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Odzi Ghshla (working title), Photo, video, text intallation, 2008-2009
The starting point of the works is an
interview with a person who was born in Armenia and was killed
in Iraq as a result of recruitment, which are taking place in
Armenia by PPK. The story expands on the background of Kurd Ezidi
cemetery and a village destroyed in 1991. The photo installation
is based on real events and a result of a research on challenges
facing the Kurd Ezidi community in Armenia.
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The story of automatika,
installation, mixed media, 2007
in collaboration with Helene Sommer (No)
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“Ruins of private property”, DVD video, 2007
Video is a collection of still filmings in Sarier district in istanbul. Construction at the Uyum development in Sariyer was halted by the municipality in 1987 on grounds of illegally obtaining building permits, but the actual demolition of the site is being carried out now, after 20 years of the actual ceasing of the operation. So far in the demolition process 57 villas have been brought down.
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“Ghost city” c-prints, series of 10, 2005-2007
In 1988 a devastating earthquake destroyed much of Gyumri, the second largest city in Armenia. The Soviet government responded to the disaster by proposing to build a new residential area, Mush, that would help resettle those whose homes had been lost. Construction began in 1989, but was never finished, due to collapse of Soviet Union, the lack of state funds, and conflicting political aims.
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“Ruins of our time” series of 12 photographs, 2006
While traveling outside of the Yerevan, passing by the deserted landscapes one comes across bus stops , They stand alone and abandoned, solo in the middle of nowhere. Passers by take the time to look at them only for a few seconds, they can not escape their presence, because of their unusual, overdone architecture.
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“City of two suns” c-prints, 2006
On the digitally manipulated images, one can see different buildings from different eras brought together.
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“Untitled”, series of dvd video, 2005 |
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“Factories in the heaven” video installation,
Double screen video, smoke machine, 2005
There are factories built in Armenia during the soviet years which occupy large territories in Yerevan. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, as is the case in all other post-communist countries, in Armenia too, these factories together with their entire neighborhoods have been left idle, and are no more capable of performing the role which had been reserved for them by the Soviet ideology.
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“Kvartal 16” dvd video 4:11min, 2003
In almost all post communist countries there are typical buildings, which are built during soviet times.
There are areas in Yerevan which started to build in soviet times and it is remained unfinished, 16-th block is one of such areas. Most of Yerevan was build during soviet period, now it is accepted as a part of national architecture; this is not the case with 16 block.
The work is conversation between the city guest and local civilian. It poses the question of distinction between the “conversation” and “communication” and drives out by the snippy nature of junk-communication which also form the aesthetics as well as social and political imagery of communicating parties. .......>>> |
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To download a full cv (doc 35kb) click here
To view older works click here (coming soon)
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