FABULA
• Photography Exhibition | Mane Hovhannisyan • Sound Installation | theatrum phonosophicum The main idea of this photo series is to show the different kinds of interaction between humans, objects and places. Of particular interest to Mane Hovhannisyan are the moments in which the people seem to become totems and the objects seem to be […]
Parziwal + ~ ~ ~ H.N.
A durational performance, inspired by the music of Richard Wagner and the Grail’s legends. Poetry is the daughter of liturgy. Total listening, a 360-degree view. Slow transitions, with some eruptions of beauty. Intensity of perception and sensation. In a four-hour long process, performers and public are plunged in another state of mind, in which all […]
Joyce & Bach. Homage to Peter Kubelka
A lecture-performance between experimental cinema, literature, music, and cooking as an art. Homage to the Viennese film maker and anthropologist of cooking Peter Kubelka. What do Bach and Joyce have in common? The answer is already given in the title of the event: once Peter Kubelka said that his “two gods” are Johann Sebastian Bach […]
The Art of Listening
Weekly workshop: “The Art of Listening” For anyone who has healthy ears, listening is something obvious, that everyone can do. But there is a substantial difference between “hearing“ and “listening“. Listening is actually an authentic art, and if it is practiced, it can greatly enrich our being in the world. Not infrequently even professional musicians […]
Étrangeté #2
A series for “experimental film“ & “cinema for the ears“ Where do the images come from? What is the difference between dream images and images perceived during wakefulness? Cinema, initially the art of moving images, can sometimes reveal a solution to the enigma… In this series, we will present and discuss experimental films beyond the […]
Étrangeté #1
A series for “experimental film“ & “cinema for the ears“ Where do the images come from? What is the difference between dream images and images perceived during wakefulness? Cinema, initially the art of moving images, can sometimes reveal a solution to the enigma… In this series, we will present and discuss experimental films beyond the […]
SHÂNTI. Homage to Jean-Claude Eloy. A guided listening
A meditation on Peace and War through the Sound (“cinema for the ears”). On November 19th at the “Ground Floor” of The State Philharmonia of Armenia, the series of multisensorial events “Theatrum Phonosophicum” will start. The series is launched with a tribute to the French composer Jean-Claude Eloy. A guided listening experience of the parts […]
LE COIN PARAJANOV #2 & ASNAMUS
It was in Naples, in 2021, when we met the dancer and choreographer Ainara López during the artist-in-residence program “The Art of Remembering” (directed by Samina Virani at the Fondazione Morra). A few minutes after we met we were already immersed in conversations about Sergei Parajanov, whose art has been a big source of inspiration […]
NIGYAR. Interventions on memory (performance) & ASNAMUS (sound installation)
Asnamus (Hommage to Sergey Parajanov) The most important thing is the frame. The films of Parajanov are fantastic assemblages of images, sounds, hermetical actions. The power of imagination can trasmutate also “garbage”. The magic of collage. Great surrealistic polyphonies (almost kitsch and almost sacred), beyond traditional logic. Sergei Parajanov besides Kurt Schwitters, Giuseppe Zevola, Pierre […]
“HAPPENING” FOR ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
A synesthetic event for all senses, as homage to the great visionary composer Alexander Scriabin, on the occasion of his 150th anniversary (1872-2022). Scriabin’s vision of a “Mysterium” (a 7 days performance in a spherical temple in India) remained unrealized at his time, but its echo has been very powerful till today, inspiring numerous creators […]