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Indrek Mesi, Ulrika Paemurru, Tauris Reose

Exhibition HOKSTOL HEDGA PÄRELMIT JALD presents Indrek Mesi’s search for a novel visual language. The artist combines the expertise of jewelry design with graphics and AI-generated visuals, thus promoting dialogue between disciplines.

The AI-generated visuals are turned into graphic sheets through the process of xerox lithography, which are then segmented and enhanced with ornamental metal details. In selecting the visuals, Mesi has consciously avoided stereotypical polished AI-generated images. By deliberately opposing the trend of cliché-heavy aesthetics, the works tend to feature darker tones and more hybrid forms, resulting from a blend of digital and analog processing, rather than what we typically associate with AI-generated art. Experimentation in graphics adds an additional layer to the final visual elements, setting them apart from the original generated images – there’s a greater presence of manual craftsmanship and visual ‘translation errors’ that come with the process. While sharp details may be lost, new interesting textures are gained.

Through this project, the artist aims to contribute to the ongoing discussion in the art world about AI-generated visuals. By approaching AI as just one of many tools that can be added to an artist’s existing skills and toolkit, AI becomes a valuable companion in the creative process, without diminishing the artist’s personal input or hindering their unique approach to the subject matter of the work.

Indrek Mesi (1987) is an interdisciplinary artist who combines jewelry and metal art with graphics, sculpture, and new technological solutions in his work. Mesi holds a bachelor’s degree in jewelry art and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in the same field at the Estonian Academy of Arts. His works have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Estonia and Spain.

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Ulrika Paemurru’s exhibition POST STONE AGE centers around head and neck pieces in brass and stoneware, which bring together archaic materials and contemporary shapes, and create an impression of prehistoric artefacts without actually referencing any particular historical culture. The project invites viewers to find meanings in the symbolism of the works and to create their own mythologies based on personal backgrounds and interests. The artist has a background in Egyptology and is fascinated by the idea that people haven’t really changed with time – we are still bound by the same worries, pains and questions as humans from thousands of years ago.

Paemurru writes: “It seems to me that a cornerstone of being human is that we need to know how things work, to look for explanations and starting points, and to do that we need to simplify the complexity of the world to a level we can understand – whether that level is a fairytale or a list of technical ingredients. And it is charming in a way that a lack of factual or easily searchable knowledge does not paralyse a human being, as it might paralyse a machine, but that the role of knowledge will be taken over by imagination – which will more often than not help to bring about new knowledge.”

The works in the exhibition are further developments of the author’s previous projects “Fragile Chains” (2018-2021) and “Superstition and the Unreal” (2023). The exhibition is part of the Tallinn Applied Arts Triennial (TRTR) satellite program.

Ulrika Paemurru (1989) is a visual artist, based in Tallinn, working mainly with jewellery, video and interactive pieces. Paemurru has MA degrees in Egyptology (University of Liverpool, 2013) and Jewellery (Estonian Academy of Arts, 2023). She has has studied also at HfG Karlsruhe in Germany, Haute école des arts du Rhin in France and has been a intern at the studio of Ruudt Peters in Netherlands. Paemurru has taken part in exhibitions in Estonia, Italy and Germany.

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Tauris Reose’s solo exhibition MORBID EUPHORIA gathers objects and jewelry which reflect the artist’s inner turmoil in moments when feelings have remained one-sided. The exhibition is part of the Tallinn Applied Arts Triennial (TRTR) satellite program.


“The longer the period under the pressure of euphoria becomes, the more captivating and also more shackling it is.
Each subsequent step may be unpredictable. I still do plan the entire upcoming journey – an hour, a day, a week – but unpredictable twists in my mental space rework everything. Torment through new choking and relentless ideals that burden the mind until those thoughts take over all aspects of life. Appetite disappears, and a sickening, intoxicating feeling arises.


The mental beating takes on new forms over time – maybe physical self-whipping would free me from these thoughts and feelings. It’s just exhausting. My brain could explode at any moment, and it wouldn’t surprise me at all. It’s simply impossible to focus my thoughts on other essential life matters. Simply impossible. A painful calm prevails. The inability to pull oneself out. There is no direct path through which I could step back over the edge into reality. I just have to let time carry me.”


