If i remember
it is there
just beyond my arms reach
their presence wavering like moonlight on rippled water
however bright, hesitant
however sharp, temporal
their blinding shadow eclipsing my own
we both fade
we both forget
***
Recently someone has passed by here.
The sheen of a transient silhouette lingers in the corner of your eye, leaving the sensation of an unfolding. An empty chair, a portrait, a pair of shoes, fragments and estranged familiarities – moments you’ve seen before but can’t recall the time or place.
In the exhibition by Inessa Saarits and Victoria Björk, memories merge with dreams and eras blend into one another. Pieces of recollections and dreams are scattered throughout the exhibition space – their origin, however, has been forgotten. The fragments are bound together by furniture constructed after century-old photographs, in which Saarits’s ancestors pose with their self-made branch furniture.
Victoria Björk is a visual artist from Reykjavík, Iceland, currently based in Hamburg, Germany. In her practice, Victoria navigates the fragile equilibrium of time and nature, nurture and destruction, memory and dream. Working with sculpture, poetry, and performance, she constructs symbolic fragments that evoke suspended narratives where the ephemeral is held, if only briefly.
Inessa Saarits seeks in her practice connections between art and biology. She is interested in materials that change over time – such as peat, jelly, and fungi, and explores the world through a microscope. Saarits attempts to build bridges between herself and the world of her ancestors, collecting old photographs and delving into her relatives’ notebooks, scribbles, and small objects. She graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts with a degree in Installation and Sculpture and has furthered her studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
The exhibition is supported by: Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Karksi Brewery, Icelandic Art Center
The finissage for “Off key” will take place on October 2 at 4:00 PM.
