Georgian women’s bodies are preyed upon, colonialized, and objectified. Photographer
Sofi Mdivnishviliwork operates to strip down these paradigms and offer a counter narrative built on joy, exploration, and freedom. She will be taking over our Instagram for the next week.
Particularly during quarantine, memories of the most basic joys feel distant and hazy. Croatian photographer Alma Drnovac's work reminds us that through all this suffering that summer bliss is forever.
With depictions of Tbilisi have become overly sanitized with the neoliberalization of the city, the roughness the city is often neglected by outsiders. Saba Gorgodze's photos are a reminder that even in Tbilisi's forgotten corners that the city is forever spontaneous and chaotic.
Ukrainian photographer Sergey Melnitchenko has released a book entitled "Schwarzenegger Is My Idol" exploring the relationship between nudity and masculinity. He will be taking over our Instagram next week.
The "New East" might be a passé concept but it doesn't stop people talking about George Nebieridze's work as a link between Tbilisi and Berlin. The reality is he tells universal stories that are not weighed down by geography.
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We're going to be catching up with George Nebieridze for the first time in two years next week for an interview while featuring some of his newer photos on Instagram. Make sure to check it out.
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We're not dead. Perhaps a little lazy and busy but still alive. We're in the process of organizing a new team that will hopefully start publishing soon. Sorry about the silence and unanswered messages.
Some of our work was featured in the exhibition "Hybrid Tbilisi – Reflections on architecture in Georgia." Despite asking for our real names to be used and the magazine to be cited, we had no luck. Afraid that Ciaran Miqeladze is not a real person.
Honestly, if you open a massive art gallery in a working-class neighborhood then purposely don't tell the neighbors as hundreds of people converge on a place they would often just ignore maybe it is time to have the gentrification conversation.
Bulgarian photographer Gergana Petrova shows that home is a far more complex notion in an increasingly alienating world. She'll be taking over our Instagram this week.