On 2nd of February 2012 we started a new monthly gathering in MoKS – the Serious Tinkering Club (Leidnikerdajate Klubi). This club is all about inventing, tinkering-reusing-sharing knowledge and appropriating. At the first meeting Tuuli Tubin led a workshop in making wallpaper out of old fabric. It was really inspiring to see how all of [...]
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12 Feb 12
1 Dec 11
During these very grey November days, hoping and waiting for the snow and sunlight, the matchbox camera workshop was held at MoKS. The good reason for this was having someone practiced in the mentioned craftwork – Daniel Allen – here as part of a two-month residency at the end of 2011. So as planned, on [...]
Posted in MoKS AIR, MoKS event, MoKS uudised / news
13 Jul 11
MoKS was the co-producer of Tuned City Tallinn along with Dock e.V. of Berlin. We want to thanks everyone for their help, participation and support for making this an unforgettable event. Below are a series of galleries showing just a few of the highlights of the event between July 4th and 10th, 2011. Tuned City [...]
Posted in MoKS event, Tuned City
Tagged aural architecture, Charlemagne Palestine, Kultuuripealinn, Maja Ratkje, moks, Sound Art, Tallinn, Thomas Ankersmit, Tuned City, urban intervention
Tagged aural architecture, Charlemagne Palestine, Kultuuripealinn, Maja Ratkje, moks, Sound Art, Tallinn, Thomas Ankersmit, Tuned City, urban intervention
19 Jun 11
For the second year MoKS has hosted the ‘summer practice’ for students from Tartu Art College sculpture department. The aim is to allow students to experiment and gain practical experience in a non-school setting. The weeks activities were guided by John and Evelyn who led a series of exercises that focused on the idea of [...]
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Tagged environment, installation, Sculpture, site-specific, students, summer, Tartu Art College
Tagged environment, installation, Sculpture, site-specific, students, summer, Tartu Art College
9 May 11
Special thanks to Veljo Runnel for leading an excellent workshop on Nature Sound Recording, sharing his experiences from the last 10 years and extensive knowledge on bird species. We enjoyed having Danny, Evelyn, Eve, Taavi, Patrick, John, Ignaz, Maria and Aivo to come out and participate. The group spent one early morning and one full [...]
2 May 11
GROUND is an exchange project between MoKS, MAA Art school of Helsinki and the Art Academy of Poznan in Poland funded by Grundtvig life long learning programme. GROUND as a project focuses on Strategies of Culture, Collaborative Methods and Site-Specific practices. During a 2 year period, groups from each of the partners will make 2 [...]
8 Feb 11
February 4th was a special event at MoKS celebrating 10 years of creative activity and the reopening of the newly renovated building. 10 years of operation of the organization also means a decade of dedicated effort by Evelyn Müürsepp who has worked tirelessly to make MoKS into what it is. A number of officials and [...]
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Tagged anniversary, Evelyn Müürsepp, Mari Kalkun, murmer, opening, renovation
Tagged anniversary, Evelyn Müürsepp, Mari Kalkun, murmer, opening, renovation
6 Sep 10
MoKS annual summer art symposium AVAMAA took place from August 16-21. The biggest challenge this year was to conduct the symposium almost without being able to use MOKS. With the exception of using the basement for 2 of the workshops, the building was pretty much unusable because of the current state of intensive renovation. The [...]
20 Jun 10
The X-OP festival ‘Time and Technique’ was held in Abrantes and Tomar Portugal from April 30th to May 7th and was hosted by Instituto Politecnico de Tomar. MoKS members were part of 2 events and 1 research project. After Curatorial Dinner exhibition The artistic project ‘After curatorial dinner’ was conceived by Petra Kapš during her [...]
10 Sep 09
The MoKS summer art symposium known as AVAMAA took place for the second time and again proved to be fertile ground for the exchange of ideas and experiences between all participants. Over 30 people took part in the workshops and projects hosted by the event. Thanks to the dedication of talented and creative workshop leaders [...]
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Tagged avamaa, Derek Holzer, Elffriede, leaving traces, MoKS event, mutopia, neanderthal electronics, symposium, workshops
Tagged avamaa, Derek Holzer, Elffriede, leaving traces, MoKS event, mutopia, neanderthal electronics, symposium, workshops
