Vison of Invisible

Vision of Invisible N채htav n채htamatu

Estonian Academy of Arts glass department

Barbara Szoke | Borbala Simon Kaja Upelj | Maria Tamm | Piret Meos Tutor | Eeva K채sper

2014

Barbara Szoke Erasmus, BA III

no 1.0 | no 2.0 I wanted to work with emotions or something like this, so I chose the opposites as my theme.

I think we can concurrently feel both opposites.

So first I chose some which I want to focus on. loud - whisper keep - let go enchain - liberate I made a research how imagine this opposite in glass. During the process all changed and i think it is not just contrary. Both of parts have had more reaction, like if you get a new impression from around of the world. But in my mind those infulenses had a different way inside.

I would like to somehow represents this.

Borbala Simon Erasmus, BA III

multiple personality disorder Who is my monsters? I imagined them for little creatures with difference personalities, who are the outcasts of society. Billy Milligan´s life inspirated me mostly, who had multiple personality disorder. The psychologists asked him, what is happening when the personalities change each other. He said that, the personalities are waiting around a big shiny spot in a room and the leader personality decides that, who can go to the spot and get touch with the world.

I wanted to show the aspects of personality, that we can never know what is really happening inside.

Kaja Upelj

Erasmus, BA III

unbalanced Interactions between people are deeply influenced by the opinion one has about the others; judging the behaviour, even the appearance of other individuals, is the way we decide who to keep close to us, and who to stay away from. Still, judging really often turns out to be rather tricky and we often find ourselves radically changing the ideas we had about someone.

Eventually understanding, through the years, the unbalanced nature of our perception.

Maria Tamm MA I

memory We collect memories only to forget them. The funny thing with it is that we remember the forgotten moment as soon as we feel the smell, taste or hear the cracking sound it.

"I can bring tears to your eyes, resurrect the dead, make you smile and reverse time.

I form in an instant, but last a lifetime."

Piret Meos MA II

lucky spider I I have had two symbols in my mind for a long time - a rainbow and a spider. Rainbow means to me a lot of good feelings like happiness, beauty, breadth, colourful, joy, light and freedom. Every time I see a rainbow I stop to admire and smile. “Lucky spider� as we call them in Estonia, are the spiders with limber and long legs. I like them a lot, especially I like watching how they move, how graceful they are. Their movement is so fascinating. In my artwork I put these two things together, colours and gracefulness.

Piret Meos MA II

lucky spider II All about this work is movement. As I described before, lucky spiders with long legs are fascinating. Those creatures are my inspirations for this work. They live in shadows, we don’t see them often. Movement is a key that makes them visible. In this artwork I was trying to depict spider legs that are thin as hair.

Hot glass drawing technique was supporting my choice. The time you can use hot glass for drawing is really short. One must be gentle and quick, just as a spider.

The exhibition started as a study project called “Influences” that took place under the guidance of Eeva Käsper this autumn semester.

Five students have been contemplating about what influences and affects us: who are we, what we carry inside, what are our experiences and how we express ourselves? Artists have tried to make keywords like movement, memory, silence, space and reflection visible in glass through philosophical discussions and analysis. Participating artists from Estonia (Piret Meos, Maria Tamm), Hungary (Barbara Szoke, Borbála Simon) and Slovenia (Kaja Upelj) are very different in their mind and handwriting. Different glass techniques are used: glass blowing, kiln casting, cold glass working, modelling, hot glass drawing etc.

You all are invited to see and investigate.