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Coronavirus, Tourism And Other Things Georgia Is Good At
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Oil Builds Statues – Effigies of Greed
Once upon a time, there was a man, Who had tons and tons of oil wells. He drilled and killed as much as he willed, Forging, gilding all his deeds. Futile were his hordes of sins, Veiling all of pogrom yields. With stygian gold he used to preach, And got himself some statues built. (Building his effigies of greed) At the center of our multicultural city stands an effigy of greed, shamelessly disgracing all of the city’s denizens, while also disrespecting a huge ethnic group inside the country, as well as outside of it. But before we get to that ethical dilemma, let’s talk about the statue itself for…
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Back To The Future
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Tbilisi – The Way I See It
By Filmmaker Giorgi Tavartkiladze Tbilisi – the city I was born and raised in- is stuck in my earliest memory as a post-civil-war, ruined, poor, and grey space. But in spite of this, I still fell in love with her. Today, some people in Georgia say “Tbilisi means relationships”. But people who say this phrase are the ones who have sentiments and nostalgia for the Soviet times. Unfortunately, that’s our reality; all the recent good memories about Tbilisi are from the Soviet era when people didn’t worry about heating, gas, electricity, and food as much as they have from 1991 to our days. When people used to gather in their…
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Well Known Sculptures In Tbilisi
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Filmmaker Anuna Bukia
By Liza Tsitsishvili I’m going to introduce you to a young woman, Georgian film director Anuna Bukia, who had to leave her home with her parents in the 90s, during the conflict between Georgia and Abkhazia. She has been living in Tbilisi, far away from her home, for over 30 years now. What kind of city is Tbilisi for you? Anuna: It’s probably a rare city, the kind you can’t explain in one word. Two things come to my mind – multiethnic and unending. Tbilisi is a quiet unity of many different people. In my opinion, the whole idea of the city is the warm energy concentrated in its older parts.…
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Assa Novikova
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Tam OOnz
One of my favorite things to do is get lost in any city and find street art somewhere off the beaten path. While wandering through Tbilisi, I realized that I was particularly drawn to the works of TAm OOnz. I had no idea who she was, but I sensed that the artist was a woman. After getting back home, I kept going through my photos, looked up Tam’s name, and found her Facebook page. I sent her a message, and she responded. Coming up with questions for someone like TAm, who simply exudes power and creativity, was not easy. I deeply appreciate her punctuality and the time she put into…
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Our Side-Project Was The Best Networking Experience
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Ezo – The Tbilisian Courtyard
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.1″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.1″ width=”100%” max_width=”100%”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.1″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.4″ header_font=”|700|||||||” header_2_font=”|700|||||||” header_3_font=”|700|||||||” header_4_font=”|700|||||||” header_5_font=”|700|||||||” header_6_font=”|700|||||||” custom_margin=”||50px||false|false” border_style_all=”dotted” border_color_bottom=”#f1f1f1″] The Walls Have Ears “Shh! Shh! No one should hear us!” – a phrase from the film “Keto and Kote” (comic Opera by Victor Dolidze; premiered in Tbilisi in 1919) This is not a story about walls, nor ears. This is a story about an old Tbilisian Yard, in which I spent my childhood. Fortunately, I remember much from those times, “dark years of the 1990s, 2000s” as we call it nowadays. Despite its darkness, power cuts, and cold, which were part of our daily life, my childhood also had its peculiarities…
