EKKM STAFF

MARCO LAIMRE

NEEME KÜLM

ELIN KARD


ANDERS HÄRM

ELIN KARD

Born 24.08.1972, Pärnu.
Lives and works in Tallinn.

galerii@eaa.ee

http://www.eaa.ee/hobusepea
http://www.eaa.ee/draakon
http://elenasmakova.wordpress.com/

Studies:
2000-2003 Estonian Academy of Arts, MA
1996-2000 Estonian Academy of Arts, BA
1995-1997 Technical School of Light Industry, BA

Work experience:
2004 - ..... Estonian Academy of Arts - visiting lecturer
2003 - ..... Estonian Artists´Association, Hobusepea gallery, Gallery Draakon - curator
2005 - 2007 Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia - project coordinator
2000 - 2003 Gallery VAAL - consultant
1990 - 1995 ETKVL Euration Manufacture "Vikero"

Membership:
Since 2003 member of the Estonian Artists´Association
Since 2006 charter member of the EKKM / CAME - The Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia
Since 2010 charter member of the EKKL - The Contemporary Art Union of Estonia

Projects:
2010 EAA Yearbook 2008-2009 (compiler-editor)
2009 EAA 9th annual exhibition catalogue "Enesepaljastus / Disclosure" (compiler-editor)
2008-2009 After-War – Kristina Norman, Marco Laimre. Estonian exposition at 53rd Venice Biennial
(deputy commissioner)
2008 EAA 8th annual exhibition catalogue „Vabaduse väljak / Vabaduse square” (compiler-editor)
2008 Hobusepea galerii 2003-2007 / Hobusepea gallery 2003-2007, catalogue (compiler-editor)
2008 EAA Yearbook 2007 (compiler-editor)
2007 Losers Paradise – Marko Mäetamm, Mika Hannula. Estonian exposition at 52th Venice Biennial
(deputy commissioner)
2007 Skulptuur räägib: võim ja vabadus. Tallinna Kunstihoone (kuraator - koos Kirke Kangro ja Mari-
Liis Tammiga)
2007 EAA Yearbook 2007 (compiler-editor)
2007 Asjade seis 2007 (catalogue, editor)
2007 Elamise kunst / The Art of Living. EAA 7th annual exhibition catalogue (compiler-editor)
2007 EAA Yearbook 2006 (compiler-editor)
2007 Skulptuur räägib: võim ja vabadus / Sculpture speaks: power and freedom (curator with Kirke
Kangro and Mari-Liis Tammi), Tallinn Art Hall
2006 Kurja lilled / Flowers of evil. 6th Annual Exhibition Project of Estonian Artists´Association
(curator)
2005 Estonian Artists´Association Yearbook 2004 (compiler-editor)
2004 kunst.ee 3/2004 Estonian Magazine of Visual Culture addition compiler with Eha Komissarov
2004 Breakthrough. Grote Kerk Den Haag - curator Estonian part of exhibition
2004 Eksiil/inExile. 13th Tallinn Print Triennial (PR manager)
2003 Chart. Estonian Painters Union Annual Exhibition 2003 (curator)
2002 X mistakes Y for Z, Rotermann Salt Storage Arts Centre (project coordinator)

Writings:
2010 as Elena Šmakova. Sotsiaalne kunst kui kodanikuõigus- ja kohustus. Sirp, 30.04.2010
2010 as Elena Šmakova. Mees tagaistmel. KUNST.EE 2009/3-4
2009 as Elena Śmakova. sirpsuvelpuhkab.blogspot.com. Sirp, 24.07.2009 (weekly)
2009 as Elena Šmakova. Kinnine kohus. KUNST.EE 2009/1-2
2009 as Elena Śmakova. Meistri kutsumine. Sirp, 24.04.2009 (weekly)
2009 as Elena Śmakova. Naistest ja solidaarsusest. Sirp, 03.04.2009 (weekly)
2009 as Elena Šmakova. Muid võimalusi ei ole! Intervjuu Kristina Normani ja Marco Laimrega. Sirp,
13.03.2009 (weekly)
2008 Tartu laulupeo patroon on Andrus Ansip. Sirp, 17.10.2008 (weekly)
2007 Kodanikud ja valdkonnad: Veneetsia biennal, näiteks. Postimees AK, 16.06.2007 (daily)
2007 Kommenteerimata jäänud geopoliitika, turumajandus ja amneesia Moskvas. PM, 24.03.2007
(daily)
2007 Stabiliseerumine kestab. Positiivne intensiivsus. EPL, 13.01.2007 (daily)
2006 Acrimony needs. Addenda to Estonian art history 4. CCA, Estonia 2006.
2006 Is ketchup blood or something else?. Addenda to Estonian art history 4. CCA, Estonia 2006.
2006 Is ketchup blood or something else?. Estonian Art 1/2006
2006 Of young art without maintaining distance. Addenda to Estonian art history 3. CCA, Estonia
2006.
2006 Vestlus Kaido Olega. Vikerkaar 1-2/2006
2005 I hate life. Life makes me sick and sad. Vikerkaar 6/2005
2005 Tätoveeritud daamid. Avenüü. Magazine of Fashion.
2004 Pioneers of the periphery Spseeking the breaking point. Breakthrough: Perspectives on art from
the ten new EU member states. Catalogue
2004 Schizophony for the ethnically instable. Manifesta 5. European Biennial of Contemporary Art.
Catalogue
2004 Intellectual cobbler Orgussaar. Estonian Art 1/2004
2004 Perifeeria pioneerid murdepunkti otsimas. Sirp. 09.07.2004 (weekly)
2003 Heli Sarapuu murelik sentimentalism. Eesti Päevaleht. 09.12.2003 (daily)
2003 Künnapu and Maasik-just married. Eesti Päevaleht. 11.10.2003 (daily)

Solo exhibitions:
2004 Samadhi. Tallinn City gallery
2002 Naked. Cloaked. Gallery of the Tallinn Art Hall
2001 Forgive Me. Haapsalu Gallery
2001 3-act-suicide. Pärnu Jazz Café
2000 Forgive Me. Theatre "Endla", Pärnu
2000 Forgive Me. Theatre "Ugala", Viljandi
2000 Forgive Me. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
2000 Drawings. Tabasalu Grammar School
1999 Drawings. Jõhvi School of Arts
1999 Drawings. Kiviõli Gallery

Group exhibitions:
2006 Violence and Propaganda. With Marco Laimre, Marko Mäetamm, Andres Tali.Tallinn Art Hall
2005 Selfportrait. Estonian Painters Union Annual Exhibitiob.Tartu Art House
2005 Voices. Rotermann Salt Storage Arts Centre, curator Marco Laimre
2004 Home, Sweet Home!. Rotermann Salt Storage Arts Centre, curator Eha Komissarov
2003 Notes. Szentendre Art Mill, Hungary, curator F.F.F.F.
2002 Cantico delle Creature, Italy
2002 Artgenda 2002. Hamburg,Germany, curator Anders Härm
2002 Memory & Play. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
2001 Estonian Institute Exhibition, Reijkjavik, Island
2001 3-rd International Triennial, Gallery Arka, Lithuania
2001 PIN. Pärnu City gallery
2001 Lost Property. Hansa bank Gallery, curator Ado Lill
2001 Baltic States Culture, Odense, Denmark
2001 Estonian Institute Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark
2001 Art Primeur´2001. Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Dordrecht, Dutch, curator Sirje Helme
2001 Estonian Institute Exhibition in Ervin Szabo Mainlibrary, Kalocsa, Hungary
2001 Artlink. International Young Art, New York, USA
2001 Apocalypse. Gallery 5020, Salzburg, Austria
2000 In the Light of Binding. Tartu University Library
2000 2nd International Artist`s Book Triennial Apocalypsis, Vilnius, Lithuania
2000 Scripta Manent`II. Tallinn Art Hall
2000 Diplom`2000. Rotermann Salt Storage Arts Centre
2000 You can see oneself rarely. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
2000 Estonian art. Estonian possibilitys. Naturalism. Gallery of the Tallinn Art Hall, curator Peeter Allik
2000 Cut & Paste II. Jõhvi School of Arts
2000 Story of Book. Viljandi Art Hall
2000 Cut & Paste. Kiviõli Gallery
2000 Discovering Canvas. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
1999 Chaos. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
1999 Memory. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts, curator Lennart Mänd
1999 Artsummer`99-Motive. Haapsalu City gallery
1999 Painting`99-Identity. Tallinn Art Hall, curator Eha Komissarov
1999 Lake. Põlva Gallery
1999 Portrait. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
1999 Attracts and sticks. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
1998 International mini-book exhibition, Estonian Academic Library
1998 Mythological Anatomy. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
1998 Drawings. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
1998 Resident of Pärnu in 20 Century. Pärnu Modern Art Museum
1998 Strategic painting. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts, curator Jaan Elken
1998 International Self-portrait Salong. Pärnu Modern Art Museum
1998 Painting`98. Vaal Gallery, curator Kaido Ole
1998 Man and Woman. International Exhibition of the Nude, Pärnu Modern Art Museum
1998 Collected Connections. National Library of Estonia
1998 Empty Bag. Raevangla Gallery, Tallinn
1998 Musik in der Kunst. Theatre "Endla", Pärnu
1997 Drawings. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts
1997 Paintings. Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts, curator Kaido Ole

Collections:
AS Estonian Art Gallery, Estonian Academy of Arts; private collections in Estonia, Sweden, Australia, Latvia

