Video Art & Experimental Movies at Transkaukazja Festival
2009-06-12
Video art & experimental movies presentations will be held not only in Warsaw, but also in Gdansk (CSW Łaźnia) and in Łódź (Kino Charlie).
In the presented movies, the artists touch on topics directly connected to the art and the process of creation and perception of reality, but they also express their views on matters associated with culture, society, and they don’t avoid discussing the influence of history or politics.
PROGRAM
MOVING REALITY
Video art n experimental movies from Georgia.
Total time: 71'
25th June, Thursday, 8.30 PM (KINO.LAB - Warsaw)
29th June, Monday, 9:15 PM (Charlie Cinema - Łódź)
- A very long poem about a very big secret, Sofia Cherkezishvili, 1’45’’ Secrets hidden in the drawers of the old bookcase.
- Drawing Factory, Leo Cox & Koka Ramishvili, 3’57’’ Creating and processing the reality using the artistic tools and artist’s imagination. The process is independent of electricity and space-time continuum.
- Untitled (Fs), ANaMALIA Presents, ok. 2'23'' Presentation and explanation of contents and functionality of the mysterious FID – Foreigner Identification Device.
- Good Morning, Koka Ramishvili, 5’50’’ Shattered light bulb, a gloomy and rainy morning, broken TV set, faint lamps’ light… what else could happen, to give one no reason to say “Good morning”?
- Untitled, Niko Tsetskhladze, 2’34’’ How much can be told about people in love, drawing hearts on the steamed-up window?
- Hate & Love, Koka Ramishvili, 1’12’’ “Love” and “hate” as spell words? Surely time dependant.
- Hero, Kote Jincharadze, 3’04’’ The journey of a quite uncommon movie character through a quite uncommon office space.
- Untitled, Niko Lomashvili, 2’45’’ Concentration, silence, prayerful gestures? Do prayers require words spoken aloud?
- Untitled, Niko Tsetskhladze, 2’10’’ Maybe in this very same moment, under similar or entirely different circumstances, a couple of meters or kilometers away, somebody is looking in your direction.
- Nothing, Anna Rjaboszonko, 3’ The journey of a character, created thanks to artist’s power of artistic creation, who observes the common, simple actions performed by people he meets.
- Playing War, K. Sulaberidze, 2’40’’ Symbolic depiction of an armed conflict in the form of simple, ascetic animation.
- Protect me, Sofia Cherkezishvili, 2004, 1’30’’ A silent tale of tragedies of women who don’t cry.
- Untitled, Tea Telia, 4’10’’ Wrestling with the world existing behind the disturbing red wall and the attempt to uncover its mystery.
- Render, Galaktion Kintsurashvili, 2004, 0’50’’ Rhythmicity – of body movements, heartbeats, and image changes.
- Seduction, David Chikhladze, 2004, 7’20’’ Reflection on women and femininity, and symbols related to woman’s nature in time with the opera “Twilight of the Gods” by Richard Wagner.
- Untitled, Temo Javakhishvili, 3’55’’ A brief story of an individual put in a life threatening situation.
- Untitled, Temo Javakhishvili, 1’ The movie is another reflection on war, by Temo Javakhishvili who this time is reflecting on cruelty and repeatability of the war.
- The Story Of Furistiana (Mechanical Story), Tea Telia, 3’50’’ The tale of a community which is living in a peculiar timelessness. Its members are color blind and their main activity is shoe making.
- Time Disappears in Time, Iliko Zautashvili, 2002, 4’10’’ Contrasting the setting of water, which symbolizes time flow; time counted down by clocks and a motionless man looking at the harbor.
- Turbaza, Manana Dvali, Bruce Allan, 2003, 8’ Allegorical combination of war images, life after war and vision of the Last Judgment.
- Untitled, Ushangi Khumarashvili, 1’10’’ Another movie referring to the war in a metaphorical way.
- Wall, Temo Javakhishvili, 1’ The wall as a background for the performer’s actions.
- Way, Temo Javakhishvili, 0’50’’ Metaphorical attempt to set off on a journey with a car tire.
TOWARDS REALITY
Video Art & experimental movies from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
Total time: about 60'
28th June, Sunday, 5:30PM - Video Art show accompanying the vernissage in the Centre for Contemporary Art.
