17.03.2006 in KUMU auditorium
Speakers
Argo Moor (1966) is an Estonian rural sociologist and cultural anthropologist, a lecturer on anthropology and ethics in the Estonian University of Life Sciences. He graduated from the Estonian Agricultural University in 1991 as an agronomist and defended his master's thesis Trees in the Estonian Folk Tradition there too in 1995.. Argo Moor is promoting attitude towards life that is close to the earth and tradition-centered, studying Estonian ancient traditions. He has written about archaic knowledge of the world, archaic beliefs and customs. He has published three books: The Tree of Soul – in the Footprints of Old Myths (1998); a collection of essays Nameless (2000); A Dialogue with Death – Relationships between Beliefs, Attitudes and Morals (2003).
Ave Matsin (1973) is a doctoral candidate of the Restoration School of the Estonian Academy of Arts, the subject of her doctoral thesis is Growing and Utilisation of Linen in the Southern Estonia Starting from the Prehistoric Times up to the Modernisation of Rural Life and she is also the head of the National Handicrafts Department in the Viljandi Culture Academy. She has studied in the Tartu Art School, Heimly Folk University in Norway and Textile Department of the Estonian Academy of Art. Ave has studied folk art and traditions and their relationships with the modern times, both her creative work and educational work have close links with the traditional culture.
Lesley Jackson is a freelance writer, curator, design historian based in the UK. Her specialist areas are 20th century design and contemporary craft and design, both British and international. Her interests include glass, ceramics, textiles, wallpaper, furniture, lighting and metalwork. She has written widely on different aspects of 20th century design and is particularly well known for her research on the post-war period. Her books include: The New Look – Design in the Fifties, Thames & Hudson, 1991; ‘Contemporary’ Architecture and Interiors of the 1950s, Phaidon, 1994; The Sixties – Decade of Design Revolution, Phaidon, 1998; Robin and Lucienne Day – Pioneers of Contemporary Design, Mitchell Beazley / Princeton University Press, 2001; 20th Century Pattern Design – Textile & Wallpaper Pioneers, Mitchell Beazley / Princeton University Press, 2002; Kate Malone – A Book of Pots, A&C Black / Overlook Press, 2003 (co-written with Kate Malone).
Lesley Jackson is also a freelance curator with many years of experience in the museum and gallery world. She regularly curates exhibitions for leading galleries, such as the Barbican Art Gallery in London, and for major organisations such as the British Council and the Crafts Council. Selected exhibitions include: The New Look – Design in the Fifties, Manchester City Art Galleries / Glasgow Museums, 1991-1992; Robin and Lucienne Day – Pioneers of Contemporary Design, Barbican Art Gallery, London, 2001; Home Sweet Home – Contemporary British Design for the Home, British Council, international tour to Scandinavia and Australia, 2001-2003; Beauty and the Beast – New Swedish Design, Crafts Council, London / Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 2004-2005; Import Export – Global Influences in Contemporary Design, British Council, international tour to India, Finland, Australia, V&A, Mexico, 2004-2006.
Lesley Jackson is a member of the editorial board of Crafts (published by the Crafts Council in the UK) and is a regular contributor to this magazine. She also writes widely for a variety of newspapers and magazines, including Icon, Selvedge, V&A Magazine, Ceramic Review, Blueprint, Modern Textiles + Carpets and Modernism.
Jüri Kermik(1957) is a designer, a lecturer in the Design department of the University of Northumbria. He graduated from the Estonian State Art Institute in 1982 as an interior designer, starting from 1992 he lives and works in England. After graduation Kermik was active as a lecturer and an artist. He has designed furniture, lightings as well as light objects, designed exhibitions. In the period 1987-90 he compiled the magazine “Kunst ja kodu” (Art and Home) (together with K.Kodres) and he was also the designer. In 1994 Kermik was awarded Master’s degree in the London Royal College of Art for the research in the activities of the Luther furniture factory, and he pursued the same topic, studying Luther family archive based in London and in 1998 he was awarded Doctor's degree in the field of plywood technology and design history. In 2002 the book based on the doctoral thesis “A.M. Luther. 1877-1940. The History and Form of Plywood” was published.
Wendy Ramshaw (1939) is a British jewellery artist who worked as a freelance designed in various applied arts fields from 1960-1970. Influenced by the romance and beauty of machines and space age technology and the structures and rhythms to be found in nature. First solo exhibition of contemporary studio jewellery at the Pace Gallery, London, 1970. Continued to work in the jewellery field and exhibited internationally to present date. In 1993 received the first site-specific commission for the Garden Gate at St John's College, Oxford, went on to make Double Screen EH 9681 for the Victoria & Albert Museum. Later undertaking many large scale works including the main gates for Sculpture at Goodwood, West Sussex, and the decoration of the new North Doors for Southwark Cathedral. Designed and made on behalf of the New Millennium Experience Company the Gold Medal presented to H.M. Queen Elizabeth II on 31st December 1999 to celebrate the New Millennium. Honoured with an O.B.E. for services to the Arts in 1993. Elected R.D.I. (Royal Designer for Industry) in 1999. In 2000, had a solo exhibition at Contemporary Applied Arts, a collection of jewellery incorporating Nanocrystalline diamond on steel. 2002 “Room of Dreams” – the most complete experience to date of mixed media, objects and interior combined. In 2003 honoured with a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire).
Seminar moderator Kai Lobjakas