A production by artist Vahe Budumyan and sociologist Arevik Martirosyan Euphoria (from Ancient Greek εΰ, “well”, and φέρειν. “to bear”) is a mental and emotional condition in which a person experiences intense feelings of well-being, elation, happiness, ecstasy, excitement and joy. On January 1, 2011, the Mayor Karen Karapetyan forbade the trade in the streets of Yerevan, which was followed by regular protests. Having lost their only means of living, people demanded to have their […]
The Youth Club of the Union of Architects “Architectural Meetings” Initiative. On October 20, 2011, a meeting/discussion was held with architect Lola Dolukhanyan. The topic was “The Armenia Architecure of the 1920-30s”.
Lecture-discussion with Nazareth Karoyan War Economy. Peace economy. An Alternative to Cultural Development The lecture focuses on cultural economy, which is forming in the process of globalization. Two types of economic management are singled out. These differ from each other in relationship-building, product management, policies of product circulation, consumption volumes and market expectations. Based on […]
Utopian Encounters The topic is “Labour” Lecture-Discussion with Ara Nedolyan The Insolubility of the Global Crisis and Solution Methods The Global Crisis is not a simple synthesis of unfavorable private economic factors, but rather the bankruptcy of the existing social and economic model. No modern society has yet unreservedly accepted a human’s right to […]
Libertarian Socialism / DVD Revolution – Manifesto Libertarian socialism is based on the principle that each person belongs to him/herself; he/she is the owner of his/her body and mind. The reason why it is difficult to understand the above mentioned statement is that we are not able to control the beginning and the end of […]
“Mikhail Karikis” Performance – 10th September, 2010 The artist participated in the 7th Gyumri Biennale with a performance. The 7 minute performance was an extract from his current work, “Xenon” opera. The performance was not mentioned in the Biennale program or booklets because it was planned to be an unexpected and shocking event. The artist decided […]
The documentary ”Andre Gorz” (28 min) by the Belgian director Marian Handverkeri was translated into Armenian in 2009 by Utopiana within the framework of its project “Labour, the Artist as a Worker, the Artist’s Role in the Society”. Where does the modern capitalist perception of the term ‘labour’ ‘come from? How was labour perceived in the Middle Ages? […]
The documentary ”Andre Gorz” (28 min) by the Belgian director Marian Handverkeri was translated into Armenian in 2009 by Utopiana within the framework of its project “Labour, the Artist as a Worker, the Artist’s Role in the Society”. Where does the modern capitalist perception of the term ‘labour’ ‘come from? How was labour perceived in the Middle Ages? […]