PORTFOLIO_KAISA SÖÖT
Photos: Hedi Jaansoo, Karel Koplimets, Paul Kuimet, Kaisa Maasik, Marge Monko, Indrek Sirkel, Kaisa Sööt
Performing the Fringe Curators: Jussi Koitela, Inga LÄ ce Konsthall C, Stockholm 2020 Exhibition design / 2 picknic tables for a group show.
eQUiLiBriUm DeLAY Curators: Kulla Laas, Kaisa Maasik Kogo Gallery 2020 Exhibition design for four videos from four artists.
When YoU SAY We BeLong to the Light We BeLong to the thUnDer Curator: Heidi Ballet Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM) 2019 Exhibition design for the Tallinn Photomonth curatorial exhibition.
Pallas 100. The Art School and Its Legend Curators: Joanna Hoffmann, Hanna-Liis Kont at Tartu Art Museum 2019 Exhibition design for the 100-years anniversary exhibition of Pallas Art School.
PUBLISHeD BY LUgeMIK. PRInTeD MATTeR FROM 20102019 estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design 2019 Exhibition design for the anniversary exhibition of independent publisher and bookshop Lugemik.
SAN SERRIFFE / SHELF FOR PIETER 2019 Design for a counter-bar and a built-in bookshelf for San Serriffe bookstore in Amterdam.
VITRINE FOR MARGE Materials: MDF, plywood, glass, plexiglas, mirror, lights 2018 A vitrine I designed and made for Marge Monko solo exhibition “Stones Against Diamonds, Diamonds Against Stones� in Tallinn City Galley. The shape of the display resembles a distorted diamond, the colour aims to look like Rose Gold tone of iPhone.
FURNITURE FOR PIRE Materials: plaster, plasterboard, timber 2017 Artist Pire Sova asked me to design and build a table, a wall and two chairs for her work “ilumaailm.xyz”. It was important she could apply stickers with flower motives on the furniture. I used plasterboard – a “standard” material that surrounds us daily – as her work addresses the issues of beauty norms.
PERIPHERY TABLE Co-author: Koit Randmäe Materials: maple branches, particleboard, paint 2017 We were asked to design and build display structures for the graphic design exhibition “Signals from Periphery“ curated by Elisabeth Klement and Laura Pappa in Tallinn Arthall. We collected branches from a forest that needed thinning. The shape of the table resembled the letter “S”.
EKKM CAFE Co-author: Julia Retz Materials: recycled particleboard, plywood, paint 2017 We were asked to rethink and build new furniture for the Estonian Contemporary Art Museum’s café. Since the space has a dual use – a café during the day and a club at night – the furniture had to be flexible, easy to reorganize and keep clean. The stools and tables are made from discarded Soviet furniture, collected from various apartments all around Tallinn.
SUVI CHAIR 2015 Co-author: Julia Retz Producer: hand-made together with local artisans Carlos and Lucas Materials: bamboo, resin, eucalyptus, recycled toothpaste tube board 2015 Suvi Chair was commissioned by a school in Agudos, a village in the countryside of the state of SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil. The school was built from local materials like rammed earth, wood and bamboo. We were asked to follow the same approach. The design process started by learning the traditional bamboo furniture techniques and was followed by experimenting with bamboo in a workshop we set up in situ. The aim was to come up with a simple and stackable bamboo chair. We used recycled toothpaste tube board for the seat of the chair. This is an ecological, strong and cold material, suitable for the tropical climate. We were involved in the whole production process from harvesting bamboo until the execution of 80 chairs.
2020, TALLINN