In association with the Bilbao Art and Knowledge office Bulegoa z/b, on 12 November ZINEBI will be screening the Armenian documentary feature film Black Bach Artsakh (2021), based on interviews with people living in Nagorno-Karabakh, shot in 2007 during an interwar period. It will be screened along with a performative reading. At the debate/seminar on 13 November at Bulegoa z/b, the directors of the film, Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri will not only present the film, but will also talk to Azar Mahmoudian, a curator born in Iran, with whom they have been working since 2020 on an educational project in the Armenian mountains.
The purpose of this dual event is to talk about art and films as tools to provide a voice and focus on contemporary conflicts such as Nagorno-Karabakh which, until a few weeks ago, were far removed from the attention of western communication media.
