The inspiration behind the exhibited works is Mudist’s longtime self-critical study centered around to-do lists that have accumulated over several years. The central piece “To-Do or Not-To-Do” visualizes activities along with their temporal dimensions – starting new activities, as well as interruptions – and treats this input as anthropological and psychological data which, in turn, reveals interesting patterns describing both the pace of life and the state of mind of an individual.
The exhibition and artwork of the same name are at once personal and remarkably universal studies visualising choices, disruption, inactivity, and exhaustion – both the internal and the societal pressure to be productive.
Katariin Mudist (b 1994) has studied in the Tartu Art College and the Estonian Academy of Arts, supplementing her skills in Budapest and in Ghent. Her previous solo exhibition in Tartu was in 2020 in the Jakobi Gallery.
Exhibition design: Alden Jõgisuu.
Exhibition team: Tanel Asmer, Elika Kiilo-Kulpsoo, Peeter Talvistu, Mae Variksoo.
Thanks: Sophie Durand, Sander Koit, Estonian Cultural Capital, Johanna Mudist and Maria Elise Remme.
