For the first time in Batumi
On March 12 in Batumi took place clashes between the police and protesters. 40 people were detained, 21 were injured. The police had to use rubber bullets and tear gas after the crowd set fire to 7 cars and began throwing a police station with stones. Protest actions were preceded by a change of police in the city of Batumi. Within a month, police from another Georgian city completely replaced those who had worked in Batumi for several years. This is common practice for Georgia. The new police began to actively penalize people who broke the rules of the road. The violence broke out after a man refused to accept a fine for parking in the wrong location. This was followed by the arrest of several people, after which a crowd of mostly young aggressively minded men came to the police building on the same day. Ongoing investigation.
Irakli Dzneladze
Iraklii Dzneladze was born on November 11,1986, in Batumi, Georgia. After finishing the local theological gymnasium, he entered Rerich School of Arts, Fine art faculty in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.It was a place,where he had been interested in photography and journalism for the first time.Irakli's got profession of artist-restorer and returned to Batumi in 2004.He had been studying journalism at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University for 4 years.Since then photography became an integral part of his life.In 2012-2013 participated in the program Eurodyssee in Paris.For the one year, he had been working in the sphere of documentary photography. Irakli had 11 personal exhibitions and more than 25 group exhibitions.He is the author of the projects:“Historical photo:Inhabitants of Batumi”,"The Door".Also, Irakli Dzneladze is the Artists' Club F/11 founder in Georgia.One of the founders and manager of the Contemporary art space Batumi 2014-2019.