"Ekskavaator on siin!"
"Excavator is here!"
Rüki galerii, Viljandi
gallery Rüki, Viljandi (Estonia)
Koostöös Taave Tuutmaga
In cooperation with Taave Tuutma
2022
"Excavator is here!"
Rüki galerii, Viljandi
gallery Rüki, Viljandi (Estonia)
Koostöös Taave Tuutmaga
In cooperation with Taave Tuutma
2022
Performance toimus Eesti Vabagraafikute Ühenduse kuraatornäituse "Ava oma (s)ilmad avamisel Viljandis, Rüki galerii hoovis. Näitus keskendus loodusele ning elurikkusele linna keskkonnas. Pahatihti peetakse asfaldist ja betoonist vabu oaase lihtsalt tühermaadeks ja sellistena on need ka kinnisvaraarendajate surve all. Majad kerkivad ja linnaloodus hävib. Performance ja näitusel olnud betoonikraape tehnikas luuletus olid nagu tulemusteta protestiaktsioon, mis aitab küll kaotusevalu välja karjuda, kuid ei muuda midagi.
The performance took place at the opening of the curatorial exhibition of the Association of Estonian Printmakers in Viljandi, in the yard of Rüki gallery . The exhibition "Open (Eyes) Minds" focused on nature and the richness of life in the city environment. Oases free of asphalt and concrete are often mistaken for wastelands, and as such are under pressure from real estate developers. Houses are rising and urban nature is being destroyed. The performance and the poem in the concrete scraping technique at the exhibition were like a fruitless protest action, which helps to shout out the pain of loss, but does not change anything.
The performance took place at the opening of the curatorial exhibition of the Association of Estonian Printmakers in Viljandi, in the yard of Rüki gallery . The exhibition "Open (Eyes) Minds" focused on nature and the richness of life in the city environment. Oases free of asphalt and concrete are often mistaken for wastelands, and as such are under pressure from real estate developers. Houses are rising and urban nature is being destroyed. The performance and the poem in the concrete scraping technique at the exhibition were like a fruitless protest action, which helps to shout out the pain of loss, but does not change anything.
Real estate development- very ugly words.
It turns places and sites into new quarters
Houses are all that's left
I'm walking along the wide avenue
I turn into an abandoned yard
There was an industry here or something
now the trees have been growing for a long time
An empty lot, some bushes and tall grass
a refuge from the city, in the middle of the city
An empty lot, my foot is looking for a way there
as I sit on an abandoned concrete block
my soul rests
I'm walking along the wide avenue
I turn inside the yard
and freez...
THE EXCAVATOR IS HERE!
Fences are around my empty lot
housebuilders are working
Real estate development- very ugly words
Why does every piece of free space
need to change into money?
Empty ground and city nature,
I want to protect you
but it's hard for me to do anything
It turns places and sites into new quarters
Houses are all that's left
I'm walking along the wide avenue
I turn into an abandoned yard
There was an industry here or something
now the trees have been growing for a long time
An empty lot, some bushes and tall grass
a refuge from the city, in the middle of the city
An empty lot, my foot is looking for a way there
as I sit on an abandoned concrete block
my soul rests
I'm walking along the wide avenue
I turn inside the yard
and freez...
THE EXCAVATOR IS HERE!
Fences are around my empty lot
housebuilders are working
Real estate development- very ugly words
Why does every piece of free space
need to change into money?
Empty ground and city nature,
I want to protect you
but it's hard for me to do anything