Vajiko Chachkhiani
Guests arrived, none of us could see them

The work of Georgian artist Vajiko Chachkhiani presents itself as conundrum between nature and human presence, past and present.

Objects from the world of farming and traditional craft in his home country often play an important role in the works of Georgian artist Vajiko Chachkhiani. But when he transfers old fences and burnt branches or, as recently, at the Venice Biennale, an entire house into the art context, these things appear not as ready-mades, but as metaphors capable of communicating historical events, collective memory, and the ephemeral nature of human existence.

In Neuberg an der Mürz, Chachkhiani is now set to create a dialogue with the surroundings. A large hole with a small untouched piece of land in its centre appears in the village. On top of this unreachable "island" is a remnant of a wooden fence, most likely a solitary left over of a former housing. The artwork presents itself as a visual conundrum, an image connecting nature and human presence, past and present: an image bursting with what has been suppressed and left unspoken.

Kostüme: Vajiko Chachkhiani
Kuratorin / Kurator: Luigi Fassi