Selected publications:
Aaron Moulton. From Kosovo to Kalinigrad Part 2. Flash Art November-December 2006
Paul Morton. Artists study blood and words. The Baltic Times. 2006.03.05.
Heie Treier. Biennial 911. Flash Art July-September 2006
Johannes Saar. Ja päästa meid ära vägivallast ja propagandast. Vikerkaar 6/2006
Mari Laaniste. Taas kord sotsiaalpoliitiliselt teadliku eesti kunsti otsinguil. EE.2006.12.04. (weekly)
Reet Varblane. Vägivald ja propaganda. Sirp. 2006.07.04. (weekly)
Anu Aaremäe. Poliitiliselt küll ebakorrektne, aga erakordselt vajalik näitus. PM. 2006.10.04. (daily)
Ants Juske. Kunstnikud propagandasõjas. EPL. 2006.12.04. (daily)
Reet Varblane. Schizophrenic - Elin Kard. Sirp. 2004.06.02. (weekly)
Johannes Saar. By hooked to Nirvana. Eesti Päevaleht.2004.28.01. (daily)
Karin Laansoo. 1,6 m2 used skin. Sirp.2002.08.11. (weekly)
Rainer Vilumaa. Dead doesn´t ask forgiveness. EE.2002.07.11. (weekly)
Johannes Saar. Exhibition with skin. EP.2002.01.11. (daily)
Ilja Sundelevitsh. Naked. Cloaked. ME.2002.02.11. (daily)
Katrin Kivimaa. Word becomes flesh. "Vikerkaar", 4/2001
Ele Praks. Scripta Manent or writing about applied art. "Estonian Art", 2/2000
Jan Kaus. Nakedness in hiding. "Sirp", 2000.17.11. (weekly)
Kädi Talvoja. Tracks of the poetic love in the body. "Eesti Päevaleht", 2000.26.10. (daily)
Anders Härm. Estonian painting inside carved frame. "Eesti Päevaleht", 1999.28.06. (daily)
Felix Krapp. Man and woman on the stairs. "Pärnu Postimees", 1998.05.08. (daily)
Anu Allas. Find my face. "Sirp", 1998.02.10. (weekly)

Awards:
2008 Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Prize
2000 "Scripta Manent`II" Premium

MARCO LAIMRE

laimre@gmail.com

Born in 1968 in Pärnu, Estonia. Lives and works in Tallinn.

Education:
1992 - 1996 Estonian Academy of Arts, BA in Painting.

Work:
2005 – ... Estonian Academy of Arts, Professor of Photographic Department.

Solo exhibitions:
2007 Bad Joke, Hobusepea gallery, Tallinn
2005 Very complicated rock'n'roll, (together with Killu Sukmit), Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Estonia.
2005 Estonian Art, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
2004 Everything is coming out, (together with Tarmo Salin), VAAL Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
2004 Questions and Answers, the Art Museum of Estonia, Rottermann Salt Storage Arts Center,

Tallinn, Estonia.
2002 Black Ball, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Estonia.
2001 Super Lights, City Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
2001 Stere - ereo, Hansapank Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
2000 Here, (together with Ene-Liis Semper), the Art Museum of Estonia, Rotermann Salt Storage Arts

Center, Tallinn.
1999 Bonj - Nonj - Nonj - Non - Now!, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Estonia.
1999 On the City, Sebra Gallery, Tartu, Estonia.
1998 Egoistically Correct, (together with Andrus Kõresaar), the Art Museum of Estonia, Rotermann Salt Storage Arts Center, Tallinn.
1997 Worldmaps, (Oudor of Freedom), Muu-ry Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.
1996 Divided Territories, Blackheads'Guild Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
1995 Head!, Blackheads'Guild Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
1994 Isolaris, (together with Jaanus Koov), Blackheads'Guild Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
1994 Me & Art, Gallery of the Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia.

Group exhibitions:
2006 Violence and Propaganda. With Elin Kard, Marko Mäetamm, Andres Tali.Tallinn Art Hall
2006 Evil Flowers, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
2006 Collected Crises, KUMU, Tallinn, Estonia.
2006 Shiftscale, KUMU, Tallinn, Estonia.
2006 Violence and Propaganda, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia.
2005 IKG, Without Borders, Rottermann Salt Storage Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
2005 Homo Grandis Natu, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia.
2005 Identities, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia.
2005 Ljubljana International Graphic Biennial, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2004 E.U.Positive. Kunst aus dem Neuen Europa., Akademie der Künste Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
2004 Home Sweet Home, the Art Museum of Estonia, Rottermann Salt Storage Art Center, Tallinn,

Estonia.
2004 Dream Island, NOAS Gallery, Riga, Latvia.
2003 Taide voi tappaa luovuuden, Taidepanimo, Lahti, Finland.
2003 Last Hero, Rotermann Art Center, Tallinn, Estonia.
2003 Art Moscow, 21 minutes, Moscow, Russia.
2003 Screensaver, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia.
2002 Social Exhibitionism, Riga, Latvia.
2002 Mare Balticum, Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen, Danmark.
2002 Breath, RecentVideoArt from Estonia., Ludwig Museum Budapest, Hungary.
2001 Young British Art, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia.
2001 49th International Venice Biennial, Estonian exposition, (together with Ene-Liis Semper), Palazzo

Giustinian Lolin, Venice, Italy.
2000 Mechanics of Rituals, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia.
2000 Aids in Culture, Rotermann Salt Storage Arts Center, Tallinn, Estonia.
2000 Shop of the Curiosities, Center of Arnolfini, Bristol, England.
2000 Analog Television (in Artgenda 2000), Lasipalatsi, Helsinki, Finland.
1999 International Ljubljana Graphic Biennial, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
1999 Backdoor Media (Facades for the Homeless), Tallinn, Estonia.
1999 Interstanding 3, (6th annual exhibition of the Center for Contemporary Arts), Estonia,

Rotermann Salt Storage Arts Center, Tallinn.
1999 East - West Sofa, Frankfurt (AM), Germany.
1999 Mood, Rotermann Salt Storage Arts Center, Tallinn.
1999 Retrett Art Centre, Finland.
1998 Suitcases, Kotka, Finland.
1998 Egoistically Correct, (together with Andrus Kõresaar), the Art Museum of Estonia, Rotermann

Salt Storage Arts Center, Tallinn, Estonia.
1998 Author X Author, Tartu Artists' House, Estonia.
1998 Free Choice (Estonian Art in 90s), Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia.
1998 Best Before, Vilnius Contemporary Art Centre, Lithuania.
1998 EKG, the Art Museum of Estonia, Rotermann Salt Storage Arts Center, Tallinn.
1998 Out of the Shadows, Wellington B Gray Gallery, East Carolina, Greenwille, USA.
1998 Interaction & Integration, Artgenda Biennial '98, Kulturhuset Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden.
1997 Mediterranian Youth Biennial, Rijeka, Croatia.
1997 Neopop, the Art Museum of Estonia, Rotermann Salt Storage Arts Center, Tallinn.
1997 Invasion, Saaremaa Biennial '97, Kuressaare, Estonia.
1997 Persona, the Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn.
1997 Hortus Hostium, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia.
1997 Archaeology of Dreams, Estonian National Museum, Tartu, Estonia.
1997 Healty Pictures, Narva Art Gallery, Estonia.
1996 Inventory on the Museum of Aesthetics, Estonian Museum of Architecture, Rotermann Salt

Storage Arts Center, Tallinn, Estonia.
1996 Estonia as a Sign, 4th annual exhibition of the Soros Centre for Contemporary Arts, Tallinn Art

Hall, Estonia.
1996 Nature Morte, the Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn.
1996 Carnival, Mobil Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
1996 Personal Time, Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian art 1945 - 1996, Centre for Contemporary Art,

Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland;
1996 Personal Time, Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian art 1945 - 1996, Central Exhibition Hall Manezh,

St. Petersburg, Russia.
1996 Habitat II, Istanbul, Turkey.1996 Archaeology of Dreams, Panevezhys Art Hall, Lithuania.
1995 By the Ruins, Gothenburg Photographic Fair, Svenska Mässan, Gothenburg, Sweden.
1995 Watching (The Roots and the Tops), Mobil Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
1995 Biotopia, (3rd annual exhibition of the Soros Centre for Contempory Arts), Vaal Gallery, Tallinn,

Estonia.
1995 Fabrique d'Histoire, Saaremaa Biennial '95, Kuressaare Art Studio, Estonia.
1994 Estonian Art 1994, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia.

Performances:
2006 God, Georg and Guantanamo. Newspaper office of Eesti Ekspress (weekly). Tallinn. Estonia.
2006 Captivity. BaltoScandal Theater Festival. Rakvere. Estonia.
2005 Dedicated to the occasional Bullet.(Victorya). Living Sculptures. Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia.
2005 Rotten Harry, Theatre NO 99, Tallinn, Estonia.
2004 30 % , VAAL Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
2002 Nässu is a good Dog!, Rakvere City Gallery, Estonia.
2001 Cure of ills, controlled..., Tallinn, Estonia.
1997 Rifle Range, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia.
1996 Emptyness & Democracy, old watertower, Tallinn, Estonia.
1995 On Behaviour, Saaremaa Biennial '95, Trimadu group, Kuressaare, Estonia.
1995 The Machine 1972 - 1995, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn.
1994 Opening of the Cave Drawing Department, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn.
1994 Where are you - C?, (together with Mari Sobolev), M/F Kronborg, Tallinn, Estonia.
1994 Isolaris,(together with Jaanus Koov), Blackheads'Guild Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
1993 Rebirth of Antropometries, group Trimadu, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn.

TV activities:
1994 -1995 Scriptwriter for Ja/Ei, (together with Mare Tralla and Mari Sobolev) series about

contemporary art (Estonian National Television).

Designing activities:
2004 exhibition design for Estonian Art Museum, "In My own Juice. Contemporary art from Lithuania.",

in Rottermann Salt Store Arts Centre.
2004 exhibition design for Estonian Art Museum, "New Art from Poland", in Rottermann Salt Store Arts

Centre.
2002 exhibition design for Estonian Art Museum, "Kapital!".
2001 exhibition design for Estonian Art Museum, "Ülo Sooster".
2001 exhibition design for Estonian Art Museum, "New Art From St. Peterburg", in Rotermann Salt

Store Arts Centre.

