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"Armenia is rightly called the birthplace of the "future". More than two thousand years ago, at the dawn of Christian civilization in the foothills of Mount Ararat was born fraternity of fighters for equality and justice of the ideal society."
The Yerevan Museum of Future History project’s text begins with the latter paragraph. The project will take place on October 17, at 7 pm, at the Art Laboratory (13 Hrachya Kochar str., 1st Floor, #20 room) for only one day.
The project’s participants write:
“The heroes' long journey continues to this day, leaving indelible traces in the hearts of new generations, seekers of freedom. If the people of the earth just knew how much creative sweat, blood, and pain bears the long-awaited free future! That knowledge has a value of gold. Like a miraculous drug relieves it from the sleep of reason and sweet forgetfulness of slavery. Therefore, they do not stop their pursuit of those who take it upon themselves to tell the stories of the future and to fight for it. One day, after the victory of the noble brotherhood, liberated from the shackles of injustice and oppression, Yerevan History Museum opens a renewed Future.
And in this new museum, there will be the integration of the stories of oppressed generations, which have been passed on from generation to another. All around planet Earth and all other planets, a renewed humanity will remember and honor the memory of those who are indebted to the future. But today, we can start to bring that day closer. Therefore, we are opening, for the first time in Armenia and only for a day, the Yerevan Museum of the Future.
The project was created by Arseny Zhilyaev in collaboration with Armenian artists, cultural critics and political activists, and with curator Eva Khachatryan, in the framework of Suburb Cultural Center and CEC ArtsLink residency program.
The people who have worked on the project are Arseny Zhilyaev, Eva Khachatryan, Momik Vardanyan, Arthur Petrosyan, Vardan Jaloyan, Ara Nedolyan, Vahram Aghasyan, Edgar Amroyan, Samvel Vanoyan, Hovhannes Margaryan, Hayk Bianjyan, Narek Aleksanyan and Grigor Khachatryan.