Punctum Gallery (EE) is dedicated to contemporary art – focusing on photography, but embracing all artistic media. Its programme is guided by an understanding of contemporary photography as a reflection of society today, platforming artists whose works investigate pertinent themes. For Punctum Gallery, the idea behind a picture, the message, the research, and the artistic practice are all highly valuable.
At Foto Tallinn, works by Latvian artist Kristine Krauze-Slucka and Estonian artist Joosep Kivimäe both engage with the construction and perception of space through geography, material processes, and technological systems. Krauze-Slucka works are drawn from two separate series. The first, Mapping Tensions: Cartography of Distorted Boundaries, explores the fluidity and fragility of borders through photographic assemblage, using expired silver gelatin paper . The second, Solastalgia, consists of unique black-and-white silver emulsion prints: abstract, geographical spaces where gradual processes of disappearance and distancing are illuminated. In his work, Kivimäe examines the infrastructures shaping contemporary life, from the Baltic Sea as a transport corridor to the geometries of propulsion and efficiency. His projects reflect on how technological systems organise movement, perception, and the relation between human and machine.
