ART: Artisterium VI in Tbilisi, Georgia (artisterium.org/Artisterium2013)

(artisterium.org/Artisterium2013) The concept, proposed by the creative group (students, artists, curators) is considered as the cultural process, appropriate to the creativity of the art academy’s teaching process and generally, to an artistic scene, the one, where the significant facet of the country’s cultural politics is defined. The architecture of the exhibition project’s content “Me and your freedom”, with its progressive world disposition impulse and the instinct of searching for the self-identity, is organically corresponding with the “Artisterium” idea.

The exhibition curator: Nino Gujabidze

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Artisterium VI

4-14 October, 2013, Tbilisi, Georgia

Am I You?

The only difference between me and you are the choices we make.

Unknown quote
The Artisterium VI, the annual international contemporary art exhibition and series of public art events, opens in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on October 4th, and runs through October 14, 2013. 

“Artisterium” is an evolving curatorial platform. Each year its overall theme always responds to prevailing social concerns, such as alternative ways of development (“Modus Operandi – in Quest of a Different Way”, 2008), changes within general and personal levels (“The Manifest of Changes and an Inner Experience”, 2009), artistic reflections on re-envisioning the future (“Imagine the Future”, 2010), the willingness to embrace open-ended subjects as a way to critically engage with important social, political, urban, private and aesthetic issues (“Free Fall”, 2011) and research artistic and theoretical reflections on a wide range of PROTEST (“The Protest that Never Ends”, 2012).

The theme of the Artisterium 6 / 2013 is “Am I You?” Acceptance of the unfamiliar is a crucial aspect of today’s life. There are many kinds of philosophical, social and psychological theories to describe our relationships to minorities, other nations, other religions, or people who think differently – The Other. In the words of Jacques Derrida, “the other can never be understood as presence, but only with concepts like traces and exteriority. He has completely broken with the phenomenological metaphysics of presence — the other can never be understood in a theoretical act, but only by means of ethical responsibility: I take responsibility for the other.” The uneasiness of this kind of responsibility triggers moments of cultural misunderstanding, religious, territorial or personal conflicts. 

The theme takes as its source of inspiration a performance by the Georgian artist Iliko Zautashvili “Am I You?” (1998). In the performance the artist uses four participants divided into two pairs and asks them to make attempts at understanding each other. However obstacles are placed between them, like an eye bandage that limits vision while the pair touches each other. In another case the participants recite texts in different languages simultaneously. The work shows the impossibility of communication when fixed within one’s own language, the formality of words and cultural or behavioral stereotypes. It also explores the difficulty in discovering a mutual understanding even when the information is purely sensual.

The Artisterium 2013 theme of “Am I You?” encourages participants to research the phenomena of the Other and the ecology of our relation and responsibility to the Other. We wish to explore possible ways of coexisting with unfamiliar, different or even disagreeable ideologies and lifestyles, while at the same time calling for participation, understanding and empathy. Through the year’s theme we hope to reveal modes of exploring the influence that shape our connections to divers thoughts and attitudes – and even the life forms – living next to us on this planet

Magda Guruli
curator
www.artisterium.org

Tbilisi State Academy of Arts
Griboedov Str. #22, 0108 Tiflis

Artisterium 6/2013 (Programm)
 
October 4, Friday.
Georgian National Museum, I. Grishashvili Tbilisi History Museum, 8 Sioni Str.
18:00 – “Am I You?”, opening of the Artisterium 2013.
19:00/21:00 – performance program: Iliko Zautashvili “Am I You?” / Georgia, Ledoh
“Heartland Performance”, Jennifer Hicks “A Street Alone” / USA.

October 5, Saturday
Goethe Institute, Georgia, 16 Zandukeli Str.
16:00 – Julia Charlotte Richter, presentation / Germany.
G.Leonidze State Museum of Georgian Literature, 8 Chanturia Str, second floor.
17:00 – “Pyramids”, Guela Patiashvili / France.
G. Leonidze State Museum of Georgian Literature, 8 Chanturia Str, Gallery “41 Degree”.
18:00 – „A little further from there“, Junichiro Ishii, Masaru Iwai, Rumiko Hagiwara / Japan.
Center of Contemporary Art– Tbilisi, 10 D. Abashidze str.
20:00 – Frances Belser, Eva Wandeler "beyond or a head of us", Pascal Häusermann "Walking
an Oriental Line" (Rustaveli - Samgori) / Switzerland.

October 6, Sunday.
Georgian National Museum, S. Janashia Georgian Museum (Auditorium), 1 Purtseladze str.
12:30/16:00 – “Difference Screen”, international program of artists’ film and video, Day I
Mtatsminda Park, Underwheel.
17:00 – “Meeting Place - Underwheel”, Mtastminda Park’s Art Studio artists’ exhibition.

October 7, Monday.
Georgian National Museum, S. Janashia Georgian Museum (Auditorium), 1 Purtseladze str.
14:00/17:00 – “Difference Screen”, international program of artists’ film and video, Day II
Europe House, Freedom Square 1.
18:00 - Ledoh, Jennifer Hicks, “Heartland Installation” / USA.

October 8, Tuesday.
Georgian National Museum, S. Janashia Georgian Museum (Auditorium), 1 Purtseladze str.
14:00/18:00 – “Difference Screen”, international program of artists’ film and video, Day III
A. Kutateladze Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, 22 Griboedov str.
19:00 – “Me and Your Freedom”, exhibitions of the academy students and alumni.

