„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. As a part of long time Project „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, 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.