Septembrikuu lõpus avas Fotografiska Tallinn imepärase fotonäituse “Ääretagused paigad” — võlukunstnik Erik Johansson viib vaataja unenäolisele teekonnale. Oled sa mõelnud kunagi, kuidas pilved tekivad? Loomulikult toimetab igal aasal üks vanake, kes kõik lambad ära pügab ja nende pehme villa taevasse saadab. Valgetest lammastest saavad valged pilved, mustadest lammastest aga vihmapilved.

Sama kehtib ka täiskuu kohta — üks tiim näeb pidevalt vaeva, et kuu taevasse sättida. Need sürrealistlikud visuaalid ja lood ajavad sassi kõige igavamadki argised mõtted ning pakuvad inspiratsiooni ka oma kujutlusvõime rakendamiseks. Igale faktile võib ju välja mõelda alternatiivse müstilise seletuse!

Näituse sõnumi edastamiseks ühendasid VIVISTOP Telliskivi ja Fotografiska Tallinn oma jõud. Üheskoos otsustati korraldada töötuba, kus lapsed saavad osa sellest maagiast giidiga näitusetuuril ning meisterdada endale näituseainelise täiskuu-lambi. Sest, kes teab, millal Eriku piltidelt juba tuttav Täiskuu-teenindus kiiresti abi võib vajada, et taevas sirav kuu jälle värskema vastu välja vahetada. …

VIVITA Eesti tiim on võtnud hoo üles uue põneva projektiga.
Nimelt pisut enam kui aasta tagasi kohtus kogu VIVITA globaalne tiim Tokyos, Jaapanis, et arutada üheskoos olulisemate teemade üle. Sealhulgas kasvas ühisest arutelust välja plaan VIVITA globaalse veebikodu uuendamiseks ning projekti eestvedajaks sai VIVITA Eesti tiim.

Nüüdseks on meie uue kodulehe kavandamine jõudnud disainiagentuuri Fraktal, kus veebidisainer Liis Todesk leiab lahendused praeguse kodulehe kitsaskohtadele ning loob mugavama lehe, et saaksime VIVITA mõtteviisi veel kaugemale ja kõrgemale viia. …

Laupäeval, 7. novembril toimus järjekorras juba viies VIVITA Junior programmi töötuba. Seekord kutsusime külla zooloogi ja kõikide loomade sõbra Aleksei Turovski, kes tutvustas meile erinevaid Eestis talvituvaid linde ja nende toitumisharjumusi. Lapsed said teada, et Eestis talvitub ligikaudu 60 erinevat linnuliiki ning kui me toidame linde saiaga või mõne muu neile mittesobiliku toiduga, teeme me liiga nende südamele.

Peale kaasahaaravat loengut oli lastel võimalus joonistada Turovski juhendamisel aasta lindu, kelleks on tuttpütt ning ühtlasi võtsime üheskoos osa üleriigilisest digijoonistusvõistlusest. Kas ka mõni meie väikeste juuniorite joonistustest osutub võitjaks, selgub peale 10. novembrit.

VIVITA is an international childrens and youth creativity accelerator and one of its studios — child friendly workshop-inventing lab, VIVISTOP is also in Estonia, Tallinn. VIVISTOP Telliskivi opened it’s doors in November 2018. Our goal is to offer children a creative environment where they can independently use different tools, materials and machines and through that turn their dashing ideas and dream projects into reality.

We wish to include and encourage children to fulfill their dreams outside the usual school environment and also inspire the passion to invent and promote the entrepreneurial mindset.

VIVITA’s activities can be divided into two:

(1) we build open makerspace facilities and invention labs for children to develop their original product ideas into working prototypes. Our studios — VIVISTOPs — as we call them — are child-friendly open workshops / invention labs where children can discover, experiment and create by themselves. In VIVISTOPs children can use various traditional handicraft tools alongside with modern digital tools and devices such as laser-cutters, CNC-routers, 3D printers, sewing machines, soldering stations, various electronic devices, child-friendly programming-and prototyping tools and much more. …

Koolivaheajal oli lastel eriline võimalus osaleda 4-päevases MA+KE labi meistriklassis. MA+KE lab disainilabori eestvedamisel tutvustasime VIVITA liikmetele esmakordselt selle stuudio disainiprotsessi — alates kunstilisest ideest kuni täieliku ruumikontseptsioonini. Töötubade jooksul said lapsed õppida, kuidas mustreid joonistada, kuidas enda kujundatud pilte paberile või kangale trükkida, kuidas trükikojas mustreid printida ja kuidas oma teoseid ruumis eksponeerida.

During the autumn school break, VIVITA children enjoyed the unique opportunity to participate in a 4-day pattern creation masterclass with MA+KE lab designer collective. The MA+KE designers have created a unique collection of interior design products where they use illustrations of extinct birds and animals.
The team introduced their design process to the children — from the original artistic idea to a complete spatial concept. …

VIVITA team organised five workshops and thereby helped Estonia to reach the top 3 countries in the amount of coding activities taking place per population. The kids were improving their skills in robotics, programming and 3D design. Altogether there were 560 activities arranged in Estonia as part of the CodeWeek programme.

CodeWeek launched in 2013 and is a movement that celebrates creativity, problem solving and collaboration through programming and other tech activities. It is run by volunteers and enthusiast and supported by European Commission. The main purpose of CodeWeek is to raise the digital literacy across all ages, focusing on IT skills, including, but not limited to writing code. CodeWeek takes place once a year in October and the success of the event is based on each and everyone who feels they can contribute and share their skills. Events could organised by companies, NGOs, libraries, museums and educational institutions. This year CodeWeek took place between 10th to 25th of October and was eight in the series. …

We live in strange times. While Greta Thunberg with her climate activism has become a children’s icon and idol, we are on the high speed train towards a much warmer climate. Irrespective of all the articles on climate change, we have a little clue on how to save the nature and reduce our consumption.
To raise awareness about the relation between climate and waste, VIVISTOP Telliskivi arranged a workshop about the zero-waste lifestyle. We invited two experts to share their knowledge and practical tips on the topic.

Our first guest was master chef Peeter Pihel from Fotografiska Tallinn, who shared his learnings from over the years of working as a chef in various kitchens. He also introduces how Fotografiska Tallinn minimises waste at its restaurant and cafeteria. They follow one important principle — in the kitchen, everything from root to bloom and nose to tail, finds its place on the plate. Even food leftovers are decomposed with their famous pet — The Composter, and the compost is used to grow herbs and prepare dishes. Various packages are also upgraded for serving food — bottoms of empty wine bottles are used as serving dishes for butter. In collaboration with design students from the Estonian Academy of Arts, different new materials were created — for example by mixing coffee grounds to styrofoam a new solid material was created that was used to make new tag holders for the restaurant. …