Giger meets Parajanov at Holoseum

Generated, directed, and edited by © Giorgio da Vita 2024
Music by © Avradii (Viktor Yermenko) 2024
Butoh dance by Anastasia Kononchuk and Konstantin Uglinskiy

In the year of Sergei Parajanov's centenary, the moment came when, with the help of AI, it was possible to collide the bright, unpredictable, richly colored work of Parajanov with the seemingly alien world of monochrome biomechanical creatures of Hans Rudolf Giger. The virtual meeting of the two artists took place in the director's homeland in Tbilisi in the amazing space of the Holozeum. Video installations projected from 63 projectors filled the corridors and atriums of the Holozeum with indescribable images that were simultaneously incredibly colorful and eerie, causing a sense of dread.

In this unique space, where light and shadow merged, viewers witnessed an unforgettable symbiosis that, like a spell, fascinated and immersed them in a world of fantasy. Parajanov's images, full of life and fairy-tale motifs, merged with Giger's cold, mechanical forms, creating an effect of unreality, where every detail seemed alive and dead at the same time.

The atmosphere of the Holozeum was filled with sounds that reflected the spirit of both artists, accidentally flowing into each other - noises, whispers, echoes of long-forgotten myths. Visitors wandered through the halls, as if they found themselves in a border zone between sleep and reality, where it was easy to get lost, but impossible not to remember where they came from.

Art froze in airy installations that, under the influence of light, became more multi-layered, creating visual metaphors about life, death and rebirth. Every movement, every highlight of color plunged the viewer into the eternal question about the nature of art: how can it be both personal and universal?