Call A Friend Project 2.0.22
Curated by Oksana Yushko and Aishat Adueva

Call A Friend 2.0.22 is the second issue of the project in transition, bringing to you voices of international contemporary artists and art practitioners, answering a call to collective actions and emphasising questions of communication, social connections, and friendship.

Call a Friend project is a series of artistic and educational initiatives, promoting international cultural exchange and polyphonic talks between various artists and communities. Addressing the current social and political issues, ‘to call a friend' means to engage with different groups of people, to make a direct contact in time and space. The project, created by the artists and curators Aishat Adueva and Oksana Yushko, is an artistic exploration of the cultural landscapes of the Caucasus and Eastern Europe, and the creation of sustainable interconnections in the cultural and social spheres.

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent. Based on principals of critical and musical thinking, Call A Friend project proposes participants to play all together in one 'orchestra’, using their voices as instruments to be heard, bringing each instrument back to tune. Each sound of these voices is important.

Call A Friend project partners: Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum, Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council, Ria Keburia Foundation, Ipureland, CCA Tbilisi, Auditoria Tbilisi, Rhisoma Lab, Ored Recordings.

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Critical sessions with artists in Ria Keburia residency, Kachreti,...
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Would you say art should be rather about asking questions or...
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Artist talk by Rio Wolta, a Swiss musician and artist. Ria Keburia...
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Artists present their work during the final show at Ria Keburia...
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Studio visits and discussions at Ria Keburia residency, Kachreti,...
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A sound-construction workshop by Gosha Elaev at CCA Tbilisi. May...
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Through movements we try to “articulate” our feet, show...
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‘If you feel not the silence but loneliness you are in a bad...
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Our discussion based on sound and musical thinking resonates...
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The book presentation ‘The is nobody in the sky’ (На небе...
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Guy Debord in his La Societe du Spectacle addresses that life...
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Aishat Adueva, co-curator of Call A Friend project during a...
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Artistic discussion in CCA Tbilisi with speakers and guests exploring...
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Cross-media involves more than one form of public communication,...
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The 'old' mediums do not have artistic expressiveness, but have...
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What it would mean to the humans to live in the world where...
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In the beginning was the word. We use words in our dialogs and...
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A dialog with AI Philosopher at CCA Tbilisi

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A workshop in Keda mediatek in Adjara, Georgia, for youngsters....
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Participants of the workshop look through the book of Alfio Tommasini...
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Alfio Tommasini talks about his work in the Alps during the workshop...
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Finding the right point of view

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During two days workshop with Alfio Tomassini in Keda, Georgia...
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What kind of community and environment would you like to have...
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Alfio Tommasini leading a practical workshop on photography and...
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What are you looking at? Reflecting on the old saying ‘a rolling...
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Participants work with objects in the area

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A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss’ saying recalls a concept...
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Laboratory of movements, which is a part of the future extended...
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Working on the exhibition The Edge of The Air. Untitled.Tbilisi,...
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A visit to Untitled.Tbilisi and talks with Georgi Rodionov, curator...
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The Edge of the Air exhibition represents the art works of the...
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Talking with Alfio Tommasini, a Swiss curator and co-founder...
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The Edge of The Air exhibition curated by Teona Yamanidze and...
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On the first day of the exhibition the @untitled.tbilisi hosted...
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‘Make yourself at home’, this is a self-limiting invitation,...
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Oksana Yushko, founder and co-curator of Call A Friend project...
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The everyday events reveal how deeply colonial thinking is woven...
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An artist talk and discussion with Bulat Khalilov from Ored...
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Bulat Khalilov from @oredrecordings talks about their approach...
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Traditional doesn’t mean unchangeable. ‘Sefitse’ is a...
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Teona Yamanidze, Georgian artist and curator, in her studio during...
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Studio visits and critical sessions