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Giorgi Gago Gagoshidze (b. 1983, Kutaisi) is an artist based in Berlin.
In The Invisible Hand of My Father Gago Gagoshidze paints a portrait of his father and his right hand. Born 1953 in Georgia, the father belonged to the wave of migrants who after the fall of the Soviet Union came looking for work in the countries of Western Europe. The film takes place in an altered state, as it is recorded after a workplace accident in which Gagoshidze’s father lost his hand in a cement-mixer. As a result he returned to Georgia and settled in a cabin in Racha, where he now lives a quiet life made possible by a monthly pension for the disabled provided from Portugal. The hand hovers above him like a spirit in the magnificent surroundings of the mountains of Caucasus. It reminds us of the fact that the accident took place ”in the right time”: Right before the ”invisible hand” of the global market lost its grip. Thus the hand functions as an image of shifting economical landscapes – from the fall of the Soviet Union to the global financial collapse of 2008 – and a prosthetic with which a meaningful relationship cannot be formed.
Giorgi Gago Gagoshidze (b. 1983, Kutaisi) is an artist based in Berlin.
Work
The Invisible Hand of My Father, 2019
HD Video
24 min
Location
Välkommaskolan, Malmberget
21.11–14.2