a space to gather. a place to grow.
Yvette Bathgate & Jake Shepherd
Jan 2025, K10, Tallinn.

reclaimed & reworked plywood,
construction timber,
marigold and logwood dyed wool,
paljassaare clay [fired and unfired in various forms],
Gathered or gifted seeds from EKKM community garden(ers),
marble,
Elderflower video,
Print out of Art of gardening. Cartouche drawing by Otto Friedrich Von
Pistohlkors Vanem / The Elder (1754 - 1831)

A space to gather, a place to grow shows a moment in time, an intention, a gesture of what will come. Like in a garden, winter is a period of time to rest, plan, reflect; although this work is not in dormancy, it brings attention to the materials, and in turn the behind the scenes of inviting, hosting, gathering; space making.
This work is the beginnings of the panels that will eventually accumulate within the community garden of EKKM to build a greenhouse. In this work we pause to exhibit as we are, with little intention of it being a 'finished work' but in showing the workings through and figuring outs. A community garden never really reaches a point of completion and instead is in constant motion, we re-attend to this notion by too showing the circular motion of a making process; some materials repurposed, reused, borrowed, returned to or left here for now.