BOOK LAUNCH: Tbilisi - It’s Complicated. Edited by Data Chigholashvili, Nini Palavandishvili, Marike Splint. 10.10.2019 in the State Silk Museum in Tbilisi.

Thursday, 10. Oktober 2019 at 7pm in the State Silk Museum, 6, Tsabadze street, 0112 Tiflis

We are inviting you to the book launch event of Tbilisi - It’s Complicated, an art book by GeoAIR that critically reflects on the changes that Tbilisi has faced in recent decades. Where the official motto of the city is “Tbilisi, the city that loves you,” this book proposes an alternative - “Tbilisi, it’s complicated.”

The idea for this book originated from the projects GeoAIR has realized in and about Tbilisi for over a decade. The contributions consist of adapted projects that took place in the framework of GeoAIR’s artist-in-residence program, as well as works implemented by the organization itself. Several artworks dealing with urban topics of Tbilisi have also been adapted and contributed to this publication by their creators. Additionally, some contributions were made specifically for this book.

Edited by Data Chigholashvili, Nini Palavandishvili, Marike Splint.

Contributing authors: Abandoned (re)creation (Andrea Kalinová and Martin Zaiček), Tigran Amiryan, Oleksandr Burlaka, Tamuna Chabashvili, Data Chigholashvili, Onno Dirker, Paula Ďurinová, Christian van der Kooy, Lado Lomitashvili, Tamar Nadiradze, Nini Palavandishvili, Lena Prents, Ana Ramazashvili, Nino Sekhniashvili, Marike Splint, Katharina Stadler, Sophia Tabatadze, Giorgi Zagareli.

Published by Onomatopee.

The making of the book was supported by GeoAIR, UCLA, CuratorLab from Konstfack and Kunstpunkt Berlin.

Launching event in Tbilisi is supported by Kunstpunkt Berlin. We would also like to thank the State Silk Museum for hosting the event.

The presentation will be held in Georgian with translation into English.

All photos by Geoair Archidrome www.geoair.ge