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Body and Space #1
An exploration of co-existence of space and a human body. I am dislocating any rules by illustrating an alternative way of using this space. The work is about enjoying the body that you have in the space that surrounds it. I am fascinated by how space and objects predefine our actions. We have been taught to read the signs of objects and to behave according to the information. For that reason our movement is predictable and the body has become machinery; performing the tasks and acting…
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interactive installation “Astrid” / KUMU permanent collection
Mobile phone Astrid enables you to make phone calls for free. When you are kneeling in front of Astrid, it is about you and a machine. The relationship is honest. Visitor about Astrid: “We went to KUMU museum with kids to make phone calls with Astrid. The kids were excited and the security guard amused when he heard my kids talking to Mummu (grandmother). I was embarrassed – all the visitors heard the conversation at the lobby! Mummu did not…
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Open Studios
The aim of Open Studios is to bring artists and local people together providing opportunities for the public to visit studios, homes and workshops of people working in a wide range of arts including: visual art, sculpture, textile, jewelry, photography, installation, performance and video art. The visitors have a possibility to talk directly to artists about the techniques they use and the passion that inspire them. Open Studios is an annual event. First Open Studios took place in 2011, when 167…
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A Day Without the Mobile Phone
We invite people to spend 24 hours without their mobile phone. The phones are hanged up on a tree in a city center where they create a light and sound installation. Our every day companion, mobile phone, gets meaningful assessment when looking at it from a distance. A Day Without the Mobile Phone is an urban intervention, including people and the media. The authors have organized it in art festivals in Estonia, Canada, Brazil and Germany. This work is part of Riin Rõõs’ MA thesis “A…
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Laundry day
City is my home. I am free. Laundry day balances the masculine urban space. Performance took place at Kalarand* in Tallinn, 2012 By Eve Arpo and Riin Rõõs * Kalarand is an area next to Tallinn harbor and old town. It is a valuable spot that has a good opportunity to open the city center to the sea. The area is not developed – detail planning has been in a process since 2000. Local inhabitants, city municipality and developers have disagreements…
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Drawing a circle
Performance, 60” By Eve Arpo Creating a state of mind. Creating a space. Culture Factory Festival at Polymer, Global Container XXV Tallinn, Estonia 2012 Acknowledgments: Marit Mihklepp photos: Janno Bergmann & Silver Soorsk
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Structures
Building a structure out of 30 000 estonian kroons in 8 hours. Design and Architecture Gallery Authors: Eve Arpo, Riin Rõõs Tallinn 2009 http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.115840535101928.14651.115834038435911&type=3
