https://anamikadze.com Ana Mikadze Tue, 05 Aug 2025 09:57:00 +0000 https://anamikadze.com en https://anamikadze.com/Main-Page Mon, 04 Aug 2025 16:14:00 +0000 Ana Mikadze https://anamikadze.com/Main-Page NEWS <img width="2192" height="1449" width_o="2192" height_o="1449" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b567e144ccfd1378e69ed9790c65bdb18a8d40c9835f179c6da051a3ac1adba8/Screenshot-2026-01-23-at-22.02.48.png" data-mid="243898527" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b567e144ccfd1378e69ed9790c65bdb18a8d40c9835f179c6da051a3ac1adba8/Screenshot-2026-01-23-at-22.02.48.png" /> <img width="2125" height="1303" width_o="2125" height_o="1303" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c65e7c3e000fd540edc7cd06e8e355f66158e6eece9e5a5b03cbc9c23452b7d/Screenshot-2026-01-23-at-22.03.17.png" data-mid="243898528" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3c65e7c3e000fd540edc7cd06e8e355f66158e6eece9e5a5b03cbc9c23452b7d/Screenshot-2026-01-23-at-22.03.17.png" /> AMO/OMA COUNTRYSIDE: A PLACE TO LIVE, NOT TO LEAVE, 2025 research assistance and text ‘A Brief Contextualisation of Sericulture in Georgia’ for installation Knowledge, People, Material: Architecture of Sericulture.&nbsp;“Ports, pipelines, highways, and data cables now thread through the Caucasus. Once again, the region is cast not as a center of cultural production, but as a corridor, an in-between space whose value lies in being crossed, connected, and controlled. To study silk is not an act of nostalgia, it is a refusal to let this craft’s disappearance go unexamined.” <img width="1198" height="799" width_o="1198" height_o="799" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/105c8deb40098f86e065477853a3bf5f5b01c11b52b70c893b409e3ed0cce3de/583790063_18062575958536096_4318039870991206553_n.jpg" data-mid="243907753" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/105c8deb40098f86e065477853a3bf5f5b01c11b52b70c893b409e3ed0cce3de/583790063_18062575958536096_4318039870991206553_n.jpg" /> ‘MUCILAGE STARTS TO SPREAD INTO THE BLACK SEA, OR PETROCHEMICAL STICKY FUTURES’ TEXT FOR “WATERED: THE TOPOGRAPHY OF OPAQUE CURRENTS” , 2025 This bilingual edition brings together the reading and thinking processes unfolded across several gatherings, reflecting on water, watery and waterless spaces, bodies, objects, and systems. Concept author, lead and editor: Elisabed GedevanishviliEditor: Lika GulbaniAuthors: Urchi 0431, Elene Duduchava, Elisabed Gedevanishvili, Mariam Kakhniashvili, Tinatin Lobzhanidze, Mariam Songhulashvili, Ana MikadzeGraphic design: Mariam SonghulashviliThe publication was printed at @xaraxura.press Year of publication: 2025The publication was prepared by the Tbilisi Office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation. PROJECTS <img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/db3680e0e0b4316c72513b4daa02c452e0612545ba95f20bd558e7e6c812b400/IMG_2497.jpg" data-mid="236649666" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/db3680e0e0b4316c72513b4daa02c452e0612545ba95f20bd558e7e6c812b400/IMG_2497.jpg" /> My grandmother used to tell me that in the previous century, German (through her words) ‘technologists’ came to the village.&nbsp; <img width="1440" height="1080" width_o="1440" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4d24c3907e7850e2b669baf81111048c6106427b5fbf03488c5cc10ff21a4481/608510581_18085704290275091_5355813220430373233_n.jpg" data-mid="243908202" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4d24c3907e7850e2b669baf81111048c6106427b5fbf03488c5cc10ff21a4481/608510581_18085704290275091_5355813220430373233_n.jpg" /><img width="1440" height="1080" width_o="1440" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a3d43c1bd15e0aaf0d40bd3d444e5f0391a7296d66098832c8ffdf365282e6a/607906694_18085704302275091_5532022838299891780_n.jpg" data-mid="243908200" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a3d43c1bd15e0aaf0d40bd3d444e5f0391a7296d66098832c8ffdf365282e6a/607906694_18085704302275091_5532022838299891780_n.jpg" /><img width="1440" height="1081" width_o="1440" height_o="1081" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6705258826cd145159f54581851daa87a25323cca7e1afc1bbc8bceac1899a1b/609718221_18085703342275091_8977357996828746624_n.jpg" data-mid="243908203" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6705258826cd145159f54581851daa87a25323cca7e1afc1bbc8bceac1899a1b/609718221_18085703342275091_8977357996828746624_n.jpg" />DINEBA - A DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF GEORGIA’S ECOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE: INFRASTRUCTURE OF POWER PLANTS AND COMMUNITY RESISTANCE IN THE CONTEXT OF LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, 2025 The aim of the initiative is to create a community-driven archive that enables contextual, participatory, and polyphonic participation in ways that represent the many voices, communities, and creative practices that have shaped Georgia’s ecological realities over