About Us

The conflicts that took place in the 1990s have left a profound impact on the perceptions and everyday realities of the conflict-affected communities.

For the younger generation, the conflicts remain both alienated and emotionally resonant issues — significantly influencing the formation of identities, the construction of narratives, and the shaping of everyday realities.

In conflict-divided societies, young people grow up without the experience of coexistence, which hinders the development of mutual understanding and trust. Social and cultural connections between communities remain significantly limited, and where dialogue is essential, silence often prevails.

“Pixels for Peace” was founded on the aspiration to break the existing cycle of alienation. The project brought together fifteen young amateur photographers—Abkhaz, Ossetian, and Georgian—who used their cameras to capture the aesthetics of their daily lives and express the ideals of peace through photography. From more than 600 submissions, 54 photographs were selected. In most of them, it is difficult to determine the location where they were taken. Many share recurring themes: natural and artificial surroundings, high mountains and views of the sea, fragments of architecture, landscapes seen from windows, and more.

The photographs presented serve as a reminder that beyond borders and dividing lines, there are people striving to find their own sense of peace within the realities they inhabit.

If we move attentively through the photographs, we begin to see that the works reflect not only the everyday lives of their authors, but also point to the invisible ties that unite us.

In a world where narratives are too often polarized, Pixels for Peace seeks to open a different kind of interaction, one that speaks in the quiet, powerful language of images.

Building on this vision, the project also brings traditional stories to life. Contemporary-style animations have been created based on Abkhaz, Ossetian, and Georgian fairy tales, each exploring different aspects of peace and coexistence. Six tales were carefully selected, offering both timeless wisdom and a fresh perspective on reconciliation. These animated stories, along with the selected photographs, will be available for viewing from October on Pixels4peace.org and are being developed by Mindia Arabuli, Tata Managadze, and Tsotne Rusishvili.

The project team is deeply grateful to our partners from the Abkhazian and Ossetian communities, whose involvement and enthusiasm made it possible to bring together amateur photographers in this shared project.

Welcome, and thank you for joining us in this space of dialogue, empathy, and imagination.

Project organised by 16th Element and the Institute for the Study of Nationalism and Conflicts (ISNC) with partnership of project coordinators from the Abkhazian and Ossetian communities.