Open Call: Tbilisi Architecture Biennial 2022

Biennial Dates: October 8 – 29, 2022

Application deadline: June 19 and 30, 2022 23:59 CEST (Please, see deadlines for different categories below)

● Submission opens: 26 May 2022

● Submission for categories #1, #2, #3 and #4 (Physical Projects, Digital Projects, Educational Activity /Workshop, Contribution to Publication) closes: 30 June 2022

● Submission for category #5 (Residency Program) closes: 19 June 2022

● Announcement of results for categories #1, #2, #3 and #4 (Physical Projects, Digital Projects, Educational Activity / Workshop, Contribution to Publication): 24 July 2022

● Announcement of results of category #5 (Residency Programme): 3 July 2022.

The results will be available on web, Facebook and Instagram pages of Tbilisi Architecture Biennial.

Applications and all related questions should be directed to the following e-mail: submit@biennial.ge . Please, indicate in the subject line the title of the category you are applying for or the inquiry relates to. Applicants will receive confirmation of receipt of submitted documents within 24 hours. In case, confirmation is not received please, resubmit the application package once again.

Applications received after the deadlines will not be considered.

About Temporality

The new thematic research for the third edition of Tbilisi Architecture Biennial TAB 2022 focuses on the concept of temporality in urban and social life. Taking as an example the recent history of Georgia, the notion of temporality is proposed as an intersection of various conditional factors. The concept is shaped based on three main categories: parallel research of time, space, and the built environment. Therefore, we aim to discuss architecture in one of these categories in the section of time and reflect on how architecture coexists with everyday life in terms of duration

rather than physical dimension.

Our goal is to look at the present conditional circumstances that are presenting themselves to us for a variety of reasons and do not adhere to concepts of permanence and conceptual stability. Although the "current" qualities of

architecture may not make it permanent, it needs to be studied separately/individually and translated to produce a stable setting for the future.

In Georgia, we have been living in a temporary state already for many years. Since our childhood we have frequently found ourselves face-to-face with temporalities when speaking of living spaces, scarce resources, political instability, wars, or means of income. Similar to many post-socialist states, citizens of Georgia describe their lives as temporary, like anything else in their country. We never know what tomorrow brings and what will be the next thing that will help us to go on and keep surviving. What’s Next? is a general question we ask regarding several specific themes connected to temporality and space. On the one hand, temporary living space is associated with instability, a fragile ground that might break any moment, however on the other hand, it offers a very important and interesting setting to be observed and worked on. By engaging with the question of temporality not only do we concentrate on the space that is to disappear soon but rather bring into the discussion the spaces that were meant to be impermanent, but have become permanent throughout their existence.