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Elene – Creative Education Studio

Ninjas of Fabrika Presents Elene Sartania Meet Elene, the heart of Creative Education Studio, as she shares insights into her work, inspirations, and her favorite things about working at Fabrika: Q: Who is Elene Sartania? A: A human being who doesn’t like to talk about hers...

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Gela – Magnolia Film Lab

Ninjas of Fabrika Introducing Gela Shekeladze Meet Gela, the co-founder of @magnoliafilmlab, as he shares insights into his work, inspirations, and his favorite things about working at Fabrika: Q: Who is Gela Shekeladze? A: I don’t want to jump ahead of events, but he’...

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Kristina – Impact Hub

Introducing Kristina Skupien: Fabrika Ninja since 2016 At Fabrika, we believe in the power of community, and Kristina Skupien reflects this spirit as the community manager at Impact Hub. Get to know her better through this brief interview: Q: Who is Kristina Skupien? A: Kristina ...

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TEH Camp Meeting #96: REBOOT

Fabrika Tbilisi is thrilled to announce its role as the host for the 96th Camp Meeting of Trans Europe Halles (TEH). The event, themed “REBOOT,” is scheduled to take place from October 5th to 8th, 2023, in Tbilisi. Trans Europe Halles (TEH) est. 1983 is a member-led N...

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Irma – Tone Restaurant

ფაბრიკას ეზოში, ნინოშვილის ქუჩის მხრიდან თუ შემოსულხარ და უკიდურეს მარცხენა მხარეს თონე შეგიმჩნევია, ეგ თონე რესტორან “თონეს” ეკუთვნის და მისი უსტაბაში – 54 წლის ქალბატონი – ირმა თეთრაძეა. ირმა ფაბრიკაში და კერძოდ “თონეში” უკვე 6 წელია მუშაობს ...

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Keto – Mouline Electrique

ამჯერად გაგაცნობთ ქეთოს – ფაბრიკას დედოფალს, რომელიც თავისი ელეგანტურობითა და საოცრად დახვეწილი გემოვნებით ყოველდღე აკაშკაშებს ფაბრიკას არემარეს. ქეთოსთან ყავაზე ჩამოჯდომა ერთი სიამოვნებაა, მისთვის არ აქვს მნიშვნელობა არც ასაკს, სქესს, წარმომავლობას, რელიგიასა თუ ეროვნებას,...

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ZEG Tbilisi Storytelling Festival 2023 | June 8-10

ZEG Tbilisi Storytelling Festival is the first international storytelling event of its kind in the Caucasus. Founded by Impact Hub Tbilisi and the nonprofit newsroom Coda Story, the festival brings together leading professionals and thinkers from almost every industry to figure o...

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Niko and Maiko | Saamuri Wine Bar

If you have been to Saamuri at least once, Maiko or Niko have already hosted you. We call them the hearts of Saamuri, the prominent people who create the most favorable environment at Saamuri. As much as Fabrika is a dynamic and positive environment, don’t forget that hundr...

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Saamuri Wine Salon 2023 | Interview

One of our residents, the natural wine bar Saamuri, will host a wine salon on May 7, where you can taste wine from small wineries making the beverage using only natural methods from organically grown grapes. For more information about this event, we talked to one of the founders ...

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Salome Kheladze – Ceramic Studio 1300

In the new series of #FabrikaNinjas, we will introduce you to people who work at Fabrika. Some have been with us since the opening day, and some joined us later. They might be invisible for many as they work behind the scenes, but each of them is very dear to us, so we want you t...

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War Photography Exhibition | Re-Source Ukraine

Last year Fabrika Tbilisi partnered up with Swedish Institute to support the Re-Source Ukraine project with six other European cultural organizations starting in February 2023.  Within the project, Fabrika has taken responsibility for hosting several events to support Ukrainian a...

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Installation – All that Glitters is not Gold

All that Glitters is not Gold is a creation of an artist Ioanna Tsulaia, a VA[A]DS School of Visual Art, Architecture and Design School student at Tbilisi Free University.  The inspiration for the installation came from all the everyday items that lose their function each day. On...

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Fabrika Tbilisi Hosts TEH 96 Camp Meeting in October 2023

On October 5-8, Fabrika Tbilisi will host one of the most significant international conferences to bring together cultural centers and creative hubs and their representatives from around 40 countries under one roof.  Fabrika has been a member of Trans Europe Halles (TEH) since 2...

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Fabrika Christmas Market 2023

On December 24-25, 2022, Fabrika Tbilisi’s courtyard, decorated with twinkling lights, turned into a magical Christmas Fair, the annual celebration to bring together and introduce interesting and unique local entrepreneurs, craftsmen, and family-run businesses to our guests...

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Fabikafitti Urban Art Festival 2022

On November 12 and 13, Fabrika hosted its annual Fabrikafitti Urban Art Festival after a two-year break. The fifth festival brought together 16 Georgian graffiti artists to paint the main wall of Fabrika.  During these two days, Fabrika turned into a festive mood bringing variou...

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Street Gallery – Street Art Display at Fabrika

Street Gallery was founded in 2016 by Levan Geliashvili Eredeli in Batumi, the coastal town of the Black Sea. It’s a movement crafting an alternative and non-traditional space for exhibitions in different cities worldwide.  The movement brings out the art in the streets and open...

