2022
YOUR LOCAL ANIME CHARACTER
Coping Times
Ria Keburia Art Foundation Ipureland Artists in Exile Program
(Republic of Georgia, Kachreti)

Curator Yulia Yousma

Multiple performances, photo, video documentation


Duration of performances: approximately 20 minutes each


Used materials: body, rubber gloves, glue, clothes, plastic, paint
A strange figure dressed as a mid-career-level office manager is carrying around a large stone-like spherical object. His wings are waving in the air, but are doubtfully of any use. Walking in circles, this figure is moving heavily up and down the hills, without any specific purpose but without letting go of the heavy object either. This part of the series is an illustration of useless labour as a way to cope with any task, emotion, challenge, or simply the weight of being born.
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