Mariam SonghulashviliAbout Me / CV
Projects arranged in a Chronological Order
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Mariam Songhulashvili is a visual artist based in Tbilisi, Georgia, working primarily with generative and interactive time-based visual art. Their practice explores several themes: the perception of time and memory - especially focusing on the understanding of queer temporality; the boundaries between abstraction and narration -  exploring it in a sense of gamification of reality perception; and the experience of being surrounded by urban, liminal spaces. Collaboration is central to their practice, typically involving musicians and writers.


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Cactus: Experimental Opera What happens when a modern person, who falls out of objective, socially systematized time, becomes trapped in their own subjective time?

“Cactus” is a story about systemic collapse and psychological crisis. The architect’s orderly world—where he is convinced that he controls time (“every second freezes when I press the elevator button”)—collapses within a minute. Panic, chaos, and a series of claustrophobic attacks begin. Opposing this inner chaos is the “cactus” — an object placed deep within the stage, radiating a clean, minimalist, and stable resonance.

It is the collision of rational mind with organic reality — with a sense of time that lies beyond subjective and objective time. It is a story about transformation, which begins only after the total collapse of the modern individual.


Characters and Performers:
The Architect - Giorgi Goderdzishvili (Bass)
Cactus -  Christopher Manning (Clarinet, Bass Clarinet)

    Composer: Tiko Ghoghoberidze
    Librettist: Mindia Arabuli
    Design / Video Projection: Mariam Songhulashvili
    Costume Designer: Uta Bekaia
    Director: Ilia Korkashvili
    Sound Director: Lasha Natenadze
    Lighting: Achi Arghanashvili

    ©️ Goethe-Institut Georgien/ Photo: Giorgi Kolbaia/ Video: Shio Khidasheli