{"id":251,"date":"2026-02-26T14:35:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iesa.sapikdesign.com\/itn\/veronika\/?p=251"},"modified":"2026-02-26T16:10:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:10:28","slug":"village-of-the-mice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iesa.sapikdesign.com\/itn\/veronika\/2026\/02\/26\/village-of-the-mice\/","title":{"rendered":"Village of the Mice"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"251\" class=\"elementor elementor-251\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65f3bd9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"65f3bd9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-968c3e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"968c3e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/iesa.sapikdesign.com\/itn\/veronika\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mice.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-252\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iesa.sapikdesign.com\/itn\/veronika\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mice.png 1200w, https:\/\/iesa.sapikdesign.com\/itn\/veronika\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mice-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/iesa.sapikdesign.com\/itn\/veronika\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mice-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/iesa.sapikdesign.com\/itn\/veronika\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mice-768x402.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a31ed8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8a31ed8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37cf3db elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"37cf3db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Natela Grigalashvili, <i>Village<\/i> <i>of<\/i> <i>the<\/i> <i>Mice<\/i><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f904bed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f904bed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2020<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f44a91 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9f44a91\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c89cc90 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c89cc90\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9068ee7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9068ee7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Natela Grigalashvili spent most of her childhood in the village of Tagveti, where she lived with her parents and brother. The village inspired her to create two photographic studies. The first depicts her relationship with her mother and demonstrates her love for her (and her hope that her work will please her). The second \u2013 Tagveti, the \u201cVillage of Mice\u201d \u2013 underlines the attachment Natela feels to the place where she grew up. Over time, the boundaries between these two studies have blurred and they now coexist in the same space \u2013 they speak of her life, her past, her memory and the memories of the villagers.<\/p><p>Living in Tbilisi, Natela Grigalashvili makes the most of her rare return visits to Tagveti, usually during the summer, to photograph the village and the people she misses who still live there. She seeks to immortalise the place and maintain a record of a rural way of life which she sees as heading towards extinction. She began this work with only a basic camera and out of date film, yet these elements combine to give her work a powerful evocative force, making it a rare testimony to this point in time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e4d89b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9e4d89b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5d6e8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b5d6e8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/iesa.sapikdesign.com\/itn\/veronika\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mice-girl.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-264\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iesa.sapikdesign.com\/itn\/veronika\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mice-girl.png 1200w, https:\/\/iesa.sapikdesign.com\/itn\/veronika\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mice-girl-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/iesa.sapikdesign.com\/itn\/veronika\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mice-girl-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/iesa.sapikdesign.com\/itn\/veronika\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mice-girl-768x402.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Natela Grigalashvili, Village of the Mice 2020 Natela Grigalashvili spent most of her childhood in the village of Tagveti, where she lived with her parents and brother. 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