„MIRE“ 

2025-ongoing, an artistic intervention that supports the protection of the Mire and combines artistic practice with scientific approaches

In a time of the climate crisis, when we often feel we have harmed nature, mire moos offer us a second chance and demonstrate nature’s resilience by continuing to live after drainage and drying through rewetting. At the same time, they require constant moisture to thrive and are particularly threatened by human activity and climate change.

„SOO“

As a part of long time Project „MIRE“, „SOO“ is artistic research in Estonia with exhibitions at the Botanical Garden of the University of Tartu 2025 and Natural History Museum of Tartu: 26.11.2025-28.02.2026

Following a several-months residency of the artist Kristina Popov, it addresses the significance of mires as the largest natural carbon sinks, with a special focus on Sphagnum mosses native to Estonia.

Tooma & Endla Mire, 2025, Polaroid, 108 x 88 mm

Lavassaare, 2025, Polaroid,  108 x 88 mm 

This series reflects on capitalism and its destructive relationship with nature. It shows the  exploitation of the land for profit – particularly through peat extraction, which is burned for fuel or sold as potting soil. The images reveal the devastating impact of this practice on mire ecosystems.