A synapse is an intercellular connection where electrical or chemical transmission takes place between two nerve cells. There are approximately 86 billion neurons in the human brain. Each of them has an average of seven thousand synaptic connections with others. When trying to grasp such scales, we still seem to be missing some. However, we can imagine each thought, decision and impulse as an unique electrical and chemical current that travels through different regions of the brain at lightning speed, triggering countless synapses along its way. Our thought process can be described as a complex stream through millions of river branches that flow sometimes one way, sometimes the other. The drawings exhibited can be seen as an attempt to conjure up these inaccessible journeys and put them on the map.
Solveig Lill (1994) obtained a bachelor’s degree in the department of painting at the University of Tartu and a master’s degree in contemporary art at the Estonian Academy of Arts (2020). She has studied at the Art University of Berlin as an exchange student. Through various visual media, Lill talks about the microworld while emphasizing the key role of this strangest, yet physically closest layer of nature in everything relating to our perception. While bringing cells and tissues to life through her imagination, Lill opens up another path to that physically inaccessible scale. Lill’s previous solo show A Garden Without Borders (with Olev Kuma) took place in Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn in early spring of 2023.
The exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
