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LOTTE IN THE LAND OF SHADOW
HayArt Cultural Center invite you to the exhibition “Lotte in the Land of Shadows: L. Reiniger – Avant-Garde of the Animation Film (1899-1981)” – the first ever exhibition in Armenia of Charlotte “Lotte” Reiniger – a German film director, and a pioneer of animated film and silhouette animation. The exhibition is a multi-screen video installation […]
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POST-SOVIET MEANINGS OF CULTURAL LANDSCAPES
The post-Soviet changes in Yerevan are also taking place at the level of individual parts of the city. And not by simply changing the names of streets and squares but as a result of fundamental economic, social and cultural changes, for example, the spread of consumer culture. Freedom (Theatre) Square and Cascade are examined from […]
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YEREVAN IN NATIONAL NARRATIVES OF THE SOVIET AND POST-SOVIET PERIODS
The speech discusses several stages of changes in the meaning of Yerevan as the capital of Soviet Armenia and then the Republic of Armenia. Yerevan’s master plan (1924) brings with it the idea of a modern city in contrast to “Eastern Yerevan”. It covers the modernizing society (the people). In the post-Stalin period and the […]
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YEREVAN IN THE PERIOD OF INDEPENDENCE. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IN THE URBAN SPACE
The speech is dedicated to the changes that took place in the street environment of Yerevan during the years of Armenia’s independence, the clash between public and private, the commercialization of urban areas and the discussion of the right to the city. The first half of the 1990s were the most chaotic times of the […]
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TRAM TO OBLIVION. THE START OF THE TRAM FUNCTIONING IN YEREVAN IN THE 1930S
“They came with joy: the revolution, the new man, the proletariat marching towards communism with a hardened tongue and a hammered body. Iron muscle was their seed. The sun was their food. And the thought was the action. They came to the working districts of Yerevan with the tram established in 1933 and connecting the […]