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A. A. of G., a story
K.B my Artificial Artist of Georgia
I had a residency with GEOAIR in October 2011 and my subject was to make an Artificial Artist of Georgia.
What’s an Artificial Artist? I’m not sure I know it myself.
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Another K.B.
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A Star is Born
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Pure Art
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A surface of projection
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A role model
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I am inspiring!
For my friends, I am the representation of a dream.…
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I Am a Work of Art
My name is Kristine Bebia and I am a work of art.
Someone has appropriated my image, my name, my person, my style and I have been transformed into a work of art…
I read a book called “Laterna …
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Body-Snatchers
Halloween is the perfect night for the body-snatchers to operate.
Body-Snatchers hijack your body and transform you into a virtual person, hahahaha!!!!
The body-snatcher is attacking Kristine Bebia. What will happen to her?
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Wandering Lust
How to get started on a path without knowing where it will lead you….
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Reverse engineering
The use of a blog is problematic for what I want to do now with K. B.
Why don’t blogs have a button for “reverse time”, with the older post first?…
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Orange
Her favourite colour, definitely! She must be hiding behing that french marigold, ready to stage herself in this charming, old fashioned podium behind, a lovely bandstand for the “music of identity” she is going to play for me.
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This is not her
This is not K. B., my Artificial_Artist from Tbilissi.
No you can’t see her yet.
This is an image plundered from her Facebook timeline and it tells already a lot on her personality. Ideally she would like to look like …
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May I show her face?
I’m starting to imagine a project using K.B. as the Artificial_Artist of Tbilissi but I’m not quite ready to show her face here yet.…
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And The Winner Is
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Free wine for every tourist!
As everyone knows in Tbilissi, President Saakashvili has always commissioned major public art pieces all by himself, choosing the artist, the location, the symbols. The best public art works are participatory, that is well known. So here is the best …
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Sabunia
I thought of turning Saba Lekveishvili into an virtual character because of his personal talent for designing his own media appearance. I immediately appropriated this “Harry Potter” version of him which he had once used as profile picture.
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I Remember
To my amazement, this project seems to know no end… I keep having ideas for possible Artificial_Artists of Georgia, virtual persons keep pop-up in my memory, with the help of Facebook sometimes, or the help of visiting friends. I wouldn’t …
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Lado Darakhvelidze
I’m Losing More Than I’ll Ever Have, in SmartProjectSpace
Using painting, sculpture, and installations, Georgian artist Lado Darakhvelidze traces power relations rooted in different hierarchical structures, such as within media, political or economic systems. A key idea in the work … -
Undergrounds of Tbilissi 2
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Undergrounds of Tbilissi
UNDERGO THE PARALLELS
An event of public art in the underground of Tbilissi organised by GeoAIR
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Artificial_Artist of Georgia Found in Amsterdam
Sometimes what you’re looking on the other side of the world present itself nearby, or comes knocking at your door.
Using painting, sculpture, and installations, Georgian artist Lado Darakhvelidze traces power relations rooted in different hierarchical structures, such as …
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Georgian Artists, Doing It for Themselves
An article about Georgian Artists published in the New York Times.
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Supported by the Mondriaan Fund
This project has been supported by the Mondriaan Fund to which I still should make a report, when I consider the project finished, but it’s not quite the case yet… When does it ever finish?…
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CitizenReporter.org
On my recommandation, Mark from CitizenReporter.org covered the satirical magazine Chiti.ge and interviewed the founder Saba Lekveishvili. Another link between Tbilissi and Amsterdam has been created!
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Artificial_Me?
It is time to round up that phase of the work, I have been postponing it all the way, but now I have to face the issue. How can I conclude my research two months after the facts?…
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Merry Xmas Bank of Georgia!
The famous building of the Roads Ministry which had been bought and renovated by the Bank of Georgia (notice the little blue cube at the front of the building) is proudly decorating their Xmas card (see the tiny snowman on …
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Remembering people
This is Ibtissam, my neighbour girl, playing with the doll I brought back to her from Tbilissi.
Now I’m back from Georgia since 3 weeks, and I am reviewing my memories, getting ready to write some new blog entries. The … -
Kartlis Deda
Kartlis Deda, the Mother of Georgia, a 20 meters metallic national symbol on a hill is a soviet invention: it was commissioned in 1958.
Nobody needs a national symbol, except in times of occupation……
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Party People
From the paintings of Pirosmani to the films of Iosseliani, the Georgian are often pictured as party people. They make music and sing, they make wine and they love to drink it and to share it.
.Wine and …
