Lauri Lest

Photo: Herkko Labi

The installation for “Eeter” received the Performing Arts Award at the Estonian Theatre Awards 2026.

Sound installation for the theatre show “Eeter”, featuring a 10-channel audio setup, vibration speakers attached to furniture and various household items, rumbling sub-basses, radio noise, cacophonic soundscapes, and a twisted reinterpretation of “The Blue Danube” by Johann Strauss II.

The installation consisted of a satellite dish, a nightstand, a cardboard toy box, a metal cemetery bench, a watering can, a chandelier, a drying rack, and a washing machine, accompanied by the noises played through the main speakers.

Premiered on March 29, 2025, at Sakala 3 Theatre House.

Tickets and info about “Eeter”

On Stage: Mari Abel, Kaie Mihkelson and Elise Metsanurk
Director: Ringo Ramul
Dramaturg: Priit Põldma
Designer: Arthur Arula
Lightning Designer: Priidu Adlas
Musical sound Installation: Lauri Lest
Sound Designer: Raido Linkmann
Produced by: Ekspeditsioon

Special thanks to Metropol Gallery!

“For me, the sound stream in the dimness carried a kind of frightening effect, which in today’s world naturally connects to war, to an air raid. The quiet panic was amplified by the fact that it was impossible to slip unnoticed out of the hall — all that remained was to wait submissively for the chandelier rattling in the ceiling to shatter into pieces and for those shards to slash the audience. Well then, I tempered my dread with a touch of self-irony, but it didn’t turn out entirely successful.“
– wrote Pille-Riin Purje in the Postimees, 20.05.2025 (translated from Estonian with ChatGPT). Read the full article in Estonian here: “Las vahtrad õitsevad, las langetavad lehti…”

Photos: Herkko Labi