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2021 Edition of the Project is supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Youth of Georgia

Habits, Needs and…

Installation

Iliko Zautashvili

mixed media (4 shelves, 4 monitors b/w video with sound 8 metronomes, plexiglas box, text, post cards)
2008

The installation Habits, Needs and… is a 47 sq/m spatial object, filled with psychological, sociological and metaphorical symbols. The installation consists of four transparent Plexiglas shelves, on which four monitors show scenes from every day’s life. Plots change from time to time and each has its specific sound. In the centre of the installation, there is also a transparent stand with a number of metronomes working at different speeds.

A shelf is for the artist both a functional and notional object. A shelf or a combination of shelves enables one to separate an object from its general environment, but can also radically alter a point of perception by their sole positioning, whether they are set up vertically or horizontally, chaotically or in order.

On the monitors, one can see scenes which illustrate human routine and habits, passions, needs, etc. The artist does not propose any particular definition or accent. The sequences are not connected to each other in any particular way. The two entrances of the installation emphasize and symbolize the dualistic nature of the theme. The text on the front wall states that “there are no answers to the most important questions”. The installation belongs to the works,  always remaining in progress and modifying in space and time.