Yerevan ecologies trying to draw attention via rock concert, bike ride
and innovatory art

2008-03-29 12:43:00

ArmInfo. Yesterday an Environmental Exhibition"Become the Voice of the
Voiceless" was opened Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art
[ACCEA]. The Exhibition is aimed at speaking through Arts on behalf of
trees, animals, and homeless children, whose voice is not heard by
society, carried away with material, daily and other concerns.

Photos of Armenian journalists Narine Kirakosyan (ArmInfo news agency)
and Galust Nanyan (Hayastani Hanrapetutyun daily) made over the last
four years at the most ecologically unfavorable regions of Armenia were
exhibited. Photos of local and foreign professional photographers were
also exhibited. Photos of tailing pounds, toxic wastes of which are the
most dangerous for ecology, prevail at the exhibition. Photos of
children born with anomalies, often because of bad ecology, were also
exhibited. The Exhibition presented various urgent ecological issues in
Armenia to show the impact that local
issues might have on the nature, global warming as well as present and
future generations.

Organizers of the exhibition, which will be open till 15 April,
"Armenia Tree Project" (ATP) Charitable Foundation, "World Wildlife
Foun " (WWF) Armenian Branch planed other ecological initiatives as
well. In particular, tree planing and territory clean-up action in the
Botanical garden (March 30), tree planting at Nubarashen N11
boarding-school (April 6) and Rock concert at the Puppet Theatre (April
14, at 19:00) with participation of lock bands and environmental
cycling in the central streets of Yerevan (April 20).