PRAYER FOR SAKARTVELO (2009)

video installation

4:35 min.

DIRECTORSergiu Lupse / Roger Colombik
WRITERRoger Colombik

CAST
VoiceRoger Colombik

SYNOPSIS
A five part video collaboration with artist Roger Colombik for "HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE" a TRANSCULTURAL EXCHANGE project.

"On August 8, 2008, during the return flight from Ecuador the pilot announced the commencement of the Olympic Games from Beijing. There was applause and cheers of good wishes for all of the athletes and the general spirit of peace and hope and good will that the Olympics try to instill. Once I was comfortably resettled back home I checked my email, opened a news link that was sent to me from a friend in Ecuador and immediately forgot all about peace and good will. Russia had begun an air attack upon Georgia. Fingers frantically dial phone numbers and for days there is no contact. I follow the news. I read email messages of fear and the inevitable loss of life and our humanity. After several days I finally connect with friends and hear their beautiful voices and listen to their dreams of peace. Images and more images play in head, all of the video clips, all of the interviews, all of the stories from Georgia. We listened to the music recorded during festive nights of song and drink. We scanned through all the documentary footage, immersed in the portraits of hope. This film is our prayer for peace."

Roger Colombik