"Vabadus!"
"თავისუფლება"
"Freedom!"
Contemporary Art Space Batumi (Gruusia)
Contemporary Art Space Batumi (Georgia)
Abistasid: Janno Bergmann, Rauno Teider, Lasha Phalavandishvili
Assisted by: Janno Bergmann, Rauno Teider, Lasha Phalavandishvili
Osalesin Gruusias, Batumi kaasaegse kunsti galeriis toimunud näitusel "Edela- Eesti anarhismi eripärad" ja tegin performance`i "Vabadus!" Olin tooli külge kinni seotud ja mängisin kannelt. Pärast pikka istumist rabelesin ja lõikasin end köidikutest vabaks, avasin ka ruumis olnud aknad, kirjutasin seinale gruusiakeelse sõna თავისუფლება (vabadus) ning jagasin performance´it vaadanud grusiinidele nende rahvusliku muusika saatel kitsesarvest veini. Minu tegevus tõukus nii Kaukaasia kui Eesti keerukast ajaloost ning selles olulist rolli mänginud allutatusest, orjusest ja vabaduseihast.
I was participated at the exhibition "Peculiarities of southwest Estonian anarchism" in Georgia and did there performance "Freedom!"
I was tied on the chair and played a zither. After a long sitting, I struggled and cut myself free from the fetters. Also, I opened the windows and wrote to the wall Georgian word თავისუფლება which means freedom. After that, with Georgian ethnical music on the background and using a goat horn, I shared wine to the performance viewers. This performance was based on Estonia`s and Caucasus quite difficult history, on the slavery and for freedom, which have been playing important roles in our national memory´s.
Fotod: Lasha Phalavandishvili, samuti kaadrid tema filmitud videost.
Photos: Lasha Phalavandishvili. Also, I used stills from the video, which is made by him.
Photos: Lasha Phalavandishvili. Also, I used stills from the video, which is made by him.