Transformation
Lia Bagrationi
2015
Ceramics with its long tradition is densely attached to the human being and the earth. clay is one of the pillars of the human existence. As for an artist the working process with clay is truly an interesting challenge for me. In 2014, I presented a Georgian Pavillion in festival Fest i Nova “OPUS MIXTUM” as a dwelling place. For the cognition of the substance of clay I used the imitation of archeological dig. Going down to the ground gives the feeling of touching the layers of the civilizations, where the clay, as a memory vessel and deliverer of the creative potential,begins...
Continuation of project Construction Transformations at Fest i Nova G15. I constructed a mixed media sculpture Staircase leading down and up higher of the ground surface. The project is a declaration of the endless creative energy of clay substance.
“And the way up is the way down, the way forward is the way back”
T. S. Eliot