The Condemned of Altona key visual by Andrei Kovalev: a lone figure stands dwarfed beneath a vast steel roof truss.

The Condemned of Altona

In March 2018, the Liberty Theatre in Tbilisi commissioned me to produce key visuals for Jean-Paul Sartre’s The Condemned of Altona, staged by Vano Khutsishvili.

An actress in black stands by a giant rusted machine part in a factory hall.

An actress in black stands by a giant rusted machine part in a factory hall.

The play follows a family of big German industrialists. So we put the actors in a vast industrial space.

The cast of five sits at a long table in a vast factory hall.

Poster: the cast at a long table in the factory hall, with the title in Georgian.

The cast of five sits at a long table in a vast factory hall.

Poster: the cast at a long table in the factory hall, with the title in Georgian.

The single portraits were combined in different ways for print and digital media:

Banner: an older man on factory stairs and a bearded man in a green coat, titled in Georgian.

A bearded man in a long green coat stands among heaps of iron cogs.

Panoramic banner: five cast portraits side by side, with the Georgian title on the right.

A man in a waistcoat stands by a large iron wheel in the factory hall.

An actress in black stands beneath a huge machine hung with cables.

Panoramic banner: another cut of the cast portraits, with the Georgian title on red.

An older man in a waistcoat on a steel staircase, backlit by the factory skylights.

A red-haired actress leans on a huge iron wheel in the dark.

Banner: an older man on factory stairs and a bearded man in a green coat, titled in Georgian.

A bearded man in a long green coat stands among heaps of iron cogs.

Panoramic banner: five cast portraits side by side, with the Georgian title on the right.

A man in a waistcoat stands by a large iron wheel in the factory hall.

An actress in black stands beneath a huge machine hung with cables.

Panoramic banner: another cut of the cast portraits, with the Georgian title on red.

An older man in a waistcoat on a steel staircase, backlit by the factory skylights.

A red-haired actress leans on a huge iron wheel in the dark.

Production crew

Cast: Liberty Theatre actors Natalia Kuloshvili, Nutsa Sulaberidze, Slava Natenadze, Giorgi Jikia, Giorgi Zanguri · Assistants: Tatiana Almond, George Kolbaia · Special thanks to the Rustavi Metallurgical Plant

An actress with a bare back stands against a dark iron machine.

An actress with a bare back stands against a dark iron machine.

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