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Digital Production with Manual Interventions: Cafesjian Center Exhibits Ardēan Works

On October 9, the Cafesjian Center for the Arts in Yerevan launched an exhibition of works by students of the TUMO Center for Creative Technologies developed at design startup Ardēan. The showcase, a project of TUMO workshop leader Vasken Brutian who leads Ardēan, is titled “Breath”. 

It is inspired by the work of Grigor Narekatsi, one of the most important figures in Armenian literary history. It incorporates herbs written about by noted 12th-century physician Mkhitar Heratsi, with original ceramic pottery, silk paintings and more. Reflecting the name Ardēan, which means “modern” in classical Armenian, the work combines historical Armenian culture with a contemporary sensibility.

As all of TUMO’s startups, Ardēan is made up of former students of the center who have leveraged TUMO’s educational program to form a self-sustaining enterprise. Ardēan focuses on visual and product design, and the “Breath” exhibition exemplifies the visual language and design approach of the group.

The precursor to this exhibition was an installation of Ardēan works at TUMO this April. Those pieces emerged from a workshop taught by Brudian where he worked with students to develop techniques combining classical imagery with modern motifs, and digital production processes with manual interventions.

The exhibition will run at the Eagle gallery of the Cafesjian Cascade complex through December 27.

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