„When I was watching the news that night and this central committee guy announced that we could travel abroad from now on, I could not believe it. I thought it was a mistake. But the next day we went to the border fence and my husband started cutting it with…
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Nata works in a stylish design shop called Funduki in the old Chugureti district of Tbilisi. Visibly proud, she stressed that they only sell products designed and produced in Georgia. She also sports a tattoo on her right arm, which is very important to her. It shows the official borders…
When I last met him, Zurab from Tbilisi was enjoying life after having recently quit his job. After his business studies in Tbilisi, Zurab found a job in the old industrial town of Kryvyi Rih/Krivoy Rog in Ukraine. A few years later, he moved on to the next post-Soviet industrial…
Gigi is an architect, and founder of Fabrika, probably the most popular creative space in Tbilisi. It features a hostel, restaurants, boutiques, bars, co-working spaces, studios etc. and offers a calendar of workshops, exhibitions, flea markets, music festivals, social events. And all this is set in an old Soviet sewing…