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three years of renovation work nearly over, ready for 2011

john — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 17:46:44 +0000

Apart from hosting Natalia Borissova this September in the residency, MoKS has been relatively quiet this Autumn as far as artistic activity goes. The reason was because of major efforts of Evelyn, Mooste wald and the various building contractors to complete the final phase of renovation work on the building we rent. The process started in Autumn of 2007 when first phase started (or even earlier if you consider our many years of cleaning efforts). The process rarely seemed to go smoothly and their were plenty of surprises and lessons to be learned. Despite some misunderstandings and inconsistencies in the quality of the work, the building now is upgraded and usable from its former life. So, we are looking forward to starting up a full program schedule in 2011 including new residency opportunities and flexibility for hosting regular workshops. Thanks to everyone for their patience and understanding during this sometimes messy and complicated period over the last few years and especially to those who have helped clean and make the spaces usable again.

john grzinich, x-op residency in Istanbul

john — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:13:01 +0000

playing the great flagpole on Heybeliada, photo by Enise Gökbayrak

New Maps of Time sound workshop/residency Istanbul Turkey

‘New Maps of Time’ is a project and workshop about mapping architectural and urban spaces using sound as a means to express actions within a space. read more…

Workshop carried out in the frame of my X-OP residency at Apartment Project, artist-run project space, from February 8 – March 8, 2010

Idil trying a simple sound horn, photo by Enise Gökbayrak

moks renovations

john — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:24:23 +0000

Early in the morning on August 24th, just after AVAMAA, some construction workers peered through the windows at the back of MoKS only to find some artists sleeping on the hay inside. Tere hommikust! The renovation of MoKS has begun. First the facade and re-grading of the exterior will be done, while it is warm I suspect. In parallel the basement will be worked on to secure the foundation. Then they’ll move on to the interior, heating system and other details. The amount of work is significant yet according to plan, everything should be ready by the end of 2010. Lets see… check here for updates.

This means some temporary changes will be made to the residency program, particularly for 2010. We are looking into some option to keep the residency open but probably scaled down and at another location. If you are planning to apply, please write and ask about the status of the program and be prepared for a flexible situation.

eesti -> portugal exhibition

john — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:07:27 +0000

Exhibition of six MoKS/Binaural related artists at Galeria Santa Clara Coimbra, Portugal

para-views of the parahouse

john — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:30:07 +0000

Photos of the Parahouse event in Berlin by John Grzinich. It was very difficult to get an overview that evening since I was busy with my “feed back” installation. You can see photos of this at the end (where people are feeding each other). Thanks to Marko for the conceptual push and to Moni, Joulia and others for helping organize. If only we had more time…

events in Berlin

john — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:26:17 +0000

Next week will be a busy one. The first X-OP events will happen, a conference organized by Media in Motion and a performance organized by Marko Kosnik. All this runs in parallel with Transmediale. More reports to follow soon…

Monday, January 26, 21.00
*Electropera Act 1: Parahouse_12
self-evolving participatory environment
by Egon March Institute and partner productions
Studio Martina Schumacher & Joulia Strauss in Ullsteinhaus

Monday-Thursday, 26th – 29th of January
X-OP- Conference Berlin
„True Art / Truely Merchandise“
at ConcentArt

A May in Mooste

john — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:04:39 +0000

The MoKS artist for May, Anna Marie Rockwell, created a whole blog for her residency. You can read all the details of her work and exhibition at:

http://mooste.blogspot.com/

Ratastel

eku — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:20:30 +0000

MoKSi loengud, KUULUTUS. KUULUTUS! Tulge kaema, kuulama ja jutlema: 8.märtsil (kell 12- 14) Viljandi Kultuuriakadeemias ja 9. märtsil (16-18) Eesti Kunstiakadeemia (EKA) aulas. Loengute ettekääne on PostsovkhoZi antoloogiaraamat ja siduv teema: Miks PostsovkhoZ otsa sai. Viljandis v6tavad ses asjus s6na Evelyn ja John. EKAs lööb kaasa ka Jaan Tootsen, kes räägib oma filmi Avasta rikas nurgatagune kosmoses ülesv6tmisintriigidest Moostes.

The PostsovkhoZ book is ready

john — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:09:08 +0000

After a year of editing and of course 6 years of running the event, a solid document has been assembled and printed about PostsovkhoZ, the MoKS Summer Art Symposium. This edition is limited to 1000 copies. A release event was held in Tartu at the Rael Artel gallery on Tuesday, February 6th (see photos). Thanks to Rael for hosting us and to everyone who came out for pickled herring and vodka. In the near future we will be making book presentations in Tallinn, Viljandi and Helsinki. We will also be slowly distributing copies to each artist who participated in the event and helped make it unique.

uus! ööülikooli pildigalerii

john — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:08:14 +0000

New gallery of photos by John Grzinich, an exhibition of pattern images.
http://www.ylikool.ee/

vaata “silmale” link.
äitah! Jaan Tootsen.