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National Costume?
A knee length robe, in black or red, with a dagger at your belt and candles (?) in your breast pockets, is that a kid’s version of the national georgian costume? I met these kids on the way up to …
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Wax figures
No, this is not a wax museum, the Madame Tussaud of Tbilissi. These people are made of flesh and bones. They look like this because they are playing their own role in a traditional religious ceremony. The bridegroom is wearing …
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The View
Enjoying the view from the window one last time before leaving…
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Romantic graffitis
The local style of graffitis is somehow very romantic, sad love being the favourite subject. No wonder we get such good drawings, these are the walls of the art academy.…
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Mouchette in Tbilissi
I met Mouchette, my own virtual character carved in stone in a park of Tbilissi, where she serves as a war symbol. She is represented life size, not oversized and someone has added some romantic graffitis on her, tears …
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My baby is gone
My baby is gone and I’m broke.
What is there left to be sold in this country?
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Oversized Symbol III
The new house of the president: a little gem of totalitarian architecture that popped out of the ground two years ago. Reminiscent of some the palaces built by the Turkmenbashi, the late president of Turkmenistan.…
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Adding to your building
A careful look at recent buildings reveal that a lot of additions are being made: top floors are added to more top floors, balconies are closed with brick walls to create additional space. In the end, you can hardly distinguish …
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Roads Ministry Building
Quite an astonishing building!
GeoAIR had an exhibition there last year “Frozen Moments, Architecture Speaks Back”.
Designed in the 1970s by George Chakhava, who was both the lead architect and the client for the project, the building pioneered the … -
Silk fetishists
For silk fetishists or old museum lovers, the silk museum of Tbilissi is a unique place, a must-see! It is said to have been made after the silk museum of Lyon in France, but believe me, that’s where I grew …
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In her grandmother’s kitchen
The paintings Tamuna did in her teenage time are hanging on the wall like beloved treasures and the cosy and popular atmosphere in this kitchen is a contemporary version of them. The food was great, the invitation unplanned, I got …
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Gabriadze Puppet Theater
Puppeteers pretend to be invisible on stage, even when they go bareface. I admire, even envy their art. When I have found my Virtual_Artist, I will become invisible too. Rezo Gabriadze has an internationally very famous puppet theater in Tbilissi. …
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Always Ultra
Another oversized symbol. The nickname Always Ultra was given to this new pedestrian bridge across the river Mtkvari (you guessed it) because of its resemblance to a well-known sanitary pad. Tbilissians don’t like the bridge because of its bombastic modernity …
