Britta Benno & Heather Beardsley
Oli mul kord ... / Once I Had ...
15/10/2019 - 13/11/2019
Kraam artist-run space
K-R 16-19, L-P 12-18
W-F 4-7pm, Sat-Sun 12-6pm
15/10/2019
Artist-talk 18H
Vernissage 19H
/See English below/
DuonĂ€ituse pealkirjastus âOli mul kordâ viitab omamise, mugava ĂŒletarbimise ja muude inimese ennasthĂ€vitavate tĂ”ekspidamiste kaduvusele tuleviku Maal.
âOli mul kord...â on Britta Benno mĂ”tteline jĂ€tk suvisele isikunĂ€itusele âDĂŒstoopiline Tallinnâ. Vabaduse vĂ€ljaku hoonete asemel on seekord dĂŒstoopilise linnamaastiku vĂ”ttekohaks projektiruumile Kraam lĂ€hedal asuvad MustamĂ€e paneelmajade rajoon.
Benno kaasas projekti Viinis kunstiresidentuuris kohatud kaasresidendi, Ameerika kunstniku Heather Beardsley, kes kujutab kummastavalt sarnaseid dĂŒstoopilisi linnastseene. Kunstnike ĂŒhendab tehniliselt ka nostalgiliste leidesemete kasutamine, kollaaĆŸilik kihiline vĂ”ttestik, trĂŒkigraafilised ĂŒlekandmise meetodid ja ootamatute materjalide kombineerimine. Benno joonistab, trĂŒkib vĂ”i animeerib dĂŒstoopilistele linnavaadetele vee vĂ”i tule, Beardsley Ă”mbleb vĂ”i tikib hooned taimestiku mahulisse rohelusse.
Britta Benno on Tallinnas elav ja töötav joonistus- ja graafikakunstnik. Teda huvitavad erinevad hĂŒbriidtehnikad ja materjalid ning nende kĂ”rvutamisel ja kombineerimisel avanevad uued perspektiivid. 2018. aastast Ă”pib ta Eesti Kunstiakadeemia doktoriĂ”ppes kunsti ja disaini erialal, loomepĂ”hise uurimistöö teemaks "Kaasaegsed eesti naisgraafikud: identiteedid, meediumid ja omaruumid.âwww.brittabenno.com
 Heather Beardsley on Ameerika kujutav kunstnik. Aastatel 2016-2017 pĂ€lvis ta Saksamaa Alam-Saksi teadus- ja kultuuriministeeriumi rahvusvahelise kunstniku stipendiumi. Ta lĂ”petas Chicago Kunstiinstituudi vabade kunstide magistriprogrammi tekstiili- ja materjaliteaduse alal 2015. aastal. Tema töid on eksponeeritud kĂ”ikjal Ameerika Ăhendriikides, aga ka Euroopas: Suurbritannias, Austrias, Saksamaal ja Slovakkias. www.heatherbeardsley.com
NĂ€itust ja Kraam artist-run space tegevust toetab Eesti Kultuurkapital.
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**Pilt: Britta Benno "DĂŒstoopiline MustamĂ€gi", 3D visand seinajoonistusele.
The exhibitionâs title, Once I Had..., refers to the transience of possession, convenience of over-consumption and other self-destructive implications of human behavior on the future of Earth.
Once I Had.. is a conceptual continuation of Britta Benno recent solo exhibition âDystopic Tallinnâ. In this project the apocalyptic landscape scenery is site-specifically depicted with the MustamĂ€e districtâs panel houses, as they are located in the vicinity of the Kraam artist run-space.
Benno invited American artist Heather Beardsley to this project, as they met while during an artist residency in Vienna, where they were coincidentally both depicting dystopian landscapes. The works relate not only through imagery, but also materially and technically. There are many common links between the two artists: Benno and Beardsley both use nostalgic found objects, collage-like layering, printmaking and transfer methods, and inconvenient materials combinations. Benno draws, prints or animates water or fire on her dystopian landscapes, Beardsley sews or embroiders volumetric flora on top of photographic cityscapes.
Britta Benno is a drawing and printmaking artist living and working in Tallinn. She is interested in various techniques and materials and the new perspectives that appear when they are contrasted and combined. Currently, she is studying for a doctorate at the Estonian Academy of Arts, her PhD-in-Practice research is about Estonian contemporary women printmakers: spaces, mediums, identities. www.brittabenno.com
Heather Beardsley is an American visual artist. In 2016-2017 she was awarded an International Artist Scholarship by the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony, Germany. She received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Fibers and Material Studies in 2015. She has exhibited work throughout the United States and Europe, as well as the UK, Austria, Germany, and Slovakia. www.heatherbeardsley.com
The exhibition and Kraam artis-run space is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
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**Image: Britta Benno "DĂŒstoopiline MustamĂ€gi", 3D sketch