How to Find the Lion That Has Swallowed You?
Hi there, stranger! This project is currently in the process of settling down to this website. It was exhibited from 17.03.2025 -19.04.2025 at The 9th Artishok Biennial in Tallinn, Liivalaia 5, in the former legendary sporting goods store Dünamo The series currently consists of 144 drawings and you can view their scans by clicking here.
Trail Baltic: trass.levila.ee
The year was 2020. The debates around Rail Baltic divided Estonia in two. On one side were people who supported the idea of traveling by train to Berlin or Riga. They argued that trains were more environmentally friendly than cars, and that Estonia needed this railway for progress. On the other side were those who […]
Magic Is Sometimes Very Close to Nothing At All
Magic is sometimes very close to nothing at all is an exhibition about the loss caused by a great flood, coming to terms with this loss, letting go of the previous world order and building a new world from the ruins of the past life. The curator of the exhibition is Siim Preiman. How to […]
Trail Baltic
“The documentary film follows one woman’s journey along the future corridor of the Rail Baltic railway. Attempting to livestream her entire 213 km trek, artist Hanna Samoson encounters people whose lives will soon become inseparably linked to the new railroad. Through hope, humor, and the pain of loss, the film reveals how those affected by […]
Time Loser
How do you begin—or finish—an artwork when time always seems to be slipping away? Time Loser is, on one hand, the one who wakes to a day that’s already slipping away—running behind before she’s even begun. On the other hand, Time Loser is also the one who has touched a space beyond the illusion of […]
Light My Mind
Music video for Vera Vice (Ave Vellesalu & Helen Västrik) In memoriam Vilma Keer (24.08.1927 – 26.03.2022)
2222
After seeing a dream where the self becomes one with the being on one of the 2222 islands belonging to Estonia, Samoson treks, ice skates, and walks though water to reach islands across the surreal and glacial landscapes of Estonia in winter looking for her dream. As she is accompanied by demon-faced companions, the landscape […]
Pin Mode
“The author tells a story about the disastrous process of creation of her book. And whilst one side of you wants to send her chaotic and sometimes even obnoxious personality to hell, the other side is laughing at the fact that the book you are holding in your hands in a perfect and archetypal example […]
Mythology of Long-Distance Running
Hanna runs. She runs to meditate, to occupy a newly created time and space and to feel the energy that the world is made of. She loves to dance too. When her calves ache, her soles become sore, she dances and runs at the same time. She drunces now, and she feels no pain. Drunce […]
Devil’s Head Boys (Vaclav Died And It Was a Magic Trick)
While searching for the for Devil’s Heads (Čertovy hlavy), a pair of 9 metre high rock sculptures near Želízy in Czech Republic, I crossed paths with Ondra and Honza, who showed me the way to the sculptures and gave a verbal tour and physical performance inspired by our encounter and the nearby surroundings. Honza told […]