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Katrin Enni's solo exhibition "Shivers"
31.08.2020
Katrin Enni’s exhibition “Shivers” in Draakon gallery will be opened on Wedenesday, 2nd of September at 18.00. The exhibition remains open until September 19.
Katrin Enni’s solo show “Shivers” is a sound environment made of copper – one of the first metals that humans learned to use. In the gallery, each instrument has a voice of its own, producing different rhythms and frequencies. Together these create a sound environment that can be experienced in a way similar to natural sounds – existing and developing on its own with visitors invited to step in, observe and listen. The structure of the sound piece is not fixed but based on combinations that emerge from endless repetitions. The vibration speakers placed under copper objects add physical dimension to the sound. The speakers act as mechanical filters and while making the objects shiver these produce unexpected echos, reverbs and overtones.
The objects can be seen as pseudo-historical artefacts – a reference to different eras in the history of copper. The manually hammered copper vessels and forms are made using ancient metalworking techniques. Primitive analogue synthesizers, wired with copper, refer to the post-industrial period when copper usage increased due to its electrical conductivity. Mass-produced cables, speakers and amplifiers are more contemporary, but still contain various components made of copper.
Katrin Enni says: “While creating an ecosystem of sounds, I am driven by the human desire to play God, to create artificial nature. But when I rely on a material that is being extensively mined on this earth, I am simultaneously contributing to the destruction of an already existing ecosystem.” By giving voice to copper, she detaches the metal from the functions that human need places upon it, re-interpreting the story of technological progress and proposing an alternative symbiosis of nature and technology.
Katrin Enni (1976) lives and works in Tallinn. She has studied installation and sculpture (BA, 2018) at the Estonian Academy of Arts and economics at the University of Tartu (MA, 1999). She is currently studying contemporary art (MA programme) at the Estonian Academy of Arts. In 2020, she was an exchange student for a semester at the sculpture department of Kuvatadeakatemia, Helsinki. Her artistic practice revolves around the topics of environment, technology and economics. She sees her work occupying the areas between sound art and sculpture/installation.
The exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
Special thanks: Kleer Keret Tali, Aksel Haagensen, Holger Loodus, James Prevett, Vesa Rahikainen, Frank Brümmel, Tuomo Rainio, Alejandro Olarte, Ekke Västrik, Toomas Savi, Mart and Mari Tudre, EKA wood workshop, Baltic Steel Center OÜ.
Exhibitions in Draakon gallery are supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Estonian Ministry of Culture and Liviko Ltd.
Additional information:
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