RELOCATION
2011, 23'20", video 16:9, color, stereo, English subtitles, HDV
with the support of - Province of West Flanders, Be-Part Platform for Contemporary Art, SPES Foundation, European Cultural Foundation / Step Beyond, Open Society Institute, Flemish Community, Akos Cultural NGO
distribution & preservation - ARGOS Centre for Art and Media
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Emerging at dawn, the Ararat twin mountains seem to be in dialogue. Subtitles appear on screen as silent voices from the past commenting on the landscape. They stem from testimonies of survivors from both sides of the Turkish-Armenian conflict, from both sides of the mountains. The landscape talks to the audience like a witness, and reveals the closed and military controlled border zone between both neighbours. The iconic, holy mountains, symbol of the Armenian nation and defining its identity, now belong to Turkey and are located right behind the closed border, still dominating the landscape. Looking from Armenian perspective, left and right have switched by mirroring the image. It suggests the impossible view for Armenians from the western side, referring to an era long gone, to times when historical Armenia was one. The image relocates both mountains, like the people living around them were relocated during the genocide of 1915. While the landscape exposes slowly, relocation reflects on identity,
and the way it is defined by land(scape) and memory.
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