Tellisgiving. Katariin Mudist x VARES

15:00 - 16:00

Valga parish | VARES Arhitektuuriresidentuur

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Tellisgiving. A walk among brick sculptures in Valga

Katariin Mudist invites you to an exhibition of sculptures and spatial interventions made from leftover bricks, taking place throughout the town of Valga. During the walk, we will move from one installation to another, exploring how these abandoned and historic bricks have been given new life in the urban space. The project highlights the unique potential of materials from Valga’s wastelands and leftover spaces, combining them with the town’s architectural heritage and contemporary eco-friendly thinking. Each brick carries traces of the past, and Katariin has experimented with these materials in ways that reveal new meanings—bricks have been engraved, ground into dust, and placed in new contexts. The walk invites participants to reflect on the history of urban spaces, reuse, and public art.
The walk will take place on September 26, starting at 3:00 PM from the VARES garden.
Katariin Mudist explores the preservation of the past and evolving materiality, delving into humanity’s manifestation in social practices. Her works spotlight the cleaner’s social position, question productivity origins, and map diverse beliefs. Her practice embraces unexpected, humorous perspectives on the familiar, revealing motifs that mirror humanity, employing a multidisciplinary approach from animation to sculpture. Since 2023, she studies at the Estonian Academy of Arts’ Craft Studies Department, following a 2022 Master’s degree from the Contemporary Art Department and a 2018 degree from the Tartu Higher Art School. She expanded her studies at KASK University in Ghent (2020-2021) and the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest (2018-2019). Since 2022 she has been a member of the Association of Estonian Printmakers and Estonian Association of Young Contemporary Artists.