October 9, Wednesday.
Goethe Institute, Georgia, 16 Zandukeli Str.
17:00 - Nezaket Ekici, presentation / Germany, Turkey.
18:00 – “Museum Hours”, Goethe Institute program, Director of the Krakow Contemporary
Art Museum / MOCAK, Maria Potocka / Poland.
Gallery “Conteiner”, 10g Radiani Str.
20:00 – “Itching”, Georgian contemporary photography. Performance - DJ Sikha.

October 10, Thursday.
Georgian National Museum, I. Grishashvili Tbilisi History Museum, 8 Sioni Str.
18:00 - “In-Relation: Floating Ourselves”, performance, Nezaket Ekici / Germany, Turkey,
Shahar Marcus / Israel.

October 12, Saturday.
Gala Gallery, 27 Atoneli Str.
18:00 – “Jump”, Murtaz Shvelidze / Georgia, parallel project of the Artisterium.
Oat Gallery / New Art Union, Betlemi District, 14 Silamazis Line, up by stairs.
19:00 – “A Hole in My Heart”, Natalia Mali / Russia, UK.

October 13, Sunday.
Mtatsminda Park, Underwheel.
18:00 – Mtatsminda Park’s Art Studio charity auction.

October 14, Monday.
Georgian National Museum, D. Shevardnadze National Gallery.
18:00 – Anatomy of the Georgian Melancholy, Lado Pochkhua / USA, Georgia.
(The exhibition “Anatomy of the Georgian Melancholy” runs until November 14, 2013).

Admission’s free

GEOAIR: Anna-Louise Kratzsch, October 2-23 from Leipzig is in Georgia (Anna-Louise Kratzsch, October 2-23)

Anna-Louise Kratzsch was born 1980 in Northern Germany on the Isle of Rügen. She lived for one year 1997/ 98 in the USA (Cincinnati) as well as Spain (Madrid) in 2000/ 2001 and has experienced a broad artistic education in the visual arts and music before she began to study at the University of Leipzig in the Art History and Cultural Studies Department in 2002. In the same year she became fellow of a federal scholarship programme (Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst e. V.). In 2004 Ms. Kratzsch curated her first group show in the gallery EIGEN + ART and spent seven month in New York City, where she passed two internships, at the ISCP (International Studio and Curatorial Programme) and the Brooklyn Museum of Art. When she returned to Leipzig she worked on a platform of cultural politics (Kulturpolitischer Salon) as well as Foundation Federkiel at the Spinnerei, the new artist district of Leipzig. In July 2006 she graduated with a Masters in Post-Communist studies in Contemporary Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. In 2006/ 07 she studied Mandarin and worked for the Goethe Institute in Beijing.

In June 2006 she founded LIA – Leipzig International Art Programme, a not for profit institution and artist in residency programme to foster contemporary art and culture. In November 2007 Ms. Kratzsch organised the institution’s first exhibition in cooperation with the Japan Foundation and the Japan Embassy of Berlin. Since then she hosted over forty artists from seventeen nations in LIA and curated exhibitions in Leipzig, Berlin (Caps Lock Projects, LIA`s temporary project space 2010) and in New York City (Leipzig Calling, exhibition at the New York Academy of Art 2009).

During her residency at GeoAIR Anna-Louise Kratzsch will be participating in TRANSRELATION - International Symposium of Contemporary Arts Tbilisi, October 2-5, 2010 organized in cooperation with Goethe Institute Georgia and “Artisterum” 3rd Tbilisi International Contemporary Art Exhibition and Art Events.

Anna-Louise Kratzsch's talk will take place on October 5th, 2010, during 1st session 10 am.- 1 pm.

Venue: Goethe Institute Georgia

Address: Zandukeli st. 16

Her talk "Realism – Painting traditions between communism and post-communism" will focus on a case study of Leipzig, its ‘schools’, protagonists and the historical and current reception of figurative art in Germany.

1. Communist era – What Socialist Realism means and the impact it had on the reception of figurative painting in both Eastern and Western Germany. Referring to the Leipzig Academy of Visual Arts and the ‘Leipzig School’: Wolfgang Mattheuer, Werner Tübke and Bernhard Heisig.

2. Post-Communist era – ‘The image war’ of Weimar: The differences of art perception, Eastern Germany versus Western Germany.

3. Present –The art market and the ‘New Leipzig School – Case study EIGEN + ART. How EIGEN + ART came to the forefront in shaping the figurative painting sector of the global art market. Rehabilitating both the face of a cultural city and the trend of figurative painting. How we look at figurative painting today and what role the global art market and the media play with the way we perceive art.

For more info please visit: http://liap.eu

GOETHE-INSTITUT: Georgien: die Kunstszene in Tbilissi – von Nino Tschogoschwili (goethe.de)

Das Schicksal der Stadt wurde im Wesentlichen durch ihre geopolitische Lage prädestiniert. In unterschiedlichen historischen Epochen lockte die Seidenstraße, die Okzident und Orient verband, die Karawanenroute, die Landmagistrale zum näheren Osten, Eroberer, Kaufleute und Länderentdecker an …

Das Zusammenleben vom Osten und Westen, die Koexistenz unterschiedlichter Kulturen prägten die eigenartige multikulturelle Landschaft und besondere eigenständige Atmosphäre der Stadt. Im 19. Jahrhundert versuchten zahlreiche Wanderer, Schriftsteller und Künstler den Charakter der Stadt um zu begreifen, zu verstehen, zu erforschen und zu studieren. In den 1910er- und den 1920er-Jahren entsteht in Tbilissi ein eigenartiges Zentrum der Avantgardekunst. Die 1918 von russischen und georgischen Dichtern und Avantgardekünstlern gegründete Gruppe „41°“ betonte, dass Tbilissi an den gleichen geografischen Breiten liegt, wie Istanbul, Rom, Barcelona, Chicago … Die Kunst, die sich heute in Tbilissi entfaltet, beherbergt jahrhundertlange georgische Kulturtraditionen und gleichzeitig enthalten Anklänge an heutige Realität.

