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+**Archi GALENTZ**
+born in Moscow, 1971
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+Studied at State University of Arts and Theater in Yerevan, Armenia; University of Arts (UdK Berlin), classes of Prof. Hirsig and Prof. Fußmann, Berlin following him graduated of UdK (1996).
+In 1997, he made a masterclass diploma degree at Prof. Fußmann.
+Since 2000 works as freelance artist in Berlin, Moscow and Yerevan
+He has lectured at State Academy of Arts and Open University, Yerevan, Armenia (2006) and Sommerakademie, University of Arts UdK, Berlin (2007). Co-founded an InteriorDAsein.net enterprise in Berlin in 2008.
+Among his solo show there are: "Pose As A Position" (The Club, Yerevan, 2007); „USTA, has you got some ASTAR?", Prima Center, Berlin (2006); „This Days in 16 Years", Prima Center, Berlin (2005)
+„Absolute Borders", with J. Balov at the „Berliner Liste" art fair, Berlin and much more.
+Of most recent, he has participated to „Voulu / Oblige: outskirts of a small contradiction", at Forte Marghera within 53th Venice Biennial, Venice (2009), „ThisPLACEd: virtual, real, in between" at City Gallery in Tallinn (2008), „Strictly Berlin 2008", GdK, Berlin (2008); „Face To Face Armenia", ACCEA, Yerevan; „INTERNATIONAL", NCCA, Moscow (2005).
+His works are in the public collections of the Museum of National Art of Sardarabad, Armenia; Museum of Contemporary Art in Skopje, Macedonia; Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade, Serbia, and others
+His grants include DAAD, Germany and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal.
+Also he curated following projects: „Losgelöst. Unsichbarkeit 12 mal abgetastet" (2009) and „Schatten voraus" (2008), both at InteriorDAsein.net, Berlin; „Dez'avju", Open University, Yerevan (2007) and „Nikolaj Nikogossian", Malij Manej, Moscow
+[[http://interiordasein.net|Related source]]
+=====HAJK (GLOBE OF ARMENIA)=====
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+Globe of Armenia (Hajk) is the title of an object that refers back to the basics: to a square, an arc, or a cube. Hajk is a generalized term to name Armenia as cutural community, not certain geographical territory.
+Wooden cube is glued over with paper on which one can see Armenia state borders in hypotetical historical perspective.
+Cube is fixed on bearings and rotates freely while letting us observe all its six sides: various scenarios of the development of Armenia's territorial identity are presented this way.
+However, the certain history that is represented to us on the cube might be seen a metaphor: national history never happens the way of gradual transformations but policy turnaround; a chain of events one has to react.
+Thus, watercolor technics ain't chosen accidently.
+Before the inventions of printing machines, architects used to set color planes the way the would drift lots of layers with paint diluted with water. A slang expression to talk it was tear painting.
+The subject of Hajk lies somewhere between rebundancy - as we are given plenty of prognostications made from a point of an engaged thinker who obviously stands for the country's virtual prosperity - and deficiency in positive opportunities of real politics of nowadays.
+This is why the Hajk's patterns of political development are being pictured a pessimistic ones: whatever happens to Armenia means territory losses as the only strategical tool to save the autonomy. The Pan-Turksih, American and others gameplans of those who reckon on miappropriations.
+The point being made is Galentz protest against Armenian lands speculations and territorial pretensions from allover with Hajk representing a certain antiutopia and huge dramaticism.