I conduct participatory stop-motion workshops as part of my practice-based PhD research, The Objects We Carry; The Memories We Share, at LUCA School of Arts/KU Leuven. Through my workshops, I investigate how participatory stop-motion can facilitate the expression and sharing of diaspora memories embodied in personal objects.
Շոշափելի Զրույցներ-(Tangible Dialogues) (2022)
In February 2022, an in-person workshop was set up in Brussels to design a participatory animation process aiming at a collective expression and understanding. After making initial connections with potential participants, four members of the Armenian diaspora living in Belgium were invited to participate and the participation was voluntary.
Theme: Objects that you have a strong memory with
Participants: Armenian diaspora based in Brussels
Duration: 4-5 hours
Language: Armenian
Participants: 4 people
Video available on Vimeo
This video was made in the context of PhD project “The Objects We Carry; the Memories We Share” under the supervision of Dr. Jan Peeters and Dr. Sandy Claes, LUCA school of Arts.
Animations were made in a joint creative process with four members of the Armenian diaspora community in Brussels.
Set up and Design: Nairy Eivazy.
Brussels, Belgium.
February 2022.
Pearl (2022)
A workshop was conducted on 30 August 2022 with the attendees of the Participatory Design Conference (PDC). This in-person workshop was set up to design a participatory animation process with the focus of re-discovering memories through personal objects among participants from different cultural backgrounds.
Theme: Objects that remind you of your “Home”
TParticipants: The PDC conference participants
Duration: 3 hours
Language: English
Participants: 8 people
Video available on Vimeo
This video was made in the context of PhD project “The Objects We Carry; the Memories We Share” under the supervision of Dr. Jan Peeters and Dr. Sandy Claes, LUCA school of Arts.
Animations were made in a joint creative process with participants of the PDC 2022.
Set up and Design: Nairy Eivazy.
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
August 2022.
հանդիպում- a meeting (2023)
I set up a participatory stop-motion animation workshop on January 15, 2023, in Turin with 5 members of the Armenian diaspora community.
Theme: Objects that you have strong memories with
TParticipants: Armenian diaspora based in Turin
Duration: 5 hours
Language: Armenian
Participants: 5 people
Video available on Vimeo
Tangible dialogues#3
On January 27, 2024, in Munich, Germany, I conducted a one-day participatory stop-motion animation workshop involving six members of the Armenian diaspora community.
Theme: Objects that remind you of “home”
Participants: Armenian diaspora based in Munich
Duration: 5 hours
Language: Armenian
Participants: 6 people
Photos taken during the workshop.
Tangible dialogues#4
On March 21, 2024, in Ghent, Belgium, I led a one-day participatory stop-motion animation workshop with four members of the diaspora community based in Gent.
Theme: Objects that remind you of “home”
Participants: Diaspora community based in Gent
Duration: 4 hours
Language: English
Participants: 4 people
Nairy Eivazy 