIPTION:\\nOn Friday\\\, August 28th\\\, starting at 12:00\\\, the open ing ceremony of the 2026/27 academic year will be held. The ceremony takes place in the main hall (A101) and lasts approximately 1.5 hours.\\n\\\\n [Academic Calendar\\\, Events] LOCATION:Aula\, A101 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Tallinn:20260828T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Tallinn:20260828T133000 URL:https://www.artun.ee/en/calendar/opening-ceremony-of-the-2026-27-academ ic-year/ CATEGORIES:Academic Calendar\, Events ITERATOR:6 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:208778 DTSTAMP:20260816T124658Z SUMMARY:Karl Joonas Alamaa & Cian-Ti Wang “Near Enough” [Exhibitions] DESCRIPTION:\\nKarl Joonas Alamaa & Cian-Ti WangNear enough 02.08–30.08 @ KESKPUUR\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nBringing together two artists from diffe rent cultural backgrounds\\\, the exhibition is united by a shared interes t in themes of home\\\, departure\\\, memory\\\, and hope. For Taiwanese a rtist Cian-Ti Wang\\\, this marks the first exhibition in Estonia. The pra ctices of Alamaa and Wang converge around questions of belonging\\\, memor y\\\, movement\\\, everyday experience\\\, and the ways in which people cr eate and sustain connections with places\\\, objects\\\, and one another.\ \n\\n\\n\\nAt the heart of the exhibition are shared and personal spaces\\ \, places where people's paths intersect and where habits\\\, relationship s\\\, and memories take shape. These can be environments that carry both i ndividual and collective stories. \\n\\n\\n\\nThe exhibition explores how memory and belonging continually move between the personal\\\, the shared \\\, and the institutional. Rather than treating them as fixed or clearly defined conditions\\\, it presents memory as an ongoing process of transfo rmation\\\, asking how we carry places with us and how those places\\\, in turn\\\, shape our understanding of where\\\, and with whom\\\, we belong .…\\n\\n\\n\\nCian-Ti Wang's artistic practice explores food\\\, eating\ \\, and familiar objects as ways through which people form connections wit h home\\\, identity\\\, and one another. Their work intertwines personal e xperiences with broader social questions\\\, addressing language\\\, relig ion\\\, history\\\, and social relationships. Wang frequently employs fami liar objects\\\, environments\\\, and ritual forms to create installation- based and performative situations that invite viewers into a multilayered emotional landscape. Living in Belgium while originating from Taiwan\\\, t heir practice is often informed by questions of longing and the search for community.\\n\\n\\n\\nKarl Joonas Alamaa's (he/they) practice explores th e intersections of personal memory and public space\\\, examining the rela tionships between power\\\, history\\\, and the individual. He is interest ed in how people carry memories\\\, everyday traces\\\, and personal meani ngs with them\\\, and how public spaces and ideologically charged environm ents shape our understanding of belonging and home. His works weave togeth er intimate and collective perspectives\\\, drawing attention to the thres hold between the visible and the overlooked.\\n\\\\n [Exhibitions] LOCATION:Keskpuur Gallery\, Keldrimäe 9 (2nd floor) DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Tallinn;VALUE=DATE:20260802 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Tallinn;VALUE=DATE:20260830 URL:https://www.artun.ee/en/calendar/karl-joonas-alamaa-cian-ti-wang-near-e nough/ CATEGORIES:Exhibitions ITERATOR:7 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:208800 DTSTAMP:20260816T124658Z SUMMARY:“The Island of Girls” at EKA Gallery 22.08.–6.09.2026 [EKA Ga llery\, Events\, Exhibitions] DESCRIPTION:“The Island of Girls”\\nEKA Gallery 22.08.–6.09.2026\\nOp en Tue–Sat 12–6 pm Sun 12–4 pm\\nOpening: Friday\\\, August 21 at 6 pm\\n\\nWhat if there was a utopian island? A place where fragility\\\, ki ndness\\\, vulnerability\\\, and care were not seen as weaknesses\\\, but as forms of resistance and escape.