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gallery of MoKS spaces

john — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:34:22 +0000

Here is a photo gallery of the various spaces at MoKS (studios, kitchen, cellar, sauna).

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.

Report from the building

eku — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:33:46 +0000

2009 a sügisega peaks MoKSi kelder soojapidavaks saama.

listening

MoKS Artist — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:17:18 +0000

Drawing a line, without needing it to be the start of something else, but to be itself.

watching.

I listen. I needed to know more about being.

When I was young my Mother bought me a portable cassette player. I played tapes in the garden. Once I pressed ‘record’ instead of ‘play’ and found that I had the sound of the garden on the tape. It was more interesting than the music I had taped over. Since then I have listened like this.

How many people truely appreciate and respect the opportunities that travel affords them ? How many go to locations other than thier usual place and yet try to carry on living in the same way ? How many keep thier ears tuned to the same sounds they hear every day ?

I am in Mooste, Estonia. The sounds are all different from anywhere else. I take photographs and they remind me of the visual differences. I make recordings and they remind me of this place.

I explore sounds through the location and the location through the sounds. I take photographs more in the way I make music – my emotions are at play not just my eye.

I explore my life too. Things that have been stressful. Things where I have not done well or have made mistakes. I work things through.

I eat.

always alive and glad to be so.

I create stories to send to my daughter and this is a wonderful experience. I talk to her as often as I can. I miss her and I miss my home, but they will be there to welcome me when I return.

I will go back with all of the experiences and explorations of this time in Estonia – so something has been added to life. To mine and therefore to those who I share it with.

I won’t write a thesis for my work. I am interested in people knowing something about me – thoughts are only a very small and somewhat clumsy part of who we are. We invent them. If I use the word ‘art’ to describe my creativity then I hope that my work speaks. The theory might well be there but I don’t feel it needs to be stated. I might miss reaching some people that way, but I am happy to reach the people who can respond on an intuitive and emotive level. If this comes first there is the freedom to think more about the work. If we arrive via the theory it is not possible to connect in the same way. – see ? I said thoughts are clumsy.

- Jez riley French, May 2009

http://JezrileyFrench.blogspot.com/