International Symposium / 30 September – 1 October 2024

International Symposium: “Culture and Crises”

30 SEPTEMBER
12:00 – 13:30 – Session 1 (Hybrid Format)

• 12:00 – Impermanence in Reality and Theatre
  Liu Xinglin, China (OISTAT Centre) – In person (Translation from Mandarin to English)
• 13:00 – Building Bridges Through International Programs in Scenography
  Adrian Damian, Romania (Member of OISTAT Centre) – Online
• 13:20 – The Culture of Crisis
  Miljena Vučković, Serbia (Member of OISTAT Centre) – Online
• 13:40 – Discarded Materials and Aesthetic Diversity for Future Scenic Design
  Faiz Zahir, Bangladesh (Member of OISTAT Centre) – Online

14:00 – 14.30 Coffee Break

14:30 – 16:30 – Session 2 (Hybrid Format)

• 14:30 – The role of theatre in the social adaptation of children and adolescents in the context of Russian military aggression against Ukraine / Sofiia Rosa-Lavrentii, Associate Professor of Theatre Studies and Acting Department, of Ivan Franko National University ofLviv, Ukraine – Online / Roman Lavrentii, AssociateProfessor of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine – Online

• 15:00 – International Collaboration to Overcome Barriers and Address Local and Global Issues / Aby Cohen, Scenographer, Artistic director, Exhibition designer, Curator, President of OISTAT, Brazil/ / Slovenia – Online

• 15:20 – Culture from Crisis: How Theatre Can Connect Us to the Places We Are Separated From / Jacqui George, MEd SFHEA FRSA Making things happen; Arts Leader/ Educator. United Arab Emirates (Member of OISTAT) – Online

• 15:40 – National Elements and Stylization of Belarusian Costume in the Modern Theater of the Country / Lidia Malashenka, Belarus – In person
• 16.00 – Georgian Women Set Designers in the Context of Contemporary Crisis Challenges / Marianna Oakley, Art Critic, Georgia (Member of OISTAT Centre) – In person

Moderator: Marianna Oakley, Georgia
Location: National Parliamentary Library of Georgia
Address: 7 Lado Gudiashvili St, Tbilisi

1 OCTOBER

Georgian Part

12:00 – 13:30 – Session 1 (In-Person)

• 11:00 – Irakli Gamrekeli. From constructivism to socialist realism / Khatuna Kikvadze, Art Critic, Georgia (Member of Georgian OISTAT Centre)- In person
• 11:30 – Organization of Events During Emergency Situations / Nino Gunia, Curator, Georgia (Member of Georgian OISTAT Centre) – In person
• 12:00 – – Petre Otskheli -The Ignored Presumption of Innocence / Meri Matsaberidze, Art Critic, Georgia (Member of Georgian OISTAT Centre) – In person
• 12.30- Establishing Independent Theatre in the Context of Crises – Needs and Challenges / George Apkhazava, Director and Founder of Tbilisi Chamber Theater, Georgia (Member of Georgian OISTAT Centre) – In person
• 13:00 – Postmodernism and Some Issues of Post-Soviet Georgian Culture / Ketevan Tomaradze, Cultural Policy Expert, Georgia– In person

13:30 –14:00 Coffee Break
Location: National Parliamentary Library of Georgia
Address: 7 Lado Gudiashvili St, Tbilisi

Moderator: Khatuna Kikvadze, Georgia