\\n\\n“The Island of Girls” is a fem inist group exhibition and storytelling project that imagines a fictional island inhabited by girls alongside flowers and nature. Here\\\, there is no war and no grief. Flowers and plants become symbols of resistance\\\, w hile tenderness\\\, imagination\\\, and care become ways of surviving and creating another reality.\\n\\nThe project grows from Ukrainian artist Dar ia Titova's lived experience of war and explores childhood\\\, grief\\\, h ome\\\, and the need to create spaces where imagination can offer refuge. The “girls” of the island are not a restriction upon gender\\\, but ra ther a symbol of openness\\\, curiosity\\\, sincerity\\\, and the belief t hat the world can be different. Anyone is welcome here.\\n\\nThe exhibitio n features Titova’s visual works alongside Mariia Chudna’s ceramics an d Helena Atkin’s original music. Natalia Stojkova and Kornélia Nemcová present their film “A Woman’s War”\\\, adding another perspective o n women’s experiences of war.\\n\\nDuring the exhibition\\\, the island will also become a space for shared meals and storytelling. Communal dinne rs planned by Aly Sparkling Beveridge will take place on August 22 and 24\ \\, bringing visitors together around food\\\, conversation\\\, and shared stories. On September 2\\\, artist and designer Katya Lesiv will have an artist talk and lead a tea ceremony.\\n\\nProgramme:\\nThe number of parti cipants is limited\\\, please sign up in advance!\\n\\n On Saturday\\\, A ugust 22 at 6–9 pm communal dinner and embroidery workshop. Register her e\\n On Monday\\\, August 24 at 6–9 pm communal dinner and embroidery w orkshop. Register here\\n Wednesday\\\, September 2\\\, 4–6 pm artist t alk & tea ceremony with Katya Lesiv. Register here\\n\\nParticipating arti sts: Helena Atkin\\\, Aly Sparkling Beveridge\\\, Mariia Chudna\\\, Natali a Stojkova & Kornélia Nemcová\\\, Daria Titova\\nProject initiator: Dari a Titova\\nGraphic design: Teele Kiisk\\nTechnical support: Eugenio Marini \\nThe exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia\\\, Ta llinn City and Sadolin Estonia.\\nOpening drinks from mirai™ and Põhjal a Brewery.\\\\n [EKA Gallery\\\, Events\\\, Exhibitions] LOCATION:EKA Gallery DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Tallinn:20260821T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Tallinn:20260906T160000 URL:https://www.artun.ee/en/calendar/the-island-of-girls-at-eka-gallery/ CATEGORIES:EKA Gallery\, Events\, Exhibitions ITERATOR:8 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:206791 DTSTAMP:20260816T124658Z 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:20260816T124658Z 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:208781 DTSTAMP:20260816T124658Z SUMMARY:Hilla Kurki & Taavi Rekkaro at FOKU Gallery [Exhibitions] DESCRIPTION:\\nThe duo exhibition \"Something That Should Be Felt\" by arti sts Hilla Kurki & Taavi Rekkaro opened at the FOKU Gallery. \\n\\n\\n\\n\\ n\\n\\n\\nIn the exhibition\\\, the artists engage in a shared exploration about memory\\\, personal history\\\, touch\\\, and how we relate to imag es. Both artists are searching for new ways within their practices\\\, mov ing perhaps towards a greater spatiality and material presence. Together\\ \, the works create a dialogue between distance and intimacy\\\, presence and remembrance.\\n\\n\\n\\nIn the series Clay Diaries\\\, Hilla Kurki app roaches memory through her family's history\\\, seeking alternative modes of relating with tradition and heritage. In Kurki’s images human form is shown together with plants and creatures\\\, things that are reborn every season seemingly unchanged. By inviting a range of fellow artists to visi t her great-grandparents’ house she creates a living archive through sha red moments where friendship can become the main outcome of the work\\\, n ot just its subject.