Dolby Toblerone, 2018

Foam cast Matterhorn Mountain peaks

230x90x15cm

Property of the artist

Mutedness is a mountain to overcome, whether it is due to influences from the outside or obstacles set inside oneself. Unwanted silence is suffocating, hindering actions and movement; audibly ungraspable, as from a mountain top one can have the visual overview but not one of the surrounding soundscape. The hard rock formation wraps one of the senses into a soft foam barrier, creating an interstice between the will to speak and the communication that does not happen.

The sculpture is made of foam, resembling the pyramid structures used to block noise in sound studios. Each pyramidal shape is replaced by a reduced copy of the Matterhorn mountain peak: one of the most well-known mountain tops, used in the logos of Toblerone chocolate and Paramount Pictures. The placement of the piece in space obstructs movement, opposing the idea of surround sound (i.e. Dolby Digital Surround in film theatres) with an “in-between” layer to create surrounding silence.

Just as the biennale theme deals with the notion of interstitial space(s), the sculpture Dolby Toblerone works as a layer creating an in-between mute soundscape into any space it is placed in. The shape of the Matterhorn mountain peak, famous for the stories and myths about it as well as its connections to popular culture, steps into conversation with the physical mountain range of Rosengarten in the Dolomites.

Solo shows

2017 Wearing Out and Weathering Hobusepea gallery (Tallinn, EE)

2017 Claritin Haapsalu Gallery (Haapsalu, EE)

2016 Marble Balance EKA Gallery (Tallinn, EE)

2016 Idle Time Disquiet Rundum artist-run space (Tallinn, EE)

2014 Take Care (with Gina Hendry) LIIIM3 (Antwerpen, BE)

Selected group shows

2018 INTOTO 6 Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard

(Paris, FR)

2018 Festival der Junge Talente Frankfurter Kunstverein

(Frankfurt am Main, DE)

2018 Monument Contest / State is Not a Work of Art Tallinn Art Hall (Tallinn, EE)

2017 Kilometre of Sculpture @ Tallinn Art Week Freedom Square (Tallinn, EE)

2017 INTOTO 3 Le Molière (Paris, FR)

2016 False Evidence Appearing Real EKKM (Tallinn, EE)

2015 Spring Exhibition Tallinn Art Hall (Tallinn, EE)

2015 Sensitive Nature of Becoming Kanuti Guild (Tallinn, EE)

2015 Pussy Envy (Ladyfest 2015) Hobusepea gallery (Tallinn, EE)

2014 Näitus Kopli tüdrukutele / Nancy Nakamura Ideederiiul

Jaik, Keedus, Keskküla, Maasik, Nirgi, Reiman, Õllek (Tallinn, EE)

2014 Feeling Queezy?! EKKM (Tallinn, EE)

2014 Kilometre of Sculpture Rakvere, EE

2014 Audio Walk to the North (BiteVilnius) Dailininkø sàjungos galerija (Vilnius, LT)

2014 Portrait of Unseen (Young Sculptor Prize Show) ISFAG@EKKM (Tallinn, EE)

2013 Escape Landscape Tartu Art House (Tartu, EE)

2013 Dimensions Variable (Young Sculptor Prize Show) Vaal Gallery (Tallinn, EE)

2013 Palm Snacks Raja Gallery (Tallinn, EE)