When More is Less: Love and Cement in Revolutionary Yerevan
By Christopher Atamian
Christopher Atamian reviews “The Structure is Rotten, Comrade,” a new graphic novel by Viken Berberian and Yann Kebbi.
Feministivals: Purity Through Parity
By Karen Avetisyan
This year, more than 60 percent of submissions to the Golden Apricot Film Festival (GAIFF) feature women directors, while the global average of female directors is a dismal 7 percent. GAIFF has organically found itself in a situation many European film festivals and international organizations dream of being in, writes Karen Avetisyan.
Musical Dilijan: The Cultural Hub of Soviet Armenia
By Arpine Haroyan
The resort town of Dilijan in Armenia is known for its lush mountainous landscapes. It is also home to the Composers’ Union Resort, a place that hosted world famous composers in the 1960s and became a cultural hub in the former Soviet Union.
From Censorship to State Sponsorship: The Fate of Jazz in the Soviet Union and Armenia
By Gayane Ghazaryan
Jazz and Armenia have a complicated history. From its early beginnings under Soviet rule to contemporary interpretations of jazz, the genre is part of the fabric of Armenian cultural life.
Astrophysicist Garik Israelian on Starmus, the Music of Stars and Gravitational Waves
By Tatev Mkrtumyan
Dr. Garik Israelian led the international collaboration that provided the first observational evidence that supernova explosions are responsible for the formation of black holes.
Music and War: Survival, Rebirth and Resilience in Artsakh
By Sofia Bergmann
In the face of war and turmoil, music has remained one of Artsakh’s most cherished aspects of their culture. Tradition and new influences are what keep the music alive.
Zones of Entrapment: Yerevan’s 2800th Anniversary Park and the Tyranny of Taste-Fullness
By Vigen Galstyan
In the context of autocratic, oligarchic or committedly neo-liberal regimes which continually propagate a coercive and incarcerating model of urban planning, the multiplication of such spaces as the 2800th Anniversary Park of Yerevan is organic, writes Vigen Galstyan.
Notre Heritage? The Uncomfortable Truths of Cultural Legacy in Peril
By Vigen Galstyan
The fire that severely damaged the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris highlighted how indispensable art is for humanity and exposed the fragility of all cultural legacy. It also indicated the profoundly unbalanced ways through which the global community has come to evaluate the intellectual production of different cultures and nations.