\\n\\n\\n\\nTaavi Rekkaro presents photos and objects that rethink photography as something to be touched\\\, where closeness be comes part of the experience. The images capture fleeting moments\\\, inne r uncertainties\\\, and attempts to understand oneself and one’s relatio nships with others. Exploring the connections between memory\\\, body and self-perception\\\, the artist asks: how can we be sure that we were truly there\\\, that these moments really happened? On the gallery wall unfolds a melting moment composed of works created since 2023. Rather than tellin g a single\\\, fixed story\\\, the works invite viewers to slow down and b uild their own narratives.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe exhibition will remain open unti l 26 September 2026.\\n\\n\\n\\nHilla Kurki (FI\\\, b. 1985) has exhibited in various international venues and art fairs since 2016. Her first book Almost All the Flowers in My Mother's Garden was published in 2022 (Khaos Publishing)\\\, and has two sold out editions. Exhibition adaptations of t he book have been shown recently in for example the Institut finlandais in Paris\\\, Foto Arsenal Wien and in the Centre de la Photographie Genève. Kurki was one of the headliners of the Copenhagen Photo Festival in 2023. Her work was selected for Elles X Paris Photo in 2018\\\, showcasing the history and future of female photographers. She was awarded the Still Life Prize in the 34th edition of Festival d´Hyeres in 2019. She is a part of the FUTURES Photography Platform.Kurki has graduated with a Master’s in Art from the Aalto University School of Art\\\, Design and Architecture i n 2018. She lives and works in Helsinki\\\, Finland.https://www.hillakurki .com/\\n\\n\\n\\nTaavi Rekkaro (EE\\\, b. 1988) is a mixed media artist wh ose work reflects an intuitive dialogue between visual art and photography . Combining images with physical materials\\\, he seeks to capture the ene rgy of fleeting moments\\\, blurring the lines between memory and self-dis covery. Rekkaro has shown his work internationally both at exhibitions and artfairs\\\, and his work has been published in international publication s.https://taavirekkaro.com/\\n\\n\\n\\nFOKU Gallery is a gallery-showroom focused on contemporary lens-based art. FOKU Gallery is run by the Estonia n Union of Photography Artists (FOKU).\\n\\n\\n\\nSupporters:Cultural Endo wment of Estonia\\\, Finnish Cultural Foundation’s Kymeenlaakso regional fund\\\, Artproof\\n\\n\\n\\nOpening drinks provided by:Nudist Drinks\\\, Põhjala Brewery\\n\\n\\n\\nTechnical support:Karmo Migur\\\, Paul Kobert \\n\\n\\n\\nCalligraphy:Adèle Zabé\\n\\n\\n\\nThank you:Albane\\\, Alexi s\\\, Anne\\\, Artproof team\\\, Celine\\\, Daniel\\\, EKA Gallery\\\, Eli o\\\, Ferdinand\\\, Hikari\\\, Hubert\\\, Jack\\\, Joosep\\\, Kaisa Maasik \\\, Margot\\\, Mari-Leen Kiipli\\\, Olari\\\, Olivia\\\, Oscar\\\, Rapha ël\\\, Rasmus\\\, Risako\\\, Sheung\\\, Thomas\\\, Tor\\\, Valter\\\, Vii vi\\\, Woosung\\n\\n\\n\\nFOKU GalleryVäike-Karja 10\\\, TallinnThu–Sat 12–18Free entrance\\n\\\\n [Exhibitions] LOCATION:FOKU Gallery\, Väike-Karja 10\, Tallinn DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Tallinn;VALUE=DATE:20260807 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Tallinn;VALUE=DATE:20260926 URL:https://www.artun.ee/en/calendar/hilla-kurki-taavi-rekkaro-at-foku-gall ery/ CATEGORIES:Exhibitions ITERATOR:11 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:205638 DTSTAMP:20260816T124658Z 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:12 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:205130 DTSTAMP:20260816T124658Z 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:13 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:208786 DTSTAMP:20260816T124658Z SUMMARY:Kaisa Maasik. The Lightness of Being [Exhibitions] DESCRIPTION:\\n11.07.2026–25.10.2026\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nFrom 11 July\ \\, Tartu Art Museum’s project space will present Kaisa Maasik’s solo exhibition The Lightness of Being as part of the Young Tartu exhibition se ries.