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The Exhibition "Future Presence" Takes Place in Tbilisi

The exhibition 'Future Presence' is dedicated to researching postwar architecture in Tbilisi and the former state-Socialist countries. The exhibition combines three independent expositions. The exhibition, presented by ‘Tbilisi Architecture Archive’ about the aquatic sports complex Laguna Vere, aims to underline its architectural side and socio-cultural significance.

The 'ICONIC RUINS?' exhibition seeks to reveal the parallels in the architecture of the four Visegrad countries’ shared state-Socialist past and to initiate a broader discussion of the immediate future of the critically at-risk cultural heritage of late Modernism.

The exhibition 'Future Presence' also presents the results of a workshop, conducted with the 2nd-year students from the Architecture program in the Visual Arts, Architecture, and Design School of the Free University of Tbilisi. The students have been engaged in a weekly workshop with local experts in architecture, history, and preservation. Working in small groups, the students and their mentors have conducted many-layered research and production around the historical development, present conditions, and potential futures of three significant works of the Soviet architectural heritage in Tbilisi.

The exhibition will also host a series of discussions and presentations about the past and future of post-war Socialist Modernism in Tbilisi and the former state-socialist countries.
 
Future Presence
Curator: Ana Chorgolashvili
Assistants: Salome Sordia, Mariam Inashvili
Project manager: Tamara Janashia
Design of the exhibition: David Brodsky
Assistant: Nikoloz Tsagareishvili
Graphic design: Elene Gabrichidze
Translation and editing: Ana Kamladze, Ana Chorgolashvili, Elene Kobidze
Special thanks to the project's technical team
 
 
Iconic Ruins
Organiser: Czech Centres
Chief Curators: Henrieta Moravčíková (SK), Petr Vorlík (CZ)
Curators: Anna Cymmer (PL), Ábel Mészáros (HU)
Graphic design: Richard Jaroš (Side2)
Partners: Goethe-Institut, Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Czech Technical University in Prague (NAKI Czech Ministry of Culture DG18P02OVV013 – The Architecture of the 1980s), Architecture Archive oA HÚ SAV, Docomomo International – Czech, Docomomo International – Slovak, Document Collections of National Heritage Institute – Regional Office in Prague, A489
Shared Cities:
Creative Momentum (SCCM) is a European cultural platform addressing the contemporary urban challenges of European cities. SCCM is a joint project of Goethe-Institut (DE), Czech Centres (CZ), reSITE (CZ), Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava (SK), Association of Belgrade Architects (RS), Hungarian Contemporary Architecture Centre – KÉK (HU), Katowice City of Gardens (PL), KUNSTrePUBLIK (DE), Mindspace (HU), Old Market Hall Alliance (SK), Res Publica – Cities Magazine (PL).
The project Shared Cities: Creative Momentum is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union
 
VA[A]DS: Visual Art, Architecture, & Design School
Free University of Tbilisi
Students: Nikoloz Tsagareishvili, Vaja Japaridze, Salome Sarishvili, Ilia Osiashvili, Nanuka Mardaleishvili, Nino Macharashvili, Megi Lelashvili, Gvanca Modebadze, Aleksandre Paresishvili, Saba Khvedelidze, Nikoloz Kvatchrelishvili, Nini Jabidze, Saba Chubinidze
Tutors: Thomas Ibrahim, Nano Zazanashvili, Erekle Chinchaladze, Lasha Shartava
Special thanks to National Scientific Library
 
Public Program
Moderator: David Bostanashvili
Speakers: Lado Vardosanidze (Georgia), Tamar Khoshtaria (Georgia), Nikoloz Lekveishvili (Georgia), Peter Szalay (Slovenia), Petr Vorlík (Czech Republic), Dániel Kovacs (Hungary), Anna Cymer (Poland), Michal Murawski (Poland)
 
 
 
The project is sponsored by Visegrad Fund and Co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.