time. With contributions from: Nina Akhvlediani, Elisabed Gedevanishvili, Lika Gulbani, Cent Hosten, Ana Mikadze, Tatuli Japoshvili &amp; Giga Tsikarishvili (platform wit[h]nessing), Eka Tsotsoria Curator: Nina Akhvlediani Exhibition design: Julie Dalsgaard Hvass Graphic design: Archil Tsereteli Text: Lika Gulbani, Elisabed Gedevanishvili, Giorgi Tsintsadze, Ana Mikadze Website design: Cent Holsten <img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8dcae5ee4f74ea670d1059e30d901fff88f204543c0aad9669975dd2a445d3b5/IMG_2471.jpg" data-mid="236649663" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8dcae5ee4f74ea670d1059e30d901fff88f204543c0aad9669975dd2a445d3b5/IMG_2471.jpg" /> They asked for consent to mine kaolin from a hill, which the Kavtiskhevi locals call Kataula. <img width="2593" height="911" width_o="2593" height_o="911" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0ea56a6a7e89e4dd216d3667d107272ae6e678d9ab553c853b39774b01acb13/Screenshot-2025-08-04-at-20.01.08.png" data-mid="236649701" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f0ea56a6a7e89e4dd216d3667d107272ae6e678d9ab553c853b39774b01acb13/Screenshot-2025-08-04-at-20.01.08.png" /> According to the German technologists, the material extracted from the mountain would make valuable porcelain. SATELLITE IMAGE, KATAULA My grandmother resisted and sent them away.&nbsp;Years have passed by, and a thin layer of white dust swathes the village, a cement grime from the nearby cement factory.&nbsp; <img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ba00e9167b9f701546b73f53e02f5a0cbd14cf932dabd671f288e4a7040fb1c4/IMG_2470.jpg" data-mid="236649684" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ba00e9167b9f701546b73f53e02f5a0cbd14cf932dabd671f288e4a7040fb1c4/IMG_2470.jpg" /> The residents claim that the cancer rates have significantly risen since. <img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0aa47b8ebde15434e3ac6785cb132aa60ce47eb031ae8caae94f494f09983cae/IMG_9961.jpg" data-mid="236649710" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0aa47b8ebde15434e3ac6785cb132aa60ce47eb031ae8caae94f494f09983cae/IMG_9961.jpg" /> TRIPLE SPINE RELIEF DESIGN CARE BODY, 2023&nbsp; ‘‘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.’’ <img width="5669" height="4134" width_o="5669" height_o="4134" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0bc0e207d7ce9d4f82618c1dea9654bf1a3a039f75d24d3cb312080ef7749c62/cover-scan.jpg" data-mid="236649799" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0bc0e207d7ce9d4f82618c1dea9654bf1a3a039f75d24d3cb312080ef7749c62/cover-scan.jpg" /> THE ENERGY ATLAS, STUDIO OFFSHORE / STUDIO TECHNOGEOGRAPHIES&nbsp; Research publication on energy infrastuctures. Exhibited at Solar Labs, Sun Without Shadow Symposium, The Energy Show at Het Nieuwe Instituut. ENERGY AS A TOOL OF HYBRID WARFARE, 2022 Figure 1: <img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/447fcd58326e9ae1a032903298ced20af288fa4225c961389d06a5a75e4f9007/8.jpg" data-mid="236649715" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/447fcd58326e9ae1a032903298ced20af288fa4225c961389d06a5a75e4f9007/8.jpg" /> Figure 2: <img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b880eb2ce115aba54c8d016d778684675d3bcdbcb4d21a6e33f6a83857dbe9c3/13.jpg" data-mid="236649716" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b880eb2ce115aba54c8d016d778684675d3bcdbcb4d21a6e33f6a83857dbe9c3/13.jpg" /> <img width="5094" height="3396" width_o="5094" height_o="3396" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f56ba838e13308bc37659d285632ef7ecbaa7e17ef332b3a3286f8905c9eb48/1.jpg" data-mid="236649711" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6f56ba838e13308bc37659d285632ef7ecbaa7e17ef332b3a3286f8905c9eb48/1.jpg" />Installation view, Cube in Context, 2022 Project highlights the colonial legacies of technocratic experimentation in South Caucasus. The immersive time-based installation unites an API software and a research publication. Located in south Caucasus and only populated with 3,8 million, Georgia became the second largest cryptocurrency mining country in a short time span. Grey areas in laws and cheap electricity have attracted more foreign investors to take ownership of the energy generated by Georgian hydropower plants. Consequently, Georgia has been buying most of its electricity from long-time invader Russia. <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/99d1c726305d73e74af16af259de430625d1f03646afd384013f9d824462f87d/11.jpg" data-mid="236649712" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/99d1c726305d73e74af16af259de430625d1f03646afd384013f9d824462f87d/11.jpg" /> While cryptocurrencies like bitcoin have been falsely advertised to financially help ‘forgotten’ nations (as stated in report “Bitcoin for Governments”) , it has only tricked people into committing to short-term small scale oligarchy and giving away natural resources and land to the neo-colonial expansion. WHAT MIGHT BECOME OF A BODY