NEWS

3.-4.2022
Solo show at Võru Kanal gallery with How to Move Like a Slime Mold (2021) and Some Notes on Things Around and In (2019). Thanks: Stella Mõttus, Camille Laurelli, Renzo van Steenbergen.

9.2021
The new work How to Move Like a Slime Mold, an installation and performance is now part of the Tallinn Photomonth curatoral show "Intensive Places" curated by TOK curators (Anna Bitkina & Maria Veits) at the Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia
The performances take place on: 4.09.2021, 18.09.2021, 2.10.2021, 17.10.2021 at 15-17 o'clock.

6.2021
My new work "Vacant", a site specific photo series created with Üüve-Lydia Toompere and Alis Mäesalu is part of the show "Life in Decline" curated by Francisco Martínez at the Estonian Mining Museum at Kohtla-Nõmme . The show is open 17.06-3.10.2021. Accessible by train or car from Tallinn (2 hours ride), a very special place to visit.

5.2021 Happy to be part of the show Rescripted Visit to EKKM's Collections curated by RESKRIPT (Maarin Mürk & Henri Hütt), opening on 4.05.2021, guided tours only. Tour schedule and booking HERE.

5-6.2021
@residency Beyond Matter, organized by Tallinn Art Hall, Tirana Art Lab – Center for Contemporary Art and Hertz-Lab of the ZKM I Center for Art and Media, with Camille Laurelli

11.2020-ongoing
I am a member of the research group of Francisco Martinez' project MOBERC30 "EUROREPAIR: Europeanisation through repair (1.09.2020−28.02.2022), doing documentation for the project about homes in Ida-Virumaa region, Estonia and creating new work for upcoming group show in Kohtla-Nõmme mining museum

11.2020
Artists' presentations at the Fast Forward online platform: https://www.fastforw.art/start
The panel discussion held on 15.11.2020 available HERE (scroll down for "Festivalgespräch4_15-11-20")

10.2020 Estonian Art 2/2020. Antropocene Issue" with the discussion group of my show "Dear Algorithm", held together with Jaagup Irve and Ott Scheler, now available HERE.
The issue was launched with a public discussion at the invitation of Annika Toots, with Eike Eplik, Peeter Laurits, Laura Kuusk and Saskia Lillepuu on the 15.10.2020 at Kai Art Center, Tallinn.

10.2020
Exhibiting at the Fast Forward festival 2020: Celine Daemen & Laura Kuusk "First Look, Second Look".

5.2020
The virtual tour of the show "Dear Algorithm," is visible here:
https://virtuaal.kunstihoone.ee/armas-algoritm/1-saal-vaade-paremale

2.2020
The solo show "Dear Algorithm," at Tallinn Art Hall Gallery was open from 19.02-12.03.2020, currently closed due to the global shut down and visible partly through the windows.

9.2019
Participating at the interregional symposium "Baltic Media Art: 1989-2019" organized by Vytautas Michelkevicius and Vilnius Art Academy at Nida Art Colony, Lithuania.

8.2019
Preparing for Tallinn Photomonth '19 satellite program Silent Session event with Camille Laurelli in September.

7.2019
Thanks to Kristina Solomoukha & Paolo Codeluppi for the FIB at DUUU radio: FIB- ZOO ESCAPE at Parc de la Villette, Paris, 26.07.2019. With: Caroline Cieslik, Mathieu Clanchard, Alain Della Negra et Kaori Kinochita, Chloé Dugit Gros, Elise Florenty et Marcel Türkowsky, René García Atuq, Tania Gheerbrant, Michaël Harpin, Anne-Charlotte Finel, Amilcar Packer, Thomas Portier, Alex Pou, Simon Ripoll-Hurier, Laura Kuusk et Camille Laurelli, Bertrand Lamarche, Seulgi Lee et Simon Boudvin, Julien Loustau, Coralie Maurin, Kieu Anh Nguyen Phuong, Virginie Yassef, Jean-François Vallée.

5.2019
Preparing for the upcoming exhibition Art Museum of Estonia 100. Open Collections: The Artist Takes the Floor curated by Eha Komissarov at KUMU art museum.

