Pogo Bar: Mari Kalabegashvili – If You Catch My Drift

If You Catch My Drift is a screening of Mari Kalabegashvili's video work of the same name, which explores drifting culture in Tbilisi, Yerevan, Zagreb and Cairo. In a series of photographs of blurred night landscapes, portraits, cars and racetracks, the artist shifts the focus from the fleeting spectacle of speed to the urban spaces that the drivers transform into their private arenas. Kalabegashvili documents tracks on streets and buildings, creating a portrait of a community that infiltrates public space by treating it as modifiable as their cars. The screening will be followed by a Q&A.

Mari Kalabegashvili (* 1999, GE) is an artist whose research-based practice encompasses video, sculpture and installation, with a focus on collaborative and transdisciplinary approaches to knowledge exchange. She was an artist-in-residence at Slavs and Tatars, Berlin (2024), and a mentee at Forecast, Berlin (2023), where her work was shown at Radialsystem. Previous residencies include the Goethe-Institut Georgia, Yerevan (2022), and WELTKUNSTZIMMER, Düsseldorf (2021). Kalabegashvili is currently artist-in-residence at Jester, Genk, where she is working on a new video piece. In addition to her artistic practice, she collaborates with the Parallel Class project, Georgia, to develop alternative education initiatives for students.

Sound: Teimuraz Eristavi

If You Catch My Drift was developed as part of Forecast - Skills e.V.

Accessibility information
Venue:
The event will take place at KW's Pogo Bar. The Pogo Bar is located in a windowless room with a low ceiling in the basement vault of KW. Access to the Pogo Bar is possible via an elevator. The elevator is located in the inner courtyard behind Café Bravo on the left-hand side. Please send us an e-mail in advance to reservation@kw-berlin.de so that we can reserve the elevator for you.

Recording:
The event will not be recorded.

Time:
Admission starts at 7pm.
If required, we can offer you earlier admission from 6:45 pm so that you can familiarize yourself with the surroundings and choose your seat. Please register for this at reservation@kw-berlin.de.
The event starts punctually at 19:30.
The event will last approximately 60 minutes.
The event will be held without breaks.

Seating facilities:
Seating (chairs with backrests, cushions) will be provided.
A limited number of seating options (chairs with backrests, cushions) will be provided.

Sensory stimuli:
The event room is darkened.

Language:
The event will be held mainly in English.
There is no translation.

Accompanying persons:
Accompanying persons can attend the event free of charge.
Assistance dogs can be brought along to the event.

Contact persons:
For further questions regarding accessibility, please contact reservation@kw-berlin.de by e-mail .
If you have any questions or require assistance on site, please contact the admission staff.