Amphibian State (of Mind). Kahepaikne seis(und)
10.09—13.10.2024 EKA Gallery, Estonian Academy of Arts
The international exhibition Amphibian state (of mind) explores the relationships between artworks and the discourses they produce. The idea is rooted in Per Nilssons philosophical essay The Amphibian Stand, “Artworks actually are not things in any ordinary sense of the word. Therefore, it makes sense to say that they are partly the discourses that they produce, just as it makes sense to say that they only exist qua interpretations. The meaning of the artwork is a common product of the object and the discourses. Part of the conditions for such discourses is the overcoming of such distinctions between artist and viewer, object and interpreter” (H:ström Text & Kultur 2009, p. 54).