Curatorial activities:
EKKM / CAME exhibitions since 2007
2005 HÄÄLED / VOICES, Rottermann Salt Store Arts Centre.
1997 Hortus Hostium, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia.
1995 Artel of History, exhibition for Fabrique d´Histoire, Saaremaa Biennial'95, Kuressaare, Estonia.

Awards:
Second Prix from Cultural Endovment 2004
Art award from Hansabank 2001.
Second Prix from Cultural Endovment 2000.
International Ljubljana Graphic Biennial, Slovenia (2nd prize) 1999.
Art award from Päevaleht 1997.
The Bikem memorial award for young graphic designers (Turkey) 1996.
UNDP contemporary art award 1996.

Bibliography in english:
The Baltic Times august 18 – 24. 2005 Art that doesn´t mince words.
KUNST.EE, 2/2004 Collected Connections by Marco Laimre. Hanno Soans.
Estonian Art, 2003/1 Where is Home, Where is Home, Where is One`s Homestead?, Jan Kaus.
Estonian Art, 2002/2 Black Ball and Theoretical Sneakers, Anders Härm. (http://www.einst.ee/)
Ene-Liis Semper. Marko Laimre. 49th International exhibition of contemporary art. Catalogue of the Estonian exposition, Tallinn 2001, ISBN: 9985932110
Estonian Art 2000/2 Interview with Hanno Soans.(http://www.einst.ee/ )
International Biennial of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, 1999.
Out of the Shadows, Wellington B Gray Gallery, East Carolina, Greenwille, 1998.
Biennale of Young Artists - Rijeka 1997, Moderna galerija, Rijeka, 1998.
Invasion. Saaremaa Biennial 1997, Center for Contemporary Photography, Tallinn, 1997.
Personal Time. Art in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania 1945 - 1996, The Zacheta Gallery of Contemporary Art, Warsaw, 1996. Estonia as a Sign, 4th annual exhibition of the Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia, Tallinn, 1996.
Biotopia, 3rd annual exhibition of the Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia, Tallinn, 1995.

Selected bibliography in estonian:
1995 Postimees 05.12. KIVIMAA, KATRIN. Läbi elu olemise poole
1996 Vikerkaar /10 TREIER, HEIE. Marko Laimre skeptiline subjektiivsus
1996 Päevaleht 05.10.TREIER, HEIE. Mida õpetab meile Eesti kui märk II
1996 Postimees 02.27. SAAR, JOHANNES. Marko Laimre märgistab oma territooriumi
1996 Postimees 09.10. SOANS, HANNO. Sooroos rukkipõllul
1999 Postimees 19.02. TRALLA, MARE. Vabaduse aroomid
1999 Postimees 23.07. SOANS, HANNO. Laimre istub vabaduse vanglas
1999 Postimees/Arter 04.12. HÄRM, ANDERS. Sport on sõda. Sõda on sport. 1999 Päevaleht 17.03.

JUSKE, ANTS. Ernst, Vaga ja Laimre Tartus
1999 Päevaleht 17.07. JUSKE, ANTS. Laimre sai tööd1999 Sirp nr. 12, lk. 9. HÄRM, ANDERS. “Meta- ja

pseudosemiootiline Laimre”, Marko Laimre näitus Tartus Sebra galeriis
1999 Eesti Ekspress 18.03. LIIVRAND, HARRY. Apokalüptiline Laimre
1999 Eesti Ekspress 19.07. MÄGI, MARKO. Mõtteid puurist
2000 Sirp 19.05. SOBOLEV, MARI. Haiguste ravi. Kontrollitud
2000 Sirp 01.09. TREIER, HEIE. Kaheksa küsimust kunstnikutasu asjus
2000 Postimees 17.08. SOANS, HANNO. Käik presidendi patroneeritud maalinäitusele
2000 Päevaleht 20.11. TALVOJA, KÄDI. Ene-Liis Semperi ja Marko Laimre painajate labürint
2000 Eesti Ekspress 30.11. HÄRM, ANDERS. Privaatse vaatenurga võimalus. (Anders Härm lahkab

Semperi ja Laimre psycho-trip'i.)
2000 Eesti Ekspress 06.04. TREIER, HEIE. Mittepateetiline juubel Kunsti-hoones.
2001 Eesti Ekspress 26.07. HELME, SIRJE. Kõnelemine platoo servalt.
2001 Eesti Ekspress 15.03. SOANS, HANNO. Vajuv vesi. Vesi ise. Iseseisev Eesti.
2001 Päevaleht 15.03. SOANS, HANNO. Marko Laimre jäi paljudel nägemata.
2001 HÄRM, ANDERS. Lily is killing me, killing you. O – aaah… (ENE-LIIS SEMPER / MARKO LAIMRE. 49.

RAHVUSVAHELINE VENEETSIA KUNSTIBIENNAAL / 49TH INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF

CONTEMPORARY ART. EESTI EKSPOSITSIOON / EXPOSITION OF ESTONIA), Kaasaegse Kunsti

Eesti Keskus ISBN 9985-9321-1-0
2002 Päevaleht 08.08. SAAR, JOHANNES. Kunstnik hullumajas.
2002 Päevaleht 14.08. SAAR, JOHANNES. Trikoloori patrioodid.
2002 Päevaleht 23.12. SAAR, JOHANNES. Jõulud jälle nässus.2002 Sirp SOANS, HANNO. Tühjus ja

demokraatia. Aktsioon ideoloogia keskmes. Nr. 46, lk. 13.
2002 Sirp SOANS, HANNO. Sipelgad ei alistu. (Marko Laimre aktsioonid).Nr. 18, lk. 7.
2002 Sirp MÄNNIK, TRIIN. Musta palli piiluvaated. (Marko Laimre näitus Tallinna Kunstihoone galeriis).

Nr. 30, lk. 11.
2002 Eesti Ekspress 21.08. VILUMAA, RAINER. Naeratage – see on teie painaja.
2002 Maja /1 SOANS, HANNO. Ravikontroll – ühe maania ümberpööratud maatriks.
2003 Sirp 03.03. SOOMRE, MARIA–KRISTIINA. La rivoluzione siamo noi!
2003 Sirp KIVIMAA, KATRIN. Kunstnikumüüt ja hullumeelsus. Nr. 42, lk. 14.
2003 21 MINUTES. ESTONIA. ART MOSCOW . Eesti osalus 7. rahvusvahe-lisel Moskva kunstimessil

23.-27.04.2003. Kaasaegse Kunsti Eesti Keskus ISBN 9985-9321-7-X
2003 Sirp 03.01. VEISPAK, TEET. Õunapuu ja Laimre “jõulud” Rakveres.
2003 SAAR, JOHANNES. Võrguportaalide kommentaatorite kunstist kõnelemise viisid / EESTI KUNSTI

SOTSIAALSED PORTREED. Lisandusi eesti kunstiloole. Kaasaegse Kunsti Eesti Keskus ISBN 9985-

9321-3-7
2004 Päevaleht 29.03. SAAR, JOHANNES. Meediaterrori kajad pildi-maailmas.
2004 Eesti Ekspress 01.04. JUSKE, ANTS. Laimre lahendas hoobilt kõik küsimused.
2004 Eesti Ekspress 05.04. SOBOLEV, MARI. Seisukohtade võtja.
2004 www.looming.org/et/kull/ehitus/marco_laimre Küsimused ja Vastused (intervjuud)
2004 Vikerkaar /6 HÄRM, ANDERS. Laimre ja "mina". Marco Laimre isikunäitus "Küsimused ja vastused"

Rotermanni Soolalaos. lk. 52 – 57
2004 Sirp 23.04. SOBOLEV, MARI. Radikaalsus muuseumi kaitsva teki all.
2004 Päevaleht 30.09. SAAR, JOHANNES. Marco Laimre ja Tarmo Salin tõid päevavalgele kogu tõe

kapitalismist.
2004 Eesti Ekspress 06.10. JUSKE, ANTS. Kõik tuligi enam-vähem välja.
2004 Sirp 08.10. VARBLANE, REET. Alati töökorras tõlgendamismasin.
2004 Postimees 13.10. VEISPAK, TEET. Kõik ei tule alati välja, isegi kunstnikul mitte.
2004 Kunst.ee /2 SOANS, HANNO. Generaator M – Marco Laimre kogutud seosed. lk.14-17 ISSN 1406-

6335
2005 Päevaleht 07.02 SAAR, JOHANNES. Soolalaos kuuleb kunsti kinnimüüritud hääli.
2005 Postimees 11.02 JUSKE, ANTS. Laimre paneb kunsti rääkima.
2005 Eesti Ekspress 09.02 TREIER, HEIE. Kelle hääled?
2005 Sirp 18.02. SIRAM. Laimre häälekas kunsti­ajalugu.
2005 Päevaleht 117.05.2005 VILUMAA, RAINER. Lõo, Laimre ja Sukmit rokivad mais Kunstihoones.
2005 Sirp 06.05. ROOSTE, JÜRGEN. Very Complicated, indeed!
2005 Postimees 29.07. JUSKE, ANTS. Suvine kunstielu – torm veeklaasis.
2005 Postimees 09.08. SIRAM. Võitluskunstid kunstigaleriis.
2005 Päevaleht 04.08 SAAR; JOHHANNES. Marco Laimre osutab Hobusepeas märkidele olukorrast riigis.
2005 Sirp 19.09. VARBLANE, REET. Rahvusluse rangid kunsti kaelas.
2005 Päevaleht 23.11. PEEGEL, MARI Tallinna kunstihoones on täna Eesti esimene elavate kujude

näitus.

