AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF ART FIGURES UNDER "GENDER CONCERN" SLOGAN TO OPEN IN YEREVAN

ARMENPRESS
May 8, 2009

YEREVAN, MAY 8, ARMENPRESS: An international symposium of art figures
under "Gender Concern" slogan will open today in Yerevan in which
works presenting the gender issues will be presented.

During today’s press conference the project coordinator Susanna
Gyulamirian noted that the symposium objectives are to point out to
the issues of gender equality, once more to uncover the issues of
the sphere which are very up to date and worrying.

The project coordinator informed that five young art figures
from Germany, Iran, Finland, Turkey and USA will take part in the
symposium. From Armenia three art figures representing painting,
video art, performance and photo will take part. During the five-day
event photos and documentary films on gender issues will also be shown.

"Symposium peculiarities will be that the presented works will be
accompanied with the comments of the authors; they will present their
works and answer to the questions", – she added.

According to S. Gyulamirian, the researches in the sphere of gender
issues have long become a culture, different cognitive events are
organized and conferences invited.

"Day by day the public understands that gender does not only refer
to the equality of men and women but also the homosexuals, age and
other differences", – she added.