Friday-Sunday 2-6 p.m. and by appointment.
Event program: June 2nd 7 p.m.: Patterns of (In)Security II conversation with the artists and Nina Chkareuli-Mdivani ( curator and critic Tiflis / New York) / Gespräch mit den Künstlerinnen und Nina Chkareuli-Mdivani ( Kuratorin und Kritikerin, Tiflis / New York)
June 25th 7 p.m.: Patterns of (In)Security II guided tour and discussion with the artists and Dr. Zaal Andronikashvili (Zfl-Berlin)/Führung und Diskussion mit den Künstlerinnen und Dr. Zaal Andronikashvili (Zfl-Berlin )
Patterns of (In)Security II is a collaborative exhibition with artists Sabine Hornig, (Berlin) and Tamuna Chabashvili, (Tbilisi/Amsterdam). The collaboration began in 2022/23 at the Kunsthalle Tbilisi in the Gallery Artbeat; it has now been extended as „The Possibility of an Island“ in the gutted, prefabricated project space located in the GDR building, in Berlin-Mitte. The works of both artists examine the changing social and political perspectives within a constructed environment, driven and shaped by political developments within and outside Europe, against the backdrop of the formerly divided Berlin and the current situation of post-Soviet Georgia. Together they explore a duplicity; how, on the one hand, personal and collective views are manifest in space and, one the other, how such perspectives express the feasibility and fragility of societal participation. The site-specific works interact, made of rope, textile and permeable metal structures; layers of the artists’ observation and memory each unfold gradually - fragmented elements associatively re-assemble and suddenly become tangible as one walks through the installation.
Sabine Hornig's works change space; superimposition of physical viewpoints question hierarchies by intervening into architecture itself. The work Wahlkabine is a metal construction that interrupts the access points of the two main rooms on Inselstraße: you can now only enter the rooms from the outside – or – see them through the walls of the installation such that one built-in room forms the negative of the other. As in a voting booth, there is a small table in each, but the walls are transparent. They create a paradoxical notion of non-concealment between the two rooms. The installation deals with the uncanny simultaneity of perception and the sudden paradoxical reversal of what is believed to be a fixed and solid certainty. It touches on the experience when a person encounters situations that reverse the supposed foundations of societal life; an Orwellian dilemma. The grid of the metal sculpture, which is made of only joints of bricks, embodies the dialogue between these supposedly separate opposites, as well as their seamless permeability.
Tamuna Chabashvili's artistic concerns revolve around archiving and tracing, social and visual patterns, as a way of interpreting and questioning the legacy of the past. Her work embodies‚ counter-memories' or ‘counter-histories’ that reflect the present. Her installation, Patterns of (In)Security, also the exhibition's title, is characterized by its delicate and intricate structure. It features rope that stretches across the room, interwoven with patterns transferred onto translucent fabric; they become delicate and pliable inside the space. The images are inspired by the diverse architectural elements of Tbilisi’s cityscape. The work becomes the process of tracing and transferring geometries and specific memories from one space to another -- a dialogue between different environments and contexts. Suspended from the center of the ceiling, layers of fabric obscure the view; they invite the viewer to engage with the space in a fractured way. Each component creates a sense of temporality and fragility, but, at the same time, seeks to anchor and define. Along the gradually unfolding depth into rough concrete, the space is an ideal platform for this dialogue. Through their sculptural intervention, the artists invite visitors to engage with the simultaneous interaction of inner and outer worlds.
Sabine Hornig is a visual artist based in Berlin. She studied sculpture and Fine Arts at the School of the Arts, Berlin from 1985-1992. Her most notable works and exhibitions include La Guardia Vistas, LaGuardia Airport, New York, 2022; Shadows, International Towers, Sydney, 2019; Nomadicity, Museo Nivola, Orani, 2015; Double Transparency, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2013/14; Durchs Fenster, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, 2011; Entrance with Floating Stairs at Kraus Collection, New York, 2010; Room with Large Window at Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, 2006; The Second Room at Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, 2005; Projects 78 at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2003.
Tamuna Chabashvili is a visual artist based in Tbilisi and Amsterdam. She received her B.A. in Fine Arts from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, NL. In 2003 she co-founded the artists‘ initiative ‚Public Space With A Roof‘ (PSWAR) in Amsterdam. From 2003-2007 it functioned as a project space. PSWAR projects have been shown internationally at the Frederick Kiesler Foundation in Vienna, Austria and at the Centre Pompidou-Metz in France, among other places. Her project Supra of Her Own was exhibited at the Nectar Gallery Tbilisi, 2014, the Kuad Gallery as the parallel program of the 14th Istanbul Biennial, and the Kyiv Biennial, 2015. Her recent archival projects include Corridors of Conflict Abkhazia 1989- 1995, 2019, Literature Museum, Tbilisi, and Missing Monument website, 2020.
This exhibition is funded by @ifa.de and takes place within @projectspacefestival Berlin
