Belltower

Cenotaph – is a project by kera, a Tbilisi-based architectural practice, executed in 2 phases – 1st as a temporary installation presented at the Tbilisi Architectural Biennial 2024 and 2nd as a permanent structure serving as a belltower for a 10th century church in the village of Soli, Lenjeri community, Svaneti, Georgia. Ana Gabashvili kera kera Cenotaph—derived from the Greek kenotaphion, meaning “empty tomb”—refers to a monument that honors someone buried elsewhere. As the main theme of the biennial was abandoned rivers of Tbilisi, the installation was situated on a creek, just before the point of its burial into an underwater tunnel. The project was an attempt to guide observers to not... More