Gyumri, Armenia
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Sona Simonyan was born in Gyumri, Armenia. She has studied journalism at Yerevan State Linguistic university after V. Brusov. Afterwards got her master's degree at Georgian Institute of public affairs, where she put her first steps on documentary filmmaking and video editing. Back to Armenia, Sona started to work as a video editor at Boon scientific-educational TV, until last year. From 2019 Sona started her work as a video content manager at Chai Khana media, based in Tbilisi, Georgia.
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This is my collection of abandoned spaces in Armenia and in Karabakh. I chose them randomly, at first glance. They have one thing in common: these buildings are sad reminders of Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh’s recent, turbulent history.
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The end of the 1980s was the Soviet Union’s twilight - uncertainty gripped all layers and sectors of society and art was no exception. In then-Soviet Armenia, a few artists felt there was a sharp gap between art and society and a new art movement appeared - its actions emphasized that very gap as their members believed artists should take the risk and represent reality. In 1987, a few artists set up an exhibition in the exhibition hall of the Artists’ Union, instead they got the permission of holding an exhibition on the conference hall - on the 3rd floor. The movement called itself “3rd floor” and its members considered themselves as “art terrorists.” It became a non-exhibition space which symbolized their stand of being “out” of the current establishment. The first official “3rd floor” exhibition was held in Gyumri’s Artists’ Union in 1987.
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The Inspiring Journey of Ruzanna Shahparonyan, from Pianist's Dream to Bandleader's Triumph
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Gohar Hakobyan, who is the chief puppeteer of Gyumri Puppet Theater
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Narine who can't live without stone
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