On Feb 16, 2024, the RCCA hosted an opening conference for the National Foundation of Civil Society, where projects receiving grants were introduced.
Photos by Meelis Tähepõld. In the background: Erki Kannus’ exhibition “Route 66”
Sunday, Feb. 18, at 13.00 artist Erki Kannus meets the audience at his solo exhibition “ROUTE 66”. A short concert follows the discussion, using instruments that are part of the exhibition.
Anne-Mai Heimola and Karmo Mende will speak about their work on the last exhibition day at 4 pm.
DIALOGUE
An exhibition of the Estonian Sculptors’ Association and sculpture students of the Pallas art school
08.04-30.04. 2023. Tue – Sun 15.00 – 18.00
As part of their course, students were asked to hold a visual dialogue with their professors. Head of department, Anne Rudanovski, says: “Learning only happens when minds are aligned.” This exhibition demonstrates the fruits of the non-hierarchical teaching method employed by the school.
Participants: Elo Liiv, Villu Jaanisoo, Leena Kuutma, Paul Mänd,
Terje Ojaver, Berit Talpsepp-Jaanisoo ja Helli Aas, Toomas Bent, Rasmus Hirv, Raigo Kannike, Viktor Kiss, Helene Lüüsi, Elena Madaminova, Ketter Mägi, Tõru-Tõnn Parts, Lotta Karoliina Räsänen, Andreas Tukmann, Carmen Ööbik.
TEAM
Curators: Liina Kinks, Leena Kuutma.
Display design: Viktor Kiss.
Graphic design: Helli Aas, Kert Elliott Mägi.
Lighting design: Kati Kerstna
Info:
Leena Kuutma.
Phone. +(372) 5296820, Leena [dot] Kuutma [at] pallasart [dot] ee
Metempsychosis
Interactive installation
Mar 11, 2023 at 12.00
On Saturday, March 11 at 12:00, you are welcome to experience and see!
The interactive installation Metempsychosis takes us to the world of visual language, which reflects health as the original form of matter, but also treats it as an abstract form. Metempsychosis compares the norm and culture in a figurative way. Metempsychosis is the movement of time, when a movement has occurred, which has a result. Social metempsychosis as a fragmented system that lacks regular symmetry and form, but has interactions. Social changes are those that put norms and culture in a relationship where comparison is the context of interpretation and there are several solutions. Metempsychosis ends when it is done – when the change is over.
Six is a sound and light artist, a contemporary sculptor, but also an interdisciplinary artist. Her works are mostly contemporary art with a cultural/social context, where the concept goes beyond art history to some extent and remains to describe the meaning of the image, philosophising with the work as a cultural phenomenon in the field of contemporary art. Six structures the format and place of the exhibition according to the chosen themes when making art; finds technical solutions and prefers to use recycled materials for this. Six finds that in the case of works of art, it is the transience of installation that makes the exhibitions attractive for documentation. Her works may contain linguistic humour in visual culture. Six leaves the audience free rein, “It’s all a matter of interpretation!”
Six (identity Sigrit Lõhmus, born in Tartu on 24.01.1990) is an Estonian contemporary artist-producer whose creative work extends to both deep art and cultural-entertainment environments. Six is location-free and Estonia is more of a symbol of visual and mental images in Estonian. Six is a sound and light artist, a contemporary sculptor, but also an interdisciplinary. She has produced various cultural events, participated in group exhibitions and experimental film festivals, and exhibited solo exhibitions. In 2019, she directed her first group performance based on the principle of curated dance, the documentation of which has been screened in more than three countries.
Six has studied for 8 years at the Ülenurme Music School, which was preceded by 5 years of primary school with a focus on music. Her first instruments were voice, flute and synthesiser. At the Ülenurme Music School, her main instrument was the accordion, but she also studied guitar and piano. In 2009, Sigrit (Six) graduated from the Descartes Lyceum with a degree in social studies. Since 2012, Six has been living and doing creative work in Tallinn. She started her bachelor’s studies in 2012 at Tallinn University in art therapies, but graduated in 2017 with a degree in sculpture and installation at the Estonian Academy of Arts. In 2017/18, Six was the instructor and facilitator of the school’s show project Kreisimood in Rakvere. She has also completed a master’s degree in cultural management at the University of Tartu in 2018–2020
Eili Soon and Malle Karik-Hallimäe will meet the public at their exhibition “Dawning”
In the news:
https://etv.err.ee/1608864263/aktuaalne-kaamera
https://kultuur.err.ee/…/eili-soon-mida-rohkem-klaasiga…
https://sonumid.ee/…/klaasinaitus-sundis-kahe…/
Photo by Olev Kenk.
