Between 12 and 14 of May, Void will host the photography exhibition with video projection "I am the mountain" by Cassiana Der

Haroutiounian. Join us on the opening night and meet the Brazilian – Armenian artist.

About “I am the mountain”
Card number 21 of the gypsy tarot, the Mountain, signifies justice, challenge, something almost impossible to be conquered. Its immense, static image frightens and, at first, no one wants to cross it simply to get to the other side. The objective is always to reach its peak. To climb it demands not only strength but wisdom and knowledge of one's own limitations. Whoever draws such a card in the tarot, knows that they must face a great obstacle but, once they overcome it, they will be graced by spiritual ascension.

When thinking of the meaning of this mountain, it is inevitable to think of Mount Ararat and its symbolism. Located in the eastern part of Anatolia, this geographical formation ceased to belong to Armenia in 1921. But even on the other side of the border, 32 km south, it calls out daily on the horizon of Yerevan. It is a symbol of struggle, of crossings and obstacles, that these and other peoples had to face throughout history. The perfect representation of Card 21.

A mountain can also separate or associate cultures. On the one hand, there's a Brazilian woman whose ancestors she knew through the told by her grandparents. On the other, an ancient people who preserve, in the their women’s features and cartographies, characteristics that the artist only recognized through the mirror. It was not the political struggle that instigated this meeting, but the affection, the intuition and the will to dig into a living and pulsating ancestry that, from Brazil, she could not touch.

What happened was an inevitable fusion between artist, muse and landscape. This is because what is little known about Card 21 is that, in its Lesser Arcane, it is accompanied by a figure eight and, with it, the idea of continuous movement. The mountain is static but brings within itself the existence of something that moves. In this flow of portraits, amidst the high, snow-covered mountain chains, fragments intertwined and paths opened.

A certain hair color, the contour of a shoulder, a skin tone and big, bright and bored eyes slowly guided the artist's gaze through these human topographies, taking her to the long-awaited top where she unexpectedly sighted, not the geological formations, but the plains within herself. She and all these women, together on that peak, to resist the inclement weather and to persevere, awaiting those who wish to cross them.

Photography exhibition with video projection