Artist
Ene-Liis Semper’s solo exhibition brings together a collection of layers and imageries in different rooms and floors of Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia taking into focus the current moment in time. The objects, sculptures, video works, sound and light design staged in various spaces of the museum form a whole that oscillates in the liminal space between the critical consciousness and the subconsciousness filled with rich allusions. According to the artist, the ambiguous fragments of memory that have found their way to the exhibition, are marked by tension and anticipation rather than by stillness.
Semper wishes to mirror the end of one process, or rather its transition, the breaking point. “There is a deep feeling that we have reached a moment where the skills and information acquired so far are no longer valid. Figuratively speaking, one can feel the cracking of the surface layer as if it were an eggshell. But what or who will come out of it, is not yet clear,” says Semper.
The current exhibition is the first solo exhibition of the theatre director, performance and video artist Ene-Liis Semper in over 13 years. Semper, who has worked for years as a theatre artist in both Estonian and European theatres, has based her body of work on the borderlands between theatrical and real, physical and emotional, cry and laughter. In the recent years, Semper has also worked as a professor at the Estonian Academy of Arts.
Light design of the exhibition by Aku Lahti, sound design by Jakob Juhkam.
The exhibition will be open to visitors from Friday, 4 October from 7 p.m.
Opening will take place on the same evening at 7.30 p.m.
Ene-Liis Semper’s solo exhibition at Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia remains open from Mon–Fri (12.00–19.00) until 15 December 2024.
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We kindly ask you not to take photos or film at the exhibition.
Please note that due to the installative nature of the exhibition, it is difficult to move around the exhibition space. The movement on the ground floor is limited, with narrow walkways and dim lighting. One of the exhibition rooms on the second floor has flashing light.
Please follow the instructions and recommendations of our reception staff for your safety. We also ask you to be patient if necessary, as too many people cannot enter the exhibition at once.
If necessary, it is also possible to enter and leave the exhibition via another door. For more information, please contact our reception staff.
Unfortunately, the exhibition is not accessible by wheelchair or pushchair and is not recommended for visitors under the age of 12.
Light design: Aku Lahti and Rommi Ruttas
Sound design: Jakob Juhkam
Assistant of the artist: Anita Kremm
Technical team: Johannes Luik, Ats Kruusing, Erik Hõim, Erik Liiv, Mattias Veller, Tanel Asmer, Hans-Otto Ojaste, Karmo Migur, Eke Ao Nettan, Jaan Joosep Luik, Katariina Kesküla, Leopold Varik, Siim Hiis
Graphic design: Laura Merendi
Supporters: Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Estonian Ministry of Culture, City of Tallinn, Tallinn Creative Hub, Akzo Nobel, LED House, OÜ Linda Kaks and Allan Kaldoja, Floorin OÜ, Punch Club, Moe OÜ, Vorstiabi.
Thanks to:
Hasso Krull, Edith Karlson, Madara Vilčuka, Karin Laos, Maria Väinsar, Eero Epner, Tiit Ojasoo,
Loora Kaubi, Eva Mahhov, Lea Ojam,
Allan Räim, Ellon Tiivas, Aleksandr Moissejenko, Taavi Suisalu, Märt Vaidla,
Ivo Kõvamees, Priit Enson, Argo Otsma, Richards Marackovskis,
Mark Nikitin, Daniil Samartsev, Mihhail Romanovski, Jegor Elufimov, Adrian Tšernov, Maksim Kudravtsev, Aleksander Lafertov, Dmitrii Solonenko, Daniil Saevitš, Aleksander Solodov, Gleb Nõmmemees, Liisamari Viik,
Oliver Reimann, Mirjam Aavakivi, Katarina Sits, Hele Palumaa, Triin Brigitta Heidov, Carolyn Veensalu, Marjonella Uudeküll, Karmen Huberg, Jarmo Nagel, Henri Hütt, Mikk Jõgi, Mark Alexander Ummelas, Johanna Tenso, Sarah Nõmm.
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Artist talk,
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