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Biennale of Sydney
The Biennale of Sydney is located on the traditional lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land and pay respect to Elders, both past and present. I managed to catch Sydney […]
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Tasmanian devil’s expensive playground i.e. a day visit at the MONA
MONA, the private art museum in Hobart, Tasmania has acquired an almost legendary status and I had heard about it from many different sources. One of them was a Mancunian engineer based in Melbourne whom I randomly met in a […]
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Melbourne
The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, the Boon Wurrung and Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri) peoples of the Kulin Nation and pays respect to their Elders, past and present. My exploration of the Melbourne arts scene focused […]
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Speeches Punctuated With Resounding Slaps
‘SPEECHES PUNCTUATED WITH RESOUNDING SLAPS’: LAW, EXPANSION, HIERARCHY, RESISTANCE’ This was the second iteration of the Fascism and The International symposium that I participated in – the first one took place at Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City in […]
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Untitled blog post from "Gone to Caucasus, Back Soon"
02/09/09 Wednesday was our last day in Tbilisi and the last day of the project. We started by helping Kote with a blog before heading to the Blue Bath – a sulphur oriental bath in the old town for a […]
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Untitled blog post from "Gone to Caucasus, Back Soon"
01/09/09 Monday was time to leave Garikula – after two weeks in total it had started to feel like home but it was time to get back to the city as there were still plenty of artists to see. We […]
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Untitled blog post from "Gone to Caucasus, Back Soon"
29/08/09 Yesterday was St Mary’s day, which is a significant holiday in Georgia. The Art Villa Garikula founder Karaman, Gogi Okropiridze (a Georgian artist based in Vienna) and ourselves headed out to Rkoni which is about 20km from Garikula but […]
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Untitled blog post from "Gone to Caucasus, Back Soon"
24/08/09 After some fun days in Ratcha, it was time to get back to Garikula to have more fun making work. Our first idea was to make a collaborative video and as we wanted to make something which is connected […]
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Untitled blog post from "Gone to Caucasus, Back Soon"
21/08/09 Ratcha is a remote region of Northern Georgia, situated between Svanetia and South Ossetia. It takes about 6 hours from Tbilisi to get there on a marshrutka filled with people, watermelons, bathroom tiles, a 21″ television and other goods […]
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Untitled blog post from "Gone to Caucasus, Back Soon"
18/08/09 We spent today in Tbilisi, visiting Rusiko Oat at her New Art Cafe. This turned out to be a great opportunity to accidentally meet people that we’d intended to get in touch with anyway. Ana Riaboshenko from TRAM (Transform […]
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Untitled blog post from "Gone to Caucasus, Back Soon"
18/08/09 Got to Tbilisi on a marshrutka and went straight to a meeting with Sophia Tabatadze – a Dutch-educated Georgian artist living in Berlin. Sophia showed us around her house that is currently being extended by an extra floor to […]
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Untitled blog post from "Gone to Caucasus, Back Soon"
17/08/09 Yesterday the Austrian artists presented their projects: mostly conceptual and site-specific installations and performances. The well-attended presentation was followed by a party with a Georgian buffet, a roast lamb, plenty local wine and obviously Georgian music and a bonfire. […]