Hello, 2024 & long awaited Capital of Culture year!

Tartu and South-Estonia will be European Capital of Culture this year and our technological art outdoor exhibition Wild Bits is one of the highlights of its programme. We have been preparing for this endeavor for almost 3 years now and can’t wait for this exciting summer that we have ahead!

Soon we will also start accepting applications for volunteers. We will be looking for builders for spring period and exhibition guards for the summer. Stay tuned for the next newsletter! Wild Bits exhibition opening is on 25th of May. Save the date and be wild!

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Wild Space architectural residency

Maajaam is announcing an open call Wild Space to find an architectural design for the Wild Bits exhibition information point and recreation area.

We are looking for a creative solution that would provide an enjoyable leisure area for the visitors, and would also give them a unique spatial experience and would relate to the exhibition’s technological viewpoint. Team of up to 4 people can apply and propose the design they want to build during the residency. 

Residency dates: 22 April - 12 May 2024
Deadline: 21 January 2024

Timo Toots received Ado Vabbe award

At the end of last year a traditional annual exhibition of Tartu art was opened in the Tartu Art House. During the opening, the winner of this year’s Ado Vabbe art award was announced. This time Maajaam founder and artist Timo Toots received the award! Congrats, Timo!

Timo takes part of the exhibition with his new work titled “SOS”. We recommend visiting the exhibition and checking out art that was made in Tartu during the previous year. 

Annual exhibition in Tartu Art House is open until 28th of January 2024. 

Ukrainian residents in Maajaam

Within the framework of the joint project supported by the Nordic Culture Point, 8 members of the Estonian Creative Residencies Network organise residencies for Ukrainian artists in Estonia. Maajaam is hosting two lovely Ukrainian artists Diana Derii and Andrii Kovalevskyi right now.

On 8th of February, there will be a public event at Kai Art Center auditorium in Tallinn at 16.00, where you are welcome to join for public presentations and networking.

Magic Carpets residency resume

Maajaam was happy to host another Magic Carpets art residency “Celestial Bodies”, curated by Ann Mirjam Vaikla, that is part of the Tartu 2024 European Capital of Culture’s programme. This time four artists Eglė Šimėnaitė, Juss Heinsalu, Marit Mihklepp and Piibe Kolka were working for three weeks in Maajaam and Tartu Observatory in Tõravere. The residency was focused on the dialogue between the artists and the space centre’s scientists – and how that dialogue influenced artists’ creative work. In parallel artists-in-residency were researching folklore connected to astronomy that used to be an important part of the old Estonians way of living.