With great anticipation, Art and Innovation Hub – Tbilisi presents the program of the festival „River’s Magic Garden“which you can attend from September 1-7.

The „River’s Magic Garden“ festival aims to transform about half a hectare meadow on the right embankment of the river Mtkvari, where Vere River and Mtkvari meet, into public space. Not yet being accordingly apprehended by the city, the naturally grown garden represents an alternative reality by the riverside embedded with concrete walls. This riverbank closest to the city center provides a unique gateway to the river Mtkvari.

The venue, chosen for the festival, will host local and international cultural events on one side and will also provide visitors to the invisible and mysterious place as a potential social space. The Mtkvari River as a unique and ecologically protected area will be cleaned up and during the festival will become a venue for the workshops, exhibition, contemporary music, book presentations, installations and etc.

➢➢➢Festival Openning: September 1, 18:00➢➢➢

➢➢➢➢Festival Space will be open every day, from 17:00

Official Program will start from 18:00 until 23:00➢➢➢➢

Festival Components:

➢ Exhibition /September 1-7 /17:00-23:00

Further, an eponymous exhibition of young Georgian and international artists will take place. Their works will address the challenges of environment and nature protection, urban development and alternative approaches within the city.

The exhibition concept implies the attempt of an artistic reaction to the prevalent settings in urban spaces, particular places and current societal discourses.

Participants of the Exhibition:

Nino Chubinishvili /AKA Chubika

Temur Bakuradze

Mamuka Samkharadze

Gvantsa Jishkariani

Giorgi Geladze

Giorgi Mozgovoi

Giorgi Tsagareli

Nika Kutateladze

Ninutsa Shatberashvili

Sandro Sulaberidze

Keti Siamashvili

Nodar Khachiauri

Ilia Makharadze

/The exhibition is funded by Creative Georgia /

➢ Space of Knowledge:

Central meeting point of the festival will be the Space of Knowledge, where workshops, presentations and everyday audio performances will take place.

Audio Performances - every evening / from 21:00

Participants:

1 September – Levan Shanidze

2 September - Community Radio Tbilisi

3 September – Jorjick

4 September

- Scott McCulloch

- Alexandre Basilaia

5 September – Tamo Nasidze

6 September – Berika

7 Septemberi – Radio Antenna

➢ Workshops and Book Presentation / from 19:00

Workshops (on Georgian language):

2 September – 19:00 Wato Tsereteli / Art and Innovation Hub

3 September – 19:00 Irakli Lomouri / Creative Futurology

4 September - 19:00 Zura Tsofurashvili, Juba Peikrishvili / Parallel Class

5 September – 19:00 Gia Razmadze / Regenerative Agriculture

6 September – 19:00 Ramaz Kiknadze / - Vernacular Building Traditions-Research and Adaptation Platform

7 September – 19:00 Aleksi Soselia / Georgian Video Art Archive

Book Presentations (on Georgian language):

2 September – 20:00 Alagt Hambavi / Tetritskaro Youth Center

5 September – 20:00 The Way / Gia Razmadze, Irakli Lomouri

6 September - 20:00 Nicholas Bourriaud book Relational Aesthetics/ Koka Vashakidze

Free admission!

Festival Partners:

➢Tbilisi City Hall

➢Creative Georgia