In het kader van de tentoonstelling 'Sentimental Traveller' van Karlo Kacharava kan je een boekvoorstelling en een reeks lezingen bijwonen.
Karlo Kacharava Talks is een publiek programma rond Karlo Kacharava's tentoonstelling Sentimental Traveller in S.M.A.K. In dit programma verenigt men verschillende generaties en diaspora's van Georgische en internationale kunstenaars, kunsthistorici, curatoren en denkers. Karlo Kacharava Talks, dat zich voornamelijk in S.M.A.K. afspeelt en eindigt in Tbilisi, hanteert multifocale, multivocale en multidisciplinaire benaderingen met en vanuit Kacharava's oeuvre en gaat zo de dialoog aan met zijn werk.
Voor de boekpresentatie van de tentoonstellingscatalogus die is gepubliceerd in het kader van Karlo Kacharava's tentoonstelling Sentimental Traveller die momenteel te zien is in S.M.A.K., nodigen de sprekers Irina Popiashvili, Vija Skangale en Guram Tsibakhashvili ons uit om perspectieven en fragmenten te ontdekken van de verhalen in de tweetalige catalogus (Engels en Georgisch) waarin hun stemmen worden vergezeld door die van Karlo Kacharava (1964-1994).
De publicatie brengt een verzameling nieuwe essays van Caroline Busta, Aka Morchiladze, Irena Popiashvili, Vija Skangale, Karima Boudou & Liesje Vandenbroeck samen met een selectie van Karlo Kacharava's schilderijen en artistieke productie in het algemeen, die meer dan twee decennia beslaan. De bijdragen van de schrijvers bieden gedetailleerde en multidisciplinaire reflecties op artistieke, persoonlijke en politieke veranderingen in het leven en werk van Kacharava, in zijn geboorteland Georgië en daarbuiten. S.M.A.K. geeft het boek uit en je kunt het doorbladeren en kopen in de boekwinkel van S.M.A.K..
Georganiseerd in het kader van europalia georgia, in samenwerking met de nalatenschap van Karlo Kacharava, Kunsthalle Tbilisi en Irena Popiashvili. Met de steun van Modern Art, Londen.
Irena Popiashvili is a curator and educator. She completed her education at Javakhishvili State University, Tbilisi; University of Lodz, Poland, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Since 2013 she is the dean of Visual Art, Architecture, and Design School VA[A]DS at the Free University of Tbilisi. Additionally, she is a co-founder of Kunsthalle Tbilisi. Previously she was a co-owner of Popiashvili Gvaberidze Window Project, Tbilisi, Georgia (2013-2017), Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York, USA (2005-2012), and the rector of the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts (2012).
Vija Skangale
Vija Skangale is a Georgia-born, London-based multidisciplinary educator, curator, and researcher. She is currently a PhD candidate and a visiting lecturer at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London. She participated in various art projects including the Kunsthalle Tbilisi, Tate Modern Late, and Tate Exchange among others. Her written work has been featured in publications such as MoMA, Biennial Foundation magazine, the Calvert Journal, Tbilisi Public Art Fund, and many others. Her research focuses on recent histories of contemporary art within the framework of post-socialist transition. She explores practices and exhibition histories in Georgia that have been under-documented, aiming to broaden our understanding of exhibition-making during a period of significant cultural transformation.
Guram Tsibakhashvili
Guram Tsibakhashvili was born in 1960 in Tbilisi. He is a photographer who specializes in Street, Documentary, and Fine Art Photography genres. His works create voluminous photographic documentation of the turning points in the history of Georgia in the 1990s and the socio-political and creative life of Tbilisi. Together with his associates, he initiated the project of a Visual Repository in 1985. These photo reports depict Tbilisi during the collapse of the Soviet Union and subsequent civil wars, as well as the simultaneous activities of Tbilisi artistic groups, including artists' portraits and their everyday lives.
Guram Tsibakashvili graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry at Tbilisi State University in 1982. In the late 1980s, he began making documentary photos depicting the streets of Tbilisi while also creating pop-art-style collages. By 1985, he was already a self-taught professional. Tsibakashvili studied photography theory at his alma mater from 1990 to 1994 and began giving lectures on photography in 1991. After the formation of the Free Press movement in Georgia, he collaborated with various newly established newspapers, providing photographs.
Guram Tsibakashvili is a member of the Union of Independent Journalists, the Union of Georgian Artists, and the Union of Photo-Artists.
