SOOOON SPACE

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On May 7, @soooonspace gallery will host an exhibition marking the outcome of a month-long collaboration with the @sketching_tbilisi community. Over the course of the month, the gallery’s curators selected works where not only the result matters, but the process of searching itself. This exhibition captures a moment of becoming — when an artist is not yet fixed in form, but already speaks in their own language. Opening at 7:00 PM. The evening will be accompanied by music sets by @trueconformist , creating a sonic environment where the visual continues to resonate. Free admission — an opportunity to witness the emergence of young artistic voices. Join us.

→ 9 - 17 MAY → Exhibition: MTATSMINDA TURN by ANTON CALMÎȘ @antoncalmis 9 MAY (SATURDAY) 19:00 → gathering, exhibition opening Free entry Mtatsminda Turn is the first body of work made through a process of layered oil transfer and procedural distancing. The paintings depict a view from a single window, photographed over four years as a factual record of a place in time. The subject inevitably shifts the question of authorship into one of ownership. Material distancing introduced at every stage of the process is an attempt to relinquish claims to the image and the place it represents. What remains is a record made from a position that is neither fully participatory nor estranged, oscillating between belonging and trespassing. Anton Calmîș (b. 1997) is a painter based in Tbilisi, Georgia. His work begins with a film image shot from the hip or with an extended hand. Over the course of months, the image is processed: developed, scanned, printed, transferred, layered, scraped, and incised. Each step introduces a new dimension of distancing, relinquishing a degree of authorship and control, until what remains is the accretion and residue of these operations. In his work, Calmîș asks what happens to the image under this double pressure of distancing and care, when it is held in extended time, worked and reworked through error, bodily gestures, and sustained attention. Distance is the underlying subject of his practice, taken up across successive bodies of work in different domains. Calmîș has previously exhibited at Sisters Room, Tbilisi, Georgia (2025), and Weserhalle, Berlin, Germany (2024). His work has been published in RUNT Magazine, Issue 3: DOGFIGHT (2025). SOOOON SPACE Dimitry Arakishvili 18, Vake, Tbilisi.

→ 3–6 MAY → PRINT & PHOTO SALE at SOOOON SPACE A selection of prints and photographs by unique artists — don’t miss it. Dmitrii Slovo @dmitry.slo Kristina Rozhkova @strapon_svinopas Militsa Clifford @crystal_sexy_doll Beste İleri @2.5.19.20.5 Vera Barkalova @vera_barkal Andrew Kirsanov @andrewkirsanow & Katya Pravda @thundergirl_xtal and others SOOOON SPACE Dimitry Arakishvili 18, Vake, Tbilisi.

→ 25 APRIL 19:00 → ARTIST TALK: Beste lleri @2.5.19.20.5 Moderator: Alara Demirel This artist talk unfolds the conceptual framework of SOFT RENDER, an exhibition by Beste lleri that traces how images circulate and emerge as affective forms within contemporary consumption. Exploring the intersection of digital entropy and narrative turbulence, the session examines how digital chaos is distilled into structured yet volatile mythologies. Moderated by Alara Demirel, the discussion engages directly with the questions raised by the exhibition: the transition from image to affect, the rise of "-core" aesthetics as a fragmented language for the digital age, and the "soft violence" of image addiction. The session features a moderated dialogue followed by a Q&A regarding the theoretical layers of the exhibition. 'What happens when images circulate faster than meaning?" → 25 APRIL 20:00 → confessional.log → performative installation and participatory ritual Concept & Art Direction: Beste lleri Performance & Mediation: Alara Demire @alaraetc "Forgive me Motherboard, for what I've seen." confessional.log is a performative installation and participatory ritual that explores the affective residue of contemporary image consumption. Staged within a glossy confessional booth, the performance unfolds as a ritualized interface for witnessing, orocessing, and sharing. As the "High Priestess of the Votherboard," Alara Demirel inhabits confessional.loa booth acting as a mediator for the digital psyche. Audience members are invited to enter the space to confess their digital sins respond to provocative prompts regarding their screen-basec anxieties. and receive a ceremonial "Absolved". SOOOON SPACE Dimitry Arakishvili 18, Vake, Tbilisi.

Thank you to everyone who came! A special thanks for the editing, @katerinamorza @ganssss 🖤 – dream team. Everything aligned perfectly with @doctornotchy , and we were able to create a truly amazing evening. For me, this is my first exhibition in the last four years. Hooray 🎉 Thank you @soooonspace for trusting me 🌸 «Gloaming» — the moment when light battles darkness, creating a magical glow. My project explores those who exist beyond society’s visibility, the pain of no longer being your own, when the state strips you of your voice and your very being. My protagonists come from vulnerable communities with whom I share a deep personal connection — my family, my roots. An attempt to crystallize the cloud of evil hanging over my head.