26th June, Friday, 6:00 PM (CSW Łaźnia - Gdańsk)
30th June, Tuesday, 9:15 PM (Charlie Cinema - Łódź)
- I Could Have Been..., Sona Abgarian, Armenia, 2003, 2'42'' A brief animation about social roles and stereotypes associated with them.
- Once Upon A Time, Diana Hakobayan, Armenia, 2004, 7'30'' Motion and picture –the basis of each movie in configuration with disturbing music and alarming expression of a young woman’s face. The experimental combination of different space-time continua.
- Stalker, Tigran Khachatryan, Armenia, 12'33'' The movie undertakes dialogue with Adnriej Tarkowski’s work from 1979 – through the title and reference to motifs of crossing and journey through different worlds. About strength, weakness, desire of knowledge, and experimentation.
- BOLT+, Tsomak, 2005, Armenia, 1'56'' The holistic and detailed look at a standard series of identical juncture, connected with typical metal screws.
- Kvartal 16, Vahram Aghasyan, Armenia 2003, 4'11'' Dialogical journey through a housing estate in the Yerevan suburbs that is built in accordance with the Le Corbusier`s urbanistic conceptions. The look at ideas that exist in reality.
- Ship Bolshevik N. Narimanov, Sabina Shikhlinskaya, Azerbejdżan, 2007, 7’ Trip not with a ship but to the ship - Bolshevik N. Narimanov that is presented in the rhythm of Soviet smash hits (by Leonid Utyosov and Lyubov Orlova) under the banner of the immortal symbol of Soviet power – the red star. Along with the changing music the ship unveils its mysterious and monstrous face to which people are gradually getting accustomed to.
- Unitled, Gamid Ibadullayev, 2006, 11’11’’ Pictures and music. Motion as leitmotiv and factor influencing not only world’s defragmentation, but also its creation The reality as a changing and unsure world that is subjected to artist observation.
- Between, Gamid Ibadullayev, 2008, 18’40’’ (movie in Polish) The portrait of the microcosm of people and objects suspended in timelessness. The portrait labeled with artist`s philosophical comment. Reflection over interaction between people, objects and events – counted by successive blinks, gestures, words, movements that are filling timelessness, paradoxically setting its specific pace.
All movies have English subtitles.
2009-06-12
Video art & experimental movies presentations will be held not only in Warsaw, but also in Gdansk (CSW Łaźnia) and in Łódź (Kino Charlie).
In the presented movies, the artists touch on topics directly connected to the art and the process of creation and perception of reality, but they also express their views on matters associated with culture, society, and they don’t avoid discussing the influence of history or politics.
PROGRAM
MOVING REALITY
Video art n experimental movies from Georgia.
Total time: 71'
25th June, Thursday, 8.30 PM (KINO.LAB - Warsaw)
29th June, Monday, 9:15 PM (Charlie Cinema - Łódź)
- A very long poem about a very big secret, Sofia Cherkezishvili, 1’45’’ Secrets hidden in the drawers of the old bookcase.
- Drawing Factory, Leo Cox & Koka Ramishvili, 3’57’’ Creating and processing the reality using the artistic tools and artist’s imagination. The process is independent of electricity and space-time continuum.
- Untitled (Fs), ANaMALIA Presents, ok. 2'23'' Presentation and explanation of contents and functionality of the mysterious FID – Foreigner Identification Device.
- Good Morning, Koka Ramishvili, 5’50’’ Shattered light bulb, a gloomy and rainy morning, broken TV set, faint lamps’ light… what else could happen, to give one no reason to say “Good morning”?
- Untitled, Niko Tsetskhladze, 2’34’’ How much can be told about people in love, drawing hearts on the steamed-up window?
- Hate & Love, Koka Ramishvili, 1’12’’ “Love” and “hate” as spell words? Surely time dependant.
- Hero, Kote Jincharadze, 3’04’’ The journey of a quite uncommon movie character through a quite uncommon office space.
- Untitled, Niko Lomashvili, 2’45’’ Concentration, silence, prayerful gestures? Do prayers require words spoken aloud?
- Untitled, Niko Tsetskhladze, 2’10’’ Maybe in this very same moment, under similar or entirely different circumstances, a couple of meters or kilometers away, somebody is looking in your direction.
- Nothing, Anna Rjaboszonko, 3’ The journey of a character, created thanks to artist’s power of artistic creation, who observes the common, simple actions performed by people he meets.
- Playing War, K. Sulaberidze, 2’40’’ Symbolic depiction of an armed conflict in the form of simple, ascetic animation.
