Part-Time by Kati Erme at the A-Galerii Vault

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Kati Erme

Among other things, the passage of time reveals itself in the material world through separation: parts detach and move elsewhere. What do we truly need? What do we consume? What remains, and what becomes of it?
In everyday life, I erase the traces of my actions, sweep away fragments and coffee rings from the table. But where do the other leftovers go, all the accumulation of lost material and discarded objects produced by my own consumption? Does it take over and begin to live a life of its own, guiding my movement through time?

The heat generated by human activity accumulates and seeps out from masses of plastic and other waste, affecting both our environment and our actions. It seems there is a materiality to the past, a matter formed from memories, minutes, rubbish, lost objects, and the final stub of a candle. It unfolds both conceptually and physically beneath our feet. How can one find a winding path to oneself and to others, when only a few minutes and hours have been cast and pushed outward for us to find our way through an eternal, fragmented time.

Kati Erme is a jewellery artist who graduated from the Metal Art Department of the Estonian Academy of Arts in 2001 and completed the teacher training programme there in 2003. In addition to jewellery, she has studied painting at the Konrad Mägi Studio in Tartu and has participated as a painter in several national and international exhibitions. Since 2007, she has exhibited her jewellery work at A-Galerii. The present exhibition grew out of ideas and artistic inquiries that emerged while creating works for A-Galerii’s recent annual exhibitions.


Opening hours: Monday to Friday: 10 am - 6 pm. Saturday: 11 am - 4 pm.
Exhibitions at A-Galerii are supported by the Estonian Cultural Endowment.
The exhibition will stay open until 25.04.2026.