OF WATER 2024A visual and auditory exposition on the haunting parallels between three discrete yet interconnected localities along the Danube river. &nbsp; Figure 1: <img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa0c114efe3448fd40151d2d3036463b74f6d931a2e700854451b561958c16e4/IMG_0863.jpg" data-mid="236649733" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aa0c114efe3448fd40151d2d3036463b74f6d931a2e700854451b561958c16e4/IMG_0863.jpg" /> Figure 2: <img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e514a1b037d6c98e59812d83ba0b35fc4c4d718c7b48d807f24c2576660f9c01/IMG_0884.jpg" data-mid="236649735" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e514a1b037d6c98e59812d83ba0b35fc4c4d718c7b48d807f24c2576660f9c01/IMG_0884.jpg" /> Figure 1: <img width="1999" height="2772" width_o="1999" height_o="2772" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e0a0301835bd608573c10d70e6d4e810c25c2dada3f4309c1346f2f85e9a5b4d/000068090012.jpg" data-mid="236649796" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e0a0301835bd608573c10d70e6d4e810c25c2dada3f4309c1346f2f85e9a5b4d/000068090012.jpg" /> Figure 2: <img width="1787" height="2616" width_o="1787" height_o="2616" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1638f4d1c95a072f3bc90874251dfde8f354f11e2d1d6bedc60d1f0231af4f37/000068090013.jpg" data-mid="236649795" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1638f4d1c95a072f3bc90874251dfde8f354f11e2d1d6bedc60d1f0231af4f37/000068090013.jpg" /> EPHEMERA,&nbsp; 2022Collaboration with Marie Judith Le Gars <img width="2854" height="1478" width_o="2854" height_o="1478" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0f285e8679503547bfbe757e1b5f089a64437c63390c064c1ee93ef57beea9ce/Screenshot-2023-10-08-at-21.01.12.png" data-mid="236649767" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0f285e8679503547bfbe757e1b5f089a64437c63390c064c1ee93ef57beea9ce/Screenshot-2023-10-08-at-21.01.12.png" />TEMPLE OF THE SUN, 2023 00:07:03:00, Video Still, Censored at CAS Batumi &nbsp;© Ana Mikadze 2026 CONTACT https://anamikadze.com/Kataula-1 Mon, 06 Jan 2025 21:21:12 +0000 Ana Mikadze https://anamikadze.com/Kataula-1 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8dcae5ee4f74ea670d1059e30d901fff88f204543c0aad9669975dd2a445d3b5/IMG_2471.jpg" data-mid="225576610" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8dcae5ee4f74ea670d1059e30d901fff88f204543c0aad9669975dd2a445d3b5/IMG_2471.jpg" /><img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/db3680e0e0b4316c72513b4daa02c452e0612545ba95f20bd558e7e6c812b400/IMG_2497.jpg" data-mid="225576625" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/db3680e0e0b4316c72513b4daa02c452e0612545ba95f20bd558e7e6c812b400/IMG_2497.jpg" /><img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ba00e9167b9f701546b73f53e02f5a0cbd14cf932dabd671f288e4a7040fb1c4/IMG_2470.jpg" data-mid="225576605" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ba00e9167b9f701546b73f53e02f5a0cbd14cf932dabd671f288e4a7040fb1c4/IMG_2470.jpg" /><img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ef3be94f2a5b8bb08e8e6486d76c89fcde6cd30f3a67a967a749ea8f3cfa2fe/IMG_2408.jpg" data-mid="225576499" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9ef3be94f2a5b8bb08e8e6486d76c89fcde6cd30f3a67a967a749ea8f3cfa2fe/IMG_2408.jpg" /><img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a079e7ee541747de4c4a02b7006b2b6f77a842eb9acc0c6c4f63d8d4353d393a/IMG_2466.jpg" data-mid="225576585" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a079e7ee541747de4c4a02b7006b2b6f77a842eb9acc0c6c4f63d8d4353d393a/IMG_2466.jpg" /><img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b6399c2cac37a90fd17574a1523d013b494bff272e4c6a9d0cf4c8242be97dd/IMG_2399.jpg" data-mid="225576496" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2b6399c2cac37a90fd17574a1523d013b494bff272e4c6a9d0cf4c8242be97dd/IMG_2399.jpg" /><img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7276f212a460ed787442b915f43e4401cccf28354ce2414c0051e1a45c0cf3ed/IMG_2469.jpg" data-mid="225576600" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7276f212a460ed787442b915f43e4401cccf28354ce2414c0051e1a45c0cf3ed/IMG_2469.jpg" /><img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7b08bba12c93833595cb4070172390acb152ecf42bf2caf4ad0f52c320a6bacb/IMG_2461.jpg" data-mid="225576561" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7b08bba12c93833595cb4070172390acb152ecf42bf2caf4ad0f52c320a6bacb/IMG_2461.jpg" /><img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a3361e8825cf7a7d13f45ac18aa167daef5937d7f63e3ff75ce5bd6baf4809b/IMG_2468.jpg" data-mid="225576595" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a3361e8825cf7a7d13f45ac18aa167daef5937d7f63e3ff75ce5bd6baf4809b/IMG_2468.jpg" /> KATAULA 2025 S+T+ARTS Prize Honorary mention Installation, material research variable dimensions Silkscreened concrete (Heidelberg Cement Georgia), steel, quarry waste ceramic high fire glazes Kataula is a research-driven artistic