- Protect me, Sofia Cherkezishvili, 2004, 1’30’’ A silent tale of tragedies of women who don’t cry.
- Untitled, Tea Telia, 4’10’’ Wrestling with the world existing behind the disturbing red wall and the attempt to uncover its mystery.
- Render, Galaktion Kintsurashvili, 2004, 0’50’’ Rhythmicity – of body movements, heartbeats, and image changes.
- Seduction, David Chikhladze, 2004, 7’20’’ Reflection on women and femininity, and symbols related to woman’s nature in time with the opera “Twilight of the Gods” by Richard Wagner.
- Untitled, Temo Javakhishvili, 3’55’’ A brief story of an individual put in a life threatening situation.
- Untitled, Temo Javakhishvili, 1’ The movie is another reflection on war, by Temo Javakhishvili who this time is reflecting on cruelty and repeatability of the war.
- The Story Of Furistiana (Mechanical Story), Tea Telia, 3’50’’ The tale of a community which is living in a peculiar timelessness. Its members are color blind and their main activity is shoe making.
- Time Disappears in Time, Iliko Zautashvili, 2002, 4’10’’ Contrasting the setting of water, which symbolizes time flow; time counted down by clocks and a motionless man looking at the harbor.
- Turbaza, Manana Dvali, Bruce Allan, 2003, 8’ Allegorical combination of war images, life after war and vision of the Last Judgment.
- Untitled, Ushangi Khumarashvili, 1’10’’ Another movie referring to the war in a metaphorical way.
- Wall, Temo Javakhishvili, 1’ The wall as a background for the performer’s actions.
- Way, Temo Javakhishvili, 0’50’’ Metaphorical attempt to set off on a journey with a car tire.
TOWARDS REALITY
Video Art & experimental movies from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
Total time: about 60'
28th June, Sunday, 5:30PM - Video Art show accompanying the vernissage in the Centre for Contemporary Art.
26th June, Friday, 6:00 PM (CSW Łaźnia - Gdańsk)
30th June, Tuesday, 9:15 PM (Charlie Cinema - Łódź)
- I Could Have Been..., Sona Abgarian, Armenia, 2003, 2'42'' A brief animation about social roles and stereotypes associated with them.
- Once Upon A Time, Diana Hakobayan, Armenia, 2004, 7'30'' Motion and picture –the basis of each movie in configuration with disturbing music and alarming expression of a young woman’s face. The experimental combination of different space-time continua.
- Stalker, Tigran Khachatryan, Armenia, 12'33'' The movie undertakes dialogue with Adnriej Tarkowski’s work from 1979 – through the title and reference to motifs of crossing and journey through different worlds. About strength, weakness, desire of knowledge, and experimentation.
- BOLT+, Tsomak, 2005, Armenia, 1'56'' The holistic and detailed look at a standard series of identical juncture, connected with typical metal screws.
- Kvartal 16, Vahram Aghasyan, Armenia 2003, 4'11'' Dialogical journey through a housing estate in the Yerevan suburbs that is built in accordance with the Le Corbusier`s urbanistic conceptions. The look at ideas that exist in reality.
- Ship Bolshevik N. Narimanov, Sabina Shikhlinskaya, Azerbejdżan, 2007, 7’ Trip not with a ship but to the ship - Bolshevik N. Narimanov that is presented in the rhythm of Soviet smash hits (by Leonid Utyosov and Lyubov Orlova) under the banner of the immortal symbol of Soviet power – the red star. Along with the changing music the ship unveils its mysterious and monstrous face to which people are gradually getting accustomed to.
- Unitled, Gamid Ibadullayev, 2006, 11’11’’ Pictures and music. Motion as leitmotiv and factor influencing not only world’s defragmentation, but also its creation The reality as a changing and unsure world that is subjected to artist observation.
- Between, Gamid Ibadullayev, 2008, 18’40’’ (movie in Polish) The portrait of the microcosm of people and objects suspended in timelessness. The portrait labeled with artist`s philosophical comment. Reflection over interaction between people, objects and events – counted by successive blinks, gestures, words, movements that are filling timelessness, paradoxically setting its specific pace.
All movies have English subtitles.
I Could Have Been... / Sona Abgarian
Ship Bolshevik N. Narimanov / Sabina Shikhlinskaya
Unititled / Niko Tsetskhladze