4th GYUMRI ART WEEK / Ecology&Environment

The Maps of The Battlefield, 2023

12 min

From January 1 to December 31, 2016, the artist collected and archived all the waste produced in his apartment (including that of his son and partner). He excluded soiled items and organic residues. The film presents a comprehensive record, displaying one to five objects per frame at a rate of 12 frames per second.

Dancing Forest, 2022—ongoing

7 min 2 sec

The project explores the interaction between two types of non-human agents: trees and geomagnetic fields. It focuses on a distinctive section of pine forest in the Curonian Spit National Park (Kaliningrad Region), where the trunks appear unnaturally bent and twisted. One possible explanation for this anomaly lies in the unique characteristics of the area’s local magnetic fields. As part of their research, the artists mapped the site’s geomagnetic activity and developed custom devices capable of capturing both the real-time electrical signals emitted by the trees and the fluctuations of the geomagnetic field.

KARKHACH, 2025 

live recorded sound

3 min 23 sec

KARKHACH explores Armenian khachkars (cross-stones) from the rock-carved Geghard Monastery and other sites across Armenia — unique medieval Christian monuments recognized by UNESCO as symbols of Armenian cultural identity. The title inverts the syllables of “khachkar,” turning them into an abstract sound that reflects the artist’s personal distance from the Armenian language and script. The work juxtaposes realistic imagery with conceptual abstraction, evoking the timeless and evolving nature of stone and ornament.

The video combines kaleidoscopic visuals inspired by khachkar patterns and everyday Armenian motifs, with a live recording of a lullaby sung in the dark halls of Geghard Monastery. This haunting moment — echoing between devotion, history, and rebellion — connects the enduring sacred heritage of Armenia with personal reflection on memory, circular time, and identity.

Greening, 2018

Music: Bardoseneticcube

21 min 55 sec

The city takes over new territories, roads, residential complexes are built, metro lines are laid, new stations are opened. A new metro station costs the lives of hundreds of trees around. Dried-out trees are the last rebels of the forest. When the city finally takes over, dries up, kills nature, an artist comes and brings the trees back to life with the help of art.

Behind This Page but not Disappearing, 2015

16 min 40 sec

Angelina Voskopoulou performs dance in front of the camera, also known as screen dance, rather than documenting it. She choreographs, knowing that she will reorganize and manipulate the material during the editing process. She tries to create a visual metaphor using a combination of narrative and location. The concept of video choreography in her films is based on her own texts, writings and ideas.

EXHALE, 2023

14 min 42 sec

An endless state of searching — feeling out the next step that should bring peace and reveal a way out. A constant quest for support, where with every movement you find yourself in the same place — a point of confusion… and of presence.

Wood:Store, 2022

2 min 37 sec

It is a Nestor Engelke’s public art project with a social irony reflecting the routine and consumerism.The world’s first wood store integrating into a real commercial space in the Sydney Market presents both old-fashion and innovative “i-tuk” wooden electronic models: TVs, telephones and smartphones, laptops, boomboxes, and radios; only the products are a kind of rethinking of real goods, which are essential for a nowadays consumer high-tech technologies with no splinters in its creations and their hearts.