Die Entfaltung der zeitgenössischen georgischen Kultur wird durch Prozesse geprägt, die sich im Land in den letzten zwanzig Jahren entwickeln. Die Ereignisse seit 1989 – politische und soziale Krisen – werden natürlich durch Kunst reflektiert. Mehrere Künstler mussten das Land verlassen. Immerhin ist das Kulturleben in Tbilissi nicht abgeglüht. Die Öffnung der Grenzen förderte Informationsaustausch und neue Verbindungen. Die noch zu Sowjetzeiten eingerichteten Institutionen wurden den zeitgenössischen Herausforderungen nicht mehr gerecht. Oftmals wurden sie durch private Initiativen oder Nichtregierungsorganisationen abgelöst. Internationale Organisationen zur Förderung des interkulturellen Austauschs und von Kunstprojekten (Goethe-Institut Georgien, British Council, Centre Culturel Francais, SDC – Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperetion u. a. m.) nahmen in Georgien ihre Aktivitäten auf.

Es gab internationale Austauschprogramme wie zum Beispiel das Internationale Austausch- und Ateliersprogramm Region Basel (iaab), an dem von 1991 bis 2008 einige Dutzende schweizerische, georgische und deutsche Künstler teilnehmen konnten. Die entstandenen Kontakte wuchsen zu Freundschaften und Kooperationen, was eine Reihe internationale Projekte zum Leben gerufen hat („Apendix“ – internationale Ausstellung der zeitgenössischen Kunst 2003; „Research Without Bounderies: Curating and Cultural Exchange innthe Intercultural Age“ 2004 u. a.). Seit 2007 wird die georgische Kultur durch das Programm des Ministeriums für Kultur Georgiens „Georgische Saison“ (www.georgianseason.ge ) gefördert, dank dessen markante Projekte georgischer Künstler realisiert wurden (Pavillons Georgiens 52 und 53 an der Artbiennale Venedig; „Atmosphäre 41° City“, Siemens, Senat Gallery Istanbul 2007; „Vojage a Tbilissi“, Musée des Beau-Arts de Nantes 2008, „Born in Georgia“, Cobra Muzeum 2009 u. a.).

Heute entfalten sich in der Kunst Georgiens unterschiedliche Tendenzen. Künstler von heute greifen zu unterschiedlichen Medien und beteiligen sich an internationalen Kunstprojekten, obwohl mehrere Fragen immer noch offen bleiben. Um die Kunstszene von Tbilissi kennenzulernen, braucht man gewisse Zeit und Kontakt zur Szene. Zeitgenössische Kunst befindet sich vorwiegend in Künstler-Ateliers, nicht in Galerien oder Museen. Bis heute gibt es in Tbilissi leider kein Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, einen Ort, wo Materialien gesammelt wären, die neuste Kunstgeschichte reflektieren würden, und wo Wechselausstellungen organisiert würden. Weder das staatliche System der Galerien, noch das private sind reif genug. Trotz allem gibt es in Tbilissi einige Standorte, wo zeitgenössische Kunstprojekte verwirklicht werden.

Der besonders wichtige Standort, der sich seit Jahren bei dem an die zeitgenössische Kunst interessierten Publikum bewährt hat, und regionale wie auch internationale Projekte aufnimmt, ist Karvasla (Karavan-Saray) – das Museum für Geschichte Tbilissi (ein Teil des Nationalmuseums Georgiens) im historischen Gebäude eines Karavan-Gasthauses. Im ersten Obergeschoß befinden sich um den Innenhof herum die Räume für Wechselausstellungen.

Die Nationalgalerie (Nationalmuseum Georgiens), die für Wechselexpositionen geeignet ist, ist wegen der Renovierung und Sanierung vorübergehend geschlossen. Sie wurde 1855–1888 als ein Museumsgebäude erbaut. Sein Architekt ist Albert Salzman, der in Tbilissi geborene Deutsche. Seit Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts wurde die Nationalgalerie auf dem Prospekt Rustaveli zum unmittelbaren Akteur und Schauplatz aller bedeutenden künstlerischen Begebenheiten. Seit Jahren wartet die Öffentlichkeit in Tbilissi auf die Neueröffnung der Nationalgalerie.

Was das Museum für Künste anbetrifft (das Nationale Museum Georgiens) mit seinen zahlreichen unikalen Expositionsobjekten – wie die goldene Schatzkammer, christliche Kunst des Mittelalters, Orientale Kunst, zwei Porträtschulen: Kadsharskaja und die von Tbilissi, das Werk von Pirosmani und die Moderne georgischer Künstler, so nimmt es heute eine Picasso-Ausstellung auf.

In Tbilissi funktioniert eine Zahl kleinerer Galerien, die meistens zentral liegen („Arsi“, „Vernissage“, `Hobby~ u.a.) Einige Galerien, Ausstellungsräume und Artcafes, die sich einst durch ihre interessanten Projekte bemerkbar gemacht hatten, mussten wegen finanziellen Problemen und ungenügender Entwicklung des Kunstmarktes schließen. Die meisten bestehenden Galerien haben einen Saloncharakter und stellen hauptsächlich mit kommerziellen Zielen aus. In der historischen und lebhaften Chardin-Straße liegen zwei kleineren Galerien – „Galerie Baya“ – eine der ältesten, und „Akademie+“ (die Galerie der staatlichen Akademie der Künste Tbilissi) – seit letzten Monaten realisiert die Galerie das Projekt „Freier Raum“ und ermöglicht den Studenten der Akademie der Künste und jungen Künstlern, ihre Arbeiten mietefrei auszustellen.

