CARAVAGGIO
Supper at Emmaüs
1606.
L'OEIL ECOUTE
Flesh
2018, Tbilisi.
CARAVAGGIO
Supper at Emmaüs
1601.
Fresh food, silk, wood, flesh, copper, glass.
Video on 4 screens, tapestry, assemblage,
performance, music creation, perfume
To study human passions Caravaggio always immersed himself in real life situations and produced
pictures of terrible naturalism, astonishing melancholy. The idea of the curating is to connect the
aesthetics of the rough lifestyle of Georgian villages with the masculine culture prevailing in
Caravaggio’s paintings. Here, you will observe Caravaggio's characters today through the male
ritual KEIPI (Georgian: ქეიფი).
The depiction of Christ is unusual in that he is beardless and androgynous. The intensity of the
emotions of Christ's disciples is conveyed by their gestures and expression. The viewer too is made
to feel a participant in the event. Following this process, the audience enters barefoot and takes
part to this dinner. They observe this transgender Christ surrounded by female disciples of Christ
singing only songs for by men.
We created 8 versions of the Supper at Emmaüs (1601) and 2 versions of the Supper at Emmaüs
(1606)
Music creation inspired by Antonio Allegri
OE20151601-1 / OE20151601-2 / OE20151601-3 / OE20151601-4 / OE20151601-5 /
OE20151601-6 / OE20151601-7 / OE20151601-8 / OE20181606-1 / OE20181606-2