ANDERS HÄRM

anders@kunstihoone.ee
Curator and Art Critic
born 15.07.1977

1995-2000 studied Art History at the Estonian Academy of Arts, Institute of Art History, Tallinn
1997-1998 studied Semiotics as an exchange student at the Tartu University, Department of Sociology and Cultural Studies, Estonia
2000-2003 MA studies at the Estonian Academy of Arts, Institute of Art History, Tallinn
Since 2000 lecturer at the Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn
Since 2002 curator at the Kunsthalle Tallinn, Estonia
In 2006 received the Annual Prize of Estonian Cultural Endowment Foundation for the curatorial activities in 2005.
In 2007 received an annual grant “Live and Shine” from the Estonian Cultural Endowment Foundation
Membershipis:
Since 2000 member of AICA, Estonian Section
2000-2005 member of the Board of the magazine Estonian Art
Since 2002 member of the Association of Estonian Art Historians
2003-2005 member of the Board of the Estonian Cultural Endowment Foundation (Eesti Kultuurkapital)
Since 2005 member of the Board of the Center for Contemporary Art in Estonia

Selected Curatorial Projects:
2007:
NU Performance Festival II
(together with Priit Raud) Kanuti Gildi SAAL,
with Martin Creed, Stuart Brisley, Susanne Linke, Roi Vaara, Leonhard Lapin, Douglas Dunn (newsletter)
Political / Poetical. Curatorial Exhibition of the 14th Tallinn Print Triennial.
with Adel Abidin, Michael Baers ,Alexander Brener & Barbara Schurz, Arunas Gudaitis, Chto delat?, Gorilla, Minna Hint , Jakob Kolding, Johnson ja Johnson, Teemu Mäki, Dan Perjovschi, David Sherry, Hanno Soans, (Catalogue)
New Wave. Estonian Artists of the 21st Century. (together with Hanno Soans) Kunsthalle Tallinn and Gallery of Kunsthalle Tallinn (Catalogue to be published in 2008)
With 30 Estonian artist
2006:
Crime and Punishment, Kunsthalle Tallinn
With Bigert & Bergström , Ashley Hunt, Mark Raidpere, Oliver Ressler & Martin Krenn, Alejandro Vidal, Danh Vo, Laura Waddington (catalogue)
Story I-IV, series of exhibitions, Tallinn City Gallery
With Elsebeth Jorgensen, Minna Hint, Jane Remm, Po Hagström & Janna Holmstedt, Tõnis Saadoja
2005:
“CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST TALLINN: NU Performance Festival”, at the Kanuti Gildi SAAL and Kunsthalle Tallinn, 2005 (together with Priit Raud),
with Baktruppen, Gob Squad, Eva-Meyer Keller, Katrin Essenson, Kim Veltman, babaLAN, Tellervo Kalleinen, Saralunden, accompanied with the newsletter
“Shared Process”- Exhibition of Tallinn Print Triennial at the Ljubljana Print Biennial, Ljubljana, Slovenia (together with Eve Kask) (main catalogue of LPB)
“NO PAINTING”, international exhibition of contemporary European painting, Kunsthalle Tallinn,
with Daniele Galliano, Ritums Ivanovs, Davide LaRocca, Matts Leiderstamm , Jani Leinonen, Ylva Ogland, Tõnis Saadoja, Sophia Schama, John Smith, Mari Sunna (catalogue)
2004:
“Ilya & Emilia Kabakov and Raul Meel”, Kunsthalle Tallinn, 2004-2005 (catalogue)
“In My Own Juice. Contemporary Lithuanian Art” at the Kunsthalle Tallinn and Estonian Museum of Art, exhibition Hall at the Rotermann Salt Storage, (together with Eha Komissarov and Hanno Soans) accompanied with the newsletter
“Like Humans Do. Exhibition of Contemporary Estonian Art” in Riihimäki Art Museum, Finland
2003:
“Skriinseiver”, Kunsthalle Tallinn, (together with Hanno Soans), actions against media
Estonian Pavilion. Exhibition by John Smith “Marko und Kaido” at the Venice Biennale (catalogue)
2002:
Estonian participation at the “ARTGENDA”, Biennial for Young Artists, Hamburg, Germany
2001:
“Analogue TV: Screensaver” Wäino Aaltonen Museum in Turku, Finland (together with Hanno Soans)
“Young British art”, Kunsthalle Tallinn,
(fake & punk British exhibition, together with Hanno Soans and Kiwa)
Action event “On the Ruins of Capitalism”, Tallinn city space
2000:
Estonian Pavilion. At the 7th Venice Architecture Biennale, (together with Tarmo Maiste). Exhibition “Simulacrum City” (catalogue)

Selected Conference Talks & Papers:
Kui kõik on tsitaat, siis miski pole tsitaat. Kolm case`i.
“If Everything is a Quote then nothing is a quote. Three cases”
- KTI talvefoorum, March 3- 4, 2007, in Juuru
text published in Estonian in Sirp 23.03.2007

Oh my God, oh My God! There is no Estonian in the show… Of the notions “Local” and “Global” in my Curatorial praxis.
- seminar “Translocal Express” February 16, 2007, Akadeemiline Raamatukogu, Tallinn

Old Habits Die Hard. Institutional Curating in Estonia and Baltic States.
-“Gravitation”, Ludwig Múzeum opening conference March 16-17, 2005 Budapest, Hungary

Curating the East: Local tendencies and Western expectations. –
“Artists as Producers.Transformation of Public Space.” Symposium, 15-16 October 2004
Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga, Latvia
Text published in “Artists as Producers.Transformation of Public Space”, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, 2005 (English / Latvian)

Radicality Re-defined. Art in Institutions after the Institutional Critic.
Conference in addition to Marco Laimres solo exhibition “Questions and Answers” In the Exhibition Hall of Estonian Art Museum in Rotermann Salt Storage, Tallinn April 13, 2004

“The Position of a Curator”- at seminar “Concrete Visions. A Meeting of the Kunsthalle as an Institution. Organized jointly by the Kunsthalle Helsinki and Kunsthalle Tallinn. In Helsinki and Tallinn March 31-April 4, 2004.
Text published in “Concrete Visions”, Kunsthalle Helsinki, 2004 (English)

“Chunga´s Revenge. An instructive story of how pop culture swallowed up the avant-garde in the 1970s” - at the Conference “Idealism of the Cultural Space of the 1970s. Addenda to Estonian art History. Lecture day at the Rotermann Salt Storage Arts Center on April 23 2002.
Text published in “1970ndate kultuuriruumi idealism”. CCA Estonia, 2002 pp. 58-67, summary p.79 (in Estonian, summary in English)

“Adamson-Erics PR- technique” –conference “Adamson-Eric 100” on September 17, 2002 at The Estonian Museum of Art

“Be Drunk, Be Very, Very Drunk”– lecture-performance at the conference “Place and Location III” at the Kanuti Gildi SAAL., 09/2002
Text published in the catalogue of CENTRE OF ATTRACTION 8th Baltic Triennial of International Art, vol 2. CAC, Lithuania. 2003 (English/ Lithuanian)

“Lolita and the Guarded Unconscious. Johann Köler´s “True Guardian” (1878).” – at the conference “Johann Köler: an artist and his context”, at the Estonian Museum of Art 03/2001.
Text published in the magazine Estonian Art 1/2001 (English)

Editorial work:
Editor of special issues of the cultural weekly “Sirp” – “Special Educations Special” , Sirp 2002 Nr. 46 and “Skriinseiver” , Sirp 2003 Nr. 10 (together with Hanno Soans

“Blur Conference”, – special issue of the magazine Kunst.ee 3/2002 (together with Hanno Soans) (Estonian/ partly in English)

Analogue TV: Screensaver (collection tape of media actions and films in Estonia), together with Hanno Soans) troubleproductions, 2002 (English subtitles)

double CD-ROM “Video Art and Live Art in Estonia”, published by Centre for Contemporary Arts, Estonia, 2001 (Estonian / English)

Estonian Art magazine nr. 2 / 2001, published by Estonian Institute, (English)

Author of the radio program “Piirikunst” (“Border Art”) from 2001-2002 at the Estonian Radio (in Estonian)

Selected essays and writings available in English:
The Wreck of the White Ship: On the catastrophe of the Estonia – catalog Stuart Brisley “Crossings”, John Hansard Gallery, University of Southhampton, UK, 2008 pp.37-45

Hey, You There. Thoughts about Ed McGowin`s Project Name Change – catalog Ed McGowin-Name Change. One artist-twelve personas-thirty five years, Mobile Museum of Art,USA, 2006, pp.-4-5

Pop, Fear and Fantasy. Marko Mäetamms Terribly Funny Everyday – catalog Marko Mäetamm, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia, 2006

We Are Glad Its All Over (together with Hanno Soans)- www.balticart.org/essays

Antonio Claudio Carvalho: [Paintings: Catalogue / Text By Anders Härm].- [Tallinn Art Hall Foundation], c2005 [Tallinn]

Commercial Galleries and the Racket- Estonian Art 2/2004

Esto TV. God Save the Screen and the Fascist Regime – AMORPH!03 Summit of Micronations 29.–31.08. 2003 Helsinki, Finland DOCUMENTS / ASIAKIRJOJA (edited by Oliver Kochta & Tellervo Kalleinen), 2003

Some Explicit Polaroids (together with Hanno Soans)- catalogue “What is Important? 3rd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art”, Ars Baltica Berlin Office & Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany, 2003

Raoul Kurvitz : [Selected Works : Catalogue / Text By Anders Härm]. - [Tallinn : Eesti Keele Sihtasutus], c2002 ([Tallinn] : Pakett

