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ISTANBUL TO HOST IRISH PHOTOJOURNALIST'S EXHIBITION ON "ARMENIAN FAMILY STORIES"
10:38, 13 Jan 2015
Istanbul's Depo art gallery will open an exhibition by Irish
photojournalist Helen Sheehan on Jan. 14.
In May 2014 Sheehan showed her projected photographic sound pieces
inside the restored Armenian church of St. Giragos in Diyarbakir
as part of a week-long photography festival hosted by Anadolu
Kultur/Diyarbakýr Arts Center, the Hurriyet Daily News reports.
Sheehan's interest in Armenia and its diaspora was triggered
by working as a teacher in the Mechitarist Seminary school on the
Armenian Island of St. Lazzaro in Venice in the 1990s. However,
this interest was re-awakened again in 2009 when she decided to
narrate stories of Armenians in diaspora, both in Paris and London,
where she was able to forge relationships with descendants of the
exiles. By sheer coincidence most of the families could trace their
ancestors back to the province of Diyarbakir.
Sheehan tries to connect with their lost landscape and also attempts
to engage with the people now living in these places and how they
have transformed them into their own spaces.
"Sheehan attempts to engage with the people now living in these places
and how they have transformed them into their own spaces," Depo said.
The exhibition titled "Armenian Family Stories and Lost Landscapes,"
will continue through Feb. 8.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/01/13/istanbul-to-host-irish-photojournalists-exhibition-on-armenian-family-stories/
From: A. Papazian
10:38, 13 Jan 2015
Istanbul's Depo art gallery will open an exhibition by Irish
photojournalist Helen Sheehan on Jan. 14.
In May 2014 Sheehan showed her projected photographic sound pieces
inside the restored Armenian church of St. Giragos in Diyarbakir
as part of a week-long photography festival hosted by Anadolu
Kultur/Diyarbakýr Arts Center, the Hurriyet Daily News reports.
Sheehan's interest in Armenia and its diaspora was triggered
by working as a teacher in the Mechitarist Seminary school on the
Armenian Island of St. Lazzaro in Venice in the 1990s. However,
this interest was re-awakened again in 2009 when she decided to
narrate stories of Armenians in diaspora, both in Paris and London,
where she was able to forge relationships with descendants of the
exiles. By sheer coincidence most of the families could trace their
ancestors back to the province of Diyarbakir.
Sheehan tries to connect with their lost landscape and also attempts
to engage with the people now living in these places and how they
have transformed them into their own spaces.
"Sheehan attempts to engage with the people now living in these places
and how they have transformed them into their own spaces," Depo said.
The exhibition titled "Armenian Family Stories and Lost Landscapes,"
will continue through Feb. 8.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/01/13/istanbul-to-host-irish-photojournalists-exhibition-on-armenian-family-stories/
From: A. Papazian