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 [...]
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5 Dec 10
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 [...]
20 Jun 10
Its been nearly 3 years since the renovation work of MOKS began. When you’re trying to run a program at the same time this starts to feel like a long time. The light at the end of the tunnel is starting to appear however. We have now entered phase III which will be the largest [...]
15 Oct 09
2009 a sügisega peaks MoKSi kelder soojapidavaks saama.
28 Aug 09
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 [...]
21 Jul 09
Mooste photographer and graffiti artist Siim Tiirk has started a new blog. View his work here.
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21 Jul 09
Sitting on a float on the stoop drinkin some saku and now the sky is back and I swear a fly just spit on me That yellow smell of plastic and I know I’m not at the beach and the 500 people might think I’m a freak but that’s okay cause the two oak trees [...]
15 Jul 09
After visiting some of the nearby forests around Mooste it is clear that this will be a big year for blueberries. A small group of 4 people from the residency was able to collect more than 2 liters of berries in just over an hour. What does one do with all these berries? They’re just [...]
10 Jul 09
A small experiment is being done to see if we can sustain a garden at MoKS. We hope the garden can be functional for producing food for visiting artists especially during the time of AVAMAA the summer art symposium in late August. But besides being practical, a garden can be a place to continue to [...]
