Welcome, 1999 – Public Constructivism, 2009

Azat Sargsyan from Armenia mainly works with performance, video and installations. He is the co-founder of the Gyumri Biennial of Contemporary Art taking place in the second biggest city in Armenia since 1998, as well as being the director of the Contemporary art Center in Gyumri.

The residence period will complete with an exhibition titled Make History for a Pink Future at wip:konsthall.

Exhibition opening:

Saturday 6 March, 12.00-16.00

Exhibition period:

6 – 13 March, 2010

Self Presentation

In my art I research how history, personal as well as collective is constructed and deconstructed - how facts become history and how memory and forgetting functions. Every generation re-writes its past in order to understand the present. A part of my work is to understand the role of the artist in these processes.

I exhibited worldwide, representing Armenia on the Bienniale in Venice 1997 and in Sao Paulo 2002, I participated in the exhibition ”After The Wall” at Moderna Museet in Stockholm, the Ludwig Museum Budapest and Hamburger Bahnhof 1999/2000. 2009 Thessaloniki Biennale, Moskow Biennale- special project, Cerveria Bienale Portugal.