“The series presents 3 works by artists from the South Caucasus region and Ukraine and it explores multiple layers of memory, trauma and disorientation in the current condition of deep uncertainty and instability that the region is going through: how they affect bodies, how they shape human relationships, how they produce a sense of being lost and fragmented. The selected works speak of deep vulnerability but also of strong resistance.”
The Chronicles of Anachoret is an experimental film at the intersection of mimodrama, expanded cinema, and philosophical reflection on war, memory, and displacement. It continues the narrative of the previous movie “Synumeru - soniakh”, where the shock of catastrophe fractures time, dissolving linearity and pushing the protagonists into a state of post-traumatic delirium.
The performance invites the audience into a raw and vulnerable state depicting personal struggles like mistrust, frustration, subordination, and newfound freedom. It explores the entirety of emotions towards doctors, resulting from misdiagnosis, medical errors and disrespectful behavior, influenced by both individual and cultural factors.
The Virgin Seed is a collaborative experimental performative film, which was created by Salomeya Bauer and Pari Banu Asgar in the frame of the “NoBorderland” residency in Tskaltubo, Georgia, 2022. The film aims to highlight the idea of the childhood and parental traumas of those who do not know how to accept their queer child. It is a metaphor for the circle of life.