Reflections of Media Space in Estonian Video Art –Nosy Nineties. Problems, Themes and Meanings in Estonian Art of the 90ies. Centre for Contemporary Arts, Estonia 2001
Shamanism and Meditation: Nature Poetry in the Estonian Video Art of the 1990s –
Nosy Nineties. Problems, Themes and Meanings in Estonian Art of the 90ies. Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia 2001
Ene–Liis Semper – in the catalogue of 49th Art Exhibition of Biennale di Venezia, 2001

Ene–Liis Semper and Marko Laimre – in the catalogue of 49th Art Exhibition of Biennale di Venezia, 2001

Lily is killing me killing you... oaah. Dr. Laimres laboratory of Experimental Semiotics– national catalogue “Laimre/Semper” (49th Art Exhibition of Biennale Di Venezia), KKKE, 2001

Self–Portrait as an Estonian Artist – in the catalogue of “Baltic Times”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb Croatia, 2001– pp. 112–119

Articles of Kai Kaljo, Ene–Liis Semper and Jaan Toomik– in the ctalogue of “Baltic Times”,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb Croatia, 2001

Mathematically measured sacrifice. Ando Keskküla´s “Finish”– Estonian Art 2/2000, lk. 34–35

Post-apocalyptic egogenesis. Kurvitz´s Fleurs du mal.- Estonian Art 2/1999, lk. 9-13

Mark Raidpere-androgynous Janus (der androgyne Janus)- in the catalogue “Can you hear me? 2nd Ars Baltica Triennal of Photographic Art” (edit. by Kathrin Becker)- Köln: Okatgon, 1999 (German / English.)

Selected essays and writings available in Estonian:
Prantslane, inglane ja sakslane avangardi ja popi vahel. Kapitalism, skisofreenia ja hübriidne identiteet-
(A Frenchman, Englishman and German between Pop and Avant-garde. Capitalism, Schizophrenia and Hybrid Identity)
Kunstiteaduslikke Uurimusi 1-2/2006 ( together with Hanno Soans, summary in English)

Laimre ja "mina": Marco Laimre isikunäitus "Küsimused ja vastused" Rotermanni Soolalaos
(Laimre and “Me”: Marco Laimre´s solo exhibition “Questions and Answers” in Rotermann Salt Storage)
- Vikerkaar 6/2004

Ene-Liis Semper: Tühi ruum ja lavaskulptuur
(Ene-Liis Semper: Empty Space and Stage Sculpture)
-Teater.Muusika.Kino nr. 3/ 2003

Laamanni juju
(Laamann's juju: on Tarvvi Laaman's paintings)
-Vikerkaar 12/2003

Start kontseptuaalsesse skisomaailma: John Smithi "Marko und Kaido"
(“Start to the Conceptual Schizo-world. John Smiths “Marko und Kaido”)
- Vikerkaar 4-5/2003

Edu ettemaksuga ehk kohtumine tagumise pissuaari juures. “Avangardi” projektist “Surm või Avangard”
(Success with Pre-payment or Meeting at the Rearest Urinal. Group Avangard´s project” Death or Avant-Gard”)
– Vikerkaar 10/2001, (together with Kiwa and Hanno Soans)

Universumi kuningas absurdi ja apokalüptika vahel. Jasper Zoova videoinstallatsioonid
(King of the Universe between the Apocalypse and Absurd. Jasper Zoova´s Video Installations)
-Vikerkaar 5-6/1999

Solo Performances:
2006 “Cooking and Shitting”-
June 29 Theater Festival Baltoscandal, Rakvere, Estonia
May 11, 13 Theater Fletch Bizzel, Dortmund, Germany
2002 “Be drunk be very, very drunk” –
April 22, 2006 Theaterfesten, Bergen, Norway
December 02, 2005 SPIELART Theater Festival, Munich, Germany
September 19, 2005 Theater Festival HOMO NOVUS, Riga, Latvia
January 15, 2005 Festival of Unexistant Bands, Tartu Sadamateater, Estonia
June 16, 2004 Baltoscandal, Rakvere, Estonia
June 19, 2003 Theater Festival “Transeuropa”, Hildesheim, Germany
Octoober 26, 2002 International Seminar, 8th Baltic Triennial, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania
September 20, 2002 conference “Place and Location III”, Kanuti Gildi SAAL, Tallinn, Estonia
http://www.kunstihoone.ee/

NEEME KÜLM

Born on December 27, 1974 in Meremäe, Estonia
Lives and works in Tallinn
E-mail: neeme.kylm@gmail.com
Website: www.artun.ee/~neeme

Education
2003- Interdisciplinary Art Department, MA studies, EAA (Estonian Academy of Arts), Tallinn
1994-1998 Estonian Academy of Art (EAA), Department of Sculpture, Tallinn

Work Experiences
2001-2003 technical expert in Gallery Vaal, since 2004 technical expert of Estonian Artists' Association Hobusepa gallery and Draakon gallery, since 2006 technical expert of Hop gallery and since 2007 technical expert of Vabaduse gallery. 2006-2008 Pärnu "Endla" Gallery of Theater, gallerist. Member of the board of the Museum for Contemporary Arts, Estonia.

Personal Exhibitions
2009 "Concorde" with Alice Kask, Gallery 21, Riga
2007 "Ideal.Total." with Dénes Farkas, City Gallery, Tallinn
2006 "Fountain" Draakon Gallery, Tallinn
2004 ",how" Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn
2002 “No Dependence On Words” Jazz Café, Pärnu
“Buffer Surface” Kilpkonna Gallery, Viljandi
1998 “New Generation” Rüütli Gallery, Tallinn

Group Exhibitions
2009 "TDK" Museum of Contemporary Art, Estonia, Tallinn
"State of Affairs" Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn
"Pigskin" urban installation, Haapsalu
Locws International: Art Across The City, Wales
2008 "GAS PIPE" - Estonian exposition at the Biennale di Venezia – 11th International
Architecture Exhibition, together with Maarja Kask and Ralf Lõoke, Venice
"La Cinema Extraordinaire!" Art Container-r Kulture Facktory Polymer, Tallinn
2007 "Artist in Wonderland" Technology Park, Gdynia
“October. Exit, memory and desire” Gallery ARTRA, Milan
"Ich war hier" Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
"Sculpture talks: Power and Freedom" Tallinn Art Hall
"backward blues" National Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow
"Product", City Gallery, Haapsalu
2006 "Flowers of evil" Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn
"Emergency Biennale in Chechnya" Paris, Brussels, Bolzano, Milan, Riga, Tallinn, Istanbul
"Shiftscale" Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn
2003 “Me and Other” with Alice Kask, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn
“Surrend.” with Tjika Rebane and Karl Nagel, Gallery Hobusepea,Tallinn
2002 “Tempo di scultura” Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn
[`hændsfri:] Gallery G, Tallinn
“Recovery” North-Estonia regional hospital, Tallinn
“Drawings Exhibition 2002” Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn
2001 „Young British Art” urban installation, Tallinn
“ I ” Finnish Institute in Estonia, Tallinn (Group “Nagi” photo exhibition)
2000 “So Away Things” Gallery of the Est.Academy of Arts, Tallinn (Est. and Lat. sculpture

exhibition)

“Non Grata” The Museum Of New Art in Pärnu, group exhibition
1998 “Ice Water” with Juha Stahlberg and Kalle Pruden,Town Gallery, Tallinn
1994, 1998 “Exhibition of The Department of Sculpture” Gallery of the Est. Academy of Arts

Video works
2008 "Eesti poisid Iraagist koju"
"Aine Glaine night music"
2006 "Gate"
"A Old Woman"
"Fountain"
"Statue"
"Lift"
2004 "Fall"
"Coffin"
"Sleep"
"Beslan"
"Hanging"

Performances (selection)
2005 "Funereal" Gallery Vaal, Tallinn
2004 "Another" International Live art project "Viinistu 2004", Viinistu
"First" Culture Factory Polymer, Tallinn
2003 "Milk" Prison of Murru, Murru

Symposiums
2002 “Water Supply” Open-Air Art Museum at Pedvale, Latvia
“International Snow Sculpture Symposium” San Martinos, Italy
2001 “Baltic Cultural Festival in the Nordic Countries” Roskilde and Trondheim
2000,2001 “Baltic Sea Art Symposium” Kellonkoski, Finland
2000 “International Snow Sculpture Symposium” Lunglovinjo, Italy
1998,2000 “International Wood Sculpture Symposium”, Valga
1998 “Environment and the Human Being” Tammiste Art Summer, Pärnu
“Limestone Symposium”, Paide
“International Snow Sculpture Symposium”, Otepää
1997,1998 “International Iron Casting Symposium”, Tallinn (Department of Sculpture)
1997 “Wood Symposium” The Tallinn Song Festival Grounds, Tallinn (The sculpture students of EAA)

Stipends
2006 Stipend of Cultural Endowment of Estonia
2005 Erasmus stipend for stading in Porto Academy of Arts

Public Sculpture
2003 Concrete, lightsculpture, E-Betoonelement, Harku
2006 "Cow cast in Concrete" Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn

Awards
2008 Annual award of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Foundation for Fine and Applied Arts 2008 Annual award of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Foundation for Architecture