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Danarti 16th Issue – Presentation

On 12th May, Fabrika hosted the presentation of the 16th issue of Danarti, which was dedicated to the Industrial Heritage of Tbilisi.    Danarti is an independent, interdisciplinary series of publications. The 16th issue of Danarti is dedicated to the abandoned industrial s...

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Awesome Ukraine

On 17th April, Fabrika dedicated its space to our Ukrainian friends, who became our  hosts for a day and looked after our beloved space with uttermost care. We asked our Ukrainian friends to share a piece of their culture with the people of Tbilisi – Ukrainian cuisine, cocktails,...

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Industrial Heritage Research of Tbilisi

Mua‘s team has been exploring Tbilisi’s industrial sites for the past few months, and the process is nearing completion. At the end of October, The Exhibition of Tbilisi Industrial Heritage will be held accompanied by the lectures around the same topic until the end ...

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Ceramic Studio 1300 – Georgian red clay as part of a Pop Culture

The production of ceramics means the beginning of a new stage in the history of mankind.  BC. VII-VI centuries, roasted red clay pottery was already being made in Georgia. Along with the development of metallurgy techniques in the history of Georgian ceramics, options of creatin...

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Industrial Heritage Research of Tbilisi

Mua‘s team has been exploring Tbilisi’s industrial sites for the past few months, and the process is nearing completion. At the end of October, The Exhibition of Tbilisi Industrial Heritage will be held accompanied by the lectures around the same topic until the end of November.

The urgency of the issue and the importance of the project

The project “Tbilisi Industrial Heritage” is dedicated to the registration of industrial buildings in Tbilisi, collecting basic information about them and creating a common database. The issue of industrial heritage and its preservation is quite often discussed at the international level today, although in Georgia this issue is still not on the agenda.
For communities and institutions interested in developing different areas of culture, the industrial part of the city is a kind of resource, both in terms of research and their transformation.Also important is the fact that a large part of the former industrial buildings are not only unique architectural objects but also interesting from an artistic point of view. Mosaics, bas-reliefs, or other works of art are often found on the façade.Unfortunately, many of them are in a dilapidated, ruined, and looted state today, posing a real threat of losing the city’s historical memory and cultural uniqueness. In order to preserve the diverse and multifaceted historical and cultural uniqueness of our country and city, it is important to take into account the historical, cultural, economic, and social values ​​of this heritage.

Project progress and research methods

The present project is the initial study of industrial buildings, which includes different phases of development. The initial research formed a kind of base, which revealed the means of multifaceted, multidisciplinary development of the community.
When researching buildings, we use a variety of methods – photo documentation (photographer Angus Leadley Brown), video recording (Indigo magazine), sound recording (CES), artifact collection, and more.
The long-term goals of the research are to see a unified picture of the city’s industrial heritage, to study and analyze industrial buildings, and to raise the issue of their preservation and adaptation.

Project Summary Event

In the conditions of (pandemic) limited resources, at this stage of the research, we will limit ourselves to the industrial buildings in Tbilisi and focus on the remnants of the 20th century. An exhibition/presentation of the studied material is planned for the end of October – where the first stage works will be presented to the general public. The exhibition will also be posted on the website of the Tbilisi Architecture Biennale within the framework of the 2020 project. The exhibition includes a research presentation, a photo exhibition of selected buildings from the study material, a presentation of some of the material obtained through student workshops, and the presentation of audio and video material created in collaboration with Indigo Magazine and CES. The exhibition is planned to take place in the Artarea exhibition space – as one of the positive examples of the transformation of an industrial building. Attendance at the presentation will be free.Photo and video material of the event and summary information will be prepared, which will be posted on the project, multiverse architecture, and factory digital media channels.

Exhibition concept

Tbilisi’s entrepreneurial and industrial heritage dates back to the beginning of the 19th century. During the 19th century, the status of Tbilisi (Georgia) as a business center of the Caucasus was strengthened due to the geographical location of the city (Tbilisi (Georgia) was located in the immediate center of the Caucasus) and the existence of a wide road network around Tbilisi (Georgia).
The exhibition will present industrial and industrial buildings built in Tbilisi at the end of the XIX century, the beginning of the XX century, and the Soviet period. The survey identified up to 250 facilities, most of which ceased operations in the early 1990s, after which they were privatized and almost completely depreciated. Most of the enterprises are no longer functioning as originally intended and are rented space for various micro-enterprises.
The exhibition is a kind of summary of the found material, with the aim of the exhibition to share the impressions and information that emerge during the research and inspection of the former industrial buildings. Accordingly, the materials presented at the exhibition – photos, videos, audio, artifacts, and archival materials form a whole in the form of an interactive installation. The exhibition space will be transformed into a virtual tour of the industrial map of Tbilisi, where visitors will be able to discover objects and get information about them.

Tbilisi Architecture Biennial is participating in the event, therefore it can be seen on the Biennale website.

Representatives of various disciplines and institutions are involved in the research process: photographer Angus Leadley Brown, curator and researcher Nini Palavandishvili, Creative Education Studio, and the magazine ინდიგო • Indigo

Media partners of the project are ინდიგო • Indigo and Public Art Platform

The project “Industrial Heritage Research” is implemented with the support of Creative Georgia.