This publication was produced in a workshop by
Sabine Hagmann with the students of the Informal
Master Programme at the CCA Tbilisi 2017
work by: Gila Primak, Tiko Qsovreli, Ia Kakabadze, Naili Vakhania,
Saba Gamkrelidze,
Tako Abramia,
Sophio Soroznishvili,
Nutsa Khizanishvili,
Mariam Pesvianidze,
Beka Buchashvili,
Juba Peikrishvili
Proof reading English texts: Gila Primak
Design pages: the students
Graphic design publication: Beka Buchashvili
Copyright texts/images: the authors
Printed at Grifon
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Thanks to Mary Tatarashvili, Edisher Beradze, Wato Tsereteli, Zura Tsofurashvili, Johnny Kvezereli
Center of Contemporary Art CCA Tbilisi, June 2017
http://www.cca.ge
Learning from
Contemporary artists take on many roles: They venture into social work and anthropological research, they are involved in urban planning or publishing, they dance, design, cook, host events, they make music and films, they turn into entrepreneurs and managers. Strategies are borrowed, similar skills used.
The knowledge artists need for their work changed over time and it is difficult to predict what is required for a future art practice. It is therefore necessary to find ways to access new information as needed, along the way. Learning is not limited to the classroom, it occurs in daily interactions, in respectful encounters with others: Observing people who know better, because they have long experience in working in their profession. Figuring out how they do it through talking to them, curious, open-minded, taking their knowledge seriously and applying it to one’s own practice. How does your work transform your personality? How can you earn money? How do you deal with repetitive tasks? How do react to aggressive behaviour of customers? How can you continue working without funds nor recognition?
We are all experts in many fields. Learning is never a one-way road, it is always an exchange between all the people involved and often it is not obvious who is learning from whom. A group of artists, students of the Informal Master Programme at the CCA set off to meet professionals from other disciplines, hoping to relate their insights into other jobs to their own art practice.
Sabine Hagmann, June 2017
