September 12-17

2017 Yerevan, Armenia

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION

DESCRIPTION

GOALS

VENUES

ENSEMBLES

SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/DISCUSSIONS

PAST FESTIVAL

PROGRESSIVE ART AGENCY

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 INTRODUCTION
 FOR TOO LONG ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS HAVE BEEN
VERY DISTANT. THIS PROJECT WILL CHANGE THAT BY
CREATING A UNIQUE PLATFORM FOR INSPIRING NEW
WORKS

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 DETAILS
DATE
1 2-1 7 September, 201 7

LOCATION
Yerevan, Armenia

VENUES
NPAK c enter of Arts; Museum of Modern Art;
LOFT youth c enter; Warehouse fac tory.

‘Hearing Art Seeing Sound’ is an international art

and music festival c onsisting of exhibitions,
performanc es, masterc lasses and seminars.
Festival is a unique platform for intellec tual and
c ultural exc hange between international
c omposers, visual artists, writers, danc ers,
performers and established ensemble groups. The
platform aims to c reate dialogue through art,
extend the boundaries of the c ontemporary art
and to bring young talents to the international
light. It also aims to establish a unique c ultural
event in Armenia whic h not only c ombines music
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and nationality.
FEATURING DESCRIPTION
Ensemble BVALIENTE (Norway) Hassfest 2017 will consist of three
HassEnsembleFest
Ensemble Eegeru (Kazakhstan) main parts, representing various
Ensemble x.y (UK) disciplines of art, its mixture and
HassFest project
Crossmodalism group (UK) performers. Turkish-Armenian
------------------------------------------- Ensembles from different
HassDialog
backgrounds and countries of

COMPOSERS origin will showcase seminars and workshops

experimental performances as
Maja Pasler (UK)
well as composers of this year
Ben Lunn
will write music on original
Van Sarkissian
poems by Armenian poets.
Kristine Arakelyan
Final works will be presented on
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HassFest project Series.
HassFest continues peace dialog

LITERATURE
between Armenian and Turkish
musicians in the festival 2017.

Poems by: Hovhannes Toumanian

'David of Sassoon'
Archie Minasian: The Road
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PERFORMERS
Emre Gokalp (Turkey)
Lucia Carro Veiga (Spain) 05
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 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
The initial aim of the project is to
bring visual artists, composers and
performers onto one platform. The
festival will championed
collaboration between  international
composers and contemporary
artists/performers  from around the
world, working together to create
new experiences and present
performances that cross all
disciplines.
We widen the given platform and
showcase established contemporary
music and art groups/ensembles,
presenting them to a new audience
and promoting their works.
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Bring novelty by uniting
different forms of art from
different cultures and to incite
 unconventional examination of
and debate around the art works
Bring people from the countries
involved closer to each other
Attract more young people to
attend the festival and
encourage their interest in art,
broaden their perception of the
world and life
Support young musicians,
performers and ensembles
presenting them to  new
audience
Educational purpose: promote
contemporary art disciplines,
making it available for everyone
(seminars, workshops)
Create a bridge between
Armenia and the rest of the
world
VENUES
ARMENIAN CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY MODERN ART MUSEUM YEREVAN
EXPERIMENTAL ART (ACCEA/NPAK)

CAFESJAN CETER FOR ARTS LOFT 07

ENSEMBLES
COMPANY B. VALIENTE
Norway

curator- GUNHILD BJØRNSGAARD

The company has been founded in Oslo in 1997 by Marcelino Martin

Valiente and Gunhild Bjørnsgaard. The company has from the
beginning made a crossover between different contemporary art
disciplines. If the dance has always been the centre of re-search, it has
always been thought in a transversal way with other forms of
expression: video/visual arts, theatre, music and architecture.
The company has been transporting the stage to many places, carrying
the choreographic proposition into locations such as avant garde stages
to national stages, but also to jails, military bases, art galleries, churches;
places which are not always easily accessible, and demands an effort
from the artists, but at least to the audience to access spaces far away
from their own socio-cultural origin. Strongly influenced by these
environments, both choreographers have developed an extremely
physical dance based on resistance, release, contractions and ruptures.
• A dance that seeks between the disability to communicate and the
utopia in which the body finds, despite the limitations and constraints,
an issue:
a way out

 Armenian Center For Contemporary Experimental Art. Pavstos Buzand 1/3, 0010 
16.09.2017 NPAK ACCEA 19:00

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ENSEMBLES
ENSEMBLE X.Y
the United Kingdom

curator- Joseph Havlat

Ensemble x.y is a contemporary ensemble that

commissions and performs new music in a
flexible and ever-changing lineup. Run without
traditional roles or hierarchies, Ensemble x.y
develops its thematically-charged programmes
according to the taste and interest of its core
players, as well as the developing working
relationships between resident composers and
instrumentalists.
 
