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 Keep East-Europe Happy, an interactive installation, 2001@ exhibition "Money", Stockholm Kulturehuset, Stockholm When the former Soviet block countries started to execute their monetary reforms they all looked for the safest currency in the world to tie their future national currency with. In Estonian case it was Deutsche Mark. Estonians have long historic relationship with Germany: Germans were the owners of our land and Estonians were the serfs. And we continue to be dependent of Germans, through our currency being tied up with theirs. When the monetary reform took place I only managed to get hold of 200 EEK cronas, I lived with that longer then a month, now it may be too little for one meal in a medium-priced restaurant in Tallinn. Then 1 DM = 8 EEK and now 10 years later it still is 1 DM = 8 EEK. What has changed? The other 'East-Europeans' who share the same dependency may not have the same historic context, yet at the moment they also follow the ups and downs of Deutsche Mark. A 'carpet' of Deutshe Mark, made of musclewire and textile lies on floor and reacts both to the currency charts on the net and the movement of people in the gallery. The people in the Gallery need to keep the Deutshe Mark stable to keep East-Europe happy. matherials: an interactive object made of textile, musclewire, electronic components, LCD screen, controlled by PC see  images
Sing With Me!, sound controlled interactive installation, 2000@ exhibitions: "Safe Society", Tallinn Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn Estonia & "Breath. Recent Video Art from Estonia", Ludwig Museum Budapest - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary @ collections: Estonian Art Museum Estonia has a long tradition of song festivals (where approximately 30,000 + people sing together). The festivals are a matter of national pride. The period of breaking up from the Soviet Union saw many 'singing together' events giving rise to the name "Singing Revolution". "Sing With Me!" is a critical and ironic reflection of Estonians' nationalism, using the 'holy' Song Festival as its base. The work invites people to sing a well known traditional song "Kungla rahvas" to make the installation respond with its funny and ironic versions of the same song. The response depends on the pitch produced by the audience, who become a conductor of the Song Festival. see images
eyeBlimp,
an interactive object, 1999@ exhibitions: "Interstanding 3", Rotermann Salt Storage, Tallinn, Estonia & "Spacecraft", Video Positive 2000, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, UK 'eyeBlimp' is a floating object made from silicone, an LCD screen and a camera. "Fondle me!" invites interaction. The camera constantly captures an image of the user and diplays it on the LCD screen. As the user touches eyeBlimps' pinkish silicone skin it becomes alive. The image on the screen changes and continually transforms and produces strange intimate noices as long as the user fondles the object. A mirror you can really play with. see images
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