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"STORIES FROM TURKEY-ARMENIA BORDER" EXHIBITION IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/09/18/stories-from-turkey-armenia-border-exhibition-in-the-european-parliament/
14:45 18.09.2013
Armenia, European Parliament, Turkey
Hrant Dink Foundation, YIC Youth Initiative Centre in Gyumri, Galata
Fotografhanesi and Free Press Unlimited are jointly holding the
multimedia exhibition "Beyond Waiting... Stories from Turkey-Armenia
Border" in Brussels, at the European Parliament upon the joint
invitation of the Foreign Affairs Committee, the EP Delegation to the
EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee and the EP Delegation to the
EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation
Committees, according to the website of the Hrant Dink Foundation.
The five multimedia documentaries jointly produced by Aleksey Manukyan,
Anıl Cizmecioglu, Anush Babajanyan, Arif Yaman, Armenuhi Vardanyan,
Deniz Pekkıyıcı, Eren Aytug, Marianna Vardanyan, Sofia Danielyan
and Volkan Dogar will be open for visitors from September 16th to 20th,
2013, at the European Parliament in Brussels.
Sealed in 1993, the Turkey-Armenia border continues to divide people,
villages, railway tracks, children's laughter and memories. "Beyond
Waiting" captures the daily lives of people in the border cities Kars
and Gyumri as well as the years of interrupted dialogue.
The station workers waiting for years and years for a train that
never comes; Gyumri's Kima who have been waiting for years for a guest
from Turkey to come and knock on her door; the children of Bayandur
who break the silence of the border with their music; Sofia whose
path crosses with the inhabitants of a Kars neighbourhood awaiting
demolition due to urban gentrification plans, while she was looking
for the traces of her grandfather; a Kurd and an Armenian whose voice
try to reach each other as they face their past traumas do all call
us to listen, speak and act "beyond waiting".
The five multimedia documentaries, to be exhibited in Brussels thanks
to the support of the Free Press Unlimited, were produced within
the framework of the "Multimedia for Dialogue" project supported
by the Consulate-General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the
British Embassy.
The project aims at creating an enabling environment for the joint
productions of young photographers from Turkey and Armenia, to
strengthen their voice through new forms of storytelling and to
contribute to dialogue between the two neighbouring countries.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/09/18/stories-from-turkey-armenia-border-exhibition-in-the-european-parliament/
14:45 18.09.2013
Armenia, European Parliament, Turkey
Hrant Dink Foundation, YIC Youth Initiative Centre in Gyumri, Galata
Fotografhanesi and Free Press Unlimited are jointly holding the
multimedia exhibition "Beyond Waiting... Stories from Turkey-Armenia
Border" in Brussels, at the European Parliament upon the joint
invitation of the Foreign Affairs Committee, the EP Delegation to the
EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee and the EP Delegation to the
EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation
Committees, according to the website of the Hrant Dink Foundation.
The five multimedia documentaries jointly produced by Aleksey Manukyan,
Anıl Cizmecioglu, Anush Babajanyan, Arif Yaman, Armenuhi Vardanyan,
Deniz Pekkıyıcı, Eren Aytug, Marianna Vardanyan, Sofia Danielyan
and Volkan Dogar will be open for visitors from September 16th to 20th,
2013, at the European Parliament in Brussels.
Sealed in 1993, the Turkey-Armenia border continues to divide people,
villages, railway tracks, children's laughter and memories. "Beyond
Waiting" captures the daily lives of people in the border cities Kars
and Gyumri as well as the years of interrupted dialogue.
The station workers waiting for years and years for a train that
never comes; Gyumri's Kima who have been waiting for years for a guest
from Turkey to come and knock on her door; the children of Bayandur
who break the silence of the border with their music; Sofia whose
path crosses with the inhabitants of a Kars neighbourhood awaiting
demolition due to urban gentrification plans, while she was looking
for the traces of her grandfather; a Kurd and an Armenian whose voice
try to reach each other as they face their past traumas do all call
us to listen, speak and act "beyond waiting".
The five multimedia documentaries, to be exhibited in Brussels thanks
to the support of the Free Press Unlimited, were produced within
the framework of the "Multimedia for Dialogue" project supported
by the Consulate-General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the
British Embassy.
The project aims at creating an enabling environment for the joint
productions of young photographers from Turkey and Armenia, to
strengthen their voice through new forms of storytelling and to
contribute to dialogue between the two neighbouring countries.