Vartan Avakian

Consequently memory too is seen as an activity of excavating and deciphering data from traces and remains.

Vartan avakian. He makes artefacts that propose an understanding of memory as physical traces inscribed in matter traces waiting to be decoded or recombined and representing new possibilities and challenges for future archaeology. He studied communication arts at the lebanese american university and architecture and urban culture at the universitat politècnica de catalunya and centre de cultura contemporània de barcelona. Vartan avakian was born in 1977 and was primarily influenced by the 1980s growing up. In order to explore practices of cultural production and commemoration the artist employs different media such as video installation sculpture and photography.

Avakian studied architecture and urban culture at the universitat politècnica de catalunya and the centre de cultura contemporània de barcelona and communication arts at the lebanese american university in beirut. In order to explore practices of cultural production and commemoration. Vartan avakian s work stems from a reading of data as stains and scratches. Vartan avakian s work is based on the idea that all data exist in sculptural form and only appear as fossils consequently memory too is seen as an activity of excavating and deciphering data from traces and remains.

Vartan avakian s work is based on the idea that all data exist in sculptural form and only appear as a fossil. He works with video photography installation and natural material. He was born in byblos the coastal former phoenician city in nowadays lebanon that thought of itself as the oldest of all cities founded by the god el at the beginning of all time. Vartan avakian uses biological debris as the material foundation of his sculptural works.

1977 byblos lebanon is an artist based in beirut. The 1980s were an era of growing global capitalism political upheaval worldwide mass media wealth discrepancies and unique music and fashion characterised by hip hop and electronic pop music. Consequently memory is seen as an activity of excavating and deciphering data from traces and remains. Avakian is a founding member of the art collective atfal ahdath.

It comes as no surprise that the artist vartan avakian has developed a one can nearly say fixation on the materiality of data. Vartan avakian studied communication arts at lebanese american university and architecture and urban culture at the universitat politècnica de catalunya and the centre de cultura contemporània de barcelona. As a series of inscriptions that exists in sculptural form and is fossilized over time.