🕳️ Released Phantom Node 66: Poti Port. Dual-Purpose Gateway. Sea Phantom
- Foundation date
25 September 2025
This project is a philosophical and artistic study of the phenomenon of "phantom nodes" — invisible yet influential objects and subjects in the contemporary global system. The descriptions contained within this study are metaphorical and allegorical, aimed at uncovering systemic problems, regimes, and civilisational influences. They are not a journalistic investigation or legal accusations, but serve as an artistic interpretation of reality.
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🕳️ Released Phantom Node 66: Poti Port. Dual-Purpose Gateway. Sea Phantom
A maritime gate blending light and shadow.
Who is this?
Poti Port is Georgia’s strategic maritime hub, handling cargo from Russia, Iran, and Turkey. Officially a legitimate trade centre, in reality a double channel where legal and illicit flows are intertwined.
Type of node:
Financial-logistical
Status:
Covered under commerce
Form of control:
Document falsification, influence over port authorities, digital erasure
Phantom image:
A sea phantom dissolving into the mist, erasing its own routes
What remains after the phantom:
Warehouses with rewritten cargo histories, erased registers, lingering shadow
Core of the node:
What sustained it?
The blend of legal infrastructure and corrupt control enabling sanctions evasion.
How did it become a phantom?
When the port’s infrastructure ceased to serve only trade and became a scheme for dual operations.
Why does the phantom still exist?
Because global trade demands speed, and local blind spots provide cover for shadow schemes.
Phantom’s condition:
Active, yet disguised as legality.
After the regime:
– Exposure of double-booked shipping documents
– Arrests of brokers and customs intermediaries
– Erosion of trust in institutions
Collective reaction:
We see the port not only as infrastructure but as a mirror of its time.
Here light and shadow are entangled, and it is for us to choose what the future holds.
Core principle:
When legality fuses with illegality, a phantom is born.
Transit becomes a tool of both power and shadow.
Alt-text:
Diagrammatic image of Poti Port: cranes and warehouses onshore, ships in the mist. Containers half-lit and half-dark, symbolising the mix of legal and illicit cargo flows.
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Unmasking the Phantom. Pivtorak.Studio. 25.09.2025
🛡️ This project is an artistic and philosophical exploration.
All depictions are allegorical; the piece does not allege facts about specific private individuals without corroborated evidence.
🫧 Phantom Node Dossier: Poti Port. The Gateway of Dual Use.
Key Aspects of the Phantom:
"The Gateway of Dual Use" (or "The Sea Ghost"). This phantom node is not just a port, but a key hub that serves a dual function: a legal commercial center and a clandestine route for prohibited goods. Its phantom essence lies in its ability to blend legal and illegal traffic, using its physical infrastructure as a cover for shadow operations. It is a critical link in the global sanctions evasion network.
Regimes (which it directly shapes/supports):
⚓ Regime of "The Shadow Dock": The use of formally legal port facilities for the unsanctioned loading and unloading of sanctioned cargo.
📝 Regime of "Document Manipulation": The systematic falsification of transport documents, such as bills of lading and cargo manifests, to hide the true destination of shipments.
🗃️ Regime of "Warehouse Amnesia": The use of port warehouses for temporary storage, during which the origin of goods is deliberately "forgotten" or altered.
📊 Regime of "Data Erasure": The systematic deletion or substitution of digital data on transit to erase any "digital trail" of illegal operations.
Tools (which it actively uses/oversees):
🛂 Control Over Port Infrastructure: Influence over port authorities and personnel, which allows for avoiding proper checks and procedures.
📦 Container Manipulation: The practice of mixing legal and illegal goods within a single container to complicate inspection.
🚢 "Ship-to-Ship" Schemes: The transshipment of cargo from one vessel to another in the open sea to avoid being recorded in port registers.
🤝 Collaboration with Local Agents: The use of local brokers and logistics companies to manage the final stages of the transit.
Civilizational Influences (which it embodies/exploits):
💔 Undermining Global Security: By functioning as a transit hub, it directly contributes to destabilization by fueling rogue regimes.
⚖️ Degradation of International Law: Its activities are a prime example of how key infrastructure can actively subvert international norms and laws.
👤 Blurring of Responsibility: This phantom allows states and non-state actors to operate with complete impunity, hiding behind a facade of legitimate trade.
🕳️ Erosion of Transparency: Its operations contribute to an opaque environment in global trade, making it harder to combat illicit activities.
Dissection of a Phantom Node. Pivtorak.Studio. 25.09.2025
🛡️ This project is an artistic and philosophical exploration. Depictions are allegorical and do not allege facts about private individuals without corroborated evidence.