project set in the limestone quarries of Kavtiskhevi, a village in Georgia profoundly shaped by the relentless extraction of its natural resources. At the heart of the work is a confrontation with Georgian legislation, which sanctions mining until total resource depletion, cementing a future of inevitable destruction. These extractive practices, rooted in colonial legacies of German industrial intervention in the region, strip the mountain of its organic essence, turning sedimentary rock into displaced fragments of its own ecosystem. The project operates at the intersection of witnessing and intervention. Cement and quarry waste, the materials of industrial erasure, are reclaimed and reimagined. Photographic imprints are embedded into cement tiles, creating a tactile archive of the village’s existence. Ceramic bodies and glazes crafted from quarry waste serve as vessels for what the mountain has lost, refusing commodification and resisting erasure. -&nbsp;Heidelberg Materials (Previously Heidelberg Cement) is a German multinational building materials company. Operating across 50 countries, Heidelberg is a world's second largest cement producer, and third largest for ready mixed concrete. While being numerously accused of causing uncontrollable environmental destruction around the world, Heidelberg positions itself as a symbol of sustainability. Offering a counter-narrative rooted in the locality of Kavtiskhevi, Georgia told by the artist's grandmother: the work seeks to dismantle Heidelberg Cement’s carefully curated image of responsibility. Using Heidelberg cement (sourced from the limestone quarries of their native village Kavtiskhevi), the artist confronts the enduring legacies of German extractivism in the region. Georgian legislation, which permits mining until total resource depletion, underscores the eschatological violence of this process. Cement tiles, made from the same Heidelberg cement bear photographic imprints of Kavtiskhevi’s residents and non-human life, rendering the erasure visible. Meanwhile, quarry waste foraged on site is repurposed into ceramics and glazes, transforming them into artifacts resisting commodification. The resulting artwork seeks to reclaim the complicit material into a surface for truth-telling and accountability. ''My grandmother used to tell me that in the previous century, about 50 years ago, German (through her words) ‘technologists’ came to the village. They asked for consent to mine kaolin from a hill, which the Kavtiskhevi locals call Kataula. According to the German technologists, the material extracted from the mountain would make valuable porcelain. My grandmother resisted and sent them away. Years have passed by, and a thin layer of white dust swathes the village. a cement grime from the nearby cement factory. The residents claim that the cancer rates have significantly risen since.'' *On 27 November 2024, German Ambassador Peter Fischer, responding to a question about the trend of German investments, stated that a major investor, Heidelberg Cement, had left Georgia. However the mining still continues, now under Georgian shareholders. https://anamikadze.com/WE-WISH-YOU-A-SAFE-RIDE Mon, 23 Jan 2023 15:28:33 +0000 Ana Mikadze https://anamikadze.com/WE-WISH-YOU-A-SAFE-RIDE <img width="2834" height="1596" width_o="2834" height_o="1596" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fdf2ca38d85c2d15636536503c6a9f72537af0d5559e6c752caa4fdba7bb09aa/Screenshot-2024-09-14-at-09.32.21.png" data-mid="218834069" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fdf2ca38d85c2d15636536503c6a9f72537af0d5559e6c752caa4fdba7bb09aa/Screenshot-2024-09-14-at-09.32.21.png" /><img width="1504" height="867" width_o="1504" height_o="867" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a47fd5adfa6f63266bb8960e11da144b37bc31bbbbf2263e727c376a136480b0/Screenshot-2025-04-12-at-09.30.27.png" data-mid="229705527" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a47fd5adfa6f63266bb8960e11da144b37bc31bbbbf2263e727c376a136480b0/Screenshot-2025-04-12-at-09.30.27.png" /> credits: WIENWOCHE/ Olesya Kleymenova&nbsp; WE WISH YOU A SAFE RIDE 2024 Artistic Intervention, Vienna, AustriaCollaboration with Riders Collective In Austria,&nbsp; food delivery workers, often migrants, face precarious gig‑work conditions without standard labour protections. A former delivery‑platform CEO once remarked, “The only requirement for a job as a food delivery person is to be able to ride a bike.” Yet these workers frequently endure freelance contracts that exclude them from collective agreements and leave them vulnerable to exploitation. During WIENWOCHE,&nbsp; “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.A series of workshops and artistic public programming accompanied the intervention: “Know Your Rights”, conducted by legal advisor Dania Kabil of the ÖGB, guiding riders through real‑life labour law scenarios.&nbsp;Sessions on how to organize collectively, and on health &amp; care for riders with health professionals.