Culture

Today higher technologies are the language and medium of the new generation, with a transformative effect on almost every sphere. To discuss the cases of its influence on culture, education, and the museums, in particular, we talked to Arman Atoyan, the Co-founder of Arloopa, IT company specialized in the creation of AR and VR products.

Every great initiative once was a dream lucky enough to receive support and have someone to stand for it. Bridge for CSOs programme became this support for numerous projects, creating a “bridge” between great ideas and the Armenian diaspora all around the world.

Corporate Social Responsibility has been a part of LaGalleria Boutique’s initiatives for quite some time. No surprise “For the benefit of all” is one of the company’s mottos. Regional Post talked with Zarah Badalyan, Director of Communications at LaGalleria, about the importance of CSR.

To understand the importance of the role of museums in Armenia and to summarize the urgent problems of the field, we talked to Gevorg Orbelyan, museum expert and head of Tourism unit at the Yerevan municipality.

French-Armenian actor, writer and filmmaker Serge Avedikian has won the Palme D’Or award of the Cannes film festival in shorts competition for his animation film “Barking Island” about the events that took place in Turkey in 1915. ReAnimania festival’s head Vrej Kassouny talked to him about “Barking Island” and animation in general.

Curator Nairi Khatchadourian tells about her experience working with several regional museums far from Yerevan and explains what are the main challenges that need to overcome.

During few last years dozens of different festivals - musical, food, wine and many more - appeared in Armenia. It became a kind of a trend to celebrate that way the best that the country has. In 2017 FestivAr Association of Armenian Festivals was founded by a group of festival organizers to coordinate, promote, and support the sustainable development of sustainable festivals in Armenia. Today, FestivAr’s 19 members are responsible for 26 festivals across the country. Regional Post talked to Association’s Executive Director Lucineh Kassarjian about the importance of these festivals both for locals and tourists.

Earlier this year, the world celebrated the 95th anniversary of Sergei Parajanov, one of the greatest Armenian filmmakers, an artist who lived and worked in different parts of the Soviet Union and became a legend during his own lifetime. Today, his House Museum is a must-visit location in Yerevan, and in other parts of the world people are still watching his films and looking at his artworks. But do we really understand him? Program director of Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival Karen Avetisyan tries to explain Parajanov’s phenomena.