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The film is about the significance of evaluation and salvage of multiethnic resources traditionally existing in Georgia; how the artist understands multicultural and multiethnic unity, how he regards himself in this space and are these themes actual for him or not. Artists Participants Oleg Timchenko Zuleika Bazhbeuk-Melikova Gari Daphtian’s puppets&Zhana Daphtian Ira Kurmaeva Sophia Cherkezishvili Temo Japharidze Erna Dolamazova |
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Shot from the videofilm “Nationality - from Tbilisi, Profession - Artist . Chapter Ethnic Roots. Oleg Timchenko. I am still subject to dualism. In Tbilisi I am considered Russian, in Russia I am considered Georgian. My first language is Russian. But when I am in Russia they tell me I have Georgian pronunciation. It is a great advantage for me. Generally the synthesis is good for people who are related to the Art. You can think on a large scale, and not be fastened to small things, let’s say ethnic, ethnography or national roots – it is very good, fantastic and necessary in itself – but it gives me amplitude of thinking, I have a great choice. This synthesis is very interesting. I think Georgia is such a place, it is a frontier between west and east, where everything is bound to each other like colors on a carpet, and the cultures are mixed. I think it is an excellent place for an artist. |
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Shot from
the videofilm “Nationality - from Tbilisi,
Profession - Artist . Chapter Left wing . Sofia Cherkezishvili These are headless women, the text is written on them: “It is written on her face with big letters”. “that she will never be able to change”. “will never be able to see”. “will never say” . . .
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Shot from the videofilm “Nationality - from Tbilisi, Profession - Artist .Chapter The tale-teller from Tbilisi. Gari Daphtian. I can’t say his art is purely Armenian. The characters and all he created is a synthesis, it is a synthesis of the whole history of the town. He created a small oasis of Tbilisi and he loved it very much. On the whole the issue of nationality for he is… He considers himself Tbilissian, and used to say his nationality is a Tbilissian. Storyteller Jana Daphtian |
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Collage from shots videofilm “Nationality
- from Tbilisi, Profession - Artist
Ira Kurmaeva, Oleg Timchenko, Gary Daphtian's puppets (poster) |
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Shot from the videofilm “Nationality - from Tbilisi, Profession - Artist . Chapter Secret. Erna Dolmazova I made this installation on the subject of secret.I have been collecting these things for ten years in my childhood. This box was kept at home, then it turned out to be in the street. It was very difficult for me to part with them. All of them were very dear to me and then an idea came to my mind. I have collected them in one form. Each of these things reminds me of a special period of time.
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Shot from the videofilm “Nationality - from Tbilisi, Profession - Artist . Chapter Townswoman. Zuleika Bazhbeuk-Melikova. I lived in the old town on Chakhrukhadze Street. I recall it as a fairy tale. The part of it is destroyed. In one part there is a restaurant, a horse tramway, there is also a puppet theatre. It is a wonderful place. There I used to draw from nature. The entire district knew me. There was a second yard. The architecture was just the same. A small entry to the big yard – the yard was a closed one, very attractive and beautiful. Unfortunately it does not exist any more. I moved here in 1979. It was very difficult for me. I suffered very much. All the time I was there, I constantly saw it in my dreams. I am very fond of Tbilisi and I miss it. Now the place I live in is not Tbilisi. There were so-called “Italian yards”, individual corners, you might walk at night and see secrets of Night Tbilisi. It does not exist here. I am a townswoman by nature. Unfortunately I can’t live in a village for a long time. I knew that they had destroyed our house. I was nervous, I used to work much. I thought it would have affect on me as on an artist. I abandoned my surroundings. But another stage has begun.
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Shot from the videofilm “Nationality - from Tbilisi, Profession - Artist . Chapter Odysseus from Tbilisi. Temo Japharidze. This is so to speak aura of Sololaki. It is the impression given by Sololaki, but it is abstract, not concrete. Ancientry of Sololaki, its town style, history squeezed into house texture, its antique character, I mean when dust becomes antique… For me the language itself is the main thing. In this language some things are more felicitous some are not. That means my approach is not directed at a masterpiece. It should be a language itself, if you understand what I mean… There is a concept. That means there is attempt to keep something traditional. There is image, a portrait and also the concept. By its squeezed state it creates dynamism, fractured texture. In essence the concept is: the form in an environment of complex powers, in this case a human; If it is a still life – than a thing. Here is a synthesis of objects. The wheels are objects. The small sculpt figure changes only its “objectiveness” and includes sense. The wheels are a symbol of twirling of the world. The figure is a seeker. It can’t leave twirling and is engaged in twirling so that it can’t help seeking. It is like artistic Odysseus that wanders among things and tries to get out from these things. It is search of exit and at the same time it is fun. These excessive contents maybe are not necessary. The main thing is what emotions it wakes up.
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