The exhibition ‘My Home, Our City’ is opening at 6 PM on the 31st of October at Tallinn Art Hall’s Lasnamäe Pavilion.The exhibition format is inspired by the metaphor of a box set: the pavilion’s spaces are filled with works that explore various facets of urban life and the concept of home. The exhibition is curated by Siim Preiman.
The exhibition features internationally recognised artists Laura Cemin, Foxy Haze, Tõnis Jürgens, Samuel Lehikoinen, Camille Laurelli, Metabor, Mark Raidpere, Romain Sein, Jaakko Pietiläinen, Mark Soosaar, Diana Tamane, Ingel Vaikla and Mari Volens. The artists’ photo and video works create a captivating journey through the pavilion’s spaces, ranging from brutalist concrete architecture to the intimacy of the human body.
“Home seems to be one of those concepts that everyone feels and understands, but always in their own unique way,” explains exhibition curator Siim Preiman. “We experience a sense of home individually, yet we share our place of residence with dozens, hundreds or even thousands of others, depending on the administrative unit. This contrast is particularly striking in the densely populated Lasnamäe district, where I have lived for the past five years.”
The exhibition My Home, Our City delves into the ambitious legacy and contradictory reality of modernist cities. It raises the question: how does a sense of home emerge in a standardised urban environment? The artists’ works explore both the influence of architecture in shaping daily life and how residents, in turn, modify and personalise the space to meet their own needs.
“Lasnamäe is clearly either loved or hated, with little room for anything in between,” adds Preiman. “For me, however, I like things just as they are. Contradiction enriches and energises life, giving it tension and vibrancy. That is why this place is both fascinating and peculiar to me, simply because it exists at all.”
The exhibition will be open until 12 January 2025.
