Solaris - Who is Frank?

Who is Frank?

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Solaris project – 3d workshop „ who is Frank?“ was organized from 9^th of may till 15^th of may on rigaer str. 71-73 in the space called Antje Oklezund, which is an audio video laboratory were for 6 years are organized various art events.

12 artists took part in solaris 3d workshop. This were international artists: 4 artists from Germany, 4 from Georgia, 1 from France, 1 from Russia, one from Italy and one from Switzerland.
The goal for artists was to answer the question : who is frank?
Frank is an English expression, synonym to honesty.. to be frank means to be honest.
Artists explored idea of honesty from many different points of view. Already on the pre meetings, before adopting the space of antje oklezund, artists had there own point of view how to express and show what honesty means in there life’s. Although all the works were connected at the end with each other.
One of the high light of the workshop was documentary by Vera Hoffman and Jan Wiese were projects participants were interviewed separately to talk about there own experiences in life were they came in touch with frank (honesty). Opposing this documentary was another video work from Natia Bakhtadze with the similar interviews from artists were they had to tell there story’s when they didn’t give a damn ( didn’t care) about something. The idea sentence “frankly I don’t give a damn” wads taken from famous movie “ blown by the wind” were one of the characters says at some point that he frankly doesn’t give a damn..
Two more video works by Marta Mastronardi had a political context: she used footage of politician speeches and put them in contrast by filming solaris artist repeating same sentences.
2d video by Marta also using footage of politicians in different situations and showing results of there power.
Performance by Servet Gürbuz and Sandra Hartleb was rather spiritual aspect of honesty, which showed straggle of being pure and at the same time consumed. Performance was documented by drawing of Masha Bender, were she realized her intention of being honest while drawing an action.
At the middle was an installation of AO - kitchen with dirty and clean dishes whatz would refer to agin spiritual exorcise and catharsis.
Artist Sabrina Binda took another approach to honesty, when she captured in a dark entrance of anje oklezund faces of visitors of solaris project. Portraits were projected in a meantime on the central wall of a space.
Young architect David Manjavidze used negative side of frank, were he pin pointed fact that honesty is not always welcome in daily life, so he made warning signs for each art work, warning about the dangers of viewing this pieces.
Entertaining piece of the event was the musical band which was created during solaris workshop “ dirty trinity” members Giorgi Kalmaxelidze, Levan Manjavidze and Marta Mastronardi. Lyrics of songs and style of there performance were clear expressions of honesty of being frank.

at the final overlook frankly can be said that idea of honesty is very personal, very tricky to define objective sense of honesty, which gives a hint that person can only be honest or dishonest first to him self and in consequence of his analyze and decision can reflect and act it in relation to outer world.
The answer to who is frank? is impossible because no one can be frank and anyone can be.
But there is a clear state for frank:
Frank is Alone

Organizers

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Levan Manjavidz

www.levanmanjavidz.com

AO Karoni

solaris-project

Sandra Hartleb

www.sandrahartleb.de

Artists

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Manifestator

Videast and dancer from Berlin

Natia Bakhtadze

Artist from Georgia

"globalcoinsidence"

Rose Bertins Closet

Marta Mastronardi

Artist from Italy

Jan Wiese

Artist from Berlin

Sabrina Binda

Artist from Switzerland

Masha Bender

Artist from Russia

David Manjavidze

Architect from Georgia

hatchwork

Giorgi Kalmakhelidze

Artist from Georgia

Vera Hofmann

Photographer from Germany

www.verahofmann.de

Ophélie Karoni

Artist from France

Sandra Hartleb

Artist from Germany

www.sandrahartleb.de

Levan Manjavidz

Artist from Georgia

www.levanmanjavidz.com

Photos

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Penser avec la tête d'un autre. Think with the head of another. Masks.

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"Old Children"

Paintings by Levan Manjavidz

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Street session : I AM FRANK

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Videos

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http://verahofmann.de/frank_video.html
FRANK. Docu by Jan Wiese and Vera Hofmann

frank as politicians by Marta Mastronardi

frank frank uhm? by Marta Mastronardi

I don't give a damm By Natia Bakhtadze

FRANK'S DINNER. Video installation.

Meeting. Who's Frank ? basis

Texts

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3d Workshop – Who is Frank?

the practicality and sensible embodiment of an ephemeral community.

WHO IS FRANK?
Time for Redemption

When i was a child, i had english classes. We sang the alphabet, we colored the Union Jack, we learned funny expressions like : it rains cats and dogs or to have ants in the pants.

And then, one day, we learned the expression : «to be frank»

and frankly, i was more disturbed by the fact that to be FRANK means to be honest from the fact that it was raining some cats and doggies..
To be Frank?
To be George?

THE HONEST MAN. An honest man.As an endangered specie, or who never existed.

How does it do every day?
If you ask someone "what is for you an honest man?"
or "In your opinion what does an honest person?"
One will answer: "He always tells the truth.", "He never lies.".

But how does he react? as in the story by Borges, the man who remembers all the details.
Well, there are people like me who remember very well details.
But in the story by Borges,it is pushed to the extreme-extreme the guy can not recognize someone because there is a new detail or a detail missing.
A new sweater or a new mole ... etc...

Then there are honest people, yes.We are all a bit sometimes.
But if we push to the extreme, the man who is honest in everything and
time.
In gesture, gaze, thought, in his cooking pasta: He is HONEST.
How does it, then ?.. the honest man when he takes a shower
when he cleans the table of the dining room listening to Murder Made History.
?

It is an ethical issue.The triangle of ethics.

WHAT I WANT TO DO ?

WHAT SHOULD I DO? WHAT CAN I DO?

HONESTY

There is a trick. There is a paradox.
When you "accept" you're not completely honest : you do a « step» to honesty.
There are things like that, one must stick his head against an extreme to have/be a certain thing.
These things, these paradoxes, show the limits, in general.
Limits in general.

Perhaps Frank is a moment

He is the moment we can find, sometimes, in someone, a moment, no word to explain this point.

the moment, when we're turning the head and we are happy
that time.

Saying / create Franck together.
I think that, more than ever we need a Franck today.

But how to tell someone?
One day at a dinner, I saw a man. And I, immediately, understood that He was part of people who can answer the question: «Who are you?»
I asked him,he answered.
Completely, he answered me completely.
Jürgen.

So, what constitute us?
Are we like boxes? There is the box and contents.

The new thing is: we can not create Franck, the honnest-man.
Because the honest-man is not.
So we must create the image/figure of the honest man.
A paradox: to create the image of the honest man. An image.The image is a lie that tells the truth.

Intro text by AO

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Poem by Sandra Hartleb

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von Roland Barthes

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Sounds

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Looping Sentences. WC.

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Michael Nyman - Miserere

Friends

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Hajo Toppius,

Sascha Schneider,

Heiko,

Hannes und Frank

www.antjeoeklesund.de

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Matthias Arp

www.tube-ev.de

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Quentin Mercier

http://quentinmercier.blogspot.com/

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Nicole Richwald

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Mio Myo

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Helmut Tiede

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DJ - Chris Logan

Loganic Life

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-Sponsor:

Samariter Kiezfonds

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Sketches

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Levan's Sketches

Ophélie's sketches