Pomegranates

Outstanding Georgian public figures and their creative work - when encountering this phrase, most people will probably first think of distinctly Georgian surnames and pseudonyms. During the process of selecting my work, however, I tried to move beyond this automatic mental association and instead thought of the film director Sergo Parajanov.

In line with the festival’s concept, I chose his 1968 film The Color of Pomegranates as a symbolic and personal way to interpret his artistic legacy. The film includes several scenes in which the character portrayed by Sofiko Chiaureli covers her face with fabrics of various shapes and textures. This visual motif became a key source of inspiration for the background of my mural, while in the foreground I used pomegranates, the film’s central symbol.