The Mountain Speaks to the Sea
Join curator Silvia Franceschini in conversation with artist and filmmaker Tekla Aslanishvili about her latest cinematic project, The Mountain Speaks to the Sea (2024), and the accompanying publication released alongside her solo exhibition at Onomatopee.
Positioned between an artist’s book and a reader, the publication The Mountain Speaks to the Sea (2024) experiments with ways of translating film into printed matter and situates the project’s methodological approach within a broader geopolitical context. It features contributions by Alexandra Aroshvili, Ifor Duncan, Evelina Gambino, and Timothy Mitchell.
The film is a two-channel experimental documentary following the rivers of the South Caucasus from the mountains to the Black Sea. Navigating fragmented histories, myths and speculative futures around hydro energy infrastructures, it traces decades of socio-political and ecological change in the region. The narrative culminates in the EU-Georgia initiative to build the world’s longest submarine cable aimed at reducing dependence on Russian fossil fuels and positioning Georgia as a major energy hub.
The talk follows a screening and offers insights into Aslanishvili’s inquiry into infrastructure, grounded in moving image and interdisciplinary collaboration.