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Reedel, 14. novembril kell 17.00 avatakse Tartu Kunstimaja monumentaalgaleriis Erika Pedaku ja Tambet Pedaku ühisnäitus „Arstitädi sõidab tuletõrjemasinaga…”.
“Arstitädi sõidab tuletõrjemasinaga, sest keegi on midagi varastanud.” Nii arvas üht ähvardavat sireeni kuuldes viieaastane laps. See oli ammu. Nüüdseks on lisandunud hulk uusi ohusignaale. Kas oleme võimelised adekvaatselt tunnetama sireenide olemust? Või oleme pettekujutlustes nagu meremehed Vana-Kreeka mütoloogiast, keda lindnaistest sireenide laul lõksu püüdis meelitada?
Inimeste tajud on erinevad. Tõlgendades meid ümbritsevat kujundlikes metafoorides, saab aimu kunstniku hoiakutest. Oma ideid ja fantaasiaid teostades on kunstnik üleni loomeprotsessis, tahtmata kõigile meeldida. Pidevalt otsides, ilma reeglite ja retseptideta, eksides ja leides, igaüks omamoodi. Kuidas ja kas publik üldse tema töödest aru saab, pole üheselt mõõdetav. Siiski kasvab kunstnik publiku toel ja ümberpöördult. Loome koos uusi vaateid ilmale ja esitame küsimusi neile, kes kuulevad ja näevad. Ja mitte ainult.
Erika Pedak (s 1948) on tekstiilikunstnik (ERKI 1985) ja tekstiililoolane (Tartu Ülikool 2007). Kunstnik on aktiivne näitustel osaleja. Kahel korral on Eesti Tekstiilikunstnike Liit valinud ta aasta tekstiilikunstnikuks. Alustanud loometeed gobeläänide kudumisega, on kunstnik pikka aega töötanud autoritehnikas, kasutades väga erinevaid materjale. Saaremaale kolimise ajast alates on Erika Pedak edukalt viljelnud märgviltimise tehnikat, millest on innustunud ka poeg Tambet.
Tambet Pedak (s 1973) on sisearhitekt (EKA 2000). Ta on töötanud ARS Projekt OÜs. Aastast 2004 on ta tegutsenud oma loodud firmas Luuk OÜ. Tambet Pedak on projekteerinud koostöös teiste sisearhitektidega või üksi erinevaid interjööre nii avalikus ruumis kui eravaldustes, sh projekteerinud mõned eramud. Praegu elab ja töötab ta oma pere talus Saaremaal.
Näitust toetab Eesti Kultuurkapital.
On Friday, 14 November at 5:00 p.m., Erika Pedak and Tambet Pedak will open their joint exhibition “A nurse is driving a fire engine…” in the monumental gallery of the Tartu Art House.
“A nurse is driving a fire engine because someone has stolen something.” This is what a five-year-old child thought upon hearing a threatening siren. That was a long time ago. Since then, a lot of new emergency signals have been added. Are we capable of adequately sensing the nature of those sirens? Or are we under a spell, like those sailors in the ancient Greek myth, lured by the songs of the bird-women, the sirens?
People’s perceptions differ. Interpreting the surroundings through metaphors gives us hints about the artist’s perspectives. While realising their ideas and fantasies, they are fully immersed, not caring about pleasing everyone, constantly searching, without rules or recipes, failing and finding, each in their own way. How and whether the audience understands their work at all is unclear. Still, the artist grows thanks to their audience, and vice versa.
Together we create new perspectives on the world and ask questions of those who hear and see, and much more.
Erika Pedak (b. 1948) is a textile artist (graduated from the State Art Institute in 1985) and a textile historian (graduated from Tartu University in 2007). The artist actively participates in exhibitions. Pedak has been selected twice as a Textile Artist of the Year by the Estonian Textile Artists’ Association. She started her art career knitting tapestries and has long practised her author’s technique while using a wide variety of materials. Since moving to the island of Saaremaa, Erika Pedak has successfully practised wet felting technique. The artist’s son Tambet also finds inspiration in the technique.
Tambet Pedak (b. 1973) is an interior architect (graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts in 2000). He has worked in the ARS Project and since 2004 he has run his company, Luuk. Tambet Pedak has designed various interiors both in public space and for private properties (including several private houses), on his own and in collaboration with other interior architects. He is currently living and working on his family’s farm in Saaremaa, Estonia.
The exhibition is being supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.