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
Gabor Törő, Winter Depression, paint
Taavi Rei, For The Cold Period, metal, wood
Julia Hartig, Inventory, Second Floor Foyer, list on A4 paper
Zuzana Bartošová, White Nights, cardboard box, lamp
Zuzana Bartošová, White Nights, cardboard box, lamp
Liisa Ahlfors, Aurora, 22 carat gold on concrete
Anna Slámová, vid_0, single channel video installation
Anna Slámová, vid_0, single channel video installation
Anna Mari Liivrand, Study of a Space Big Enough for a Person to Enter, magnesium sulphate, water
Anna Mari Liivrand, Study of a Space Big Enough for a Person to Enter, magnesium sulphate, water
Helena Keskküla, Wall in Front of Me, single channel video
James Choucino, Silent Building, wood, paint
Art Nõukas, Time After, single track audio, voice of A.Härm
Marc Romero, You Are Not T(here), space installation with sound
Marc Romero, You Are Not T(here), space installation with sound
Photographs by Art Nõukas