ONE PERSON DIED. EPHEMERAL MONUMENT / Alina Mnatsakanian / To the memory of the Armenian Genocide / 29 August – 8 November 2015

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ONE PERSON DIED. EPHEMERAL MONUMENT.

Alina Mnatsakanian

To the memory of the Armenian Genocide

Vernissage on Saturday 29 August 2015 from 5.30 p.m.

29 August – 8 November 2015

Fri-Sat-Sun from 2.00 to 6.00 p.m.

100 years have gone. 1.5 million Armenians have perished. 100 years of denial, despite the international historical facts and the Ottoman archivesʼ records.

2015 is the centennial of the Armenian Genocide. Armenians of Armenia, as well as the Armenians of the Diaspora are commemorating the loss of their ancestors that also changed the destiny of the generations of Armenians, dispersing them throughout the world.

As an artist of Armenian descent the Genocide has been part of my DNA. My contribution to the centenary is an ephemeral monument that recounts each and every victim of the Armenian Genocide, one person at a time. I would like to project this work one night at a time, hopefully 100 times, in different places.

I ask to grant one evening and one wall – in the exterior or interior of an institution – to project “One person died”, my tribute to the 1.5 million Armenians perished during the first genocide of the 20th century.

“One person died” is an evolutive moving image. The phrase “one person died” repeats itself while a counter recounts the number of the repetition. Once the number reaches 1.5 million, it starts again.
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Alina Mnatsakanian, 2015

ONE PERSON DIED. EPHEMERAL MONUMENT.

Alina Mnatsakanian

In memoria del Genocidio Armeno

Vernissage Sabato 29 agosto 2015 dalle 17:30

29 agosto – 8 novembre 2015

Ve-sa-do dalle 14:00 alle 18:00

  

100 anni sono trascorsi. 1.5 milioni di Armeni sono morti. 100 anni di negazionismo, nonostante i fatti storici internazionali e i documenti degli archivi ottomani.

Nel 2015 cade il centenario del Genocidio Armeno. Armeni di Armenia e Armeni della Diaspora commemorano la perdita dei loro antenati; evento, questo, che ha anche modificato il destino di generazioni di Armeni dispersi nel mondo.

Quale artista di origine armena, il Genocidio è stato parte del mio DNA. Il mio contributo per il centenario è un monumento effimero che ri-conta ogni vittima e tutte le vittime del Genocidio Armeno; una persona alla volta. Vorrei proiettare questo lavoro per una notte alla volta, spero almeno 100 volte, in luoghi diversi.

Chiedo di garantire per una notte e su di una parete – all’interno o all’esterno di un’istituzione – la proiezione di ‘One person died’, il mio contributo al milione e mezzo di Armeni deceduti durante il primo genocidio del XX secolo.

‘One person died’ è un’immagine in movimento evolutiva, dove la frase ‘one person died’ si ripete ogni qualvolta un contatore conta numeri da 0 a 1.5 milione, fino a ripartire nuovamente da 0.

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Alina Mnatsakanian, 2015



Some visuals

                 

MACT/CACT Suisse enjoys the financial and cultural support of Republic and Canton of Ticino/Swisslos, City of Bellinzona, Friends of MACT/CACT, the Artists.

MACT/CACT Arte Contemporanea Ticino è sostenuto finanziariamente e culturalmente da Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino/Swisslos, Città di Bellinzona, Amici del MACT/CACT, gli Artisti.

COME CLOSER. A CONTEMPORARY ART PROJECT / Modern Art Museum of Yerevan, Armenia / 5-26 October 2014

COME CLOSEDR aims to bring together artists from various horizons around the theme of the exchange (of ideas, points of view) and communication with its consequences in terms of proximity and distance. It will be staged as an exhibition by a group of visual artists from France and Switzerland for the first phase of the touring exhibition. The second phase of the project will include exhibitions in Switzerland with a larger group that will include artists from Armenia.

The exhibition will address the communication between people and will attempt to diversify the terms thereof. It will aim to encourage interaction between artists, between different cultural regions, and especially with the public.

Works presented are mostly interactive and the public is strongly encouraged to participate. Performances and installations, as well as cooperative projects developed in-situ will be presented during the exhibition. The works will evolve until the end of the show and will offer occasions for the public to interact with the artists, with their works as well as to observe the evolution of the exhibition.

The touring exhibition will start in Armenia, will visit Switzerland and hopefully elsewhere, always with the aim to create links with the local communities and artists through artistic practices.

Artists

Catherine Aeschlimann, Switzerland

Pier Giorgio De Pinto, Switzerland

Alina Mnatsakanian, Switzerland

Geneviève Petermann, Switzerland

Josette Taramarcaz, Switzerland

Edmond Habetian, France

Curators

Alina Mnatsakanian (European side and coordination of the project)
Susanna Gyulamiryan (Armenian side, for the phase 2)

Exhibition dates

Modern Art Museum of Yerevan, Armenia / 5-26 October 2014

Le Manoir, Martigny, Switzerland / exhibition dates are to be scheduled.

MACT/CACT Contemporary Art in Canton Ticino, Switzerland / 11 February – 2 April 2017