About.
Voice & visual artist, musician, researcher and writer, I work as a mediator for cultural institutions, graphic & space designer. I seek to enchant through poetry, narrative, musical composition, set design, public interaction, performance and moving images.
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Music is at the heart of my artistic practice, activating deep listening through synaesthetic experiences that often involve audience participation. I aim to reconstruct lost listening relationships with nature, ancient traditions, through improvisation practices. Embodying the figure of a contemporary nomadic troubadour, I explore collective memory, ancestral heritage, languages and mnemonic instruments. My ongoing research includes collecting Armenian lullabies, community-building, improvising songs from poems, writing poems/fictions and collaborating with scholars, artists and musicologists.
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My design work spans publishing layouts, posters, logotypes, music album covers, illustration, vidéo, set design (exhibitions, plays, etc.) and project management.
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For more info, write me, I am open to new collaborations!
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RESONANCE, VIBRATIONS, DEEP-LISTENING, IMPROVISATION, COMMUNITY, VOICE, SCORES, DREAMS, FEMINISM, MOVING IMAGES, NARRATION, THREATENED-CULTURES, LANGUAGES & SPECIES…
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Artiste visuel et sonore, musicienne, chercheuse et écrivaine, je travaille comme médiatrice pour des institutions culturelles, et je propose mes services de graphiste et designer d'espace. Mes domaines d'expertises sont l'interaction avec le public, la narration poétique, la composition sonore et musicale, le graphisme culturel, la scénographie, la performance et l'image en mouvement.
La musique est au cœur de mon travail artistique. Je créée des expériences synesthésiques qui impliquent souvent la participation du public et son écoute profonde. Je cherche à reconstruire des relations d'écoute avec la nature, inspirées de traditions anciennes en voix d'extinction, à travers des pratiques d'improvisation. Incarnant la figure d'un troubadour nomade contemporain, j'explore des thèmes comme la mémoire collective, l'héritage ancestral et le langage. Mes recherches en cours comprennent la collecte de berceuses arméniennes, l'improvisation de chansons à partir de poèmes, l'écriture de poèmes et de fictions, la collaboration avec des universitaires, des artistes et des musicologues.
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Mon travail de design comprend des mises en page pour l'édition, des affiches, des logotypes, des couvertures d'albums de musique, l'illustration, la vidéo, la scénographie (expositions, pièces de théâtre, etc.) et la gestion de projets.
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Pour plus d'infos, n'hésitez pas à m'écrire, je suis ouverte aux collaborations !
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Recent.
• CONCERT at La Générale, Paris, May 14th
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• LISTENING SESSION, AHA collective, May 14th
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• CONCERT at BEK, Bergen, (NO): June 6th
Ears to the Ground: Ecology, Environment and (Sonic) Media Technologies (beyond Eurocentric models)
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• CONCERT-PERFORMANCE at HWK, Berlin, (DE) : April 30th
Silenced Voices, Unbroken Spirits, the Legacy of Armenian Women
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• CTM FESTIVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY, Berlin, (DE) : 27/01/25 – 01/02/25
One week of research laboratory and networking days about music production and performance:
Resynthesising the traditional
• RESEARCH PROGRAM, Paris, (FR): 30/11/24 - 01/12/24
improvisation workshop at Les Instants Chavirés, Paris, with Jean-Philippe Gross.
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• ARTIST RESIDENCY: creative workshop involving community: 01/03/25 - 01/04/25
Gyumri AiR, Art Basis, (AM)
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Education.
2022 - 2024
Master The Critical Inquiry Lab
Design Academy Eindhoven,
The Netherlands,
Cum Laude
Master's degree in artistic and curatorial research. Courses: Critical & creative writing, research, radio, performance (sound, movement), critical theory, artistic practice, editorial design...
Courses with Angelo Custodio (Sound performance), Matylda Krzykowski (Choreography) and more.
2021-2022
Master in Eco-Social Design
Unibz, Bolzano, Italy
Design for an ecological and sustainable future. Courses: mediation and participation, cultural anthropology, social and interactive design...
2019 - 2021
DSAA Space, event & mediation
Ecole Boulle, Paris, France
With honours, très bien
Designing and organising cultural events and strategies to enrich the public experience. Innovative mediation, graphic design, space design…
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2016 - 2019
Preparatory Classes
MANAA & CPGE
Ecole Duperré, Paris, France
Philosophy of Art and Design, History of Art and Design
(specialisation: 60s-80s).
Space design, graphic design, objects.
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Experiences.
2023
Kunst Meran, Contemporary Art Center, Italy
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Mediation: Proposals for several games to enhance visits to the exhibitions, advice on the ergonomics of the website. Participation in the programming of the closing event for the Vielheit exhibition.
2021
Olivier Vadrot, designer, artist and set-designer
Exhibition scenography, layout, curatorial assistance,
grouping of works
2020
Espace de l'Art Concret, Contemporary Art Center, France
Creation of sensitive, sonic and participative mediation walks (art and music, art and everyday life, art and design), assistance with Arty Holidays creative workshops, photography during mediation, graphic design, assistance with the technical control room.Proposal for the Synaesthetic Garden project. See the project here.​
Mediation.
2023
Kunst Meran, Contemporary Art Center, Italy
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Surrealistic Telegrams
Invitation for the visitors to poetise their experience.
During the closing event of the Vielheit exhibition, I reinterpreted the poems in a sound performance. See the project here.
2020
Musée des Arts Décoratifs,
Paris, France
Sensitive mediation
Participative performance in the exhibition "Embarquons pour Cuba" to embody the violence and politics hidden behind the posters. See a link to the event here.
october 2019
Nuit Blanche
École Boulle, Paris, France
Nuit Blanche
A sensory narrative walk to show the public the school's workshops.
2018
Musée des Arts Décoratifs,
Paris, France
Sound Design for DRAW IT MAD & mediation project
Sound composition for a 3 hours long event.
Narration and animated illustrations in Augmented Reality.
See a link to the event here.
Sonic performances.
october 2024
Nopa Sound Art Festival, Yerevan, Armenia.
Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven,
The Netherlands.
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Poems and Lullabies of the Post-Nostalgic
Sonic performance, see the project on the website here, and here.​ Performed during the NOPA Sound Art Festival.
november & april 2024
Bacchanalia, Eindhoven,
The Netherlands.
Experimental Concerts
Two concerts at Bacchanalia. See the project here.
2023
Rararadio, Eindhoven,
the Netherlands
Experimental Sonic Live Shows​
at Rararadio, the radio of Eindhoven town. Presentation of my researches with my musical compositions. ​
Exhibitions, events.
summer 2024
Microlab, Eindhoven,
the Netherlands.
Heaviness Within
Diploma exhibition. I was part of the curatorial team: budget, space and groupement of works, exhibition text...
winter 2023
Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Performative dinner,
Our Emotions Are Songs that No One Listen.
Group performance exhibition. I was in the programming team.
I presented a participatory sound installation that you can see here.
2022
Bolzano, Italy.
In collaboration with the Südtiroler Künstlerbund.
Tonalità
A sound walk in the city where artists share fragments of their daily lives. In the gallery, a participatory installation where everyone can share a memory. See the project here.
2021
WAAG café, Bolzano, Italy.
Workshop Pop-Up for Equality
Printmaking workshop on feminism and equality.
See the instagram of the project here.