The Unlocked Circle

The Georgian National Pavilion unites different generations of Georgian scenographers/directors and demonstrates the transformation of goals and objectives of theatrical art and stage design. It is a territory where a variety of spatial interpretations is presented through metamorphoses and movement, with the inner aspiration to unlock circles and overcome boundaries.

The Pavilion showcases the documentation of the theatrical practice based on the principle of dialogism – a practice characterized by a wide range of reflections on the nature and opportunities. The subjects of the dialogue carry different – local or global – identities, from the global paradigm to various subcultural, gender groups. The documented contemporary history is part of this “dialogue”… The theatre serves as a universal medium that must reproduce this complex process, identify the problem and help parties to the dialogue restore identity through communication, “create” common new knowledge. The Pavilion’s artistic space typifies this active theatrical process comprised of passions, desires, thoughts, values, aspirations, and hopes.

It is a territory where new visions appear again and again, where personalities are renewed. It is a fascinating story of art and liberation of life, a way to the new “ego” through re-interpretation of the past and reflection on the present.

Country/Region Georgia

Presenting Organization VALERIAN GUNIA UNION OF YOUNG THEATRE ARTISTS (YTA Union) - OISTAT National Centre of Georgia

Curator Nino Gunia-Kuznetsova

Curatorial Team Tamara Bokuchava

Artists Shota Bagalishvili, David Doiashvili, Guram Matskhonashvili, Nikoloz Sabashvili, David Tavadze