Seit zwei Jahren wird in Tbilissi „Artisterium“ – International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, „Modus Operandi – In Quest of a Different Way“ (www.artisterium.org ) veranstaltet. Diese Ausstellung umfasste im letzten Jahr beinahe alle Ausstellungsstandorte der Stadt und bekam ein gutes Echo. Im letzten Jahr wurde in Tbilissi die Vereinigung junger Kunstforscher und Künstler „Archidrom“ gegründet – das Archiv der zeitgenössischen Kunst, das regelmäßige Präsentationen der Künstler von heute veranstaltet.

Es sei zu bekräftigen, dass das Fehlen eines Museums oder eines Zentrums für zeitgenössische Kunst sowie der Mangel an aktuell orientierten Ausstellungsstandorten die Präsentation der zeitgenössischen Weltkunst und ihre Bekanntmachung für das Publikum erschweren, was das Kommunizieren von und das Interesse an aktueller Kunst hindert. Offensichtlich ist auch der Mangel an Kulturmanager und -Kuratoren, die ausgebildet und den Herausforderungen von heute gewachsen sind. Man kann wohl sagen, dass die georgische Kunstszene immer noch nach ihrem Weg und Niederlassungsort im lokalen wie auch globalen Raum der zeitgenössischen Kunst sucht.

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Source: www.goethe.de

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EXHIBITION: Stations Paris - Kiev - Tbilissi

L’Ambassade d’Ukraine & l’Ambassade de Géorgie en France
ont le plaisir de vous inviter au vernissage
de l’exposition

Stations Paris - Kiev - Tbilissi
Lieu, Temps, Evènement
le jeudi 20 mai 2010 à 19h

Cocktail

Espace Culturel
de l’Ambassade d’Ukraine
22, avenue de Messine
Paris 75008

Plus d’infos sur : www.mfa.gov.ua/france - www.france.mfa.gov.ge
www.mari.kiev.ua - www.caravansarai.org - www.artisterium.org - www.art.gov.ge

Stations Paris - Kiev - Tbilissi
Lieu, Temps, Evènement
Exposition du 07 mai au 01 juin 2010

Espace Culturel de l’Ambassade d’Ukraine
Du lundi au vendredi
De 9h30 à 13h et de 14h30 à 19h

22, avenue de Messine, Paris 75008
Métro Miromesnil, ligne 9
www.mfa.gov.ua
Renseignements 01 43 59 03 5

Stations Paris - Kiev - Tbilissi / Lieu, Temps, Evènement
Les organisateurs présentent des photographies & des vidéos d’artistes français, ukrainiens & géorgiens. La thématique de l’exposition est « Lieu, Temps, Evènement ».

Artistes : Zura Arabidze, Jacques Crenn, Igor Gaidai, Shalva Khakhanashvili, Chrystyna
Kushch-Katrakis, Luca Lazar, Belka Meskhishvili, Yuri Mechitov, Uwe Ommer,
Edouard de Pazzi, Anton Solomoukha, Viktor Sydorenko, Pierre Terrasson,
Arthur Thévenart, Oleg Timchenko, Thierry Valencin & Iliko Zautashvili.

Evènement : Le vendredi 28 mai 2010 à 17h des rencontres professionnelles seront organisées avec les participants, accompagnées de projections & suivies de débats. La styliste Lolita Meski présentera sa collection de mode 2010/11 et son équipe de création.

Organisation : Caravansarai Echanges Artistiques, AS EditProd, Centre de Coordination Globale Culture & Art – CGCCA & l’Association Artisterium
Contact : shalvak@free.fr
+33 6 16 71 28 26

Commissaires : Shalva Khakhanashvili, Anton Solomoukha & Magda Guruli

Coordination : Elena Cahn

Itinéraire de projet :
- Centre Culturel d’Ukraine, du 07 mai au 01 juin 2010, Paris
- La Grande Galerie de l’Institut d’Art Moderne d’Ukraine, Septembre 2010, Kiev
- Artisterium III Festival, du 02 au 10 Octobre 2010, Tbilissi

Avec le soutien de :
l’Ambassade de Géorgie en France, l’Ambassade d’Ukraine en France,
Le Centre Culturel Français de Géorgie, l’Institut d’Art Moderne de l’Académie des Beaux Arts d’Ukraine, Lolita Meski Paris & la Galerie Taïss

Zura Arabidze, Зура Арабiдзе, zura arabiZe
Stop Agression, 3 photos sur toile , 120x120cm, 2009

Jacques Crenn, Жак Кренн, Jak kreni
www.jacquescrenn.com Roms à Massy, 50x50cm, 2009

Igor Gaidai, Iгор Гайдай, igor gaidai
www.photogaidai.org l’Usine Titan, 180x60cm, 2000

Shalva Khakhanashvili, Шалва Хаханашвiлi,
Salva xaxanaSvili
www.shalvak.com Camp de réfugiés, Géorgie, 2008

Chrystyna Kushch-katrakis, Христина Кущ-Катракiс,
qristina kuSC-katrakis
www. chrystynakatrakis.com Family Tree II, 2010

Luca Lazar, Лука Лазар, luka lasareiSvili
www.lucalazar.com Repeating History 60x60cm, 2008