&nbsp;Performative onboarding and guided tours, such as “Mapping Vienna’s Hidden (Food) Delivery Infrastructures”, as well as a screening of video portraits of Vienna-based riders.&nbsp;*To protect the anonymity and privacy of food delivery riders,&nbsp;no photographs&nbsp;of them have been taken as part of this project. https://anamikadze.com/Triple-spine-relief-design-care-body Sat, 11 Jan 2025 12:13:07 +0000 Ana Mikadze https://anamikadze.com/Triple-spine-relief-design-care-body <img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0aa47b8ebde15434e3ac6785cb132aa60ce47eb031ae8caae94f494f09983cae/IMG_9961.jpg" data-mid="224567370" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0aa47b8ebde15434e3ac6785cb132aa60ce47eb031ae8caae94f494f09983cae/IMG_9961.jpg" /><img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ea35dddab452578618135ed7295102385f780391eac56f019b8d258654a6b28/IMG_9980.jpg" data-mid="224567371" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3ea35dddab452578618135ed7295102385f780391eac56f019b8d258654a6b28/IMG_9980.jpg" /> TRIPLE SPINE RELIEF DESIGN CARE BODY, 2023 variable dimensions found chairs, home-gym, screen, speakers, gypsum, paint, paper mache. &nbsp; Video loop on screenTeam: Ana Mikadze, Livni Holtz, Can Denzer, Dunia SahirCognitive capitalism found fertile grounds in pandemic lockdowns and changed working conditions, normalising home offices, where the invisibility of the human labour behind AI can be exploited to the core. Through outlining the hidden systems behind AI training and urgencies related to worker’s rights, the installation recreates the hostile environment of a fictitious abandoned office. ‘‘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.’’ https://anamikadze.com/Energy-as-a-tool-of-hybrid-warfare Mon, 23 Jan 2023 15:28:33 +0000 Ana Mikadze https://anamikadze.com/Energy-as-a-tool-of-hybrid-warfare <img width="5094" height="3396" width_o="5094" height_o="3396" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f56ba838e13308bc37659d285632ef7ecbaa7e17ef332b3a3286f8905c9eb48/1.jpg" data-mid="165691299" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6f56ba838e13308bc37659d285632ef7ecbaa7e17ef332b3a3286f8905c9eb48/1.jpg" /><img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/99d1c726305d73e74af16af259de430625d1f03646afd384013f9d824462f87d/11.jpg" data-mid="165691341" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/99d1c726305d73e74af16af259de430625d1f03646afd384013f9d824462f87d/11.jpg" /><img width="4929" height="3055" width_o="4929" height_o="3055" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fea120f8984049382a1e332d14049044443230f73d88ba685c0bb6d296df755d/4.jpg" data-mid="165691316" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fea120f8984049382a1e332d14049044443230f73d88ba685c0bb6d296df755d/4.jpg" /><img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b1170d9e614bccd560e374dc8646b9aa1c5865aa04490fec88c65b17e6be559/9.jpg" data-mid="165691644" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1b1170d9e614bccd560e374dc8646b9aa1c5865aa04490fec88c65b17e6be559/9.jpg" /><img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a6e7570836bf796e890aec4831ddf29002ab99419cb608a7a512a8a9f902a9e3/IMG_8198-2.jpg" data-mid="203298608" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a6e7570836bf796e890aec4831ddf29002ab99419cb608a7a512a8a9f902a9e3/IMG_8198-2.jpg" /><img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b880eb2ce115aba54c8d016d778684675d3bcdbcb4d21a6e33f6a83857dbe9c3/13.jpg" data-mid="165691633" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b880eb2ce115aba54c8d016d778684675d3bcdbcb4d21a6e33f6a83857dbe9c3/13.jpg" /><img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3b9e0126c48bcdd231cfb47c6341181799fd8c172e85c43acaa09fca269f96c8/2.jpg" data-mid="165691319" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3b9e0126c48bcdd231cfb47c6341181799fd8c172e85c43acaa09fca269f96c8/2.jpg" /><img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ba91b3c2b177f7928a378033113fb2be415a3949078de7d75c1493ddf76003b/10.jpg" data-mid="165691629" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9ba91b3c2b177f7928a378033113fb2be415a3949078de7d75c1493ddf76003b/10.jpg" /> ENERGY AS A TOOL OF HYBRID WARFARE,&nbsp;2022 Installation variable dimensionsmultimedia Project highlights the colonial legacies of technocratic experimentation in South Caucasus. The immersive time-based installation unites an API software and a research publication. Located in south Caucasus and only populated with 3,8 million, Georgia became the second largest cryptocurrency mining country in a short time span. Grey areas in laws and cheap electricity have attracted more foreign investors to take ownership of the energy generated by Georgian hydropower plants. Consequently, Georgia has been buying most of its electricity from long-time invader Russia. While cryptocurrencies like bitcoin have been falsely advertised to financially help ‘forgotten’ nations (as stated in report “Bitcoin for Governments.”), it has only tricked people into committing to short-term small scale oligarchy and giving away their resources and land to the neo-colonial expansion. Research connected stories, values and dreams of 30 cryptocurrency miners all across Georgia, mapping these stories with factual information to investigate the myths that circulate in the energy sector.