Stefan Applis | Spaces, Places & Practices
travel geography & photography
A short look back in history Gumri has been inhabited since ancient times. The present town dates back to the Russian fortress founded in 1837. Until the First World War…
Part III: The problem of selling off public goods to foreign investors and consumers The spatial and object worlds in the plan of Tskaltubo as the ‘Spa Capital of Eastern…
Part II: In search of the extraordinary spatial experience – the late modern tourist self on expedition in the material space of Tskaltubo From 2004 to 2012 Georgia saw large…
Part I: From Soviet paradise to a material symbol of the decline of the Soviet system and the crises of the new Georgia Overview and some background As a result…
Most visitors to Georgia already know the classic Tbilisi residence and its successors from essential films of recent years such as „And Then We Danced“ by Levan Aikin or Nana…
Georgia holds three World Heritage Sites, which are of great importance for the worldwide recognition of Georgian history and culture. However, all three sites are the subject of intense conflicts…
Every visitor to Svaneti notices the many dilapidated buildings while walking or visiting the villages. Adishi, for example, which lies on the hiking trail from Mestia to Ushguli, resembles a…
Baku 2013 | A photographic record against the background of Essad Bey’s so-called ‚autobiographical report‘ „Oil and Blood in the Orient“ (1929) Essad Bey alias Leo or Lev Noussimbaum or…
I’m unwelcome. I can’t go easy on them. It’s like I’m a burden. I’m not at all dissenting. I had to get out of the way. And so it happened.…
The picture series „Manual Work“ deals with social spaces and people who spend a lot of their time making things or making them available for others. They often take things…
„In Georgien sind die Lebensumstände stark vom Zufall abhängig und liegen entsprechend eher außerhalb des Einflussbereichs der Menschen.“ Das 15 km nordwestlich von Kutaissi, der zweitgrößten Stadt Georgiens, gelegene Tskaltubo…
Seit 26. Mai 1918 versuchte eine aufstrebende nationale Elite mit der Unabhängigkeitserklärung von Russland und der Gründung der Ersten Georgischen Republik ihr Land an das Nachkriegsideal eines sozialdemokratischen Europas heranzuführen…
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