Publications
2006 Tehnobia. Diverse Universe ll. Kurja Lilled / Flowers of Evil. Catalogue. 6th Annual Exhibition
of Estonian Artists' Association, 2006
Moraalsed valikud / Moral Choises. Lisandusi eesti kunstiloole / An Addenda to Estonian Art
History. Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia, 2006
Anu Allas. Segaste aegade küsimus. Sirp,01.09.2006
Ave Randviir. Kurja lilledele laidub alati soodne pinnas. Eesti Päevaleht, 29.08.2006
Teet Veispak. Kurja lilled, kurja kunstnikud. Postimees, 22.08.2006
Mari Laanemets, Killu Sukmit, Kadi Estland. Kunstinõukogu. Sirp,15.09.2006
Mari Kartau. Utoopia ja kurjuse valguses. kunst.ee 3/06, 28.12.2004
Margit Tõnson. Protestibiennaal suukorvistamise vastu. Eesti Ekspress 25.04.2006
Juta Kivimäe. Betooni valatud lehm. Art Museum of Estonia, Agent 9/2006
Kunstnikud räägivad. Art Museum of Estonia, Agent 6/2006
Skaalanihe-skulptuur avatud mänguväljal / Shiftscale-Sculpture at the Extended Field.
Catalogue, Art Museum of Estonia, KUMU 2006
2005 Anneli Porri. Unenäo vabrikust hullud uned tulevad. Vikerkaar 3/2005
Karin Laansoo. Polümeerne kultuuritegemine. Maja, 27.06.2005
Framework, February-May 2005
2004 Johannes Saar. Poodu maandus jalgadele ja ta näos ei liikunud ükski lihas. Eesti Päevaleht,

28.12.2004
2003 Johannes Saar. Noorte kunstnike grupinäitus "Alistu" Hobusepea Galeriis. Eesti Päevaleht,

06.03.2003

PRESS

ESTONIAN ART 2/2007
http://www.einst.ee/Ea/2_07/soomre.html

ARTISHOK 12.06.2007
http://artishok.blogspot.com/2007/06/kokkuvte-eka-iii-kursuse-vabade.html

EESTI EKSPRESS 04.10.2007
http://paber.ekspress.ee/viewdoc/502F3C443A534F78C2257367005C3D4E/rss

POSTIMEES 07.05.2008
http://uudisvoog.postimees.ee/?DATE=20080507&ID=177143

SIRP 02.11.2007
http://www.sirp.ee/index2.php?option=content&task=view&id=6242

EESTI PÄEVALEHT 23.08.2008
http://www.epl.ee/artikkel/439342

CHEESE 30/08
Maria Juur intervjueerib Eesti Kunstiakadeemia fotomagistrantide näituse „Hullumeelsus” kuraatorit Dénes Farkast ja paneb diagnoosi näitusetöödele

SIRP 12.09.2008
http://www.sirp.ee/index2.php?option=content&task=view&id=7470

EESTI EKSPRESS 26.09.2008
http://paber.ekspress.ee/viewdoc/FFC882107EB29BB6C22574CC0050A126

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EKKM – The Museum of Becomings

EKKM – The Museum of Becomings

When, in the fall-winter of 2006, Marco Laimre and Neeme Külm started to clean the trash out of the former Tallinn Heating office building at the top of the loading dock of the old boiler house at Põhja pst. 35, the idea of the Culture Cauldron was already in the air and Kumu had already opened. The first exhibition in the squatted spaces took place in May of 2007 (Work Nourishes, curator Elin Kard). The first exhibition under the aegis of the Estonian Museum of Contemporary Art (EKKM) took place in June of the same year. (Dream Economy, curator Marco Laimre)
A total of 12 exhibitions have taken place during four years, as well as one visiting exhibition at the Pärnu City Gallery and another at the Tartu Art House, along with several auxiliary events. (For more details, see http://ekkm-came.blogspot.com ) Since the museum can operate only during the summer months (it is somewhat paradoxical that there is no heat in a building that used to belong to Tallinn Heating), this is currently setting time limits on the exhibitions and other activities. To date, EKKM has reached a short term contract with Tallinn City Government a legally stopped being a squat. EKKM had In 2010 and will have in 2011 regular exhibition program from May to October, consisting of four exhibitions. The management board of the EKKM includes Marco Laimre, Neeme Külm, Elin Kard and Anders Härm.

EKKM

The primary motivation for the development of the Estonian Museum of Contemporary Art was the closing of the Art Museum of Estonia’s exhibition hall for contemporary art in the Rotermann Salt Storage, and the opening of the Kumu in 2006; whereby contemporary art was consigned to the hermetic altitudes of the top floor – between heaven and earth – in the already confused mixture of national gallery and modern art museum. In the direct sense, an exhibition space hovering at such a height lost touch with the earth and reality. Therefore, the EKKM got its start as a protest against the inability of Estonia’s cultural policy to create two separate institutions for contemporary art and the national heritage – the paths of which cross ever less frequently. Since no one seemed to covet it, the Estonian Museum of Contemporary Art trademark was available and we just grabbed it.

Simon Sheikh writes that, in the art world, where the fetish for alternative space reigns, the structural composition of these alternative spaces very often does not differ from the institutions that they should be the alternatives to. Exactly the same rituals and routine rules are employed as in all other institutions. However, the EKKM conversely does not contrast itself with anything, but rather positions itself in an institutional gap, where no one has deigned to go, and identifies itself without any problem with the dominant structure. The EKKM occupies the position that the incomplete and underdeveloped governmental infrastructure for contemporary art has left empty and fills it with impertinent self-confidence without getting a cent of support for its activities. The EKKM employs the symbolic capital that has been lying about, and fills it with alternative content.

Maybe it is easiest to interpret the activities of the EKKM’s activities in the context of counter-publics. According to Michael Warner, many counter-public traits are similar to those of normative and dominant publics – existence with an imaginary addressee, as a specific discourse and/or place, and including circulation and reflexivity – which are always somewhat relational as well as oppositional. Self-organization is the distinctive feature of any kind of public formation – it is constructed and positions itself as public through specific means of reference, although not every self-organization is counter-public in nature. A counter-public is rather a conscious reflection of modality and the institutions of the normative public in order to address oneself to other subjects and other kinds of visions (in the given case, in the field of contemporary art).

EKKM – a perverse concept of a museum
Therefore, the EKKM can be perceived as a certain counter-public institution that includes many traits inherent to normative public institutions, but its goal is to conceive of another kind of institutionalism. The EKKM is a kind of self-instituting method, the task of which should be to function, in the context of the normal public, as a “perverse” non-conventional concept of the public. A separate task is to create a strange concept of a museum as such. On the one hand to occupy the position of the missing museum of contemporary art, and on the other, to constantly ask what a museum of contemporary art should or could really be like. What is it that makes a museum a museum and what kind of museum is actually possible?

To do all this, we had to first investigate what the concept “museum” actually means. What could define a museum better than the definition provided by the ICOM or the International Council of Museums? Apparently nothing. The ICOM defines a museum as follows: “a museum is a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment.”
We like parts of this definition very much, and other parts not at all; we wanted to reinterpret parts of it and to turn parts of it upside down. We like the non-profit feature very much, because we have no money and it does not seem that we will get very much. Although we could get some. The story with permanency is not good, since there is nothing as precarious as a squatted museum. However, if the city decides to give the building to the Culture Cauldron, and the latter deigns to conclude a lease with EKKM, the question of permanence could be resolved, at least in regard to some temporal permanence. We like to serve society, but probably not in the way that the society thinks that we should serve it. If society develops in the direction that we see the Solaris Center instead of the sun at the end of tunnel, we don’t want to know anything about such development. We have talked about the public above. In addition, we could say that, instead of the new institutions that have developed as the result of the blurring of the boundaries of a rational bourgeois public and private and public neoliberal spheres, as well as the copulation of capital and culture, we offer the counter-public sphere as a possible operating strategy in the public space, which has been irrevocably fragmented and hijacked by capital. We believe that acquisition is an extremely important function of a contemporary art museum, while restorers and the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia deal with the conservation of culture, and we don’t have much to do with this. Communications and exhibiting suits us very well, but such haughty rhetoric about the people and their environment is not employed by a perverse art museum. We can deal with the tangible and intangible. Instead of education, we prefer the distribution of information. We feel the principle of enjoyment is more important than research, because only the former can lead to the success of the latter.

Congregation and café: we survived the summer; we will also survive the winter
Along with exhibition activities, we have also started to compile our collection. Of course, the EKKM has no budget for these acquisitions. At the same time, we did not want to operate as blackmailers in the style of the “art cadgers” in the Soviet era. Therefore, we had to invent a third method for making acquisitions. The first work was acquired for the EKKM collection by Marco Laimre from the Kunsthalle exhibition entitled New Wave: Estonian Artists of the 21st-Century” – Raul Keller’s audio installation entitled “Reflector”, which was presented in the courtyard of the Culture Cauldron and acquired for one EEK. Kiwa’s installation entitled “the motor girls perform for you” was acquired for twice as much, or for two EEK, which was pilfered from the tip cup at the Kumu buffet. Johnson and Johson’s Brillo Box was acquired for a conceptual dollar, etc. Therefore, acquisitions are made by mutual agreement, which involves the exchange of some kind of symbolic capital, if the work is not donated or deposited with the collection. For instance, all of Marco Laimre’s works that do not belong to other collections have been donated to the museum’s collection, while Johnson and Johnson’s “Sound Check” has been deposited with the museum. For instance, the foreign works of art that belong to the collection include a bottle of Superflex non-alcoholic vodka, which was donated by Hanno Soans, a former curator at Kumu.
In connection with the exhibition project in 2009, entitled “TDK” (curator Neeme Külm), a café-nightclub was opened on the first floor of the EKKM, which is currently illegal as is fitting for a squatted museum. Hopefully, once the legal status of the museum changes, the status of the bar will also change. Currently, the main entrance of the EKKM leads directly into the café. The opening of the café will hopefully enable the EKKM to operate throughout the winter by staging various events and club/music projects. The EKKM bar has already become a hot spot of alternative clubbing and we definitely hope to maintain this position in the future.

