A quadraphonic sound piece explores the theme of surveillance and the use of quadcopters by government during war.
When the war broke out, I moved to Yerevan. I was amazed at the clarity of the sky here after years of living in Petersburg. The sky became something calming to me: often my eye would outline the wrinkles of the slopes of Ararat or Aragats on the horizon, or follow the rare passing clouds, and I would find peace.
But for many, looking up into the sky now is fear. It's waiting for bombings, it's drones throwing grenades at trenches or crashing into buildings in peaceful cities, it's constant surveillance and a point of control and it's the last thing people see in their lives. In 2020, Azerbaijan seized part of Armenia, thanks in large part to Turkish and Israeli drones, and right now drones are being used in the war in Ukraine.
The simultaneous existence of these two realities and their mixing I have tried to analyze in my quadrophonic A/V work, where your quiet meditation is interrupted by drones circling around.
When the war broke out, I moved to Yerevan. I was amazed at the clarity of the sky here after years of living in Petersburg. The sky became something calming to me: often my eye would outline the wrinkles of the slopes of Ararat or Aragats on the horizon, or follow the rare passing clouds, and I would find peace.
But for many, looking up into the sky now is fear. It's waiting for bombings, it's drones throwing grenades at trenches or crashing into buildings in peaceful cities, it's constant surveillance and a point of control and it's the last thing people see in their lives. In 2020, Azerbaijan seized part of Armenia, thanks in large part to Turkish and Israeli drones, and right now drones are being used in the war in Ukraine.
The simultaneous existence of these two realities and their mixing I have tried to analyze in my quadrophonic A/V work, where your quiet meditation is interrupted by drones circling around.