29.11 — 1.12, TBILISI
RUBEZH: DEATH
IV International Instant Exhibition of Émigré Art
29.11 — 1.12 TBILISI
THE FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART
50 art-projects
From artists born in 20 countries and left their homes
3 days of festival
Every day 18:00 — 03:00
Zazerkal'e
Non-profit
50% of the ticket sales will go to charity
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About RUBEZH
All at once, in one location.
  • EXHIBIT HALLS
    • Photography
    • Installations
    • Video Games
    • Science Art
    • Video Art and Animation
    • Painting
  • LIVE PROGRAM
    • Film Screenings
    • Theater Performance
    • Rave Opera
    • Performances
    • Experimental Music
    • DJs
  • LECTORIUM
    • Artist Talks
    • Lectures
    • Workshops
    • Support Group
    • Laboratory
    • Death Cafe
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You’ll feel Death in all its forms and witness its beauty.
Absolute darkness and oblivion, rebirth and freedom, radiant hope and retribution.

RUBEZH: DEATH is a major festival of contemporary art, where all the artists are émigrés. These creators, more than anyone, understand the theme of loss and leaving things behind.

EACH DAY IS UNIQUE
Live program
  • Denial
    • Mark Velvet
    • Dmitry Baikov AKA cøff
    • Monoperformance MOTHER — Maya Dorozhenko, Anna Andreeva
    • SHOWCASE by TOYSOP RECORDS label
    • DECADENCE RAVE OPERA SALOME
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  • Anger
    • ADAEN band
    • Short film EARL'S DEATH + Film BAKED ALASKA — By Kathleen Bryson and Kimmo Möykky
    • Alumna Infractible
    • Monochrome Rainbow
    • Dmitry Baikov AKA cøff
    • DJ SENOR
    • DJ Gagik Mikayelyan aka KØNTRA
    02
  • Acceptance
    • flowers in your eyes
    • Party of the Dead
    • ich versuche ihre atmung zu erleichtern (I’m trying to ease your breath) — video work by Oana Popa
    • Performance by Thora Soboleva (community chorus)
    • Performance by Viktoria Naraxsa
    • Ksenia Malurika
    • Egor Sevastyanov
    • DJ slznva
    03
Main Spot
Tuesday, March 14
DAY 1:
DENIAL
DAY 1:
DENIAL
November, 29 (Friday)
MAIN SPOT
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LECTORIUM
19:30 — 20:30 // Konstantin [workshop]
  • We Are What’s Left of Us. A lecture and workshop exploring how to share your story by focusing on what loss has left behind, not on what you’ve gained.
20:45 — 21:15 // Avto Gigineishvili [artist talk]
  • TOYSOP RECORDS story
21:15 — 21:45 — BREAK

21:45 — 22:15 // MAMA DEPRERAMA [lecture]
  • Experiencing death in performance art
22:25 — 22:55 // Gary Mallard (Alumna Infractible) [artist talk]
  • Your Leaders Are Full of Shit — Pick Up the Grenade
22:55 — 23:25 — BREAK

23:25 — 23:55 // Nartalka [artist talk]
  • Topic: About my artworks — Show more
  • About Nartalka — Show more
00:05 — 00:35 // Ivan [lecture]
  • The dark night of the soul
00:35 — END
DAY 2:
ANGER
DAY 2:
ANGER
ANGER
founder of Pic Pen studio
17:30-19:00
DAY 3:
ACCEPTANCE
DAY 3:
ACCEPTANCE
ACCEPRTANCE
creative director in SoSoul magazine
09:00 - Introduction lecture
11:00 - New media workshop
12:30 - Lunch
16:00 - Advanced writing workshop
19:00 - Barbecue party
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MUSIC
Mark Velvet
TOYSOP RECORDS
Dmitry Baikov
SENOR
Monochrome Rainbow
Adaen
Gagik Mikayelyan aka KØNTRA
flowers in your eyes
Egor Sevastyanov
Merapi
Ticket Prices
EARLY EARLY BIRDS — FULL PASS 3 days // 15 GEL [SOLD OUT]

EARLY BIRDS — 1 day // 20 GEL [SOLD OUT]
EARLY BIRDS — FULL PASS 3 days // 30 GEL [SOLD OUT]

