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…
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
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Capturing the City: A Local Artist’s Passion for Cafes and Sketching People
In the post-Covid era, many people’s habits, especially work routines, have transformed, with remote work becoming increasingly common. With the […]
30 July 2024 | Hena Aposhian
Nine months after being forcibly displaced, Artsakhtsis are working towards a sustainable future
For more than 5 years before the Artsakh Social Developments and Projects Fund (ASDPF) was created, its founders worked in […]
28 June 2024 | Béatrice Denise Chahine
Haygagan Bar Part 5: Practice, Affect, and Embodiment: Feeling the Homeland
This piece is part of a research series that will be released in five parts, over a period of 5 […]
28 June 2024 | Abbie Tarpinian Porto