installation (together with Paul Simon as Pau/a)
sculptures (epoxy resin + brussels waste matter) in dialogue with affirmation meditation (trio video) in an inflatable pool
2024
exhibited at the tallinn art hall (city gallery), in the group show chasing the devil to the moon (curator corina l. apostol),
tallinn (ee)
The exhibition Chasing the Devil to the Moon: Art Under Lunar Occupation explored the profound implications and complex questions arising from the concept of lunar colonisation and the act of recolouring the Moon. Inspired by the 19th-century Estonian folk tale The Moon Painters, the exhibition delved into the power of art and the artist, in shaping our understanding of the world under lunar occupation. According to Selve Maas, the Estonian-American writer who retold the tale, the Devil set forth to paint the Moon with tar, but was forever trapped in his own medium, and the giant craters found on the Moon’s surface, the result of his rage and tarry footprints. Recolouring the Moon not only raises questions about our relationship to the lunar surface and the cosmos but also highlights the ethical and political implications of such artistic endeavors. What would it mean to recolour the Moon? While art can inspire, challenge and transform, it can also reinforce existing power structures and perpetuate inequality.
In the exhibition piece, we were looking at the Moon as a site of intervention, creating the installation as a scenography grounding in Svetlana Boym's work The Future of Nostalgia, while wondering, what if neoliberalism would stay encapsulated? The epoxy sculptures created in ensemble with video pieces are embedded in an impromptu imaginary theme park setting on the Moon.
Photos by Joosep Kivimäe