protest in georgia

Since April 2024, Georgia has faced mass protests after the ruling Georgian Dream party revived a controversial “foreign agents” law, seen as a move toward Russian-style authoritarianism. The situation escalated further after the October 2024 elections, which were widely seen as fraudulent, followed by the government’s announcement in November to suspend Georgia’s EU membership bid. This decision sparked even larger demonstrations and deepened the political crisis, with citizens accusing the government of betraying Georgia’s pro-European aspirations and aligning with Kremlin interests. The ongoing unrest reflects a national struggle between democratic values and rising authoritarianism.

So back then I decided to create a series of Harry Potter inspired videos as a way to express resistance, using magic as a metaphor for protest. In each video I speak a single powerful sentence, then cast a spell that transforms the world around me: exploding messages into the sky, switching street banners to statements of resilience, or revealing images of brutally beaten peaceful protesters that the government tries to hide. The entire campaign is a creative act of defiance, my way of screaming loudly against a government silencing its people.

Alongside the videos I have been designing social media posts to support the protests and printing bold typographic banners for the streets.