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The Invention of a Garden

A public talk putting in dialogue the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Matenadaran Museum-Institute, drawing on the experiences of two museum gardens—one established and one emerging. Speakers explore what it means to create and care for a garden, its role in a city, how the Gulbenkian Garden in Lisbon became an integral part of its museum, and how insights from the Matenadaran Garden's co-creation process are being translated into its final landscape design. Speakers: • Paula Corte-Real (Gulbenkian Garden) • Sona Baloyan (Matenadaran) • Marina Mkhitaryan (Armenia Tree Project) • Nairi Khatchadourian (moderator, AHA collective) Organized in the framework of COP17, the UN Biodiversity Conference in Yerevan. Language: English. Entrance: free, by prior registration only (link in the organizer's Instagram profile). Location note: 2nd entrance, 2nd floor.

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A curatorial practice and gallery based in Yerevan that programs contemporary art and textile/design exhibitions, artist residencies, and public programs including talks, curatorial conversations, and community-facing events.

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The Invention of a Garden

A public talk putting in dialogue the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Matenadaran Museum-Institute, drawing on the experiences of two museum gardens—one established and one emerging. Speakers explore what it means to create and care for a garden, its role in a city, how the Gulbenkian Garden in Lisbon became an integral part of its museum, and how insights from the Matenadaran Garden's co-creation process are being translated into its final landscape design. Speakers: • Paula Corte-Real (Gulbenkian Garden) • Sona Baloyan (Matenadaran) • Marina Mkhitaryan (Armenia Tree Project) • Nairi Khatchadourian (moderator, AHA collective) Organized in the framework of COP17, the UN Biodiversity Conference in Yerevan. Language: English. Entrance: free, by prior registration only (link in the organizer's Instagram profile). Location note: 2nd entrance, 2nd floor.

Organizer

A curatorial practice and gallery based in Yerevan that programs contemporary art and textile/design exhibitions, artist residencies, and public programs including talks, curatorial conversations, and community-facing events.

More from AHA collective

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