Date
Tuesday 5 May 2020 — Saturday 9 May 2020
Location
Various venues
Varied,
Yerevan,
Armenia
Link
Description
The inspiration behind the name (which means ‘ghost’ in Armenian) comes from the festival team’s interest in revitalizing the country’s abandoned and deserted sites and their ambiguous state of being neither completely ruined, nor truly alive as they were decades ago. In a bold attempt to bring them back to life, some of these locations will be turned into one-of-a-kind centers of cultural attraction by serving as venues for the festival’s kaleidoscopic music program. Backed by public discussions, site-specific art installations and exhibitions, food vendors, and many more, these sites will hopefully inspire festival visitors with their uncanny beauty and encourage the public to discover their hidden potential, yet to be realised.
Urvakan’s music program blends together ongoing projects of more than 80 artists from 22 countries, highlighting current trends in sonic arts, contemporary electronic, instrumental, avant pop, and club music.The festival also aims to spark exchanges between local musicians and established artists, curators, and independent music industry professionals from around the world.
This year Urvakan will kick off in alliance with a number of talented curators from across the world. Responsible for the festival’s music program are booking agent Brandon Rosenbluth of Littlebig, Oakland-based Club Chai, technology-oriented music festival Synthposium, and head of Morphine Records: Rabih Beaini. Branching the scene into a more experimentally sonic terrain are the Moscow-based TKANI, a sound-performative event promoter, and the GOST ZVUK and Klammklang labels. On the visual side, STFNV, muralist and graphic designer, will curate street art, while syg.ma will join us in the art exhibitions.
Locations: https://urvakan.com/locations
Tickets: https://urvakan.com/tickets/
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