Global artists in Tbilisi for contemporary art triennial

More than a hundred local and international contemporary artists are set to take part in a month-long event of contemporary art in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi starting tomorrow.

The second Tbilisi Triennial is titled S.O.S – Self-Organised Systems and will feature 30 exhibitions from 109 artists within a theme of "emergence of self-reliable, independent structures” in forms of expression.

The Triennial is organised by the Tbilisi-based Centre of Contemporary Art (CCA) and will be held at eight exhibition venues as well as public spaces where artists from 14 countries will showcase their exhibitions, workshops, lectures and presentations.

The triennial has garnered much support from international artists, with participants coming from Europe, the United States, Latin America and Australia for the event. These artists will present their projects alongside artists based in Georgia at locations including the former Hippodrome recreational area, Rooms Hotel underground parking lot and Gudiashvili Square in Old Tbilisi.

A Triennial exhibition titled Manners and Customs - tool #40 by Swiss artists Eva Wandeler & Frances Belser will be held on October 2. Photo by Tbilisi Triennial/Facebook.

The artists will also exhibit their works at venues outside the capital city including Georgia’s eastern Kakheti region and the industrial city of Rustavi.

The full program of the month-long occasion – opening at the CCA Exhibition Space on Uznadze St on Thursday - can be viewed on the project’s official website here.

The Triennial takes place in Tbilisi every three years. The first exhibition within the project was held by CCA in 2012 and was focused on the theme of informal art education. Two years later the Tbilisi Triennial became a member of the International Biennial Association.

The Triennial project is supported by Georgia’s Ministry of Culture and Monument, Tbilisi City Hall’s Cultural Events Centre and the Swiss Cooperation Office in South Caucasus.