Here’s League of Tenders tenderly hugging local beauty at Framer Framed in Amsterdam.
It was a spontaneous meeting following our conversation with the dearest
@framerframed team, where we agreed to held there a listening session and talk with Lucia Kagramanyan
@luciaelhuron (on the photo, she is in the Armenian puppet theater in Vienna).
At that time Lucia has begun her research of Armenian lullabies for the Nomadic Program of
@vleeshal , 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨, which we’re curating.
Now, we’re excited to invite you to 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦: 𝘉𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘓𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘴 at Framer Framed on November 5 at 18:30! Lucia will present her in-depth research, playing a collection of these beautiful, distinct lullabies, including one her mother sang to her as a child.
It’s been a meaningful journey since our first meeting with Lucia, where we discussed the non-institutionalized, oral music traditions of Armenian women. Then, the unexpected meeting at Framer Framed with
@zaruhihi , who introduced us to the work of Melissa Bilal on the Armenian lullabies in Turkey as a tool for knowledge transmission about the genocide.
This project, 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦, unfolds in several stages. It began with a special program of Lucia’s Panorama Yerevan on
@nts_radio (link in highlights), continues with an in-person listening session at Framer Framed, followed by a podcast, and will conclude with a research program on
@radioalhara .
Collaborating with this Palestinian radio is especially important for us given Lucia’s work. In her project, she’s talking not just about the very first bodily experience of music but also about ways of transmitting oral histories of the people as a form of resistance against oppression.
In Palestine today, particularly in Gaza, where the very conditions of motherhood and childhood are threatened by Israel’s genocidal state, lullabies embody strength and resistance.
Even amid the ruins of their homes, mothers’ voices won’t be silenced.
