Artavazd Pelechian, We (Menk) | 1969 | 25min | 35mm | Armenia
We is the lyrical story of Armenia and its people. Under the gaze of archival footage, the work details a fierce desire for sharing, recognition, and universal peace.
Artavazd Pelechian, The Seasons (Tarva Yeghanaknere ou Vremena goda) | 1972 | 30min | 35mm | Armenia
Departing from its volcanic origins, all the way to the industrial era, Pelechian displays the Armenian social body in free fall, courageously attempting to salvage its nomadic destiny
Artavazd Pelechian, Our Century (Nach Vek) | 1982-1990 | 30min | 35mm | Armenia
Our Century excavates the memory of the past century and uncovers a narrative composed of tyranny, genocide and imperial conquest.
Artavazd Pelechian, In the Beginning (Nacalo ou Skisb) | 1967 | 10min | 35mm | Armenia
Dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution (1917), In the Beginning is composed of a series of revolts, military marches, emblematic figures, explosions, corpses and machines. It presents history as a sequence of repetitive shocks.
Sunday June 26 8pm
Curated by Marie-Hélène Tessier and Amy Kazymerchyk
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Artavazd Pelechian (1938) is an acclaimed Armenian director and film theorist. His work is recognized for its poetic aura that mixes archival footage with images of everyday life. In his early films, Pelechian would often work with a Telephoto lens, capturing the mundane tasks of everyday life with candid realism. Pelechian is renowned for his work in “distance montage,” a synthetic technique that combines the perception of depth with oncoming entities to construct an overall sense of unity. His work seeks to address the violence of the twentieth century: its mass migrations, wars and dictatorships. At present, Pelechian lives and works in Moscow.