EKKM – the museum of becomings

EKKM – the museum of becomings

Kui Marco Laimre ja Neeme Külm hakkasid 2006. aasta sügistalvel Põhja pst. 35, vana katlamaja estakaadi otsas asuvat Tallinna Kütte endist kontorihoonet saastast puhtaks tassima, oli Kultuurikatla idee just õhku paiskumas ja Kumu juba avatud. Esimene näitus nendes skvotitud ruumides toimus 2007. aasta mais (”Töö toidab”, kuraator Elin Kard). Eesti Kaasaegse Kunsti Muuseumi nime all toimus esimene näitus sama aasta juunis (“Unemajandus”, kuraator Marco Laimre)
Nelja aasta jooksul on toimunud kokku 12 näitust oma ruumides, üks külalisnäitus Pärnu Linnagaleriis ja teine Tartu Kunstimajas ning mitmeid lisaüritusi. (vt. lähemalt http://ekkm-came.blogspot.com ) Kuna muuseum saab aktiivselt toimida üksnes suvekuudel (on mõnevõrra paradoksaalne, et Tallinna Küttele kuulunud hoones puudub küte), siis see on siiani seadnud näituse- ja muule tegevusele omad ajalised piirid. Siiani ei ole EKKM-il ühtegi palgalist töötajat. Juriidiliselt on EKKM-il alates septembrist 2010 kolmekuine leping Tallinna Linnavalitsusega, mida pikendatakse 2010 detsembris ning loodetakse jõuda pikaajalise lepingugini 2011. aasta kevadel. EKKM-i nõukokku kuuluvad Marco Laimre, Neeme Külm, Elin Kard ja Anders Härm.

EKKM- Ei Karda KaPpot ega MuPot

Eesti Kaasaegse Kunsti Muuseumi tekkimise peamine ajend oli Eesti Kunstimuuseumi kaasaegse kunsti näitusesaali sulgemine Rotermanni Soolalaos ning KUMU avamine 2006. aastal nii, et kaasaegsele kunstile jäi selles niigi segases rahvusgalerii-ja uuema kunsti segamuuseumis üksnes viimane korrus kusagil hermeetilistes kõrgustes, maa ja taeva vahel. Sõna otseses mõttes kaotas sellistes kõrgustes hõljuv näitusepind touchi maa ja reaalsusega. EKKM sai seega alguse teatava protestina eesti kultuuripoliitika suutmatusele luua kahte eraldi institutsiooni kaasaegse kunstile ja rahvuspärandile, mille rajad ühtivad üha harvem. Kuna keegi seda ei paistnud ihaldavat, oli Eesti Kaasaegse Kunsti Muuseumi kaubamärk vabalt saadaval ja me vehkisime selle lihtsalt sisse.

Simon Sheikh kirjutab, et kunstimaailmas kus valitseb alternatiivse ruumi fetiš, erinevad need alternatiivsed ruumid oma strukturaalselt ülesehituselt väga harva nendest institutsioonidest, mille suhtes nad justkui alternatiivsed peaksid olema. Ikka mängitakse täpselt samasuguste rituaalsete ja rutiinsete reeglite järgi nagu kõigis teistes institutsioonides. EKKM aga risti vastupidi ei vastanda ennast millelegi, vaid hoopiski asetub institutsionaalsesse auku, kuhu keegi koppa ei ole suvatsenud lüüa ning identifitseerib ennast probleemitult dominantse struktuuriga. EKKM hõivab selle positsiooni, mille poolik ja vähearenenud riiklik kaasaegse kunsti infrastruktuur on tühjaks jätnud ning täidab selle jultunud enesekindlusega omamata oma tegevuseks sentigi toetust. EKKM hõivab küll laokil olnud sümboolse kapitali, kuid täidab selle alternatiivse sisuga.

Võibolla kõige lihtsam on mõtestada EKKM-i tegevust vastu-avalikkuse (counter-public) mõiste abil. Michael Warneri järgi on vastu-avalikkusel üsna palju sarnaseid jooni normatiivse ja dominantse avalikkusega – eksistents imaginaarse adressaadiga, spetsiifilise diskursuse ja/või kohana ning sisaldades ringlust ja refleksiivsust – mis on seetõttu alati samavõrd suhestuv (relational) kui opositsiooniline. Iseorganiseerumine on igasuguse avalikkuse formatsiooni eriomadus: ta on konstrueeritud ja positsioneerub kui avalikkus läbi teatud spetsiifilise adresseerimise viisi, kuid iga iseorganiseerumine ei ole veel vastu-avalikkus. Vastu-avalikkus on pigem normatiivse avalikkuse modaalsuste ja institutsioonide teadlik peegeldamine, et adresseerida ennast teistele subjektidele ja teistsugustele kujutlustele (antud juhul siis kaasaegse kunsti väljal).

EKKM – “kummaline” ettekujutus muuseumist

Seega võib EKKM-i mõista kui teatud vastu-avalikku institutsiooni, mis sisaldab endas paljugi normatiivsele avalikule institutsioonile omaseid jooni, kuid tema eesmärgiks on kujutleda teistsugust institutsionaalsust. EKKM on teatud ise-institutsioneerumise (self-instituting) meetod, mille ülesanne peaks olema toimida kui teatud normaalse avalikkuse mõiste suhtes ”perversne”, ebakonventsionaalne ettekujutus avalikkusest. Üheks eraldi eesmärgiks ongi luua kummalisi kujutlusi muuseumist kui sellisest. Ühtepidi hõivata puuduva kaasaegse kunsti muuseumi koht ja teisalt pidevalt küsida, milline kaasaegse kunsti muuseum õieti olema peaks / võiks olla. Mis on see, mis ühest muuseumist muuseumi teeb ja milline muuseum üldse võimalik on?

Et aga seda kõike teha oli meil kõigepealt tarvis uurida, mida üldse tähendab mõiste “muuseum”. Mis veel võiks defineerida muuseumit paremini kui ICOM-i, rahvusvahelise muuseumiorganisatsiooni definitsioon? Ilmselt mitte miski. ICOM-i definitsiooni kohaselt on muuseum „kasumit mitte taotlev (non-profit), permanentne institutsioon ühiskonna ja selle arengute teenistuses, avalikkusele avatud, mis kogub, konserveerib, uurib, vahendab ja eksponeerib inimkonna ja tema keskkonna materiaalset ja mittemateriaalset pärandit hariduslikel, uurimuslikel ja naudingu eesmärgil.“

Osa sellest definitsioonist meeldis meile väga, teine osa jälle üldse mitte, osa tahtsime me ümber tõlgendada, osa jälle peapeale keerata. Kasumi mittetaotlemine sobis meile väga hästi, sest raha meil ei ole ja ega paista liiga palju tulevat ka. Tegelikult natuke võiks ikka tulla, ega me muidu seda taotlust siin hetkel ei kirjutaks. Permanentsusega on meil muidugi kehvad lood, sest ei ole midagi ebapüsivamat kui skvotitud muuseum aga kui linn, ükskõik siis milline institutsioon, kellel see õigus on, suvatseb sõlmida EKKM-iga rendilepingu, võiksid küsimused permanentsusest hakata lahenema vähemalt teatud ajalise kestvuse suunas. Ühiskonna teenistuses meile jälle meeldib olla, aga ilmselt mitte sel viisil nagu ühiskond arvab, et me teda teenima peaksime. Kui ühiskond areneb sinna suunas kus tunneli otsas paistab päikse asemel Solarise keskus, siis sellistes arengutest ei taha me mitte kõige vähematki teada. Avalikkusest oli eelnevalt juba juttu. Lisada võiks veel nii palju, et kodanliku ratsionaalse avalikkuse ning neoliberaalse era- ja avaliku piiride hägustamisega ning kapitali ja kultuuri kopuleerumisel tekkinud uus-institutsioonide asemel pakume meie vastu-avalikkust kui ühte võimalikku tegutsemisstrateegiat pöördumatult fragmenteerunud ja kapitali poolt kaaperdatud avalikus ruumis. Kogumine on meie arvates ülioluline kaasaegse kunsti muuseumi funktsioon, kultuuri konserveerimisega tegelevad jälle restauraatorid ja EV põhiseadus, sellega meil palju pistmist ei ole. Vahendamine ja eksponeerimine sobivad meile väga hästi, kuid sellist suurelist retoorikat inimkonnast ja tema materiaalsest keskkonnast “perversne” kunstimuuseum muidugi ei pruugi. Materiaalsuse ja immateriaalsusega tuleme toime, harimise asemel eelistame info jagamist, uurimisest olulisemaks peame naudingu-printsiipi, sest ainult viimane saab põhjustada esimese edukust.

Kogudus ja kohvik: elasime suve üle, elame ka talve

Näitusetegevuse kõrval oleme alustanud ka oma kollektsiooni koostamist. Loomulikult ei ole EKKM-il kollektsioneerimiseks mingit eelarvet. Samuti ei tahtnud me tegeleda nõukaaegsete “kunstinuijajate” (a` la Matti Miilius) stiilis väljapressimisega. Seega tuli meil kollektsioneerimiseks leiutada kolmas meetod. Esimese teose soetas Marco Laimre EKKM-i kogudesse Kunstihoone näituselt “Uus laine. Eesti 21. sajandi kunstnikud”, kust omandati Raul Kelleri heliinstallatsioon “Reflektor” Kultuurikatla hoovist leitud ühekroonise eest. Kaks korda suurema summa eest omandati Kiwa installatsioon "Teile esineb ansambel Mootortüdrukud”; ostetud kahe krooni eest, mis näpatud Kumu puhveti tipi-topsist. Johnson ja Johsnoni Warholi parafraseeriv “Brillo Box” on omandatud kontseptuaalse dollari eest jne. Kollektsioneerimine toimub seega poolte vahelisel kokkuleppel, mille käigus toimub mingisugune sümboolse kapitali vahetus juhul kui tegu ei ole annetuse või deponeerimisega kollektsiooni juurde. Kollektsiooni on annetatud näiteks kõik Marco Laimre teosed, mis ei kulu ühtegi teise kollektsiooni, Johnsoni ja Johnsoni “Soundcheck” on aga deponeeritud muuseumi juurde. Väliskunsti teostest kuulub kollektsiooni näiteks üks pudel Superflexi alkoholivaba viina, mis annetatud Kumu endise kuraatori Hanno Soansi poolt.
Seoses näituseprojektiga “TDK” ( 2009, sügis kuraator Neeme Külm avati ka EKKM-i klubi maja esimesel korrusel. Kohviku avamine võimaldas EKKM-il esimest korda erinevate ürituste ja klubi/muusika projektide kaudu tegutseda talvläbi. Juba praeguseks on EKKM-i baarist kujunenud alternatiivse klubinduse hot spot ja me loodame seda positsiooni kindlasti säilitada.


