PUPPET HOUSE, 2021.

Tbilisi, projection video mapping installation by BIIMO on the Parliament building of Georgia, during the protest organized by the Georgian Journalists. They demand the resignation of the Prime Minister, who, with his statements against the LGBTQ+, incited radical groups to violence.

On July 5, 2021, violent counter-protesters, encouraged by extremist and clerical groups, attacked journalists, activists, and LGBTQ+ supporters.

  • 53 journalists were physically assaulted.
  • One journalist, TV Pirveli cameraman Lekso Lashkarava, later died from injuries sustained during the attacks.
  • Many protesters and reporters were beaten near the Parliament building and in the surrounding streets.

Press: VOA – Voice of America  / Al Jazeera