TITLE: Pilot

Two years ago a car hit me. Because of damage to my spine, I was forced to spend a lot of time in bed without being able to move. During this period, I saw a lot of TV series. I was watching episode after episode. Watching TV shows felt good - better than real life. It helped me to forget my situation and get used to my new reality. One day, I watched 22 episodes in 24 hours. That was the day I decided to make this project.

"Pilot" is about TV shows – their addictive nature and me, dealing with it. Here reality merges with the TV world and, as a result, we get something ugly, scary, and mystical. Like seeing 22 episodes in a day. Most of the photos are taken while watching famous TV shows. Others, while going through my archive, recapturing everything, imaging it as walking in the street.

AUTHOR: Mano Svanidze (Georgia)

Mano Svanidze (b. 1992) is a Georgian photographer currently based in Tbilisi. She graduated from Tbilisi State University, faculty of Economics and Business with a BA in Marketing. She also studied composition and music for 10 years. In 2009 she discovered her interest in photography. Mano is a member and co-founder of Georgian Photo Collective - 90’x Collective. Her work has been exhibited in several countries such as Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, UK, Norway, Sweden, Germany and Italy. Selected magazines and features include L’Œil de la Photographie, Dodho magazine, Post Pravda magazine, F-stop magazine, Positive magazine, Ours photo magazine, Format magazine, Indigo magazine, Analog magazine, Bleek magazine, Photoessay magazine, Red moon magazine, Doka photography, House of Girls, Chai Khana, FinestrAperta, Kiosk der demokratie, The kickplate project, SORA magazine. Currently she works as a freelance photojournalist at media platform Chai Khana.