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“Tbilisi 6. Never On Sunday

takes place in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, between December 1st and 7.

The show opens each day in different places and includes lectures, performances, concerts, sculptures, publications, presentations, and so on.

There is the plan to go to the Caucausian mountains if the weather is good enough (Gudauri and Bakhani). Another project takes in Varketili, in the suburbs of Tbilisi. Most of the activities will be documented on tbilisi6.com, but you better come and see yourself. Ukranian Airways and Turkish Airways offer affordable flights.

PARTICIPANTS Ei Arakawa, Jensen Barnes, Rachel Berger, Mikael Damstuen Brkic, Alex Chechile, Levan Chogoshvili, Yeju Choi, Cecilia Castro, Jay Chung & Q Takeki Maeda, Bill Dietz, Neil Donnelly, Nikolas Gambaroff, Rezo Glonti and Ani Chorgolashvili, Carla Harryman, Egija Inzule, Ian Jamieson, Hyoun Youl Joe, Thomas Julier, E Roon Kang, Tobias Kaspar, Hilla Katki, Tara Kelton, Emil Michael Klein, Wolasi Konu, Caroline Lavoie, Greg Lindquist, Cecilia Lopez, Tobias Madison, Alexander Moulitsas, Kaspar Müller, Mari Mukai, James Muspratt, New Map of Tbilisi, Lado Oniani, Gela Patashuri, Zak Prekop, Marina Rosenfeld, Emanuel Rossetti, Daniella Spinat, Dan Solbach, Gio Sumbadze, Yasser Suratman, Sergei Tcherepnin, Stefan Tcherepnin, url (urban research lab), Vajiko A.the shark, Mary Voorhees, Ryan Waller

Wednesday,December 2, 2009 16:00 Tbilisi Grishashvili Museum-Library, 1, Algeti Str., presentation by Tea Tabatadze, poetry readings, concert by Sergei Tcherepnin, Ei Arakawa and others. Georgian tea from Mariage Frères.

20:00 New Art Coffee, 31, V. Orbeliani Str. http://www.newart.org.ge/, http://www.newart.org.ge/eng/index.html

Thursday, December 3, 2009 11:00-13:00 „b425“ by Caroline Lavoie, Greg Lindquist, Lado Oniani, New Map of Tbilisi, Gio Sumbadze, “url” (urban research lab), in Varketili District House Varketili-3 IV Microrayon Building 425

14:00 Bath House Dorm Concert, address to be announced

18:30 Subway Station Concert, Rustaveli Ave.

20:00 New Art Coffee, 31, V. Orbeliani Str., Ledentu le Phare, by Zdanevich, reading by Levan Chogoshvili, Luiza Laperadze, Gio Sumbadze, Tea Tabatadze, Marina Vecher and Ia Tavadze / works by Nana Ochiauri / Lux et Veritas, Yale University School of Art Graphic Design Department – 2009 MFA Thesis Show / Concert by Kung Fu Junkie (Tbilisi)

24:00 Inauguration of sculptures in a public space, Corner Atoneli Str. / Khazina Str.

Friday, December 4, 2009 13:30 Tbilisi State Conservatoire Concert, 8 Griboedov Str.

20:00 Vajiko A.the shark, Gallery Academy +, Shardeni Street 19 22:00 Never On Sunday at Cafe PurPur, Gudiashvili Square. Live sets by Dima Dadiani (cumborecords) Margo (datagrama) Gioslavia (netgraphrecords)

Saturday, December 5, 2009 10:00 Performances in Gudauri and Bakhani. Two buses leave at 10:00 from a location to be announced (weather permitting, check www.tbilisi6.com on

Thursday, December 3. If not possible, we go to Shindisi)

Sunday,

December 6, 2009 13:00 Car Part Market Eliava. Car Part Junk Yard Concert. Mari Mukai presents Eco Film at Car Part Market Eliava.

16:00-19:00 Japanese Hostel, Gogoli Street 21, Japanese Hostel Concert & Release party of PROVENCE, issue P, R, with a new tape made by Jay Chung & Q Takeki Maeda for the PROVENCE mix-tape collection. Gogoli Street 21

Monday, December 7, 2009 To be announced.

Curated and organized by among others Ei Arakawa, Daniel Baumann, Ani Chorgolashvili, Nana Kipiani, Gela Patashuri, Gio Sumbadze, Ana Tabatadze, Tea Tabatadze Sergei Tcherepnin and AIRL Supported by Pro Helvetia, Arts Council of Switzerland Kultur Basel-Stadt kulturelles.bl