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

Lost Gardens

Installation

Nutsa Esebua

handemade copy of military map, installation
2019
Upper Nikozi, Gori region, Georgia

This work is devoted to the role of forcibly abandoned gardens on both sides of the demarcation line in the village Nikozi, Country of Goergia. The handmade map is a copy of military map and is placed at the entrance of the apple orchards together with the collected list of names of the owners of the gardens, who because of war lost their means of livelihood, family members and peace. The map plays a role of a curtain that blocks the view, but the motion of the wind enables the map to move and makes the full garden visible.