From June 26 to July 2, 2018, a photographic exhibition entitled Wooden Mosques of Adjara was held in the exhibition hall of the Giorgi Chubinashvili Centre. The exhibition was organized by Suzanne Harris-Brandts, a Canadian architect and doctoral candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA); Angela Wheeler, a doctoral candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Design; and photographer Vladimir Shioshvili (Georgia–USA).
The authors of the exhibition study issues of cultural heritage and national identity in the former Soviet Union.
The exhibition presented large-format photographs of the surviving wooden mosques of mountainous Adjara, accompanied by architectural drawings, sketches, annotations, and related materials. An exhibition catalogue and postcards were also made available to visitors.
Wooden Mosques of Adjara
From June 26 to July 2, 2018, a photographic exhibition entitled Wooden Mosques of Adjara was held in the exhibition hall of the Giorgi Chubinashvili Centre. The exhibition was organized by Suzanne Harris-Brandts, a Canadian architect and doctoral candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA); Angela Wheeler, a doctoral candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Design; and photographer Vladimir Shioshvili (Georgia–USA).
The authors of the exhibition study issues of cultural heritage and national identity in the former Soviet Union.
The exhibition presented large-format photographs of the surviving wooden mosques of mountainous Adjara, accompanied by architectural drawings, sketches, annotations, and related materials. An exhibition catalogue and postcards were also made available to visitors.