EKKM exhibition always is everywhere
The exhibition always is everywhere
is a poetic exploration of presence — an invitation to perceive it in all things and to celebrate its wholeness. In the accompanying exhibition text, curator Margit Säde wrote:
“A plant does not think, yet it veers towards the light. A stone does not dream, yet it holds the warmth of the day. A cat’s purr is a sincere sign of a zest for life. Universal consciousness is everywhere, and it is never-ending. That which exists always can only be boundless.”
The ten participating artists and one creative duo propose to look beyond the boundaries of species, and to recognise the present moment through a lens broader than the human gaze.
The exhibition brought together artists from Estonia, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Finland, and beyond. At its glowing heart stood Jonas Mekas’ experimental documentary As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty — a lyrical meditation on memory, time, and the fleeting moments that shape our experience, composed from fragments of everyday life.
Maud van den Beuken presented a new video work that reflected on the silent communication between trees, the ground, and the atmosphere. Uku Sepsivart revived a juniper tree that had once suffered a misfortunate encounter with humans, while Nele Kurvits turned her attention to the airy, the ephemeral — things once found and then lost again.
“A plant does not think, yet it veers towards the light. A stone does not dream, yet it holds the warmth of the day. A cat’s purr is a sincere sign of a zest for life. Universal consciousness is everywhere, and it is never-ending. That which exists always can only be boundless.”
The ten participating artists and one creative duo propose to look beyond the boundaries of species, and to recognise the present moment through a lens broader than the human gaze.
The exhibition brought together artists from Estonia, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Finland, and beyond. At its glowing heart stood Jonas Mekas’ experimental documentary As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty — a lyrical meditation on memory, time, and the fleeting moments that shape our experience, composed from fragments of everyday life.
Maud van den Beuken presented a new video work that reflected on the silent communication between trees, the ground, and the atmosphere. Uku Sepsivart revived a juniper tree that had once suffered a misfortunate encounter with humans, while Nele Kurvits turned her attention to the airy, the ephemeral — things once found and then lost again.
Reto Pulfer’s tent, made of hand-painted fabrics, merged with the raw interior of EKKM, creating, together with Sirkku Rosi’s intimate watercolour drawings, a dreamlike atmosphere. Helena Keskküla continued her work with stone carvings, presenting a petrified witness and tears already shed. Angela Maasalu’s paintings captured the perpetual cycle of blossoming, withering, and decay.
The exhibition was enlivened by a summer-long programme that engaged audiences regardless of age or language skills. Zorica Zafirovska designed a space for children within the museum, where young visitors could take part in the exhibition through storytelling, drawing, planting, and working with clay.
On three occasions, Vaim Sarv performed a piece inspired by the runic song tradition, weaving together themes of pleasure and pain, freedom and dispossession, land and labour. The artist duo Yvette Bathgate and Jake Shepherd created a new greenhouse in the EKKM community garden — a space for collective growing and gathering, activated through a programme of public events and workshops.
The exhibition was enlivened by a summer-long programme that engaged audiences regardless of age or language skills. Zorica Zafirovska designed a space for children within the museum, where young visitors could take part in the exhibition through storytelling, drawing, planting, and working with clay.
On three occasions, Vaim Sarv performed a piece inspired by the runic song tradition, weaving together themes of pleasure and pain, freedom and dispossession, land and labour. The artist duo Yvette Bathgate and Jake Shepherd created a new greenhouse in the EKKM community garden — a space for collective growing and gathering, activated through a programme of public events and workshops.
1. Vaim Sarv, Oral Frictions, 2025 (with Theodore Parker), 2025. Photo by Alana Proosa.
2. Vaim Sarv, Oral Frictions, 2025 (with Theodore Parker), 2025. Photo by Alana Proosa.
3. Vaim Sarv, Oral Frictions, 2025 (with Theodore Parker), 2025. Photo by Alana Proosa.
4. Exhibition views of always is everywhere, 2025. Photo by Joosep Kivimäe.
5. Helena Keskküla, Light Black Tide, 2025. Photo by Joosep Kivimäe.
6. Exhibition views of always is everywhere, 2025. Photos by Joosep Kivimäe.
7. Zorica Zafirovska, Stories in the Wind — Kinder Garden!, 2025. Photos by Joosep Kivimäe.
8. Stories in the Wind — Kinder Garden!, 2025. Photos by Joosep Kivimäe.
9. Stories in the Wind — Kinder Garden!, 2025. Photos by Joosep Kivimäe.
10. Nele Kurvits, Lost and Found (I–III), 2025. Photo by Joosep Kivimäe.
11. Uku Sepsivart, Permanence of Life — Restoration of Juniper, 2025. Photo by Joosep Kivimäe.
12. Günther Reindorff, Stump, 1966. Photo by Joosep Kivimäe.
13. Reto Pulfer, erinnerungstempel der zeitlosigkeit [temple of memory timelessness], 2015–2016.
Photo: Joosep Kivimäe.
14. Reto Pulfer, erinnerungstempel der zeitlosigkeit [temple of memory timelessness], 2015–2016.
Photo: Joosep Kivimäe.
15. Sirkku Rosi, Everything Seethes/Seeds, 2019–… Photo: Joosep Kivimäe./div>