Metal Nabadi Workshop with Gela Patashuri, Ei Arakawa, and Sergei Tcherepnin
Saturday, 16 January 2016, 2-4 pm
Nabadi is a traditional shepherd’s outfit in Georgia. It is also a kind of construction, or architecture that can be worn. In this workshop artists Gela Patashuri, Ei Arakawa, and Sergei Tcherepnin will demonstrate and instruct you how to make Nabadi out of metal. Upon the completion, the group will make a procession to Hampden Park adjacent toFD13 to exercise anti-cold dance sessions.
This workshop is a performance introduction to the artists’ exhibition at Midway Contemporary Art on Saturday, January 23rd, 2016.
Please rsvp before Friday, 15 January 2016: info@fd13residency.org
(Bring your mobile phone to the workshop!)
—
Tbilisi-based artist Gela Patashuri and New York-based artists Ei Arakawa and Sergei Tcherepnin have been collaborating since 2005. Their collaboration was initiated in a Tbilisi exhibition series organized by Daniel Baumann.
Since then, their work has been shown at Casco, Utrecht, Netherlands; CAC Bretigny, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France; Georgian Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale; and Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland. The upcoming show at Midway Contemporary Art will be their first exhibition in United States.
This residency is made possible with the support of the Trust for Mutual Understanding (TMU).
Documentation here (workshop) & here (procession).
