life revolution of love and solidarity”. This quickly became one of the most used slogans
of the so-called Velvet Revolution. The slogan was trying to catch the sense of solidarity and love that was in the
air in the streets at that time. It, of course, referred to the solidarity of protesters who were
fighting against the authoritarian regime. However, very soon the word “solidarity” was
misused as “tolerance”, the leader of the “velvet revolution” himself several times used “love
and tolerance”. The parliament members of the Republican Party used their "tolerance" to try
to convince the new prime minister to be tolerable towards the ruling party.
Vahram’s banner says “long live the revolution of equality and solidarity,” bringing back the
Anarcho-communist slogan: “freedom, equality, and solidarity.” By doing so, he is pointing to the inspirational origins of the slogan and questioning the changes that the slogan underwent.
Objects that question other objects, 2019
The work’s starting point is a banner used during the “velvet revolution” in Armenia in April,
May 2018. As a result of mass protests in the streets of Yerevan and other major cities of
In Armenia, the Prime Minister and the ruling “Republican” party resigned. After that a new Prime Minister was elected.
During this protest, among other banners, there was one that said “Long
