The Plan and the Map
From October 17 to January 11, 2026, the exhibition "The Plan and the Map - A Film Chronicle of Infrastructural (Dis)assembly" by artist Tekla Aslanishvili can be seen at the Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden.
With "The Plan and the Map - A Film Chronicle of Infrastructural (Dis)assembly", the Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden is presenting the first comprehensive solo exhibition by Tekla Aslanishvili in Germany. In four impressive films, the artist, who lives in Berlin, Tbilisi and Vienna, explores the question of how infrastructure - from railroad lines to power grids - can be both a site of political power and a place for social utopias.
Aslanishvili's works combine precise research with poetic images and interweave documentary forms with personal narratives, musical compositions and political analyses. At the center of the exhibition is her new two-channel film The Mountain Speaks to the Sea (2024-25), which deals with the political, social and ecological dynamics surrounding a planned undersea cable in the Black Sea.
It is complemented by earlier works such as Scenes from Trial and Error (2020), which explores the failed vision of transforming a Georgian fishing village into a futuristic smart city. Maps, photographs and research materials accompany the films and open up a multi-layered tour across two floors of the Kunstverein.
The film Scenes from Trial and Error (2020) is also the Nassauischer Kunstverein's contribution to this year's exground filmfest.
About the artist
Tekla Aslanishvili - born 1988 in Tbilisi, lives in Berlin, Tbilisi and Vienna - completed her PhD in Practice at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in 2024. She previously studied with Hito Steyerl and Thomas Zipp at the Berlin University of the Arts. Her works have been presented internationally in renowned institutions and festivals, including Sculpture Center New York, WIELS Brussels, Taipei Biennial, Transmediale Berlin, Het Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam, Jameel Arts Centre Dubai and Kunstmuseum Bonn.
Aslanishvili has received numerous scholarships and awards, including the Graduate School Fellowship of the UdK Berlin, the Han Nefkens Foundation - Fundació Antoni Tàpies Video Art Production Award (2020) and the Digital Earth Fellowship (2018).
Accompanying program
- Sunday, October 26, 2025, 3 p.m.
Guided tour - Saturday, November 15, 2025, 5 pm
Artist Talk as part of the exground filmfest
With the artist Tekla Aslanishvili and Dr. Evelina Gambino, Margaret Tyler Research Fellow in Geography at Girton College, University of Cambridge - Sunday, November 23, 2025, 3 pm
Guided tour - Thursday, December 11, 2025, 6 p.m.
Late Art & Drinks - Sunday, January 11, 2026, 3 p.m.
Guided tour with Lotte Dinse, Director, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden