Aqtushetii2017 - Summer residency program in Omalo, Tusheti, Georgia. From July 27th to August 6th, painters, ceramicists, photographers, musicians and other creative individuals will come together to create art, share their knowledge, and enjoy the magic of Tusheti.

The program is jam-packed with interesting participants, workshops, masterclasses and seminars.

Presentations, workshops, live concerts and other activities:

27 July Thursday 

Evening:
Opening 18:00
Giorgi Tsotsanidze presentation about: History of Tusheti
Nugzar Idoidze presentation about: Tusheti - Structural Anthropology

Music:
Reso Kiknadze-Nikoloz Gabadze-Dato Kikabidze-Irakli Choladze Band Live 
Ben Wheeler, KID Jesus experimental live 

28 July Friday

Morning:
Irakli Shavgulidze workshop in: Theory of Landscape Photography - location and time selection using mobile applications, landscape and Milky Way photography, composition, rules of perspective, post-processing.
Nanuli Azikuri presentation about: Tushetian handicraft 

Afternoon:
Giorgi Tsotsanidze presentation about: Tushetian dialect
Reso Kiknadze Lecture in: Composition and improvisation in the context of music technology
Giorgi Shermazanashvili workshop in: Drone Photography - Types of drone, basic principles, location selection, security measures, composition, photo processing

Evening:
Eter Tataraidze presentation about: Tushetian folklore, poetry and prose
Giorgi Tsotsanidze presentation about: Tushetian Holidays 
Irakli Shavgulidze workshop in: Sunset photo shooting, Milky Way photo shooting (Every Evening and Night different locations)

Music:
Reso Kiknadze-Nikoloz Gabadze-Dato Kikabidze-Irakli Choladze Band Live


29 July Saturday

Morning: 
Irakli Shavgulidze workshop in: Sunrise photo shooting (Every morning different locations)
Nanuli Azikuri presentation about: Tushetian ornament, knitting, embroidery, dyeing
Eter Tataraidze presentation about: Heroic stories of Tusheti 

Afternoon:
Nikoloz Kapanadze workshop in: Interfacing Max/MSP with Arduino, serial communication, Interactive control devices
Ben Wheeler presentation about: Mountains of Tongues Overview of Music in the Caucasus

Evening:
Eter Tataraidze presentation about: Tushetian Mythology and Demonology 
Amiran Arabuli Photos with stories 

Music:
Reso Kiknadze-Nikoloz Gabadze-Dato Kikabidze-Irakli Choladze Band Concert
Tete Noise Live

30 July Sunday 

Afternoon:
Andrei Savinykh workshop in: 3D sound binaural and spatial audio field recording
Reso Kiknadze master class in: Free improvisation 

Music:
Reso Kiknadze-Nikoloz Gabadze-Dato Kikabidze-Irakli Choladze Band Live
Tete Noise Ben Wheeler, Scott McCulloch Experimental Live

31 July Monday

Afternoon:
Wato Tsereteli lecture about: Social innovation as necessity 

Music:
Ben Wheeler Live
Agata Vilchyk Live

01.08.2017 Tuesday 

Evening:
Levan Jobava presentation about: History of Georgian Rugby
Giogi Rajebashvili workshop in: Wildlife photography

Music:
Andrei Savinykh DJ set

02.08.2017 Wednesday 

Morning:
Giogi Rajebashvili Wildlife photo shooting in Tusheti National Park 
Touch Rugby championship between children 
Scott McCulloch Workshop and survey on (Part 1): sound poetics from 1917-2017. Study and discussion on: Soviet cubofuturist and ‘Zaum’ works (i.e. Alexei Kruchenykh, Ilia Zdanevich), Stephane Mallarme (and his subsequent influence on John Cage), Samuel Beckett’s radio plays, William Burroughs, Amiri Baraka and free jazz, Black-American Gospel, Ghedalia Tazartes, Jamaican and Black-British dub poetry, Wu-Tang Clan, Graham Lambkin.

Afternoon:
Levan Jobava presentation about: Rugby’s values, principles, Georgian Club and Children's Rugby
Ben Wheeler workshop in: Creative Composition and Ethnographic Sources workshop and performance using combination of ethnomusicology and composition

Evening:
Malkhaz Shvelidze presentation about: Ceramics and way of life
Nato Eristavi presentation about: New Georgian ceramics
Mohamed Hachicha presentation about: his art and know how in ceramics
Giogi Rajebashvili Wildlife photo shooting in Tusheti National Park 

Music:
Scott McCulloch Live
Agata Vilchyk Live

03.08.2017 Thursday 

Morning:
Giogi Rajebashvili Wildlife photo shooting in Tusheti National Park
Touch Rugby championship between children 
Ceramicists: Build kiln for ceramics firing

Afternoon:
Scott McCulloch Workshop and survey on (Part 2): sound poetics from 1917-2017. Study and discussion on: Soviet cubofuturist and ‘Zaum’ works (i.e. Alexei Kruchenykha, Ilia Zdanevich), Stephane Mallarme (and his subsequent influence on John Cage), Samuel Beckett’s radio plays, William Burroughs, Amiri Baraka and free jazz, Black-American Gospel, Ghedalia Tazartes, Jamaican and Black-British dub poetry, Wu-Tang Clan, Graham Lambkin
Levan Jobava workshop in: Why should we bring a child to a rugby, what stereotypes are there for parents and what is reality?

Evening:
Sarra Ben Attia presentation about: her art and know how in ceramics
Boris Roce presentation about: his art and know how in ceramics
Janina Myronova presentation about: her art and know how in ceramics

Music:
Vazha Marr Live
Andrei Savinykh DJ set


04.08.2017 Friday 

Artworks’ Exhibition 
Ceramicists: Start the process of ceramics firing
Ceramicists: Setting the bowl painting table for kids 
Touch Rugby championship between children
Ceremicists: Start Raku Firing
Ceramicists: Start big statue firing

Music:
The Black Marrows Live
Olympic Snow Live

05.08.2017 Saturday

Touch Rugby championship final
Artworks’ Exhibition 
Ceramicists: Open the kiln
Ceramicists: Setting the bowl painting table for kids
Ceramicists workshop in: Shaping on the wheel
Horse Racing

Music:
Natuka Natsvlishvili Live
Olympic Snow DJ set