Tundemaastikud
Emotional Landscapes
Arka Gallery, Vilnius 2023
Kuraator / Curated by: Šelda Puķīte
Väide, et Baltimaade rahvastel on loodusega tugev emotsionaalne side, on klišee. Ometi on selles klišees terake tõtt. Side loodusega on meie identiteeti nii tugevalt sisse kodeerunud, et isegi nõukogudeaegne rahvuslik ärkamine kasvas välja keskkonnaliikumisest. Paljude kunstnike loomingus leidub looduse ja maastiku elemente, kuid kõige huvitavamad on just need valitud loojad, kes kasutavad maastiku mõistet, et jutustada isiklikke lugusid või väljendada oma poliitilisi või ühiskondlikke tõekspidamisi. Nende eri praktikad ja vaatenurgad tuuakse kokku Arka galeriisse ja laotatakse laiali labürintjatesse ruumidesse, et moodustada üks kollektiivne tundemaastik.
In English
It is a cliché to say that Baltic people have a strong emotional bond with nature, but this cliche has some truth to it. This bond is so deeply encoded in our identity that even the national awakenings during the soviet occupation seemed to first emerge from the environmental movement. Many artists work with elements of nature and landscape as their main subject, but most interesting are those who implement the idea of the landscape as a part of their artistic language to tell personal stories or express their political or social stance. In the Arka Gallery, these different practices and perspectives are gathered together and spread through the labyrinthine rooms to jointly create a single collective emotional landscape.
Foto: Silver Sikk
