Batumi, Apollo – Unusual Exhibition
More than 100 feature films were produced in Batumi across almost 100 years. “Little Red Devils”, 1923; “Amok”, 1927; “The Gadfly”, 1928; etc. Georgian cinema history is unfathomable without many of them. Historical film chronicles of the independence and its subsequent years are no less significant: “Batumi Becoming Part of Georgia”, “May 26, 1920”; “Visit of the Second International”, “The Georgian Army Enters Batumi”, “I Gathering of Adjarian and Turkish Women, 1929” with the historical footage of taking off scarfs and burning them, “The British Army in Georgia”, and others.
“Batumi, Apollo - Unusual Exhibition” is a space for movie lovers, researchers and students, to meet, exchange, experience, watch movies, hold lectures and master classes - where everyone can get acquainted with the exciting and rich cinematic history of Batumi.
PROGRAM
“Batumi, Apollo - Unusual Exhibition”
Saturday, June 17th,
Talks in the Contemporary Art Space
16:00 – 18:00
1/5 Zviad Gamsakhurdia Street, Batumi
Mariam Natroshvili, artist, researcher – “Experimental and Informal Museums”
Theo Khatiashvili, film critic – “The Beginning of the Georgian Cinema. Following the Movie Production”
Nana Kipiani, art historian – “The Episodes of Batumi Avant-garde”
Opening
Apollo movie theater
17 Memed Abashidze Street, Batumi
“Batumi, Apollo - Unusual Exhibition” has been made possible through the financial support of the Municipality of the city of Batumi and Propaganda.network, Tbilisi.
``Batumi, Apollo - Unusual Exhibition`` thanks the following people and organizations:
Batumi Contemporary Art Space
Khariton Akhvlediani Musuem, Adjara
Marketing company shindi.ge
Oliko Zhgenti
Nino Dzandzava
Shota Gujabidze
Inga Khalvashi
Giorgi Katamadze
Lasha Guruli
project organizers: Magda Guruli, Levan Khujadze
