Davai

Two Swiss artists Augustin Rebetez and Dimitri Procofieff, and the curator Marianne Burki, travelled to Sukhum/i from 23 April to 8 May 2016 and presented their work at the SKLAD art space. While Marianne Burki presented current net art projects and led an ideas workshop on art in public space, the two visual artists invited twelve young artists from Gal/i, Sukhum/i and Gudauta to take part in a workshop in Tquarchal/Tquarcheli during the preceding days. Over one week, various working techniques were tested and intensively applied. Video films, sculptures and painted works were also created. The results were so exciting that it was spontaneously decided to show all the works in an exhibition at SKLAD. A success! ‘Davai’, which is Russian for ‘Let’s go!’, is the title, but it also describes the atmosphere during this project, which aspired to give new energy and contacts for young artists in Abkhazia.