E! 2011 at Tallinn Song Festival Grounds. Photograph by Kerli Kehman
The international youth contemporary art triennial Eksperimenta! with the topic “Art and Science” takes place in Tallinn’s medieval old town from 23rd October to 23rd November.
Eksperimenta! presents artworks by young artists aged 14 to 19 from Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Russia, Germany, Slovenia, Portugal, Turkey, South-Korea, Canada and Brazil in Tallinn’s oldest church – St. Catherine’s and in the medieval merchant’s house Hopner House on the Town Hall Square. The nearly 800-year-old church as a venue for artwork by the very young artists presents a challenge and contrast but also proves that the Old Town is still very much alive and open for new brave ideas and free thinking.
We wish to encourage youth and teachers and artists in different countries to study the world through a scientific prism, to use scientific methods as a starting point of the creative work and to interpret the results through art on a personal and universal level. The triennial promotes the main survival skill of the 21st century – creative and scientific thinking among youth.
Eksperimenta! is the biggest international youth contemporary art event that aims to give the high-school level students an experience of a professional international arts event with feed-back from high level critics and curators as well as to initiate sustainable changes in (art) education. The art education conference Eduko IDEAlaboratory on 24th and 25th October will focus on integrating contemporary art and science.
The first Eksperimenta! exhibition took place as a highlight of the European Capital of Culture Tallinn 2011 programme at Tallinn Song Festival Grounds and in Maarjamäe Palace from April 27 – June 14 2011 and presented contemporary art on the topic “Space”.
Eksperimenta! 2014 “Art and Science” 23. October to 23. November in St. Catherine’s Church and Hopner House, open Tue to Sun 11-18.
