Until August 18, Tartu Art House hosts an international group exhibition called ‘Look into my Ice’, that is part of a project with the same title consisting of art exhibitions, artist residencies, performances, public art installations, a citizen science programme and guided tours. The exhibition offers a wide range of diverse media like installation, sculpture, video, drawings, photo and sound art which is dedicated to enhance our empathy towards the coldest entity on earth: Ice.
The purpose of the exhibition is to enhance empathy and raise awareness about the impact of melting glaciers and the effect it has on Estonia addressing the topic through the media of arts. We are the last generation able to save the earth from irreversible destruction in process. We need a sense of global responsibility because we are interdependent. Scientists, philosophers and culture psychologists have given hope that humans of today are able to change their behavioural patterns for the benefit of the earth and humankind. By directing our personal desires towards the environment and cultivating the necessary global and local community, we are then able to take care of mother earth as part of our own viscera.
The transeuropean project ‘Look into my Ice’ is organized by MTÜ Eesti-Saksa Kunstikoostöö (Non-profit association Estonian-German Art- and Culture Exchange, Estonia) and roam projects e. V. (Berlin, Germany) in cooperation with curator Liisi Kõuhkna. ‘Look into my Ice’ is part of the European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024 main programme. The exhibition is showing 15 international artists from all three European Capitals of Culture 2024: Bad Ischl-Salzkammergut/ Austria, Bodø/ Norway, Tartu/ Estonia and additionally Germany.
Participating Artists: Nina Maria Allmoslechner, Ronald Anzenberger, Nara Bak, Sofie Brønner, Pete Christie, Marjolijn Dijkman, Marta Djourina, Lena von Goedeke, Toril Johannessen, Dongbin Lee, Aquiles Jarrin & Irving Ramo, Kristel Laurits, Jaanika Peerna, Theresa Schubert, Annika Sellik, Lukas Troberg.
Cooperation Partners and supporters: European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024, ECOC 2024 Duo Networking project, EEA and Norway Grants, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Tartu Art House, TYPA Printing and Paper Arts Centre, Science Centre AHHAA, Ice Age Centre, Pallas University of Applied Sciences, Estonian Embassy in Berlin, Goethe Institute, German Embassy Tallinn, Ajuokse Avangaar, Climate Art Collection, post-gallery.online, Deutsch-Estnischen Gesellschaft Berlin e.V., Bodø2024 – European Capital of Culture, European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl Salzkammergut 2024. The artist-in-residence programme is a part of the ECOC 2024 Duo Networking project and is supported by EEA and Norway Grants.
Photo documentation by Andreas Baudisch and Jürgen Vainola / Tartu Artist Association
