The emergencies of the last few years have led to a rethinking of personal time and space; unexpected ways and opportunities have emerged to deal with restrictions and limitations and to find inspiration. Discussions about the common elements of everyday life, contemporary applied art, crafts, art and architecture – materials, work methods and their rethinking – provided the artists with the idea of creating a common perceptual space.
“We are united by a fondness for DIY, a consciously time-consuming work process and connections with materials. However, this does not mean that we are stuck in conventions; rather, we are looking for points of connection between the conventional and the contemporary,” the artists explain.
Kristi Paap (b. 1973) graduated from the metal art department of the Estonian Academy of Arts in 1996 and belonged to the group F.F.F.F. (Fun For Five Females, 1996–2005). She has curated and designed several exhibitions both in Estonia and abroad, and has given presentations in the USA, Finland, Sweden and Wales.
Ketli Tiitsar (b. 1972) is an Estonian artist who, in addition to studying jewellery at the Estonian Academy of Arts, has furthered her education at the Norwegian National College of Art and Design and the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in the Netherlands. She belonged to the group F.F.F.F. (Fun For Five Females, 1996–2005). Her works have been exhibited in many European countries and, in addition to Estonia, they are in collections in Sweden, Lithuania and Norway.
Siiri Nõva (b. 1967) graduated from the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning of the Estonian Academy of Arts in 1999. She has worked as an architect, focusing on traditional materials and their use in modern architecture, has created interior architecture, and has designed exhibitions in the Estonian Museum of Architecture, the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design and the Estonian Open Air Museum.
Exhibition architecture: Siiri Nõva
Graphic design: Tuuli Aule
Sound: Janek Murd
Supporter: Cultural Endowment of Estonia
Thanks: Hille Saluäär, the SRIK scrap material warehouse, Aune Mark, Janek Lepp and Kaupo Kangur
