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duality / two worlds collide
a queer superstar persona encounters a boy with a plastic AK-47 in a sunny february yerevan park they – in […]
21 June 2025 | Hovsep Markarian
American Boys
The first thing Darius told me was a lie.
“Got an A. You?”
“Same,” I replied, keeping my paper face down.
We were each other’s first friend, I’d like to think. Despite being inches shorter than I was, he stood with confidence, as if he hadn’t landed two months prior. Dark tight curls covered his head, eyes brown with a tint of redwood if you looked close enough, and eyebrows thick above them. I envied his long eyelashes, even as a child. It didn’t take long until I found out he envied me, too.
16 June 2025 | René Zadoorian
Transcendence
«Ո՞ւր ես» Where are you? Wandering in yellowed maps along lines swooping and curving to touchtime-buried footsteps paths of storied ancestors […]
06 June 2025 | Aline Keledjian
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
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
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
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
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
Haygagan Bar Part 4: Community as 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