Artists Egle Ehtjen, Kelli Gedvil, Kristen Rästas and Sten Saarits speak about virtual worlds, digital art and the metaverse, moderated by Aivar Tõnso.
Mar 13 at 14.00
LECTURE BY ART HISTORIAN KATRIN KIVIMAA with the film “Helene” “Helene Schjerfbeck’s stardom or how one of Finland’s most popular artists became a great discovery in the international art scene”
The life and career of Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946), one of the best-known Finnish artists, was complicated in many ways. Health problems, financial constraints or difficulties in her private life did not prevent the exceptionally talented young woman from acquiring a good art education in Finland and Western Europe. However, professional recognition did not come easily: during her lifetime, her art began to be appreciated in Finland and Sweden only when Helene was already in old age. Today, Schjerfbeck is considered one of the most prominent Finnish artists, and her exhibitions are popular all over the world. Recently, he has been compared to Edvard Munch, for example. The film “Helene” tells the story of a period when a middle-aged artist living in solitude is visited by art dealer Gösta Stenman, who believes in Helene’s work and brings a young amateur artist into her life, Einar Reuter, who decades later writes Helene’s biography.
Katrin Kivimaa is an art historian and art critic, a senior researcher at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Her main areas of research are the work of women artists and Estonian modern and contemporary art. He has worked as a professor of art history at the Estonian Academy of Arts (2006-2017) and as an art editor of the cultural newspaper SIRP (1993-1997). In 2010, she co-curated the exhibition “Woman in Soviet Estonian Art” at the KUMU Art Museum, and from 2008 to 2010 she participated in the international working group of the major project “Gender Check: Femininity and Masculinity in the Art of Eastern Europe” in Vienna and Warsaw. In 2009, she was awarded the Ervin Pütsepp Prize for the best art historical monograph of the year, “National and Modern Femininity in Estonian Art, 1850-2000”. In addition to academic publications, he publishes art criticism in Estonian cultural publications and daily newspapers. The duration of the lecture is 1 hour. The lecture is open to those who: who buy tickets to the movie Helene.
Biographical film “Helene”
Director Antti Jokinen Finland 2020, 2 h 01 min, Estonian subtitles
Cast: Laura Birn, Johannes Holopainen, Krista Kosonen and many others.
The year 1915. Helene Schjerfbeck is a forgotten artist who lives in the countryside with her elderly mother. Years have passed since her last exhibition, and Helene still paints only for fun. However, everything changes when an art dealer discovers Helene and her 159 wonderful paintings and wants to organise her solo exhibition. Helene meets the amateur artist Einar Reuter, who is a passionate admirer of her art, and this is how a peculiar love affair begins.
Based on real events, the film describes the life of Helene Schjerfbeck, Finland’s most acclaimed artist, from 1915 to 1923.
Buy your ticket here: https://www.piletimaailm.com/performances/116606-eluloofilm-helene
On Saturday, 18 December at 16:00, you are welcome to meet the well-known sound artist Aivar Tõnso at his first solo exhibition. The author opens up the world of spatial sound to the audience – what is spatial sound and how a three-dimensional sound work is born. The artist introduces her work and talks about what is important to him in the creative process and in his work in general.
Aivar Tõnso is a musician, sound artist and curator of cross-disciplinary cultural events. As a musician, he is best known for his electronic music projects Hypnosaurus, Kulgurid and Kismabande. As a curator, his most important projects so far are the Good New Sound Festival and the record label Ulmeplaadid. At the moment, Aivar Tõnso has focused on curating the Üle Heli festival, and on a creative level, he has been The creation of site-specific spatial sound installations has become more and more interesting during the 1990s. He has studied the topic of surround sound through the Üle Heli festival, self-created projects, as well as master’s studies focused on sound art at the Estonian Academy of Arts
Come to the event only if you feel that you are completely healthy. Be prepared to present a vaccination passport or a certificate of recovery. Keep a reasonable distance from other visitors in the exhibition hall. Wear a mask! Hand sanitiser is available as soon as you step through the door.
Due to road works in front of the house, we ask you to park your car in the parking lot of Rapla Selver. The house can be accessed from the pedestrian crossing. Rapla County Contemporary Art Center, Tallinna mnt. 3b, Rapla (Espak House)
