“Selected Interventions” is a collection of new works and dialogues within the museum’s permanent exhibitions by the students of Craft Studies of the Estonian Academy of Arts.

The Craft Studies curriculum expands on understanding contemporary crafts and advances professional development, critical expression, and artistic research into materials, processes, concepts and identities. Therefore, it is a unique study of the work of the applied art and design classics, part of the vast displays of “Collected Works” and “Introduction to Estonian Design.” 

Based on their background and interests, each student selected a piece, a series of works, or an artist to have a closer dialogue. They were encouraged to respond with new pieces based on past techniques, approaches, materials, stories, aesthetics, forms, and more. This project consists of interventions that redirect our attention, study the heritage or add a new layer of meaning.

“Selected Interventions” includes work by Sofiya Babiy, Iohan Figueroa Rojas, Rait Lõhmus, Juulia Aleksandra Mikson, Alyona Movko-Mägi, Katariin Mudist, Maarja Mäemets, Kati Saarits, Hannah Segerkrantz, and Elias Sormanen.

The exhibition is a satellite of the 9th Tallinn Applied Art Triennial.

Supervisors: Juss Heinsalu, Kärt Ojavee
ETDM team: Helen Adamson, Sandra Nuut, Kristi Paap, Ketli Tiitsar, Toomas Übner
Graphic design: Rita Davis
Advice on exhibition design: Valge Kuup
Language editor: Hille Saluäär
Translations: Refiner Translations
Supported by Anora

A special thank you goes to the Estonian Academy of Arts Museum, Departments of Glass, Jewellery and Blacksmithing, Ceramics, Textile and New Media, Konstfack CRAFT!, Sarah Eerikson, and Diāna Mikāne.

Publications

Leaflet Selected Interventions

Public Programme

14 December at 1 pm there will be a guided tour in English.

Gallery

Photos: Joosep Kivimägi