SOO
Curator: Annika Haas
Open: Wed–Sat 20:00–00:00 (Sept–Oct)
Tickets: 7/5 €
No wheelchair access
Public Programme:
13.09, 20:00 Writer Lilli Luuk shares her personal experiences with bogs and wetlands and reads excerpts from her works (from the novel „Ööema“ and short stories) (in Estonian)
18.09, 20:00 Lecture by Pikne Kama, a researcher of bog bodies (in Estonian)
03.10, 20:00 Performance by Tiio Suorsa, artist’s tour, musical improvisation (in English)
Night Gallery Seek (Väike-Pääsukese 5)
“SOO” (Estonian for “Bog”) explores the relationship between body and landscape, treating the bog as a layered archive—a place where bodies, stories, and histories accumulate. It is a site of preservation and transformation, where life is held and reshaped. The exhibition invites reflection on the symbolic relationship between embodied presence and terrain, with the bog acting simultaneously as a keeper of memory and a space of change.
At the heart of the exhibition is the female body—as a bearer of life, memory, and belonging. The stratification of bodily experiences—ranging from creation to sacrifice and transformation—intertwines with the landscape, where human traces and narratives blend into visible and invisible layers.
In the artist’s words:
“The bog invites slowness. It gathers silence, light, moisture, and pressure. Movement becomes perception; presence begins to settle in layers. Each pause creates a space for listening—quietly and attentively, without explanation. Photography unfolds here as an embodied act. Light gathers the surface, layering presence. The image does not depict an object, it shapes the conditions for presence and perception, connecting body and space.”
Movko-Mägi, Alyona. Soo. Exhibition views. Photos by Annika Haas, 2025