Venice Biennale to feature Armenian Diaspora artists February 4, 2015 - 12:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On the occasion of the 100the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide to be marked on April 24, the Armenian Ministry of Culture will grant its pavilion at Venice Biennale (to be held from Feb 7-17) to Diaspora artists, Artforum reports. Eighteen artists in total will be featured: Haig Aivazian (Lebanon), Nigol Bezjian (Syria/USA), Anna Boghiguian (Egypt/Canada), Hera Büyüktaşçıyan (Turkey), Silvina Der-Meguerditchian (Argentina/Germany), Rene Gabri & Ayreen Anastas (Iran/Palestine/USA), Mekhitar Garabedian (Belgium), Aikaterini Gegisian (Greece), Yervant Gianikian & Angela Ricci Lucchi (Italy), Aram Jibilian (USA), Nina Katchadourian (USA/Finland), Melik Ohanian (France), Mikayel Ohanjanyan (Armenia/Italy), Rosana Palazyan (Brasil), Sarkis (Turkey/France), and Hrair Sarkissian (Syria/UK). Curated by Adelina Cüberyan von Fürstenberg, the pavilion will explore what she’s calling the notion of “armenity,” which in her words encapsulates concepts of “displacement and territory, justice and reconciliation, ethos and resilience.” The pavilion will be situated on the Island of San Lazzaro. Photo: Artforum   Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
