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Work Presentations 4pm__________________________Sun 9th January 2004
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Sophia Tabatadze

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Sophia Tabatadze is a visual artist from Georgia. She lives and works
in Rotterdam. Her work deals with the human body in (new) surroundings
and the human being in relation to architecture. 'Home' is a recurrent
theme in her installations, as a temporary place that exists during
the building up process only and that can be left behind like a shell
after it is completed. How much of the notion 'home' is psychological,
and how much physical? The relation between facade and interior, the
chaos and order within, are the key words in her work. How far does
one want, or is one able, to see the other side of the coin, the side
that doesnt fall within one's own perception? How one tends to
perceive the world from our standpoint alone, trying to fit everything
we see and experience into our thinking patterns. Meanwhile, the faces
change constantly and dramatically over very short periods of time,
whether it concerns people, architecture or the social and political
situations of countries.


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