\\n\\n\\n\\nKaisa Maasik’s solo exhibition The Lightness of Being f ocuses on ordinary yet beautiful moments that are easy to overlook. These may be a fleeting smile between two strangers\\\, the first day after a lo ng winter when you can finally swap your boots for sneakers\\\, or the sou nd of rain tapping on a windowsill that briefly wakes you in the night bef ore lulling you back to sleep. Maasik’s works are rooted in observation and attentiveness\\\, bringing together collected moments and everyday obs ervations shared by different people. Against the backdrop of rapid inform ation flows and constant competition for our attention in digital environm ents\\\, the exhibition invites visitors to slow down and notice what usua lly remains in the background – situations that could happen to any of u s and that remind us that life is largely made up of such small\\\, genuin e moments.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe Young Tartu exhibition series was launched in 20 17 with the aim of promoting and supporting the work of emerging artists c onnected to Tartu. Previous participants in the programme have included St en Eltermaa\\\, Keiu Maasik\\\, Mirjam Hinn\\\, Siiri Jüris\\\, Nele Mari e Tiidelepp\\\, Tõnis Jürgens and Viktoria Berezina.\\n\\n\\n\\nKaisa Ma asik’s exhibition will take place in the project space on the third floo r of the Tartu Art Museum from 11 July to 25 October 2026.\\n\\n\\n\\nKais a Maasik (b. 1994) is an artist and curator based in Tallinn. She graduate d from the Contemporary Art Programme at the Estonian Academy of Arts (MA\ \\, 2021) and from the Photography Department (BA\\\, 2017). In 2019\\\, s he furthered her studies at the Academy of Fine Arts of the University of the Arts Helsinki in the Praxis curatorial master’s programme. Collabora tion plays an important role in Maasik’s practice\\\; she works both col lectively and independently on projects that often take the form of spatia l artworks. She focuses on the feelings and experiences of people she enco unters\\\, seeking to convey their stories through objects and memories. C ollecting is central to Maasik’s methodology\\\, drawing primarily on ev eryday life. She was a member of the Umbrella Group (2016–2017) and has been involved in the organising teams of the project space Vent Space (201 8–2019) and the Tallinn Photomonth Biennial (2017 and 2019). In 2020\\\, Maasik was awarded the Wiiralt Scholarship. In spring 2021\\\, she partic ipated in the FAIR residency at FABRIKKEN in Copenhagen. Maasik has been a member of the Estonian Union of Photography Artists since 2021 and of the Estonian Artists’ Association since 2022.\\n\\n\\n\\nArtist: Kaisa Maas ikCurator: Stella MõttusGraphic designer: Kersti HeileSupporters: Estonia n Cultural Endowment\\\, Ledzep OÜExhibition team: Indrek Grigor\\\, Joan na Hoffmann\\\, Rene Kriisa\\\, Katariina Leets\\\, Katrin Lõoke\\\, Anti Saar\\\, Peeter TalvistuVideo clip credits: Arvi Anderson\\\, Jana Arendi \\\, Katariina Aule\\\, Andrus Avarand\\\, Yvette Bathgate\\\, Marleen Ein o\\\, Alexei Gordin\\\, Yiheng Gu\\\, Viktor Gurov\\\, Liisa-Lota Jõeleht \\\, Erik Jürmann\\\, Pirke Kaljula\\\, Piret Klea-Velleste\\\, Karel Kop limets\\\, Nele Kurvits\\\, Epp Kuslap\\\, Kadri Lind\\\, Maria Luiga\\\, Mariel Luuk\\\, Heiki Maasik\\\, Katariin Mudist\\\, Stella Mõttus\\\, Re igo Nahksepp\\\, Urmet Piiling\\\, Evelyn Raudsepp\\\, Mari-Liis Rebane\\\ , Yiyang Sun\\\, Maryliis Teinfeldt-Grins\\\, Annika Toots\\\, Tõnu Tunne l\\\, Simona Tätte\\\, Lotte Ugandi\\\, Ruudu Ulas\\\, Pille-Riin Valk\\\ , Eliisabet Valmas\\\, Sten Vendik\\\, Helen Västrik\\n\\\\n [Exhibitions ] LOCATION:Tartu Art Museum’s project space DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Tallinn;VALUE=DATE:20260711 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Tallinn;VALUE=DATE:20261025 URL:https://www.artun.ee/en/calendar/kaisa-maasik-the-lightness-of-being/ CATEGORIES:Exhibitions ITERATOR:14 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR