kamikaze loggia. venice biennale georgian pavilion - press release
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Kamikaze Log giaPavilion of Georgia at the 55th International Art Exhibition la Biennale di Venezia
We kindly invite you to attend the opening of the Pavilion of Georgia at the 55th
Biennale di Venezia.
Kamikaze Loggia under construction. Photo: Gela Patashuri
Opening: May 30, 2013, 5.15 pmVenue: Arsenale (waterfront facing Canale di Porta Nova, near the Giardino delleVergini)
Map: http://goo.gl/maps/8TZoL
Preview: May 29 31, 2013
Dates: June 1 November 24, 2013
Artists: Bouillon Group, Thea Djordjadze, Nikoloz Lutidze, GelaPatashuri with Ei Arakawa and Sergei Tcherepnin, Gio Sumbadze
Commissioner: Marine Mizandari, First Deputy Minister of Culture and Monument
Protection of Georgia
Curator: Joanna Warsza
The Georgian Pavilion is a parasitic extension of a building in the Arsenale taking the
form of a kamikaze loggia designed by the artist Gio Sumbadze and hosting 12 other
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artists. This kind of vernacular architecture has been created in Tbilisi since the 1990s
as a response to the "lawless" times after the fall of the USSR. The exhibition looks at
informal architecture in the Caucasus and the legacy of Soviet planningwhile
introducing the critical artistic scene of a country sometimes described as Italy
gone Marxist.
Performances and Events during the Preview Days
Wednesday, May 29
ongoing
Nikoloz Lutidze: Euroremont
12 + 2 pm
Bouillon Group: Religious Aerobics
5 pm
Gela Patashuri with Ei Arakawa and Sergei Tcherepnin: Bakhneli Archive
Thursday, May 30
ongoing
Nikoloz Lutidze: Euroremont
11 am + 3 pm
Bouillon Group: Religious Aerobics
4 pm
Gela Patashuri with Ei Arakawa and Sergei Tcherepnin: Bakhneli Archive
5.15 pm
Opening
Friday, May 31
ongoing
Nikoloz Lutidze: Euroremont
12 + 3 pm
Bouillon Group: Religious Aerobics
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4 pm
Gela Patashuri with Ei Arakawa and Sergei Tcherepnin: Bakhneli Archive
5 pm
Table Talk: Nana Kipiani and Levan Chogoshvili talk with Charles Esche, Daniel
Baumann and Slavs and Tatars
prepared by Dinner Exchange Tbilisi-Venice
Artistic Advisor: Nana Kipiani
Assistant Curator: Sandra Teitge
Project Managers: Gvantsa Turmanidze with Nino Bezarashvili and Anna Asatiani
Production and architecture: M+B Studio SRL
Supported and funded by the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of
Georgia. www.culture.gov.ge
Media support by ARTAREA TV 2.0
Publication Kamikaze Loggiafinanced by Chateau Mukhrani
Online
www.georgian-pavilion.org
www.facebook.com/GeorgianPavillon
Press Contact
Denhart v. Harling . segeband.pr . [email protected] . T +49 179 4963497