Elle Kannike and G
PolYLOGUE: DAY OF CELEBRATION
Dec 4th 2025 – Jan 10th 2026

Elle Kannike and G’s duo exhibition “Polylogue: Day of Celebration” is open at the OKAPI Gallery until January 10th 2026.

The exhibition explores what the role of the artist could be in creating and working with material in the era of post-anthropocene.

Elle Kannike is fascinated by G (she gives glass the character name G), the unpredictable behavior of the material acts as a trigger and invites her to play. This game is not chess with fixed rules, this game goes beyond the regulations and routines – a material playmate pushes a human to shake perspectives and discover new horizons. G is an agentic partner.

Co-creation with the agentic material requires that the artist finds a common language with the material and is completely dependent on the material as a creative partner. Both the human artist and the material artist are together in a heated state of adrenaline waiting. Neither of them knows how exactly everything will happen and how the delicate moment of open potentials where they come together will unfold. Elle Kannikes’ creative practice is a collective creation, where the human artist and material artist G as well as several silent actors (water, air etc.) have merged their creative vitality as co-authors in a polylogue.

Photos by Temuri Hvingija.

Exhibition opening hours:
Dec 5 th to Dec 20th 2025 and Jan 7th to Jan 10 th 2026
Wed-Fri 12 – 6 p.m., Sat 12 – 4 p.m.
The artist will be in the gallery on two Saturdays, December 20th and January 10th. During this time, everyone is welcome to come and ask additional questions about the exhibition.

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Elle Kannike (b.1980) is Tallinn-based artist working in glass and mosaics. She is intrigued by the question of how an artist must rethink oneself in a upcoming post-anthropocentric world. In 2024 she obtained a Master’s degree (cum laude) in the Glass Department of the Estonian Academy of Arts. Being fascinated by the material agency of glass, in her artistic research she is exploring ways to collaborate with matter. She is a member of the International Association of Contemporary Mosaicists and of the Estonian Glass Artists’ Union.