"Paper & Meaning: Ancient material and new meaning" is an unusual exhibition at the Kullo Gallery in Tallinn where everything on display is made from paper, but you can't always tell.
According to the organisers of "Paper & Meaning", the concept of the exhibit is "to provide a meeting place for two different traditions for the production, the use and the conception of paper." The contrast between Korea with it's traditional Hanji papermaking, and Finland, where paper accounts for about one quarter of the country's industrial exports is meant to "provide a collision… between different concepts connected to a material." This contradiction in purpose is meant to take paper out of its normal context, get us thinking about recycling, and help us to create new ideas for the use and reuse of paper products. And with dresses made entirely of cigarette paper and "furs" that could hardly offend the staunchest of animal rights activists, artists from Finland, Korea, Norway and Estonia have taken paper and used it to create a thought provoking exhibition that explores cultural, environmental and geographical perspectives. With Finland just ending a costly, seven-week paper strike on Friday, July 1, this exhibit is not only interesting, but surprisingly timely. Curated by Amie Ann, a Korean who has been living in Finland for many years, "Paper & Meaning" may just get you thinking about that stuff we write on in ways you hadn't before. The exhibition runs through July 16.
Kullo Gallery
Kuninga 6
tel. 644 6873
Open 11am - 6pm, closed Tue
Tickets: 6 kroons (0.4 euro)
