Tallinn City Gallery group exhibition explores life as a process

A group exhibition at Tallinn City Gallery examines life as a process in which growth and decay, invasion and extinction form parts of a whole that seeks, but may not find, balance, ERR reports.

The exhibition, titled “Life Drive”, features artists Andre Joosep Arming, Katrin Enni, Aksel Haagensen and Silvia Sosaar. Each approaches the theme through their own experience and sensibility.

Andre Joosep Arming’s installation “∞ Suck” combines personal memories with a longing for visibility and presence. Experiences recorded on bed sheets reflect new places, fears and human relationships as part of everyday change. The work presents life as a cycle in which experiences are collected, cleansed and forgotten before beginning again.

Katrin Enni’s interactive sound sculpture, made from reused materials, and her series of abstract paintings inspired by organic growth explore growth as a force that asserts itself through physical and spatial presence. It can be both wonderful and disturbing at the same time.

Aksel Haagensen’s hundreds of biodegradable frogs face a quiet loss. His installation serves as a silent memorial to frogs as indicator species in ecosystems. If disappearance has become an everyday reality, an ordinary emptiness may await in the future.

Silvia Sosaar’s work interprets the sprat sandwich, a ritual element of the national festive table. The fish portraits are at once ironic, intimate and grotesque, addressing pollution in the Baltic Sea, patriotic food culture and the pseudo-order of freedom.

“Life Drive” will remain open at Tallinn City Gallery until October 2.