Damage Assessment - exhibiting the museum

November 22, 2014
Author Echo Gone Wrong

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On the upcoming (very) long weekend from Thursday to Sunday, 20-23 November the Estonian Contemporary Art Museum is hosting the off-season show “Damage Assessment”. The exhibition brings together twelve artists, who base their works on the building they are exhibiting at. At a time, when it is cold outside, even colder inside and the future of of the museum hangs by a thread, it is positively surprising to see how much energy the artists are able to draw from the situation. They propose solutions, spin the negative aspects towards aburdist humour and at times just lay out the hard facts as they are. The building of EKKM has never before seen so much attention at one time. It is tucked in, patched up and entertained like a child with a fever. 

– Johannes Säre

Artists: Anna Mari Liivrand, Anna Slámová, Art Nõukas, Clara Lissens, Gabor Törő, Helena Keskküla, James Choucino, Julia Hartig, Liisa Ahlfors, Marc Romero, Zuzana Bartošová, Taavi Rei

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Gabor Törő, Winter Depression, paint

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Taavi Rei, For The Cold Period, metal, wood

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Julia Hartig, Inventory, Second Floor Foyer, list on A4 paper

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Zuzana Bartošová, White Nights, cardboard box, lamp

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Zuzana Bartošová, White Nights, cardboard box, lamp

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Liisa Ahlfors, Aurora, 22 carat gold on concrete

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Anna Slámová, vid_0, single channel video installation

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Anna Slámová, vid_0, single channel video installation

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Anna Mari Liivrand, Study of a Space Big Enough for a Person to Enter, magnesium sulphate, water

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Anna Mari Liivrand, Study of a Space Big Enough for a Person to Enter, magnesium sulphate, water

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Helena Keskküla, Wall in Front of Me, single channel video

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James Choucino, Silent Building, wood, paint

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Art Nõukas, Time After, single track audio, voice of A.Härm

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Marc Romero, You Are Not T(here), space installation with sound

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Marc Romero, You Are Not T(here), space installation with sound

Photographs by Art Nõukas