Transcendence
«Ո՞ւր ես» Where are you? Wandering in yellowed maps along lines swooping and curving to touchtime-buried footsteps paths of storied ancestors […]
They Left Their Home Behind and The Rug
“They Left Their Home Behind, Number 4 20”x20” Mixed media 2024 Photo credit: Mary Asatryan This work is part of […]
23 May 2025 | Dalar Alahverdi
Apostasia
I have committed apostasy. The price to pay is hell. Or so “they” say, rather gently. It is hate delicately […]
05 May 2025 | Jane Partizpanyan
Remnants, Reclamation, and Resistance: An Exploration of Marie Khediguian’s Depiction of Collective Memory, Intergenerational Trauma and the Impact of the Armenian Genocide
How does one engage with the invisible, silenced and erased? How can art bear witness to the darkest moments of human history, namely, torture, violence and sexual slavery, while holding space for human connection? These questions concern the practice of Marie Khediguian…
09 March 2025 | Emitees Tajdari
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To Artsakh
It’s been raining a lot since I’ve come home,
fruiting mushrooms saluting the El Nino season.
Air marinated in dew greets my lungs
with a warmth opposing its expected dampness.
27 December 2024 | Denna Berg
Children’s Railway Museum
It’s hard to come from a placewhere you can feel wholeand land somewherethat expects you to be halved.The division is […]
27 December 2024 | Denna Berg
The Language of Exile
“Shad tezh-var eh,” her voice betrays how hard it is to carry the now.
She speaks in village Armenian,
the cobbled tongue of those expelled to foreign lands.
Her words hang, weighty, like ripe pomegranates,
bittersweet with memories of home.
28 October 2024 | Nadine Araksi/Նատին Արաքսի