The ensemble's flexibility in form and personnel
allows members to actively experiment with
new sounds, aesthetics, and performance
options to create compelling new works. 

 Armenian Center For Contemporary Experimental Art. Pavstos Buzand 1/3, 0010 
15.09.2017 NPAK ACCEA 19:00

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ENSEMBLES
CROSSMODALISM GROUP
the United Kingdom

curator- Chris Lloyd

Crossmodalism is movement born from the synthesis of

art, science, and entrepreneurship. It is based in learning
and collaboration across non-traditionally linked
disciplines, ideas, and communities. Through this
foundation, Crossmodalism fosters an appreciation of the
full human experience in connection to its social and
natural environment.
The group represented of HassFest 2017 will introduce new
art philosophy, experimental and beyond all frames.

 Factory Warehouse 
17.09.2017 19:00

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ENSEMBLES
ENSEMBLE EEGERU
Kazakhstan

curator- Sanzhar Baiterekov

“Eegeru» is the first contemporary music ensemble in

Kazakhstan which was created by the kazakh composer
Sanzhar Baiterekov. It based in the Kazakh National
conservatory.  In a very short time “Eegeru”ensemble managed
to acquaint the kazakh listener with the work of the
remarkable composers of the West European avant-garde and
performed more than 10 world premiers and more than 20
kazakh premiers. “Eegeru” participated in VI festival of
contemporary music “Nauriz 21”, in festival of contemporary
arts “Art energy Almaty”.  In the end of 2016 ensemble took
part in a play of kazakh director  R.Begenov which was
participated in largest theater festival “NET” (Moscow). A very
important mission for the ensemble is the popularization of
modern Kazakh music.

 Museum of Modern Art Yerevan

7 Mesrop Mashtots Ave, Yerevan 0002
16.09.2017  16:00

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 DIRECTORS COMPOSERS   
WORKSHOP DISCUSSION
This year HassFest highlights a
mixture of music and literature;
Linking new and history. Four
international composers will recreate
Armenian poems into piece of music.
Armenian singers and ensembles will
join the workshop and rehearse
for one final performance.

Locations:
workshop- LOFT 3 Moskovyan Street, Yerevan
12-14.09.2017  14:00-17:00
concert- factory warehouse
17.09.2017  17:00

Young Armenian film makers

present series of short movies,
meet with composers and discuss
possibilities of direct
collaboration between music and
movie making. 

Locations:
workshop- LOFT 3 Moskovyan Street, Yerevan
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13-14.09.2017  18:00-20:00
25 international
guests; 12 armenian
artists, 5 days of the
festival; 12 events; 7
locations; 35
volunteers; 800+
visitors; 1500
followers on social Special guests:
medias; 12 new Rafael Aguirre- guitar concert; Vahe Berberian in collaboration
compositions and with Bofan Ma; Serj Tankian presenting Eye for Sound App;
recordings. Ensemble x.y featuring all new compositions.

hassfest 2016

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PROGRESSIVE ART AGENCY
Progressive Art Agency is an international artistic collective, working together to produce art that crosses all
borders and disciplines. Working with artists, composers, musicians, directors and cinematographers, we aim to
create an artistic experience like no other. We promote the work of musicians, composers and artists from
across the globe. The organisation aims to cross borders both artistically and politically by striving to create
unity across the world’s divides and by promoting upcoming talent and celebrating some of the world’s
unknown gems. It is a group that goes beyond promotion by producing projects, masterclasses and
contemporary art and music events.

The ProArt main team members are: Van Sarkissian, Ben Lunn and Assel Abilseitova. Being classical musicians
and composers ourselves, we understand the demands and necessities of today's art scene. We give impetus
into combining all aspects of art, showing the diversity and width of its nature, bringing more interest into it via
our unique events. We aim to be a point of progression in art, to be the producers of the next daring cultural
and artistic events. We aim to push the creative forces in all, and challenge the current creative outlets to meet
our levels of progression and desire.

Progressive Art Agency will use the Hearing Art Seeing Sound Festival as a springboard for many future projects,
including a continuation of the festival within Yerevan and other post Soviet Union countries, as well as a
broadening of our endeavours across Eurasia and Europe. The success of this collaboration will help to foster
similar philosophies in art events. The next steps will be the presentation of the Hearing Art Seeing Sound
project in Kazakhstan, Russia, the USA, and Switzerland.
This is a non-profit organisation, so the financial success of this project will go towards the funding of future
projects and allow us to grow as an organization for our artists and for our audience. 15

www.progressive-art.com