REGULAR ticket — 1 day // 30 GEL
REGULAR ticket — FULL PASS 3 days // 50 GEL

REGULAR for 2 persons — 1 day // 40 GEL (20 GEL per person)
REGULAR for 2 persons — FULL PASS 3 days // 60 GEL (30 GEL per person)
Buy a ticket and donate to human aid
We support human rights and volunteer organizations, such as Amnesty International, Memorial, and organizations, helping Ukrainian refugees: Choose to Help, Emigration for Action and Tbilisi Volunteers.
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Who selected the works?
  • Alsu Garapova
    Curator & Founder
    Based in Tbilisi (Georgia),
    born in Tatarstan (Russia)
  • Andrei Morev
    Co-owner
    Based in Tbilisi (Georgia),
    raised in Kyrgyzstan
  • Selma Köran
    Mixed Media Expert
    Based in Berlin (Germany)

    A Berlin-based artist of German-Turkish descent. Her work challenges the increasing brutality and profit-driven coarseness of society, which she views as reflections of patriarchal structures.
  • Inka ter Haar
    Visual Arts Expert
    Based in Switzerland,
    born in Germany

    Studied painting in Germany and moved to Switzerland where she graduated in fine arts from HGK Basel in 2017, mentored by Chus Martinez. She is a lecturer in painting at HKB Bern and Jurymember of the Kulturkomission Bern. The transgenerational transmission of experiences of violence, the underlying psychological mechanisms of trauma are part of her ongoing research.
  • Juliette Delecour
    Sculpture & Installation Expert
    Based in Paris (France)

    In 2020, she co-founded the Atelier Ati association and the ArtMéssiamé residency with artist Kokou Ferdinand Makouvia to foster collaboration between artists from Africa and Europe.

    Juliette Delecour graduated from the Art and Design school of Saint-Etienne and the Beaux-Arts of Paris.
  • Oleg Ozerov //
    Party of the Dead
    Necroactionism Expert
    Art political project born in Russia,
    based worldwide with a faction in Georgia

    Party of the Dead is an art political project mimicking a political party and making weird, experimental and critical art (they define it as necroactivism). This party comprises all the dead, that’s why it’s the most big, inclusive and horizontal political party ever. since 2022, a faction of the party is active in Georgia.
  • David Finestein
    Arts Expert
    Based in Tbilisi (Georgia),
    born in USA

    A writer and founder of Dissolution, a contemporary art gallery in Tbilisi, Georgia. Born in Birmingham, Alabama to Ukrainian parents, he graduated from the Alabama School of Fine Arts followed by New York University.
    He has curated many of the exhibitions at Dissolution, including the gallery’s two appearances at Tbilisi Art Fair and Art Photo Barcelona.
  • Till Langschied
    Arts Expert & Mixed Media Artist
    Based in Switzerland

    My work is generally research based and focusses on the collapse of signifier systems in an age shaped by technology and network structures. I try to trace feelings of disconnectedness from reality, in a time when everything is hyperconnected. Writing and reflecting upon the means of signification within language is an important part of my process.
  • Arseny Braginsky
    Music Expert
    Based worldwide,
    born in Siberia (Russia)

    A musician and music researcher specializing in experimental, traditional, and post-traditional music. Since the beginning of 2022, he has been traveling the world, studying unique but often dying cultures of Africa and the Middle East, while collecting their field recordings.
  • Olya Sharlat
    Arts Expert
    Based in Tbilisi (Georgia)

    An independent art and photography producer, Licht Gallery collaborator, partner of Sketching Tbilisi project, artist.
  • Dimitri Wasserblaj
    Performance Expert
    Based in Germany,
    born in Uzbekistan

    From clowning and “crinoline” to immersive and site-specific performances. I am an advocate of free theater as the only true world religion.
We are RUBEZH.
We bring together émigré artists.
We believe that every artist deserves a home.
  • WE ARE RUBEZH

    An international diaspora of émigré artists. Among us are citizens from 10 countries, living in 18 different locations around the world. Our base is currently in Tbilisi.

    Our goal is to help immigrant artists adapt to new conditions, integrate into the local context, and, of course, continue creating art. We organize exhibitions, create shelters and communes, and hold educational and entertainment events.

    Learn more about us
  • INSTANT EXHIBITIONS OF ÉMIGRÉ ART RUBEZH

    Several times a year, we hold large international exhibition festivals. Our past exhibitions took place in Bishkek and featured over 150 art projects in total.

    Each exhibition is dedicated to reflecting on fundamental ideas and concepts that are close to everyone but in the context of migration. After all, every immigrant goes through a similar journey, regardless of where they moved from or to.

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