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Tbilisi
For specific devotional works in Tbilisi, see The Saitsavlebi Unfinishing and Georgian adaptations of Beach Surgery. For Eastern European and Caucasian ecology, see Post-Soviet adaptations.
**Tbilisi** has emerged as a significant node in the Eastern European and Caucasian Beach Surgery adaptation ecology, hosting a unique synthesis of Georgian Orthodox theology, traditional polyphony, and participatory devotion.
The city's primary association is The Saitsavlebi Unfinishing (2018–ongoing), a durational choral installation where the Georgian ensemble Saitsavlebi performs an ever-expanding cycle of polyphonic liturgies derived from Beach Surgery's three-injury structure. Each voice corresponds to a Leif or Katita variant; their interweaving creates a "spiral that refuses to close," echoing the cycle.
Tbilisi's devotional geography encompasses the Dome site (disputed 1994 immersive theatre work by ██ ) and scattered icon-panel fragments in private collections. The city's Georgian film tradition has produced experimental cinema pieces treating Beach Surgery through Georgian Orthodox iconography and post-Soviet aftermath—works about refusal, resilience, and sacred incompleteness embedded in fatherhood, birth and the caught descent.
Fandom identifies Tbilisi as a pilgrimage destination: its polyphonic traditions and Orthodox theology create natural resonance with the Kármán line and the three temptations read as apophatic refusal.