Group exhibition of young photography artists
What Colour Is the Sky Above the Port Today? (Tallinn)
Hobusepea Gallery
Group exhibition of young photography artists What Colour Is the Sky Above the Port Today?
Curator: Kaisa Eiche
Hobusepea Gallery (Hobusepea 2, Tallinn)
Open: Mon, Wed–Sun 11.00–18.00
Opening 1.11.2023 at 18.00
Free entrance
No wheelchair access
It is an important exhibition in the history of higher education of Estonian photography, where, inspired by the spirit of our time, the current students or recent graduates of the Estonian Academy of Arts and Pallas University of Applied Sciences have their say. The themes of Tallinn Photomonth 2023 are centered around camera-based media, with a focus on photographic representations of our daily information flow.
In the 20th century, photography became a sign-creation machine and developed into a whole system that functions as an effective apparatus for reproducing the simulacrum. The canon of truth in photography is the building block of our public facade in social media, in the shadow of which our psyche sooner or later suffers.
Photography is a paradox — it can tell both truth and lies. The question is always whose narrative is followed at the moment the story is told. In today’s consumer culture, the media tries to maintain an illusion of reality at all costs to keep us shopping and entertained while our personal data or behavioral profiles are sold on a global market. We are no longer the audience of the society of the spectacle, we ourselves are the product, and for the time being everyone seems to be at peace with this.
Participating artsts: Siew Ching Ang, Inger-Liis Heinsoo, Erik Hõim, Andra Junalainen, Kenter Kalbri, Birgit Kaleva, Joosep Kivimäe, Elariin Kruusamägi, Kirke Kuiv, Gregor Kulla, Kristina Kuzemko, Britta Mai Martin, Jana Mätas, Agnes Müürsepp, Anna Ovtšinnikova, Andra Rahe, Sille-Riin Rand, Andrea Margó Rotenberg, Laura Ruuder, Triin Sagen, Enlil Sonn, Imbi Sõber, Lauri Trolla, Maarja Tõnisson, Jürgen Vainola.
Public programme:
11.11.2023
13.30 Photobook Club Helsinki goes Tallinn. Together with Lugemik Publishing (in English)
Supported by: Eesti Kultuurkapital, Tallinna Kultuuri- ja Spordiamet, Eesti Fotokunstnike Ühendus (FOKU), Tartu linn, Eesti Kunstiakadeemia, Kõrgem Kunstikool Pallas, Tartu Kunstnike Liit, Eesti Kunstnike Liit, Artproof, Metropol Spa Hotel, starter-KIT ajakirja toimetus, Tartu Kunstimuuseum, KIU kangatrüki stuudio, Neoon Valgus OÜ, Wale Vaal OÜ, Raamikoda (Estframe OÜ), Seri Disain OÜ, Nikita Šiškov ning Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia audiovisuaaltehnika laenutus, Liisa Hirsch, Kanuti Gildi SAAL.
Special gratitude to: starter-KIT editorial board.