Tauris Reose (1996) is a metal artist and teacher based in Estonia. He is a graduate of the Märjamaa School of Music and Art (2012), holds a degree in metal art from the Estonian Academy of Arts (Jewelry and Blacksmithing BA 2021), and studied at the University of Gothenburg in Steneby, Sweden (2019). His works have been exhibited in Estonia, Sweden, the Netherlands, Hungary, and Portugal. The recurring themes in his creations are overthinking and the search for mental balance.

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SAUNA

The exhibition is part of the Tallinn Applied Arts Triennial (TRTR) satellite program.

Exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Saku Õlletehase AS and Ferrorist OÜ.

Group project SAUNA exhibits the works of three contemporary metal artists and presents a scene in our VAULT that may initially seem to be caused by some excessive heat and steam, whisking each other too hard, and a bit of a tipsy head. Or perhaps the fault lies in the mystique emerging from the surreal origins of the space called sauna? A door to another world has been opened, the sauna benches often referred to as “stage” filled with a reality shifted? A golden sauna whisk, a steaming ladle stretched to the ceiling, bronze stove stones, melted soaps – these are items that seem foreign to the average day at Kalma sauna, but are nonetheless recognizable to any self-respecting sauna enthusiast.

Historically, the sauna has been a threshold for practical needs and mystical world encounters. People washed themselves in the sauna to put on their Sunday church clothes and prepare for a spiritual cleansing experience. In the sauna, yeast was raised for brewing, meat was dried, births occurred, and when someone died, they were taken to the sauna and were washed for the last time.

The Vepsians refer to the sauna in their tradition as a door to the other world. In Mulgimaa, it was said: “The sauna is a holier place than the church,” and Tammsaare wrote: “…When people have been to the sauna together, they form a kinship, become almost friends. The sauna equalizes everyone. The sauna is like a grave.”

The sauna is a complex concept, yet a structure that is both immensely clear and simple. On the sauna bench, things are in order. Water is thrown on the stove when most express the desire to so. If the heat hits the body too hard or if the circumstances become too heavy for the spirit, there is always an option to leave. One can be naked or wrapped in a towel on the bench, wear swimming trunks or bikinis, put on a felt sauna hat, and protect their toes with slippers. In the sauna, you can be yourself.

Today, this structure has come under the scrutiny of various sciences and pseudosciences. Articles on the harmfulness and benefits of the sauna are being published, attempts are made to find the most correct steam temperature and procedure duration to achieve the greatest utility. Experts have emerged who meticulously arrange stove stones before every sauna ceremony, prepare ethereal tinctures in witch cauldrons, mumble steam acceptance mantras, give long lectures on when, how, and with what to make the right whisk, and always find some minor or major flaw in every sauna they visit.

According to the artists, there is only one simple golden rule in the sauna world: the best sauna is the one you happen to be in, and it is recommended to collect the branches for whisking once you have a plan to head to the sauna.

Taavi Teevet, Karl Uustal, and Tauris Reose are three Estonian artists and friends who met during their metal arts studies at the Estonian Academy of Arts. SAUNA is their first joint exhibition project.

Taavi Teevet (1996) graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts (Design and Applied Arts MA cum laude 2023) and has worked there since 2021 as a master and supervisor of metal workshops. In 2023, Teevet received the Young Applied Artist Award from the Estonian Academy of Arts and the Marzee Contemporary Jewelry Gallery Graduates Exhibition Award. Teevet has participated in exhibitions in Estonia, Germany, Belgium, Hungary, Italy, the UK, Portugal, and the USA. He is fascinated by the symbiosis of materials and technologies, experimental advancements of classical technologies, and the play of material memory and charge.

Karl Uustal (1999) graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts in the field of metal arts (Jewelry and Metal Arts BA 2021). Uustal sees himself not only as an artist but also as a craftsman and is interested in the emotions related to craftsmanship. In his creative practice, the process of experimentation and its surprising manifestations are important to him. His main mediums of expression are wood and metal. Through these two materials, he finds vital and historical connections between nature and technology.

Tauris Reose (1996) graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts in the field of metal arts (Jewelry and Metal Arts BA 2021) and has also furthered his studies at the University of Gothenburg, Steneby in Sweden. He is an alumnus of the Märjamaa Music and Art School (2012) and works there as a teacher. His works have been exhibited in Estonia, Sweden, the Netherlands, Hungary, and Portugal. The recurring themes in the artist’s work are overthinking and the search for spiritual balance.