Culture
Rich with traditions, Russian and East-European theatrical art affected the development of Georgian scenography of 1920-ies. The impact of Russian art of the revolution period was especially evident with its original ideas, specific and expressive means of design.
The clearest example of this is the play of K. Kaladze "How?" the artistic design of which was assigned by the director of the theatre K. Marjanishvili to the young artist E. Akhvlediani. The action in the play was developing in the manner of cinematographic speed causing difficult expressive problems, which were solved by the artist by means of projection. The main component of the design was a screen, which was widening the framework of the stage, assisting to the immediate change of the action place and providing more space for expressive "mise en scene". Steals from the movie were appearing on the screen during the climax episodes that were naturally complemented by the performance of actors, increasing the affect of the main idea of the play.
While designing E. Akhvlediani refused to use concrete, daily elements of interior. The artist used conditional, original means, such as white contrastive lines on the black background. Separate components had meaningful and functional purpose, which created ideal impression of concrete place of performance.
Tbilisi Academy of Fine Art