This exhibition is the outcome of 6 EKA Masters students’ disparate paths converging at the nexus point of “Ghosts and Monsters of the Anthropocene”, a course led by Sandra Kosorotova and Taavi Hallimäe in the fall of 2022. The students’ entangled pathways found their beginnings with a four-day residency in Massia, South Estonia.

The exhibition reading group will take place on Friday, 27.01, 17.00–19.00, led by the exhibition artist Siew Ching Ang. Please get in touch with Siew if you would like to take part in this event: siew.ang@artun.ee.

Siew Ching makes art, curates, and teaches. In her moving image and photography work, she explores the human condition in urban space and the intersections between nature, culture and infrastructure. She enjoys exploring spaces and compiling information through her art practice. cargocollective.com/siewchingang.

Y. Derya Balkan was born in Türkiye, now located in Tallinn. Observer, story-teller, artist, mentor, hobby crafter, lover. Currently an MA student in the Accessory Design Department at EKA, she investigates the connection between seashells and the vulnerability of human nature.

Zody Burke (b.1991, Manhattan) is an American multimedia artist and musician who is currently living and working in Tallinn. She creates cyphers through sculpture and sound, through which to cartograph the complexity of American identity within late capitalism, and interface world-building with geological time. Her material practice ranges from ceramic high-relief to large-scale sculpture, experimental music, video, illustration, animatronics and fiber work. Her recent solo exhibition “(mousetrap)” was shown in DOM Galerija in Riga, Latvia from April 1–24, 2022. She recently won the silver medal for artistic excellence in the Tallinn Young Sculptor Awards. She is a MA candidate at the Estonian Academy of Arts, set to graduate in Spring 2023. zodybur.ke.

Katarina Kruus is exploring the dynamics and passageway into material ecologies and plausible futures. Inspired by the wide range of uses for textiles, Kruus investigates in between traditional textile techniques, biomaterials and found objects. Currently she is working on her MA thesis in the Textile Department at the Estonian Academy of Arts.

Viktor Kudryashov is an interdisciplinary artist, working at the junction of mediums. Creates composite works that include sounding sculptures, date-driven installations and institutionally critical interventions. Rethinks new media and their use in the modern world. Main technique is to take a foreign language from everyday familiar objects and actions and make it the main medium in his works, redefining their functionality. He presented his works in various museums and galleries in St. Petersburg, Moscow and Tallinn. MA at the Estonian Academy of Art. His works are in private collections and museums in Russia. Nominated for the Kuryokhin Prize in 2021 as the best media art object.

Elle Kannike (b.1980) is Tallinn-based artist working in mosaics, glass and life drawing. She is a member of the International Association of Contemporary Mosaicists. Currently she is studying for a Master's degree in the Glass Department at Estonian Academy of Arts. Being fascinated by the material agency of glass, she is exploring ways to collaborate with matter and also different life forms. ellekannike.ee.