Belka Meskhishvili, Велка Месхшвiлi,
belka mesxiSvili
www.belka-art.com Stalinland, 100x130cm, 2007

Yuri Mechitov, Юрiй Мечiтов, iuri meCiTovi
www.mechitov.net
Portrait de Serguei Paradjanov, Tbilissi 4 août 1986, 50x65cm

Uwe Ommer, Уве Оммер, uve omeri
www.uweommer.eu 1000 Familles, 2000

Anton Solomoukha, Антон Соломуха, anton solomuxa
www.antonsolomoukha.com Les Tricheurs, 90x95cm, 2007

Victor Sydorenko, Вiктор Сидоренко, viqtor sidorenko
www.sydorenko.kiev.ua
Projet multimédia, Authentification, photo 160x137cm 2006

Pierre Terrasson, Пьер Террассон, pier terasoni
www.photo-terrasson.com Serge Gainsbourg, 50x60cm

Oleg Timchenko, Олег Тимченко, oleg timCenko
Série de photos Bucephalus 50x65cm & 30x30cm

Thierry Valencin, Тьеррi Валенсан, tieri valensani
www.thierryvalencin.com Paris 50x60cm, 1993

Iliko Zautashvili, Iлiкo Заутaшвiлi, iliko zautaSvili
www.artisterium.org Room #708 Busan, 2009 40x50cm

Edouard de Pazzi & Arthur Thévenart, Едуард де Паццi
& Артюр Тевенар, eduard de paci & artur tevenari
www.photosgraphies.com

Roustavi, Aires Post-Industrielles, Géorgie 2007 (vidéo)

BLOG: Critical thoughts about Georgian Contemporary Art Situation. By Nini Palavandishvili (georgianfemaleartists.blogspot.com)

(Raw material, fragment)


Contemporary art and contemporary art environment is very young term in Georgia. In 2004, as i returned from Germany to Georgia, the situation i found was very difficult in terms of there was no public present of contemporary art scene in Georgia. All the active artist were working in their ateliers and there was no communication taking place in the general public. There are several problems, which are reciprocal and accumulate a general situation which we face today in Georgia's art scene.

There is no pre-programmed residency available in Tbilisi (there are art pensions for artists), and very rear opportunities for curators and theoreticians to work in and about Georgia and Caucasus. It is important to stress that our residency program is emphasizing a collaborative process with institutions, organizations and culture producers from the Caucasus region to strengthen and extend the artistic foundation of this area and to encourage and stimulate the exchange of knowledge and the production of significant cultural projects on long-term basis.
geoair.blogspot.com
www.archidrome.blogspot.com
georgianartistsarchidrome.blogspot.com
Since couple of years Georgian ministry of culture started to support Georgian art scene in some way, with their financial support Georgia is represented at Venice Biannale since 2007. Since two years Artisterium - International Contemporary Art Exhibition takes place in Tbilisi www.artisterium.org There are several curators, interested in Georgian art scene, supporting it and contributing to its development, Daniel Bauman is organising since 2004 international art projects called Tbilisi. www.tbilisi2.com
Also Goethe Institute and British Council in Georgia are supporting exchange between contemporary artist from and to Georgia very much.

full article in the amazing blog by Nino Biniashvili >>>

ART: Aristerium Brings the Art World to Georgia. By Lizaveta Zhahanina (geotimes.ge)

Art and the act of creating it, the real and the perceived, the public and the artist, the material and the intangible, coalesce in a cacophony of paintings, sculptures, videos, installations and performances at the international exhibition of contemporary art, Aristerium 2009. Organised by the Aristerium Association and the Ministry of Culture, Monument Protection and Sport of Georgia, this second annual event opened in the Karvasla Tbilisi History Museum on Friday, October 9.

The theme of Aristerium 2009, which will continue to enchant the public through Sunday, October 18, is “The Manifest of Changes and the Inner Experience.” Art, as a product of reality digested through an artist’s personal experience, reflects the ever-changing world, shedding new light on human experience and understanding. “They [artists] are researching our world and giving it back to us,” said Benjamin Godsill, curator from the United States. “Perhaps it is not the same kind of research as an economist or a development official [would do] but they [artists] might still find things, and point at things in an oblique way, that otherwise wouldn’t be found.”

Aristerium 2009 has attracted artists, groups of artists, curators and critics from 23 countries including Armenia, Azerbaijan, France, Germany, U.S., U.K., Poland, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Turkey, Czech Republic, South Korea, New Zealand, Lithuania, Ireland, Australia, Russia and Georgia. This art forum not only allows international artists to exhibit their work but also provides a venue for them to exchange ideas and insights on the state of contemporary art.

Thus, Aristerium 2009 began with a conference entitled “Beyond or Above Civilization” held at the National Museum Auditorium on Thursday, October 8. “We were trying to determine where we are now in our art,” said Ana Riaboshenko, a Georgian artist and one of the conference’s organisers. “Of course we have a great past, we have beautiful things in our culture, but at the moment we are on a path to somewhere new, we do not know where we are, so we have to find out.”

