Exhibition Tour with Artists and Curators: They Began to Talk 08/02/2025 | 15:00

As part of the opening programme of the recently opened international group exhibition “They Began to Talk” at Kumu Art Museum, curators Ann Mirjam Vaikla and Hanna Laura Kaljo along with artists John Grzinich, Ruth Maclennan and Sasha Tishkov will lead a guided tour to introduce the central themes and exhibited artworks of the exhibition.

This exhibition tour is in English.

“They Began to Talk” is an international group exhibition, which takes the intertwinement of the body and the environment as its point of departure, in an era marked by rapid environmental change and inequality. Sudden changes in the physical environment, often caused by human activity, can evoke mental suffering in land-based communities. Stored in the body, this trauma is passed on to future generations, who perceive it as an interruption in their relationship with their surroundings. The exhibition brings together the practices of artists working in this region with those from indigenous communities in the Nordic countries, exploring the possibility of recovering and cultivating a sense of connection.

“They Began to Talk” continues the Kumu Contemporary Art Gallery’s programme of exhibitions on environmental themes, which began in 2023 with “Art in the Age of the Anthropocene”

This event is a part of the public programme of the exhibition “They Began to Talk”.