We Don't Want To Be Stars (But Parts Of Constellations)

EKKM symposium always is everywhere

The exhibition always is everywhere welcomed visitors to a two-day symposium where sensory and experiential workshops attuned perception to the presence of water and land in everything and everyone.

All life begins with water. Water is not just an element connecting plants, animals, fungi, soil, and air – it is a network of relationships that all ecosystems depend on. The earth’s crust – rocks, minerals, and geological processes – plays a vital role in shaping, supporting, and preserving ecosystems. The always everywhere symposium seeks perceptual and experiential ways to engage with these matters more intuitively.

1. Gentle movement led by artist Sofia Filippou, to connect with the water within and without, 2025. Photo © EKKM

2. Boat trip on the Pirita River with artist Mia Tamme, exploring hydrofeminist practices, 2025. Photo © EKKM

3. Boat trip on the Pirita River with artist Mia Tamme, exploring hydrofeminist practices, 2025. Photo © EKKM

4. Boat trip on the Pirita River with artist Mia Tamme, exploring hydrofeminist practices, 2025. Photo © EKKM

5. Boat trip on the Pirita River with artist Mia Tamme, exploring hydrofeminist practices, 2025. Photo © EKKM

6. Boat trip on the Pirita River with artist Mia Tamme, exploring hydrofeminist practices, 2025. Photo © EKKM

7. stories in the wind – kinder garden! creative workshop by Zorica Zafirovska for children aged 4–8 (+). Photo © EKKM

8. stories in the wind – kinder garden! creative workshop for children aged 4–8 (+). Photo © EKKM

9. Simultaneously, Insect Hotel workshop with Tõnu Rähn and Emma Ly Rähn, and Tamped Clay workshop with Sven Samyn, 2025 Photo © EKKM

10. Simultaneously, Insect Hotel workshop with Tõnu Rähn and Emma Ly Rähn, and Tamped Clay workshop with Sven Samyn, 2025 Photo © EKKM

11. Simultaneously, Insect Hotel workshop with Tõnu Rähn and Emma Ly Rähn, and Tamped Clay workshop with Sven Samyn, 2025 Photo © EKKM

12. Simultaneously, Insect Hotel workshop with Tõnu Rähn and Emma Ly Rähn, and Tamped Clay workshop with Sven Samyn, 2025 Photo © EKKM

13. Simultaneously, Insect Hotel workshop with Tõnu Rähn and Emma Ly Rähn, and Tamped Clay workshop with Sven Samyn, 2025 Photo © EKKM

14. Simultaneously, Insect Hotel workshop with Tõnu Rähn and Emma Ly Rähn, and Tamped Clay workshop with Sven Samyn, 2025 Photo © EKKM

15. Simultaneously, Insect Hotel workshop with Tõnu Rähn and Emma Ly Rähn, and Tamped Clay workshop with Sven Samyn, 2025 Photo © EKKM

16. Simultaneously, Insect Hotel workshop with Tõnu Rähn and Emma Ly Rähn, and Tamped Clay workshop with Sven Samyn, 2025 Photo © EKKM

17. Break in the garden of EKKM. Photo © EKKM

18. Simultaneously, Insect Hotel workshop with Tõnu Rähn and Emma Ly Rähn, and Tamped Clay workshop with Sven Samyn, 2025 Photo © EKKM

19. Simultaneously, Insect Hotel workshop with Tõnu Rähn and Emma Ly Rähn, and Tamped Clay workshop with Sven Samyn, 2025 Photo © EKKM

20. Simultaneously, Insect Hotel workshop with Tõnu Rähn and Emma Ly Rähn, and Tamped Clay workshop with Sven Samyn, 2025 Photo © EKKM

21. Simultaneously, Insect Hotel workshop with Tõnu Rähn and Emma Ly Rähn, and Tamped Clay workshop with Sven Samyn, 2025 Photo © EKKM

22. Simultaneously, Insect Hotel workshop with Tõnu Rähn and Emma Ly Rähn, and Tamped Clay workshop with Sven Samyn, 2025 Photo © EKKM

26. Margit Säde introducing water is soft, but it can wear away stone, the film and video program that brought together a selection of local television broadcasts, short films, and artist films exploring water and stones. Photo © EKKM

32. Part of the team – curators, organizers, artists – of We don't want to be stars (but parts of constellations). From left to right: Eléonore de Montesquiou, Margit Säde, Marjoca de Greef, Ivana Vaseva, Brigit Arop, and Anita Kodanik. Photo © EKKM