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duo exhibition with Evelina Lindstrom (SE)
at Hobusepea gallery in Tallinn, Estonia 18.06–19.07.2026 Curator: Lilian Hiob-Küttis The exhibition brings together two different approaches to memory that have taken form as delicate ceramic and glass art pieces. Evelina Lindström addresses memory through Henri Bergson’s concept of duration (durée), while Maarja Mäemets views it as a spatial structure. According to Bergson, time in lived experience does not flow linearly or evenly, instead it moves in different rhythms and intensities. Memory is not an archive of the past, but a continuously active and ongoing variable. In Lindström’s works, this idea is expressed in recurring pearl shapes, implying how an irritation or a foreign body, such as a grain of sand, can over time develop into something enduring and coherent . In the works of Mäemets, memory appears as a space where remembrances have been stored, relocated or partially lost. The viewer encounters stairs that lead nowhere, empty containers and objects raised above eye level and hand’s reach, turning memory into something fragmented and only partially accessible. In her installations, Mäemets draws on the ancient Greek method of loci or the memory palace technique, which means that memories are placed at different locations within an imaginary architecture. While this technique is traditionally used to organise knowledge and memorise complex information, Mäemets uses it to map emotions, memories and personal experiences. Together, the works of Lindström and Mäemets form two complementary approaches to memory: seeing it on the one hand, as a lasting and continuous experience, and on the other, as a spatial structure in which some memories will always remain inaccessible. Graphic design: Helmi–Elfriede Arrak Woodworking master: Oliver Kanniste Big-bowl boys, i.e. glass-blowers: Luke Edward Holden and Måns Fridlizius Lindberg Horticultural queen and the main source of lost memories: Maarja’s grandmother Eha Ausmeel Special thanks to: Hans–Otto Ojaste, Kristin Larsson, Ulrika Barr, Anna Mlasowsky, the Glass and Ceramics Department at Konstfack and Konstnärsnämnden The exhibition was supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia Photos by Paul Kuimet MEDIA COVERAGE: |
Photos on 35mm by Anna-Maria Vaskosvkaja
Photo from the opening by Evert Palmets
