{"id":6032,"date":"2024-10-14T12:09:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T08:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2024\/?page_id=6032"},"modified":"2024-10-14T12:47:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T08:47:51","slug":"georgia-national-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2024\/georgia-national-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia National Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Georgia National Exhibition<\/h3>\n

Rare Memories of the Future <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dedicated to the memory of the outstanding stage designer <\/span>Mir<\/span>ia<\/span>n<\/span> Shvelidze<\/span>(1947-2022).<\/span><\/p>\n

The Georgian exhibition, dedicated to the memory of the outstanding Georgian <\/span>scenographer \u00a0<\/span>Mir<\/span>ia<\/span>n<\/span> Shvelidze<\/span> (1947-2022), is a virtual journey through the productions by the Georgian theatre classic Robert <\/span>Sturua<\/span> created in collaboration with <\/span>Mir<\/span>ia<\/span>n<\/span> Shvelidze<\/span>, as \u00a0immersion into the salvific world of art in the era of pandemic and war.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rare Memories of the Future<\/span> is a lonely spectator’s space filled with premonitions, combining memories of the past with a prophetic foretaste of the future and a dramatic reality… The idea of immersion in a theatrical virtual reality is based on society’s desire to consume culture as an antidote, as art is the best way to overcome the traumatic syndrome brought on by pandemic and war.<\/span><\/p>\n

The idea is inspired by the National Rustaveli Theatre’s production \u201cENDGAME\u201d by Samuel Beckett (director Robert <\/span>Sturua<\/span>, stage and costume designer <\/span>Miron<\/span> Shvelidze<\/span>) which was premiered in February 2020, just days before the Covid-19 outbreak in Georgia. <\/span><\/p>\n

The content of the Pavilion is a virtual territory, where through a historical journey from the early productions to the contemporary premieres the viewer grasps the theatrical metaphors of the \u2018political theatre \u2018transformed into a metaphysical \u2018philosophical theatre\u2019 by Robert <\/span>Sturua<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The project was presented at the<\/span> 15th Prague Quadrennial\u00a0<\/span>in 2023 in the Exhibition of Countries and Regions section.<\/span><\/p>\n

Curator: Nino <\/span>Gunia<\/span>-Kuznetsova<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Georgian National <\/span>Curator<\/span> of PQ23<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mirian Shvelidze<\/span> (1947-2022)<\/span><\/strong> – painter, stage designer, People’s Artist of Georgia, winner of the Shota Rustaveli State Prize.<\/span><\/p>\n

Education: Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, specialty scenography.<\/span><\/p>\n

Miron<\/span> Shvelidze<\/span>, scenographer and co-creator of iconic productions by Robert <\/span>Sturua<\/span>, the last conceptualist of the generation of the <\/span>Sixtiers<\/span> who created the phenomenon of Georgian theatre, <\/span>Sturua’s<\/span> collaborator and scenographer of Shakespeare’s tragedies staged at the Rustaveli National Theatre. <\/span><\/p>\n

From 1975 he was a set designer and then chief set designer with the Rustaveli Theatre. Designed the following productions at the Rustaveli Theatre: <\/span><\/p>\n

P. <\/span>Kakabadze<\/span> <\/a>“Kvarkvare Tutaberi”,<\/span> 1974.<\/span><\/p>\n

W. Shakespeare “Richard III”, <\/span>1979<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

W. Shakespeare “King Lear”, <\/span>1987<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

W. Shakespeare “Macbeth”, <\/span>1995<\/span><\/p>\n

G. <\/span>Robakidze<\/span>, “<\/span>Lamara<\/span>“<\/span>, <\/span>199<\/span>7<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

I. <\/span>Chavchavadze<\/span> “Is a Man a Human”<\/span>,<\/span> 2000.<\/span><\/p>\n

W. Shakespeare “Hamlet”<\/span>, <\/span>2001.<\/span><\/p>\n

S. Beckett “Waiting for Godot”, <\/span>2002.<\/span><\/p>\n

S. Beckett “ENDGAME”<\/span>, 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n

and others. <\/span><\/p>\n

He collaborated with other Georgian and foreign theatres.<\/span><\/p>\n