Project "Assistance to Introduction of Gender Dimensions in Modern Georgian Society via Contemporary Art"

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) South Caucasus. 2006

The working group undertake the role of the experimental mobile studio.

The exhibitions, meetings and seminars for visual art hold in selected regions show  the integration process of public opinion on this specific type of art as well as possible. This firstly was defined by its themes that increased the easy conception of this type of art by  the public.

The field visits aim to create the organic art environment where any expression of actual art will become very important reference point of cultural life of the public  directed to increase gender sensitivity.

We like to underline that thanks to any act and/or public arrangements to be provided within the project we was able to observe step by step the procedural new tendencies in the selected regions.

Three-day long campaign demarches trip to Kakheti , Gurjaani.

Gender roles and stereotypes. 

Subject I: Adaptation of social roles of women in Georgian reality with art images.

Curator:  Jilda Nibladze. “Office of Women Voice”, 18 Ninoshvili str., Gurjaani, Georgia.  

Subject II: Actualization of state mechanisms for protection of women’s rights via video forms. Artist: Sophia Cherkezishvili
 

Video sessions for documentary film “ Georgian Regions”. 

Chapter II  - “Gurjaani” (author: Maka Batiashvili). 

Author Maka Batiashvili and operator Natela Grigalashvili during film shooting.