&nbsp; The installation depicts a time span of 6 hours of an average Georgian cryptocurrency miner through their perspective. Installation consists of 7 elements (bitcoin mining rig (hydraulic machine), table, chair, computer, framed picture, water tub, plug) that have been taken out of the research participants room‘s and modified to simulate the alchemical processes that take place in their spaces. https://anamikadze.com/Liminal-ossetia Mon, 23 Jan 2023 16:35:32 +0000 Ana Mikadze https://anamikadze.com/Liminal-ossetia <img width="2480" height="1748" width_o="2480" height_o="1748" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/05b4fef3b8cd516b78eb5fcec7d34be56a4b1c1770512c0e51fd739056963ea1/liminal-ossetia.jpg" data-mid="200265149" border="0" data-scale="81" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/05b4fef3b8cd516b78eb5fcec7d34be56a4b1c1770512c0e51fd739056963ea1/liminal-ossetia.jpg" /> LIMINAL OSSETIA,&nbsp;2021 Self-published zine, OSINT Research a search of traces of 2008 Russian cyber-attacks on Google maps. Type: Mineral by&nbsp;benoît bodhuin&nbsp; https://anamikadze.com/The-Energy-Atlas Mon, 23 Jan 2023 15:38:04 +0000 Ana Mikadze https://anamikadze.com/The-Energy-Atlas <img width="5669" height="4134" width_o="5669" height_o="4134" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0bc0e207d7ce9d4f82618c1dea9654bf1a3a039f75d24d3cb312080ef7749c62/cover-scan.jpg" data-mid="165693645" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0bc0e207d7ce9d4f82618c1dea9654bf1a3a039f75d24d3cb312080ef7749c62/cover-scan.jpg" /> <img width="1539" height="1103" width_o="1539" height_o="1103" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fc7a4dfb544e66bb889e6a3a03307cd0aebac9e576b79dde98224c4267b89d32/Screenshot-2023-09-08-at-13.27.52.png" data-mid="224592452" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fc7a4dfb544e66bb889e6a3a03307cd0aebac9e576b79dde98224c4267b89d32/Screenshot-2023-09-08-at-13.27.52.png" /> <img width="5669" height="4134" width_o="5669" height_o="4134" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ac2a193fe37674c412fc23ddc2276c10612db50a869a85e899ce5ac64556d83b/indexpage2-copy.jpg" data-mid="165693651" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ac2a193fe37674c412fc23ddc2276c10612db50a869a85e899ce5ac64556d83b/indexpage2-copy.jpg" /> <img width="5669" height="4134" width_o="5669" height_o="4134" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0a5a01160cc5bbddc54dee5d7d8c4f906f3fbc13136ea6249c9f5d51c1a3abae/separation-page.jpg" data-mid="165693654" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0a5a01160cc5bbddc54dee5d7d8c4f906f3fbc13136ea6249c9f5d51c1a3abae/separation-page.jpg" /> <img width="5669" height="4134" width_o="5669" height_o="4134" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/564ae7d0f2deacd5738fc17a08cfc6c9851019d466fe90e11fd276d229650bdc/indexpage.jpg" data-mid="165693648" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/564ae7d0f2deacd5738fc17a08cfc6c9851019d466fe90e11fd276d229650bdc/indexpage.jpg" /> THE ENERGY ATLAS,&nbsp;2022 Studio Technogeographies / Studio Offshore research publication on energy infrastuctures.&nbsp; Exhibited at Solar Labs, Sun Without Shadow Symposium, The Energy Show at Het Nieuwe Instituut&nbsp; https://anamikadze.com/Ephemera Mon, 23 Jan 2023 17:45:49 +0000 Ana Mikadze https://anamikadze.com/Ephemera <img width="1787" height="2616" width_o="1787" height_o="2616" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1638f4d1c95a072f3bc90874251dfde8f354f11e2d1d6bedc60d1f0231af4f37/000068090013.jpg" data-mid="165709095" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1638f4d1c95a072f3bc90874251dfde8f354f11e2d1d6bedc60d1f0231af4f37/000068090013.jpg" /><img width="1947" height="2850" width_o="1947" height_o="2850" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/29992b6fe082a799824e9f45108b69147ce4eef755fde476cc5660a25644ae23/IMG_6735.jpg" data-mid="165709038" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/29992b6fe082a799824e9f45108b69147ce4eef755fde476cc5660a25644ae23/IMG_6735.jpg" /><img width="2588" height="1655" width_o="2588" height_o="1655" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/707e88ae31fdcde7cba17a7cc94370077ef9cb57b22bbe2141da221637fc1f2c/000068090015.jpg" data-mid="165709234" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/707e88ae31fdcde7cba17a7cc94370077ef9cb57b22bbe2141da221637fc1f2c/000068090015.jpg" /><img