Georgian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale present Kamikaze Loggia on June 1–November 24,.
This year the Pavilion of Georgia will take the form of a kamikaze loggia hosting an exhibition of the Bouillon Group, Thea Djordjadze, Nikoloz Lutidze, Gela Patashuri with Ei Arakawa and Sergei Tcherepnin, and Gio Sumbadze. The exhibition looks at the creation of such informal architecture, a manifestation of the refusal of dominant structures, in order to incorporate provisional liberty, local self-determination and contemporary appropriation of the infrastructural legacy of Soviet master plans. The exhibition aims at presenting the extraordinary range of informality, bottom-up solutions and the concept of self-organization in Georgian art and architecture. Looking at local examples of self-initiated environments—e. g. kamikaze loggias, “euroremonts,” “beautifications” or other modifications of the Soviet heritage—the project will seek to examine their anticipatory and often progressive potential. It will cast a critical look at the social, political and ideological discourses of the last twenty years in Georgia—thus introducing an artistic scene of a country that sometimes is described as “Italy gone Marxist.”
During the preview days there will be daily performances by Bouillon Group, Nikoloz Lutidze, and Gela Patashuri with Ei Arakawa and Sergei Tcherepnin.
Artistic Advisor: Nana Kipiani
Assistant Curator: Sandra Teitge
Project Managers: Gvantsa Turmanidze with Nino Bezarashvili and Anna Asatiani
Supported and funded by the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia.
Media support by ARTAREA TV 2.0
Pavilion at Arsenale
Venice, Italy
www.georgian-pavilion.org
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