→ 24-30 APRIL →Exhibition: SOFT RENDER: Sugar-Coded Copium by Beste İleri @2.5.19.20.5 24 APRIL (FRIDAY) 18:00 → gathering, exhibition opening Free entry 19:00 - 22:00 → DJ sets → seeker → Lidl → Lebensm1tt3l Entry 10 GEL SOFT RENDER: Sugar-Coded Copium Digital entropy has reached a state of physical overflow. The contemporary image no longer functions as a representation; it is served as a volatile sediment of compressed, polished, and lossy distributions. As the world is ingested into its own synthetic likeness, the fidelity of our image-sphere is dictated by omnipresent calculations and engagement economies. In this condition, SOFT RENDER explores the symbolic and behavioral logics of contemporary image consumption where the cold computational infrastructures of image circulation crash into the chaotic affective fluidity of the human condition. The result is a shimmering blurriness, a state of hyper-subjectivity, where fixed references are replaced by a perception that is perpetually softened, fragmented, and individualized. This exhibition marks Beste first solo presentation in which these material explorations are brought together, presenting newly emerging physical manifestations of a digital culture they have been researching and producing within for years. İleri’s works have been exhibited at Istanbul Museum of Modern Art and presented at Ars Electronica. They have received support from institutions including SAHA Association, CultureCIVIC (European Union), Istanbul Design Museum, Research & Degrowth International, are a founding member of the collectives na+CTRL, Chills and Quills, and Keter Studio. SOOOON SPACE Dimitry Arakishvili 18, Vake, Tbilisi.

Under the Skin by Vera Tepliakova @girlnamedvera This exhibition “Under the Skin” explores female experience and the tension between the inner world and external expectations. Shaped wooden panels blur the boundary between image and form, turning painting into a physical space of emotion and self-definition. The works reflect on how social norms shape the way we perceive the body and identity, asking what remains of the self beneath layers of expectation. Vera Tepliakova is a contemporary artist who works on shaped wooden panels, developing her own supports to explore painting beyond the traditional canvas. Her practice emphasizes the interplay of form and image, often through portraiture and experimental compositions.

@itsthegallery__ and @soooonspace presents: “Pack your things before erotic apocalypse begins” – group exhibition The apocalypse no longer arrives as a dramatic event. It unfolds slowly, dissolving into everyday life. Inside this unstable atmosphere, desire begins to mutate. Pleasure and anxiety, attraction and repulsion, tenderness and control merge into the same emotional landscape. Artists: Sasha Shaftence @shaftence.sasha Ivana Vladislava @ivanavladislava Polina Romanova @lw.42 curated by @marinamessaround curatorial assistance by @arynakubans production by @itsthegallery__

Thank you to everyone who came to “Reunion Experimentum” despite the heavy rain Huge thanks to artist Vera Barkalova @vera_barkal for Gloaming exhibition and to all the musicians who performed: Oleksandr Demianenko @konophotography @giraffetapes , Evgeniy Galochkin @gl4kn , lilovie bratiki @plus995music , CAER @fluxce & @systense Feliks Mirensky @fesikl42 doctor notchy @doctornotchy And special thanks to Cactus Lagoon Cult and curator @doctorgorovoy for the collaboration 🩶 Thank you all for being with us.

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→ 11-12 APRIL → Exhibition: Gloaming by Vera Barkalova @vera_barkal 11 APRIL (Saturday) 18:00 → gathering, exhibition opening, live performances “Reunion Experimentum” Entry 20 GEL Free admission from 12 APRIL «Gloaming - the moment when light battles darkness, creating a magical glow. My project explores those who exist beyond society's visibility, the pain of no longer being your own, when the state strips you of your voice and your very being. My protagonists come from vulnerable communities with whom I share a deep personal connection — my family, my roots. An attempt to crystallize the cloud of evil hanging over my head.» 12 APRIL (Sunday) 16:00-20:00 → Second and the last day of Gloaming exhibition 19:00-20:00 → ArtistTalk Free entry At ArtistTalk, Vera will speak about her projects exploring closed communities and taboo subjects. We'll discuss how she works with vulnerability, the pain of losing oneself, and the moment when the body no longer belongs to the person. Vera will share the personal story behind her work, as well as the themes she is developing in Tbilisi — the boundaries of visibility, isolation, and the inner darkness that consumes the self.  SOOOON SPACE Dimitry Arakishvili 18, Vake, Tbilisi.