width="1999" height="2772" width_o="1999" height_o="2772" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e0a0301835bd608573c10d70e6d4e810c25c2dada3f4309c1346f2f85e9a5b4d/000068090012.jpg" data-mid="165709093" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e0a0301835bd608573c10d70e6d4e810c25c2dada3f4309c1346f2f85e9a5b4d/000068090012.jpg" /><img width="1712" height="2451" width_o="1712" height_o="2451" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c34ff747fe02ba2cb706216cdfad0256af350de883a9a314da3e04f9dd60a46c/000068090017.jpg" data-mid="165709090" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c34ff747fe02ba2cb706216cdfad0256af350de883a9a314da3e04f9dd60a46c/000068090017.jpg" /><img width="1476" height="2682" width_o="1476" height_o="2682" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ba04e4b8679e3f3d8dc8378109799e58ae8c15eb72e63808acf7159f8fa76fe/000068090020.jpg" data-mid="165709088" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0ba04e4b8679e3f3d8dc8378109799e58ae8c15eb72e63808acf7159f8fa76fe/000068090020.jpg" /><img width="1654" height="2197" width_o="1654" height_o="2197" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/31b055ff17524c97c1b37890144b310aa883b9fc532e02833910c1b7b85e8eb9/000068090014.jpg" data-mid="165709098" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/31b055ff17524c97c1b37890144b310aa883b9fc532e02833910c1b7b85e8eb9/000068090014.jpg" /> EPHEMERA, 2022 dimensions variablestoneware, beeswax, glaze Collaboration with Marie Judith Le Gars Ephemera series come from an experimentation on temporality. The fascination for the dripping wax lead to the creation of perfectly unbalanced candles with different burning rhythms. The stoneware candelabras are inspired by Caucasian drinking horns and&nbsp; tableware.&nbsp; The candles become short-lived objects, vulnerable sculptures. Their possible fall along with the dripping wax, enhances contemplation and unexpected outcome. https://anamikadze.com/GLAZE-PAINTING Tue, 05 Aug 2025 09:57:00 +0000 Ana Mikadze https://anamikadze.com/GLAZE-PAINTING <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dabe415f417f81d6a507a170ae01ac922d68a719f73cc513a4cbe68069d96b8e/IMG_2800.png" data-mid="236668826" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dabe415f417f81d6a507a170ae01ac922d68a719f73cc513a4cbe68069d96b8e/IMG_2800.png" /><img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a295e14a6becfdf41bc056be780c464dfad0ae0aac14549fa0c01bfc38ee55c6/IMG_2799.png" data-mid="236668828" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a295e14a6becfdf41bc056be780c464dfad0ae0aac14549fa0c01bfc38ee55c6/IMG_2799.png" /><img width="3250" height="5053" width_o="3250" height_o="5053" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dcfae741a196c686207516e86a236aff5eab823c98c205fb691c728a4a9b88b9/IMG_2836.png" data-mid="236668842" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dcfae741a196c686207516e86a236aff5eab823c98c205fb691c728a4a9b88b9/IMG_2836.png" /><img width="3456" height="5184" width_o="3456" height_o="5184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/20d6dbfb24b47734e1369cf105a0121c446b0f5f11f8bbb0e753d6919253a69d/IMG_2849.png" data-mid="236668837" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/20d6dbfb24b47734e1369cf105a0121c446b0f5f11f8bbb0e753d6919253a69d/IMG_2849.png" /><img width="3263" height="5053" width_o="3263" height_o="5053" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/06b7654f39df901debc7edaa6f2b1ac301ff5e1a548e9b80512d3656af650454/IMG_2835.png" data-mid="236668834" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/06b7654f39df901debc7edaa6f2b1ac301ff5e1a548e9b80512d3656af650454/IMG_2835.png" /><img width="3411" height="5117" width_o="3411" height_o="5117" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/754ff8f05a7a4d9acd32e1b6df2ec766341cb00f8df7bd2f43284bf9f7e66982/IMG_2837.png" data-mid="236668843" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/754ff8f05a7a4d9acd32e1b6df2ec766341cb00f8df7bd2f43284bf9f7e66982/IMG_2837.png" /> UNTITLED, 2025 14,5 x 9Porcelain tile, self-made glaze UNTITLED, 2025 SOLD7 x 5Porcelain tile, self-made glaze UNTITLED, 2025variable dimensionsPorcelain tile, self-made glaze UNTITLED, 2025SOLD 5 x 6Chamotte clay, self-made glaze UNTITLED, 20254 x 7Chamotte clay, self-made glaze https://anamikadze.com/Information Mon, 23 Jan 2023 15:28:33 +0000 Ana Mikadze https://anamikadze.com/Information Based between Vienna, Austria and Tbilisi, Georgia. I was a co-founder of micro publishing and community space Xaraxura Press in Tbilisi, Georgia. As well as state of matter Verein with Fabio Hofer in Vienna, Austria. Previously, I was also a co-initator of Material Bank and part of No Air Strikes Today Collective with Jonah Attalla at Design Academy Eindhoven, Netherlands. I was a part of Studio Technogeographies led by Martina Muzi and Studio Collaborative Solutions led by OMA at Design Academy Eindhoven. I am currently part of Design Investigations studio led by Anab Jain, HDR at University of Applied Arts Vienna. &nbsp; <img