4.2019
Master students at Estonian Academy of Arts, Vera Anttila, Nausicaa Pellei and Alice Glagau interview with me, video available HERE.

3.2019
Excited about holding a workshop at Tromsø Academy of Contemporary Art, Norway.

2.2019
See my solo show at Pärnu city gallery until 16.02.2019. Will be holding a special event "Silent Session" with a new sound selection on the 15.02 at the gallery. Great thanks to Vincent Laurelli Kuusk, Estonian Cultural Endowment, photography department of Estonian Academy of Arts and FOKU.
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Preparing for the show of Estonian Art Museum KUMU collections, opening in July. I chose as a dialogue partner to my work "Social Body" a sculpture from the collection of Estonian Art Museum.

1.2019
Happy to participate at the show Obects of Attention curated by Francisco Martinez at Estonian Museum of Applied Arts and Design, also held a talk there. The talk will soon be available online.
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Preparing my participation for the show at Estonian National Art Museum at the invitation of curator Eha Komissarov, will be exhibiting Social Body in relation to a piece from the museum's collections.

12.2018
Laura Lehmann from German magazine PAGE published an article about my POP-UP BOOK. Read here.

10.2018
Thanks to Lucy Bourton from It's Nice That magazine for publishing this article about the background of creating my POP-UP BOOK. The article is HERE.

05.2018 Visit Riga Photomonth exhibition at Riga Congress to see my new work "Social Body" on the 2nd floor of the building.

04.2018
The new photo- and VR-video-work for Riga Photomonth is in production. Thanks a lot to choreographer Üüve-Lydia Toompere, to photography department of Estonian Academy of Arts and to Tallinn University Center of Excellence in Media Innovation and Digital Culture.
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The last event of the series "100 Soundscapes at Studio 335" will be held on the 13th of April at 8 PM, Pärnu mnt 145, Tallinn!

03.2018
This month, Estonian Art magazine is launching its' special number with interviews by artists with artists. I am interviewing Liina Siib in the book. Photos by Mark Raidpere. Estonian Art 20 Launches March 15th at 19.00 at Kumu Art Museum in Tallinn.
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Happy to be represented by FOKU at the ARTVILNIUS'18 International Contemporary Art Fair in June 2018.

02.2018
Thanks for Funen Art Academy for having hosted me and the dean of Estonian Academy of Arts, Kirke Kangro for artist talk, studio visits and gallery-tour in Odense, Denmark.
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My work is part of the Monument Contest, artwork by Kristina Solomoukha & Paolo Codeluppi at the exhibition The Work is Not a State of Art, curated by Katerina Gregos at Tallinn Art Hall.

01.2018
Happy to announce my participation at Riga Photomonth group show for the upcoming spring. The show will be held at Congress Hall of Riga and curated by Arnis Balcus.

01.2018
Holding a presentation at the Winter School of Estonian Academy of Arts on the visual signs of self construction in gestures and choices of environment.

12.2017
We are happy to celebrate the new year's eve at our studio as part of the "100 Soundscapes at studio 335 vol3" event!

11.17
Thanks to Brigita Reinert for the comprehensive review of my work at the Tallinn Photomonth curatoral show in Tallinn Art Hall by Anthea Buys!
Read the article on http://echogonewrong.com/tallinn-photomonth-an-afterimage/

10.2017
The project Silent Sessions was elected to be part of the art program of Estonia 100.
Silent Sessions: 100 Soundscapes is a series of events by Laura Kuusk & Camille Laurelli at their studio in ARS house, Tallinn. During each event, a selection of sounds is proposed to the participants who are equipped with wireless headphones and can walk around in the building while listening. By now, 2 sessions have been hold and the 3rd is coming soon.
More information about the event on the site of EV100 Kunstiprogramm.

Some documentation of the event HERE.

To participate at the next session, please contact laurakuusk@gmail.com

09.2017
Happy to announce that the so-active Lugemik editing house is again at the New York Art Books Fair MOMAPS1 with my POP-UP BOOK amongst their other publications. See the book HERE.

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