Wet Hearts of Everyday Thoughts
On June 10 2021, the group exhibition “Wet Hearts of Everyday Thoughts” curated by Brigit Arop opened in Gallery Mihhail. The exhibition features works of Anna Mari Liivrand, Heli Haav, Junny Yeung, Maryliis Teinfeldt-Grins and Sophie Durand.
The starting point of the exhibition “Wet Hearts of Everyday Thoughts” is, on the one hand, environmentally conscious gratitude for bodies of water as diverse habitats. On the other hand, the initial impulse of the exhibition is the posthumanist understanding of humans as aqueous beings whose life is dependent on water from birth to death. The exhibition brings together five artists whose works are linked by a common image—all of the works use a certain body of water or other liquid, in order to refer to personal thoughts and feelings related to various aspects of self-care, such as coping with emotional difficulties, pleasures, everyday rituals, and the embodied experience. The works on display talk about the relationship with oneself, one’s collective and the environment, and point out ways to make sense of one’s relationship with other living beings and bodies of water.
The nomadic apartment gallery Mihhail, launched in Tallinn in the spring of 2016, is based on the motives of solidarity and communality. “Wet Hearts of Everyday Thoughts” is Mihhail’s sixth exhibition, which will bring the gallery space to the Lasnamäe district for the first time.
Photos: Joosep Kivimäe
Included works:
Anna Mari Liivrand, ‘The Rhythm of Clotting Moments’ 2021, Graphite and pencil on silk paper, bronze, glass
Maryliis Teinfeldt-Grins, ‘At the Glacier’s Edge’, 2018, Polyamide, cotton
Junny Yeung, ‘The Place I Belong Does Not Exist’, 2021, Acrylic, oil and charcoal on cardboard and paper, soap, graphite, dirt, tape
Sophie Durand, ‘ocean breathing (Paljassaare, Estonia)’ 2021, Video, 3’ 12’’
‘breathe out as the waves come in, breathe in as the waves go out (score for Gracetown, Australia ocean breathing)’, 2021, clay from Paljassaare, ink and pencil on recycled paper, A4 framed
Heli Haav, 2020, ‘Of Flow, Connection and Grounding’ 2020 Digital print on polyester, plants