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KUNST: Das Goethe-Institut beim Artisterium 2009/Internationale Ausstellung für zeitgenössische Kunst (artisterium.org)

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vielleicht weiß Du, dass von 16. - 18.10.09 findet in Tbilissi "Artisterium 2009/Internationale Ausstellung für zeitgenössische Kunst", schon das zweite Mal.
Das Goethe-Institut ist wie im letzten Jahr Mitveranstalter und präsentiert ein eigenes Programm: Performance und Videopräsentation von Nezaket Eckici, Holzskulpturen von Hans Scheib und Präsentation des neuen ARTLOOP Magazins über deutsche zeitgenössische Kunst.

www.artisterium.org

www.goethe.de/ins/ge/tif

ART: Artisterium 2009, 2nd Tbilisi International Contemporary Art Exhibition (artisterium.org)

Tbilisi, Georgia, 8-18 October 2009

The Manifest of Changes and an Inner Experience

Dear Sir/ Madame,

The Artisterium Association have the honor to invite you to the International Contemporary Art Exhibition and Art Events “Artisterium 2009”.
Opening: Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi History Museum, 8 Sioni Str. Karvasla. October 9, 17:00 pm
The invitation is valid for all exhibitions of the event

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October 8
10:00/16:00 International curators’ conference.
Georgian National Museum, Auditorium. 3 Purtseladze Str.
18:00 Ilia and Kirile Zdanevich Exhibition.
Georgian National Museum, Museum of Fine Arts. 1 Gudiashvili Str.

October 9
10:00/13:00 International curators’ conference. Georgian National Museum, Auditorium. Purtseladze Str.
14:00 press-conference
17:00 Artisterium 2009, official opening.
Emergency Biennale in Chechnya, World Tour, stop #12, Tbilisi
17:00/17:30 “Weight Lifters”, performance.
Art-group Bouillon. (Georgia)
18:00 “Eye for Eye”, performance. Nezaket Ekici (Germany) Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi History Museum. 8 Sioni Str. Karvasla
20:30 MAF Group exhibition opening.
New Art Café, 31 Orbeliani Str.

October 10
17:00 Young Georgian Artists exhibition. OSGF, 10 Chovelidze Str.
19:00 Hans Scheib exhibition.
Nezaket Ekici video screening.
‘Artisterium’ magazine presentation.
Goethe Institute – Georgia, 16 Zandukeli Str.

October 11
17:00 Presentation of art media
project “Radio Stream” by Green Wave Radio, ‘Radiohat’, performance, Mamuka Japharidze (Georgia), Abanotubani, old Tbilisi Downtown

October 12
14:00 Performance program: Gilbert Bretterbauer (Austria), David Chikhladze (Georgia). Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi History Museum 8 Sioni Str.
Karvasla
17:00 “Border_Chapter I”, Georgia-Argentinean exhibition project. Caucasian House. 20 Galaktioni Str.
19:00 Art-project “Georgia”, the catalogue and film presentation. TBC Gallery. 7 Marjanishvili Str.
21:00 “Firefly party” Lisi Lake

October 13
Fest-i-Nova, Art-Vila Garikula

October 18
Closing of the Artisterium 2009

Participating Artists:
Bruce Allan, Babi Badalov, Jacques Crenn, Vazha Bekauri, Frances Belser, Levan Beriashvili, Ali Bramwell, Gilbert Bretterbauer, Vakhtang Bugadze, Art Group Bouillon, Sophia Cherkezishvili, David Chikhladze, Ruth Claxton, Lucie Ferlikova, Ivars Gravlejs, Lucas Karbus, Nasli Kaya, Petra Petileta, Goga Dadunashvili, Hans Heiner Buhr, Niko Tsetkhladze, Iliko Zautashvili, Nezaket Ekici, Alexander Florensky, Olga Florensky, Irina Gabiani, Lale Khorramian, Carlos Amorales, Jean-Gabriel Périot, Tamuna Karumidze, Bessa Kartlelishvili, Koka Vashakidze, Giorgos Katsagelos, George Kevle, Misak Khostikyan, Ushangi Khuma (Khumarashvili), Nino Lomadze, Fakhryya Mammadova Rafael, Kostantine Mindadze, Mariam Nakanimamasakhlisi, Giorgi Mamasakhlisi, Park Byoung-UK, Kam Yeon-Hee, Kobas Laksa, Jacek Malinowski, Hubert Czerepok, Azorro Group, Prasto, Ana Riaboshenko, Anatoli Riaboshenko, Guia Rigvava, Sarah Lewtas, Ian Joyce, Kevin Mc Gee, Nuala Ni Fhlathuin, Beso Shonhardt, Maya Sumbadze, Sophia Tabatadze, Matt Sheridan Smith, Nicolas Gambaroff, Liz Magic Laser, Sean Raspet, Aaron Young, Michael Phelan, Matthew A. Chambers, Michele O`Marah, Luka Zet, Natalia Gagnidze, Hans Scheib, Mamuka Japharidze, Giorgi Khaburdzania, Mtvarisa Joyce, Giorgi Makhniashvili, Natalia Glonti, Nata Kipiani, Giorgi Dadiani, Levan Kapanadze (Gaga), Nini Alavidze, Levan Mindiashvili, Cristian Tonhaiser.

Director: Iliko Zautashvili

Curators: Magda Guruli, Lika Mamatsashvili

Visiting Curators: Evelyne Jouanno, Alena Boika, Shaheen Merali, Sylwia Narevska, Benjamin Godsill

Exhibitions events: Rusudan Oat, Sophia Kialssonia, Karaman Kutateladze, Niko Tsetskhladze, Archil Turmanidze, Maka Jakua, Khatuna Khabuliani, Maria Tsantsanoglu

www.artisterium.org

ARTIST: SHALVA KHAKHANASHVILI (shalvak.com)

1964 born in Georgia & since 1995 lives in Berlin & 1997 in Paris, France.

