TRIIN TAMM
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Title
TRIIN TAMM
Description
"One of Triin Tamm’s first works was a clumsy lump of Blu-Tack with the words The Death of Effort (2008) stamped on it. Blu-Tack is material often used for fixing things onto walls. Its reincarnation as a work of art indicates that the artist is interested in space, where besides clumsiness (a lump of Blu-Tack moulded in hand) there is also room to play around with perfection (the stamped words), associations (the achievement to put up your works and also the failure of that effort) and incoherency (well, but really, how is it all connected after all?).
Triin Tamm (b. 1982) entered the food chain of the art world backwards, starting her career with a retrospective at OUI - Centre for Contemporary Arts, Grenoble in 2009. For the retrospective the artist brought out all the works specially made for the exhibition as well as proposals for future works, which in a way were realised in the publication that accompanied the exhibition, or rather, in its deconstructed catalogue. This, at the same time, gave the artist 192 pages in addition to the gallery space, and a chance to gather together even the most curious of her works – abracadabra performances, very-difficult-to-understand objects and sculptures, typographic exercises and unexpected pieces of advice on subjects such as “How to Mix Grey”, etc. Margus Tamm (!) writes here on the Artishok blog about Triin Tamm’s work: “the hectic photo material about “the artist’s life and work” that lacks clear connections, does not give the usual smart overlook, but does it in a different way, offering fragments of the author’s psychogeography”.
Also while preparing the Retrospective, Tamm did not try to hide any steps or activities that she needed to take to set up the exhibition in the space, on the contrary – she wrote them on the walls as reminders to the viewers. The list included practical guidelines, some rather obvious in setting up an exhibition, such as “repaint the walls, wash the floor, bring works Tuesday afternoon”, but also a bit more playful reminders like “don’t wake up too late, fold table stabilizers, don’t wake up too early, don’t forget anything, if necessary make more works” and “send more clichés from Estonia”."
Source: http://artishok.blogspot.com/2012/05/ab-cubed-presents-margit-sade-lehni-x.html
Triin Tamm (b. 1982) entered the food chain of the art world backwards, starting her career with a retrospective at OUI - Centre for Contemporary Arts, Grenoble in 2009. For the retrospective the artist brought out all the works specially made for the exhibition as well as proposals for future works, which in a way were realised in the publication that accompanied the exhibition, or rather, in its deconstructed catalogue. This, at the same time, gave the artist 192 pages in addition to the gallery space, and a chance to gather together even the most curious of her works – abracadabra performances, very-difficult-to-understand objects and sculptures, typographic exercises and unexpected pieces of advice on subjects such as “How to Mix Grey”, etc. Margus Tamm (!) writes here on the Artishok blog about Triin Tamm’s work: “the hectic photo material about “the artist’s life and work” that lacks clear connections, does not give the usual smart overlook, but does it in a different way, offering fragments of the author’s psychogeography”.
Also while preparing the Retrospective, Tamm did not try to hide any steps or activities that she needed to take to set up the exhibition in the space, on the contrary – she wrote them on the walls as reminders to the viewers. The list included practical guidelines, some rather obvious in setting up an exhibition, such as “repaint the walls, wash the floor, bring works Tuesday afternoon”, but also a bit more playful reminders like “don’t wake up too late, fold table stabilizers, don’t wake up too early, don’t forget anything, if necessary make more works” and “send more clichés from Estonia”."
Source: http://artishok.blogspot.com/2012/05/ab-cubed-presents-margit-sade-lehni-x.html
Creator
Tamm, Triin
Rights
Image and text for research purposes only under Section 29 of the Copyright Act of Canada
Collection
Citation
Tamm, Triin, “TRIIN TAMM,” COMBING, accessed February 9, 2026, https://craigleonard.omeka.net/items/show/131.