Arts and Social Transformation Lab


For the second year the Living Room invited artists, art educators, researchers, and cultural practitioners to join a five-day laboratory on art and social transformation. The laboratory is designed as a learning and experimenting space for 12 participants to discuss and develop artistic practices engaging with displaced communities, encouraging them to take control of their lives and deal with past, present and future struggles through creative methods.

First Lab took place from 6 till 12 August 2024 with the participation of: Tereza Davtyan, Ani Galstyan, Petros Ghazanchyan, Inna Ghazaryan, Eliza Baghdiyan, Stella Loretsyan, Yana Avanesyan, Anna Tenenbaum, Timofey Bichkov, Lusine Mlke-Galstyan.

The second Lab took place from 6-10 May 2025 with the participation of Kira Lin, Gurgen Baghdasaryan, Vardan Harutyunyan, Sipan Grigoryan, Ezequiel Guiragossian, Asmik Aleksanyan, Margarita Yegoryan, Elina Gasparyan, Maria Sinanyan, Bela Pogosian, Anushik Hovhannisyan, Lusine Vanyan.