Zura Jishkariani is a writer, musician, multimedia artist, and chatbot designer. He calls himself the self-proclaimed mayor of Sokhumi—the city in Abkhazia where he was born, now occupied by Russia. After the war, he lived as a refugee in the Georgian seaside ghettos.

In the early 2000s, Zura launched several experimental music projects and later founded Eurasian Laboratory, a local art guild that brought together young poets and performers. Among his most notable works is Cyber Galaktioni, a Georgian-language chatbot that simulates the voice and poetics of Galaktion Tabidze, one of Georgia’s most revered poets.