EKKM travelling exhibition “KOHATU” (Elva)

Exhibition Opening FRIDAY, 15 January at 6:00 PM

Exhibition is open 16 January – 21 February

Tue–Sun 12:00-6:00 PM

Sinilind Cultural Centre, Kesk 30

Town Hall Gallery, Elva Town Government, Kesk 32

Nature and Hiking Centre Open Studio, Pargi 2

artists: Kristiina Hansen, Flo Kasearu, Eve Kask, Paul Kuimet, Marco Laimre, Tanel Rander, Tõnis Saadoja, Silja Saarepuu & Villu Plink, John Smith

curators: Marten Esko & Anders Härm

guest in Elva: ;paranoia publishing group ltd.

education programme developed by: Anu Lüsi (Kumu Art Museum Education Centre)

education programme facilitated by: Liisa Kivi (EKKM Art School)

graphic design: Mikk Heinsoo

technical team: Neeme Külm, Johannes Säre, Kadri Villand

The Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia continues its tour across Estonia with the exhibition “Kohatu”. Following Kuressaare, Rapla, Valga and Kunda, the fifth and final stop of the exhibition is Elva, where it is exceptionally presented across three different gallery spaces: the foyer of the Sinilind Cultural Centre, the Town Hall Gallery, and the Open Studio at the Nature and Hiking Centre. The Elva edition also features a special guest: the international publishing corporation ;paranoia publishing group ltd.

“Kohatu” is the first travelling exhibition in EKKM’s history. It is an experiment in which the institution transforms itself, for the winter period, into a trajectory marked by a series of points, tracing an imaginary curve across Estonia.

The exhibition’s title work, Paul Kuimet’s “Kohatu”, is a rather curious photograph that embodies many of the motifs from which both the exhibition and the project as a whole take their departure. The central theme of the exhibition revolves around the notions of place, the perception of place, and placelessness. The exhibition brings together works by artists whose practices engage with these ideas. They reflect upon and interpret places, placelessness, and the loss of place from both spatial and psychological perspectives. At each location where EKKM temporarily renders itself “out of place” the project also attempts to generate something on site or to reflect the place back to itself in some way. We would also like to highlight a number of keywords associated with the exhibition and invite visitors to consider them critically: rurality and periphery, provincialism and conservatism, openness to the new, and isolation from the outside world.

In collaboration with the Kumu Art Museum Education Centre, we have also developed the educational programme “KOHATUnne” for all three levels of Estonian basic education. More information about the exhibition and the works on display can be found in the accompanying booklet and on the EKKM website: www.ekkm.ee

EKKM

contact: info@ekkm.ee

Tel. +372 514 3778

contact in Elva:

Leelo Suidt

leelo.suidt@elva.ee

Tel. +372 509 1288