`Kavtiskhevi is an ordinary village in Shida Kartli, Sakartvelo. If not for the shared effort of surrounding hills and rivers for over thousands of years, our village would be deserted and windy. Sometimes when it still got windy, my grandmother would tie a broom to a tree in our garden to stop the wind.
My grandmother used to tell me that in the previous century, about 50 years ago, German technologists’ came to the village. These technologists asked the villagers for consent to mine kaolin from a hill, which the Kavtiskhevi locals call Kataula. According to the Germans, the material extracted from the mountain would make valuable porcelain. My grandmother resisted and sent them away. Grandma loved to pick the chicory and hollies (Eryngium Caucasicum) on the mountain and walk on its slopes, just as locals took their animals to pasture there and to this day continue the tradition of burying their ancestors on Kataula. And all the children of course enjoyed hiking and playing there.
The Germans who visited my grandmother finally had a name. Instead of producing precious porcelain, they produce cement. As years pass by, a thin layer of white dust swathes the village. It can be limestone, sandstone or cement dust from the nearby cement factory. This factory is 4 kilometers away and the residents claim that the cancer rates have significantly risen since.
My grandmother used to tell me that in the previous century, about 50 years ago, German technologists’ came to the village. These technologists asked the villagers for consent to mine kaolin from a hill, which the Kavtiskhevi locals call Kataula. According to the Germans, the material extracted from the mountain would make valuable porcelain. My grandmother resisted and sent them away. Grandma loved to pick the chicory and hollies (Eryngium Caucasicum) on the mountain and walk on its slopes, just as locals took their animals to pasture there and to this day continue the tradition of burying their ancestors on Kataula. And all the children of course enjoyed hiking and playing there.
The Germans who visited my grandmother finally had a name. Instead of producing precious porcelain, they produce cement. As years pass by, a thin layer of white dust swathes the village. It can be limestone, sandstone or cement dust from the nearby cement factory. This factory is 4 kilometers away and the residents claim that the cancer rates have significantly risen since.
We wish you a safe ride
2024
Artistic Intervention,
Vienna, Austria
In fact, food delivery riders, most of them migrants, have almost no labour protection. During WIENWOCHE, “state of matter” Verein (Ana Mikadze, Fabio Hofer) called for active solidarity in connecting the festival audience with the riders, whose work shifts were taken over by volunteers on a solidarity basis. In this way, the riders used their time off duty to learn about their rights and connect to colleagues, who they have been deliberately disconnected from through the working environments dictated by the platforms.
Vienna, Austria
In fact, food delivery riders, most of them migrants, have almost no labour protection. During WIENWOCHE, “state of matter” Verein (Ana Mikadze, Fabio Hofer) called for active solidarity in connecting the festival audience with the riders, whose work shifts were taken over by volunteers on a solidarity basis. In this way, the riders used their time off duty to learn about their rights and connect to colleagues, who they have been deliberately disconnected from through the working environments dictated by the platforms.
variable dimensions
jute, iron oxide, cornstarch
projection mapping
A visual and auditory exposition on the haunting parallels between three discrete yet interconnected localities along the Danube river.
jute, iron oxide, cornstarch
projection mapping
A visual and auditory exposition on the haunting parallels between three discrete yet interconnected localities along the Danube river.
variable dimensions
found chairs, home-gym, screen, speakers, gypsum, paint, paper mache.
Video loop on screen
‘‘Two Georgian content moderators can be heard having a conversation in which neglected basic working conditions at their workplace take central stage. They work at a secondary outsourcing company, where NDAs prohibit them from dis-closing any information about their work and conveniently make any form of protesting or unionizing impossible.’’
found chairs, home-gym, screen, speakers, gypsum, paint, paper mache.
Video loop on screen
‘‘Two Georgian content moderators can be heard having a conversation in which neglected basic working conditions at their workplace take central stage. They work at a secondary outsourcing company, where NDAs prohibit them from dis-closing any information about their work and conveniently make any form of protesting or unionizing impossible.’’