1997 – 1998 Organisation & co-curating of expositions in IFA gallery (Institut of Foreign Cultural Relations) Berlin & UNESCO in Paris, 2000 - 2003
Founder member of the Bureau of Coordination of SEECAN, South East European Contemporary Art Network,

2002 – 2003 Charged of Missions (Apollonia), Co- curator of programme from South Caucasus, Expositions in Thessaloniki(Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Photography and Cinematography in Thessalonica), Strasbourg (Apolonia Space) & Bruxelles (CCA).

2003 – 2006 Founder & Artistic Direction of Karavansarai – Artistic Exchanges, Collaboration with N Gallery & Foundation of International Forum of Contemporary Art in Tbilisi, Georgia.

2007 curated & participated in Couriers Sud, ST. Exupery, House of photography in Tashkent; International photo & video Festival, East – West Tashkent Crossroad; “Heterotopias” Biennale of Thessaloniki, State Museum in Greece; “Neigbours in Dialogue”, Fechan I Amire in Istanbul; Karsi Sanat, Urbanconnections in Istanbul; Biennale of Tashkent, « Bonjour Montparnasse + Reflections »; SLIK, Contemporary Art Fair in Paris Bellevile; DIVA Digital & Vidéo Art Fair, Louvre des Antiquaires in Paris & « Doucement nous sommes pressés… » with Heartgalerie, Paris.

2008 Recently has curated Paris – Montparnasse – Tbilissi (Helene Akhvlediani & Vera pagava) in Museum of Montparnasse (with Jean Digne & Elisso Tarassashvili), realised photo & video reportages (with Arnaud Contreras) from the manifestation in Paris, protests against the Russian aggression in Georgia, August 2008 & participates in Month of Photography, House of European Photography, Paris.

Participation & artistic direction of events:
After first exhibition 1988 in Tbilisi, Shalva Khakhanashvili has participated in personal and group shows
History Museum and House of Artists of Tbilissi in 1988,
project “Abstinence” in 1992 Tbilisi, Organisation and direction of Contemporary Art Centre in Tbilisi 1994-96,
Presentation of Contemporary art from Georgia ‘Between Painting and Photography’ in Berlin 1997 "Arround the Circle” municipal Galery "Im Parkhaus" of Berlin, “Trans-Formation” in UNESCO, Paris 1998
Biennale Mitteleuropa - Schiltigheim in Strasbourg 1999,
“On the Other Side of History’ in Strasbourg, Paris, Thessaloniki (Musum of Contemporary Arts) & Rethymnon (Centre of Contemporary Arts) 1999-2001;
Paul Ricard space in Paris, Cultural Centre of Azerbaïdjan in London, Musum of Photography in Thessalonique 2002.
2003 - 2007 “Mains d’Oeuvres”, Centre of Contemporary Arts), Presentation of LaPlatforme in St. Ouen, « 7 + 7 »,
Exposition of Azerbaidjan & Georgian artistes « Aluminium » Festival of Contemporary Arts, the Museum of Arts, Baku.
2004 «A l’Est du Nouveau»,Mairie of Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois, «Transformation»,
Toptasi Kulliyesi (karavansarai), Donusum, Istanbul, 1er Symposium d’Art Contemporain and exposition in Comrat, Moldavia, Caravansaraï, sensewell, N GALERY, Tbilissi, «AZART, 1st international Postcontemporary Art Exhibition » in Baku.
2005 Biennale of Venice, presentation of a book “Neigbours in Dialogue”, “Man & Woman” in Museum of Arts, Baku, Biennale, Academy of Arts in Tashkent, «Aluminium», Festival of Contemporary Art, Azerbaijan State Museum Centre.
2006 “Family, Union of Artists, Espace Lhomond” in Paris, « 1st Contemporary Art Salon, Ferme of Ayau », Roissy-En-Brie, France, “Caucasus” - National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA), Moscow, Heartgalerie, Caravansarai – Station Paris, Station Tbilissi – NAC (National Art Centre), Caravansaraï - Station Tashkent & Station Boukhara, Nuit Blanches, Paris – Everybody Wins, Video projections,
Canal St. Martin, Tyuap Art Fair, by Karsi Sanat in Istanbul, DIVA Hotel CUBE, installations & videos, Paris.
2007 Couriers Sud, ST. Exupery, House of photography in Tashkent; International photo & video Festival, East – West Tashkent Crossroad, Biennale of Thessaloniki, State Museum in Greece, Fechan I Amire, “Neigbours in Dialogue”, Istanbul, Turkey, Karsi Sanat, Istanbul Urbanconnections, Biennale of Tashkent, « Bonjour Montparnasse + Reflections », SLIK, Contemporary Art Fair, Paris Bellevile DIVA, Art Fair, Digital & Vidéo, Louvre des Antiquaires in Paris, « Doucement nous sommes pressés… », Heartgalerie, Paris
2008 Festival Vidéoformes in Clermont Ferrand, Galerie Claire Gastau, SECURITY, ConcentART, Berlin, Festival of Environnemental Image, Paris, “Paris Tout Court” (Les Cabinets de curiosité)International Festival of Short Films in Paris, Gallery Basia Embiricos, Paris, Canakkale Festival, Turkey.
Paris – Montparnasse – Tbilissi, 1) Expositions Helene Akhvlediani & Vera Pagava, Art of 20th from Georgia in Paris. 2) Actual Contemporary Art from Georgia, photos & videos.
“Neigbours in Dialogue”, Istanbul collection presentation in Sarajevo ARS AEVI Museum, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Artist 2008 Art Fair, Istanbul, Turkey.
Artisterium, International Art Exposition, Tbilissi, Georgia.
MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPY, European House of Photography & Basia Embiricos Gallery, Paris, France.
DIVA ART FAIR, Hotel Cube, Paris, France
University of Tcheliabinsk, Ural, Russia

Homepage: www.shalvak.com
email: shalvak@free.fr

PHOTOGRAPHY: "Ghost" City of freedom. By Arman Tadevosyan

From May 18 - June2, we will Host Harald Schlutig, Head of Media Cultural Center in Dresden, we will show his photos here in Gyumri, and he will give some workshops and master classes!