width="4160" height="6240" width_o="4160" height_o="6240" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/efae0aea2266b11b7ff1214a8d47fcf691023e5ab6a003584582ad0a47cb908c/anajpg-05.jpg" data-mid="224593160" border="0" data-scale="39" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/efae0aea2266b11b7ff1214a8d47fcf691023e5ab6a003584582ad0a47cb908c/anajpg-05.jpg" />&nbsp;&nbsp; Photo by Jana Van Brussel&nbsp; Portfolio / CV / Catalogue of available works upon request&nbsp;︎︎︎ Inquiries about for design services or consultancy, work acquisition or prop rental&nbsp;︎︎︎ Skills&nbsp; Languages Georgian (native)English (fluent)Russian (fluent)German (B1) Material PracticesCeramic Body &amp; Glaze Research Experimental Glaze ChemistryWild Clay Harvesting &amp; ProcessingSite-Specific Material IdentificationMineral &amp; Soil Testing for Ceramic Use, Quality ControlIndustrial Waste-to-Material Transformation Handbuilding, Slip-casting, Workshop Maintenance, Plaster &amp; Silicone Mold Making Glass-Casting Fabric Dyeing (synthetic, natural)Metal, Wood, Concrete, Cardboard, Paper Fabrication and Prototyping Narrative / Editorial Storytelling Concept Development Narrative Building&nbsp; Bilingual Editorial Work (Georgian–English) Curation&nbsp; Academic / Experimental Writing, Copy-editing Research Archival Research (state, institutional, informal archives) Oral History, Ethnographic Fieldwork Critical Synthesis of Maps, Documents, Testimonies, Material CultureParticipatory Research Open-Source Investigation, Fact-checking&nbsp; Project Management Interdisciplinary Project Coordination Timeline Planning, Budgeting Grant / Proposal Writing&nbsp;Fundraising, Partnership Building Team Communication &amp; Facilitation Design / Visual Communication Editorial, Print Design&nbsp; Spatial Design Data Visualization, Mapping Illustration (hand-drawn &amp; digital) Software: Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere), Rhino Photography / Video Documentary Photography Environmental Field Documentation Video Production (shooting, editing, sound integration) Fieldwork / Engagement Site-responsive Research Interview, Transcription Participatory Mapping Workshop Facilitation&nbsp; Education 2025 - &nbsp;Gerrit Rietveld Academie, NL2023 - Diploma Industrial Design 2 / Design Investigations, University of Applied Arts Vienna, AT2023 World Craft Council EU Training, ES2020 - 2023 &nbsp;BA Design Academy Eindhoven, NL2021 Propaedeutic diploma Design Academy of Eindhoven, NL&nbsp; Awards, Scholarships &amp; Residencies 2025 S+T+ARTS Prize Honorary mention, AT 2025 Question me and Answer, AT2025 &nbsp;Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Academy &amp; Tactical Tech ‘webs of water’ residency2024 Tactical Tech, DE2024 NEU Commission, Salwa Foundation, Page Not Found, NL2023 International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, AT2022 Peter Mönnig Foundation, GR Exhibitions 2025 “Countryside: A Place to Live, Not to Leave” OMA, QA 2025 Accumulation(s), Kuntsverein, AT 2025 Holding, Becoming, AG18, AT 2025 Musa Museum Auf Abruf, AT 2025 Zwischen Pick-up &amp; Drop-off, WIEN MUSEUM, AT 2025 Angewandte Abschluss Arbeiten, AT 2024 Angewandte Festival, AT&nbsp;2024 VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, AT2024 WIENWOCHE Festival for Art &amp; Activism, AT2023 Temple of The Sun at CAS Batumi, GE2023 Solo Show_Potluck012023 Kunsthalle Exnergasse, AT2022 Ana Mikadze Solo Show, GE 2022 Studio “Technogeographies” Design Academy Eindhoven, NL2022 Energy Exhibition - Studio Technogeographies, NL2022 Collaborative Solutions: Tourism, NL Features, Press &amp; Publications 2026 Upcoming: Errant Journal searching for companions issue 2025 watered, GE 2025&nbsp;There will be no archive, GE 2025 In Search of the Miraculous, short movie by Sybilla Tuxen, DK2025 ORF, AT 2024 Radio Liberty, GE2024 Radio Orange 94.0, AT 2024 MIGRAZINE, AT&nbsp;2024 MNEMOTOPE 003, NL2024 ORF, AT2024 Special Issue Georgia/ Armenia, Slanted Publishers, DE2024 eSeLSCHWARM, AT2023 eSeLSCHWARM, AT2023 Liminal Ossetia, self-published, GE2023 Der Standard, AT2023 TV1 Interview, GE2023 Falter Die Wochenzeitung, AT2023 Queer Types for Queer Art Spaces Vienna, AT 2022 B-zar, Design Academy Eindhoven, AT2022 Studio Offshore ‘Energy Atlas’ , NL2022 Queer Types, self-published, NL2021 Doe Normaal: Queering the City, self-published, NLLectures, Panels &amp; Workshops 2025 The Archeology of Everyday, AT 2025 Errant Journal at De Appel, NL 2025 Dineba at Design Institute, GE2025 Sai Magazin Mourn and Organize, DE 2025 Open Source Investigation Tools for Artists, GE 2025&nbsp;„Feministische Narrative und Archive“, Guest lecture at Die Angewandte, AT 2024&nbsp;Cultural Landscapes in Flux, UA 2024 Open Source Investigation Tools for Artists, GE2023 Cybersexuality: Art retrospective of queer sci-fi pioneer Shu Lea Cheang, GE 2023 Queer Types Workshop, AT 2023 Queer zine-making, GE2023 Decolonising knowledge forum WISG, GE 2022 Queer Types Workshop, GE 2021 &nbsp;Queer Types Workshop, NL