2010
EKKM- becoming museum of becomings
EKKM-i kolmandat hooaega võib pidada üldiselt õnnestunuks. Korraldasime näitusteprogrammi, mis koosnes neljast näitusest. EKKMi külastas suve jooksul ca 2500 inimest. Alljärgnevalt väike ülevaade EKKMi näitusetegevusest

How One Becomes Museum of Becomings?
EKKMi näitusteprogramm aastal 2010
13.mai - 1.oktoober

14.05 – 09.06 Marco Laimre Sedasi! Katkestuse Kultuur
19.06 – 18.07 Eemil Karila Kunsti Muuseum
24.07 – 22.08 Next To Nothing (kuraator Anders Härm)
01.09 – 01.10 Welcome to the Machine (kuraator Marco Laimre)

Marco Laimre „Sedasi! Katkestuse kultuur
Eesti Kaasaegse Kunsti Muuseum avab 2010. aasta kunstinäituste hooaja reedel, 14. mail, kell 18.00 MARCO LAIMRE isikunäitusega “Sedasi! Kütkestuse kultuur”. Pärast kaheaastast moratooriumi teeb Marco Laimre kunstnikuna comeback-i kütkestuse kultuuri lipu all. Näitus on eksperimentaalne, erinevatest installatsioonidest koosnev keskkond, kus oluline ja võimalik avaldub läbi poeetiliste ning analüütiliste tehnikate.
EKKM-i ruumides saab näha foto-, video-, skulptuuri- ja heliteoseid, mis käsitlevad ihamasinate tööpõhimõtteid provokatiivsel viisil. Näidatavad teosed kokku moodustavad kunstniku arvates sümbolisatsiooni, mille omapäraks on kunsti objekti ja subjekti suhte asendumine perversiooni ja materjaliga. Laimre ütleb: „Kütkestuse kultuur baseerub teataval, erilisel vaatamis- ja lugemisrežiimil ning ei ole tõenäoliselt universaalne.“
26. mail kell 15.00 toimus näituse raames artist talk, vestlevad Anders Härm, Marco Laimre ja Bill Offrights.
Marco Laimre on sündinud 1968. aastal. Alates 1994. aastast on ta tegutsenud kunstniku ja kuraatorina. 2005. aastast töötab Eesti Kunstiakadeemias fotograafia professorina. Ta on esindanud Eestit kaks korda Veneetsia biennaalil, 2001. aastal kunstnikuna ja 2009. aastal kuraatorina. 2007. aastal võttis Laimre vastu moratooriumi isiklike kunstiprojektide suhtes.

Eemil Karila Kunsti Muuseum
Üks kunstniku eesmärke on närida läbi võimul olevate ideoloogiate soosingu põhjused, kaevata välja nende ridade vahele kirjutatud väärtused ja eesmärgid – ja luua neile vajadusel alternatiive mõeldes välja omi ideoloogiaid. Hambad irevil, südames hirm, keel põses, rebasesaba kaenlas… aga siiski otsekoheselt.
Oma väikeses ideoloogiatehases on kunstnik oma ideeliste uurimuste laboratoorium ja laborirott. Seetõttu on iga teos ka sellel näitusel kunstniku autoportree. Loodetavasti ei ole see pelk nartsissism, vaid pragmatism. Et mõista ühiskonda, on üksikisikul vaja kõigepealt mõista enda rolli ja kohta. Ilma seda mõistmata jääb ta kuni surmani ja selle järelgi teiste mängukanniks.
Näitusel on eksponeeritud videod, installatsioonid, fotod, kollaažid ja objektid. Kõik teosed on aastatest 2009-2010. Eemil Karila (sündinud Rovaniemis 1978) on soome kunstnik, kes elab ja töötab Berliinis. Ta on õppinud Eesti Kunstiakadeemias (1997-2002), vahepeal aasta Venezuelas Instituto de Artes Plasticas de Armando Reveron, Caracases (1999-2000) ning Helsinki Kunstiakadeemias (2006-2008). Tema viimatised isiknäitused toimusid Program gallerys Berliinis, Vartai gallerys Vilniuses mõlemad 2009 ning Rovaniemi Kunstimuuseumis (2008). Aastal 2009. aastal osales ta Ban-Parentsi kunstibiennaalil; tegemist oli rändnäitusega mida eksponeeriti Oslos, Tråmsos, Rovaniemis, Murmanskis, Moskvas ja Helsinkis. 2009. aastal osales Karila Neeme Külma kureeritud näitusel "TDK" EKKMis ning 2003. aastal toimus tema isiknäitus Tallinna Linnagaleriis. Koos Kalle Lampelaga moodustavad nad Contemporary Santa Claus Artist Associationi.

Next to Nothing
kunstnikud: Ēriks Božis (LAT), Martin Creed (GBR), Dénes Farkas, Kiwa, Fred Kotkas, Neeme Külm, Kaido Ole, Taavi Piibemann, Johanna Reich (GER), Tõnis Saadoja, Tarmo Salin, Hanno Soans, Triin Tamm, Toomas Thetloff, Laura Toots
kuraator: Anders Härm

Näitusel olid eksponeeritud viieteistkümne kunstniku teosed (videod, installatsioonid, fotod, maalid, objektid) mis testivad EKKM-i vaimset ja füüsilist vastupidavust ”valge-kuubi kunsti” rünnakutele ja vastupidi. Suur osa teoseid on valminud spetsiaalselt selle näituse tarbeks, teine osa on selleks näituseks kohandatud, väga paljusid teoseid eksponeeritakse Eestis esmakordselt. Kaasa teevad kolm väliskunstnikku, kelle hulgas kõige tähelepanuväärsem nimi on kahtlemata Martin Creed, sajandivahetuse üks olulisemaid briti kunstnikke.
Kui valgel kuubil on maagiline võime muuta kunstiks ükskõik mida, siis endistel tööstushoonetel on kalduvus kunsti endas hoopis ära kaotada, tasalülitada. Näitus mingis mõttes katsetabki, kuidas selline väljenduselt hüperminimalistlik, kohati laushermeetiline kunst selle kõike muud kui teost pühitseva ruumilise olukorraga toime tuleb.
Kuna EKKM saab näitusetegevust harrastada üksnes suvekuudel on võibolla imelik kutsuda seda väljapanekut EKKMi suvenäituseks, aga seda ta kahtlemata on. Kergekaalulisus, mis sedasorti ettevõtmisi iseloomustama kipub, on antud juhul siiski pigem kontseptuaalset laadi ning tuleneb sellest, et osalevad kunstnikud väljenduvad lakooniliselt ning suhestuvad ruumiga kontekstuaalselt. Nende personaalset kunstiajalugu silmas pidades on siin vältimatuks taagaks pigem Duchamp, Baldessari ja isegi Rothko kui Dali, Picasso, või isegi Warhol.

Welcome to the Machine
kunstnikud: Paul Kuimet, Sigrid Viir, Maido Juss, Jarmo nagel, Anna Tuvike, Alver
Linnamägi, TõnuTunnel, Reginleif Trubetsky, Johannes Säre, Triin Tamm, Mattias Malk, August Sai
kuraator: Marco Laimre

Welcome to the Machine!“ oli fotodest, videotest, maalidest ja installatsioonidest koosnev kaasaegse kunsti näitus, mis käsitab ümbritsevat läbi masina mõiste. Kunstnikud vaatlevad, analüüsivad ja suhestuvad kriitiliselt aktuaalset tegelikkust sedastavatesse lepingutesse. Nad asetuvad energiliselt erinevatesse masinatesse nagu Charley Chaplin filmis „Moodsad Ajad“ (1936) või jälgivad skeptilisel pilgul industrialiseeritud ühiskonda nagu Pink Floyd 1975. aasta LP-l „Wish You Were Here“. Masina mõistet sel näitusel võetakse metafoorina kõige laiemas mõttes – igasuguse eelantuse ja kaasahaaratuse tähenduses. Näituse logol on kujutatud arvutimängust Pac-Man (1980) tuntud karakterit Oikaket hõljumas Läänemere lainete kohal.

EKKM-i klubi
Sügisel alustas tegevust ka EKKM-i klubi, mille avaürituseks oli Tõnis Kahu ja Anders Härmi korraldatud kultusbändi Throbbing Gristle`i 35. sünnipäevale pühendatud õhtu 30 septembril. Sellele järgnes Janez Janša loeng kolme janša projektist ”NAME Readymade” . 2011. veebruari kolmapäeviti toimusid aga EKKMIs EKKM-i telesaate ”Teooriaklubi võtted. EKKM-i klubi eesmärgiks on ka EKKM-i institutsionaalse kehandi viljastamine vohavate ideedega ning tehtu kritiseerimine.
Näitusega “TDK”, millega loodi EKKM-i baar loodi ja skulptuurina lava, mille autoriks on Neeme Külm võimaldab korraldada EKKM-i hoovis ja külmemal ajal ka kohviku ja näitusesaalides muusikaüritusi. Loomulikult lubame kütta naha tuliseks kõigil clubberitel ja muusikahuvilistel ning valmistume näitustehooajaks 2011. aastal.