"Ghosts"

History is always now and the frequently celebrated call to “learn from history” can only be followed as we succeed to establish a contemporary relation to the past. Such a contemporary relation to a certain period in the past might appear very different, not least with different national points of view. With new constellations of nations, borders and coalitions the process of establishing a relevant relation to a common past becomes even more complex.

The cold war era is a common European experience as well as the time after the peaceful revolution in 1989. This background has a continuing impact on the way we tend to reflect upon present development in European and neighbouring societies. With the great number of aspects involved, especially when choosing a cross border perspective, artistic expression seems to offer unique opportunities to compress the inherent complexity into single statements of art like images or installations.

With the working title “Ghosts” we intend to realize and communicate a theme investigation on time after 1989. Emphasizing that every Nation tends to interpret its own history out of a limited and or selected set of historical facts, we want to confront perspectives in cross border cooperation between the artist run space “5th Floor” in Gyumri Armenia and “Geh8 - Art room and ateliers” in Dresden Germany. In this context we understand our specific sites as representative objectives apt to frame the content of “Ghosts”. Thereby, “5th Floor” offers a perspective out of an Armenian context, among other aspects representing the experience of the newly re-established national independence. “Geh8” on the other hand, acting on the territory of former GDR, would reflect the experience of a dissolved nation state within the re-united BDR. Both sites are in this way continuously confronted with ongoing geopolitical processes and consequences with aspects having their origin back in 1989.

The cooperation process will be based on the main intention to investigate and communicate confronting perspectives on present society and confronting ways of artistic and analytical expression. In this way the process should results in an intense interaction of artistic expression through “works of art” and analytical reflection through “corresponding interpretations through lectures, workshops and essays”.

Origin of investigation will be the urban areas “Mush 1 and Sheram” in Guymri, Armenia on the one hand and corresponding urban phenomena in the region of Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz, Germany on the other hand. The urban neighbourhoods “Mush 1 and Sheram” was initiated as a reaction on the earthquake in Armenia in 1988 and to solve the resulting disastrous housing situation. During construction the political situation in Armenia underwent a fundamental transformation with the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the establishment of national independence for Armenia.

In consequence the initiated housing projects of “Mush 1 and Sheram” were outdistanced by this transformation as a result of new ideals, goals and concepts. The housing project was in some parts never completed and developed in following years to a kind of ghost city. “Ghost city” as it materializes ideals of a passed order which were not further integrated in the following urban development. Through the physical presence of “Mush 1 and Sheram” the uncompleted urban areas appear as constant reminder of this turn of time, forcing a mental occupation with this appearance today. In the new federal states of Germany corresponding urban processes can be recognized. As a result of a domestic migration from east to west and structural market transformation after 1989 housing areas lost many of their former inhabitants and housing blocks erected in the GDR was suddenly standing empty and in this way resembling a different kind of ghost cities, spread over the territory of former GDR. These architectural structures tend in appearance to express a notion of a “ghost nation” – not existing anymore, but still present.

PHOTOGRAPHY: The Great Photographer Justyna Mielnikiewicz

I like the work by Justyna Mielnikiewicz very much! Last time I had a short meeting with her in Tbilisi. Amazing person!
Now I'm very glad that she is also to find in the exhibition of Arterium08 in Tbilisi

War over South Ossetia © Justyna Mielnikiewicz VIEW GROUP

Gori residents looking at the bombed apartment buildings. Apartments are located at about 500 m. from Training base for Tanks and tank ammunition... [more]

contact: write@justmiel.com

Tbilisi / Georgia

+995 77 73 2003

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ART FORUM: Artisterium08 in Tbilisi

Archil Turmanidze: Ready for Labeling, 2008, C-Print at Artisterium08 in Tbilisi.

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Koka Ramishvili, War from my window, 1991-92, Photo series at Artisterium08 in Tbilisi

ART FORUM: International Forum of Contemporary Art, November 4-9, 2008, Tbilisi

`Modus Operandi – in quest of a different way’

All along the human history, unanticipated decisions have created the conditions and motivation for progress. Nowadays society remains in permanent confrontation. We move forward pushing off or repelling each other. Thus we play, compete, communicate, and live.
Artists are the people who offer an experimental reality in which the most unexpected assumptions and intersections are possible. Art as the sphere of a mental (psychical) reflection on the surrounding reality models a different, detected reality. A quest of an alternative, different way in all spheres of human activity may stimulate the overcoming of contradictions and errors to reveal new possibilities.
‘Modus Operandi – in quest of a different way’ is the main theme of the project. It aims at creation of an exchange platform where the International artists are brought together to explore the artistic differences whilst celebrating the commonalities.
Participating artists and curators will meet and exchange with each other, the international art professionals will become familiar with the art-scene of the city. The event is thought as an activity that can contribute to a development of open dialogue, to popularization of contemporary art and culture to the wide public and to establish long-term and fruitful relations between the participants.

Venues: Academy + +++ ARCI Gallery +++ Baia Gallery ++++ Goethe Institute +++ Karvasla +++ Caucasian House +++ Art Villa Garikula

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