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Daniela Eorendjian Torrente
We Were Looking for Ourselves in Each Other
10.04.23 05.05.23
Daniela Eorendjian Torrente is a Brazilian artist whose work has been exhibited in several institutions and museums in Brazil, England and Colombia. She participated in the Descubrimientos portfolio reading section at the PhotoESPAÑA 2022 International Photography Festival and her work is part of the collection of the Museu da Imagem e do Som de São Paulo (MIS). As a woman and granddaughter of four survivors of the Armenian Genocide, her research focuses on issues of forced displacement, the impact on the lives of women in refugee situations and their descendants, as well as on issues of feminism, involving identity, memory (and its erasure), prejudice, oppression, religious faith, social reorganization, belonging and everyday life. She uses photography as the basis for her work, but also navigates painting, video, printmaking and other languages.
Daniela came to Buenos Aires to do work on her research on the Armenian diaspora. Here, ´ace built a network of Armenian women with whom Daniela could sit down and talk about their experiences as members of the Armenian community. About her project, Daniela Says: “The Armenian Diaspora in Argentina is very united, I am interested in getting closer to the colony. This project seeks to build a memory from the stories of descendants of survivors of the Armenian Genocide, I believe that building this memory and keeping it alive can help me understand who I am and help more people reflect on these events.
BIO
Daniela Eorendjian Torrente
1976 | Brazil
Lives and works in San Pablo, Brazil
EDUCATION
2022 | Postgraduate Diploma in Contemporary Artistic Practices (attending). FAAP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2017 | Postgraduate in Image – CEI Madalena, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2015 | Undergraduate degree in Visual Arts – FASM Faculdade Santa Marcelina, Sao Paulo, Brazil
EXHIBITIONS
2023 | New Photography 10 years commemorative exhibition. Paço das Artes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2022 | This is Essential Work. University of the West of England, England
2022 | Angelim Salon. Blumenau, Brazil
2021 | Sombra de Vitória – New Photography. MIS – Museum of Image and Sound, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2021 | Women in Re-Existence. Encuentro Fotográfico Santander, Colombia
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We Were Looking for Ourselves in Each Other
Daniela Eorendjian Torrente
03.05.23 10.06.23
During the afternoon of Wednesday, May 3, 2023, we opened the ´ace studio to share with the public the processes of our residents. In this open studio, Daniela Eorendjian Torrente presented We Were Looking for Ourselves in Each Other, a project based on her experience as a granddaughter of Armenian Genocide survivors. Focusing on issues of forced displacement and the impact it had on the construction of her identity (and on the identity of women of the Armenian diaspora), Daniela’s project materialized in intervened photographs, interviews with women of the Armenian community in Buenos Aires and the live performance of Valeria Cherekian, Armenian singer.
Daniela came to Buenos Aires to work on her research on the Armenian diaspora. In her own words:
“Based on my experience as a granddaughter of Armenian Genocide survivors, my research focuses on the issues of forced displacement and its impacts on identity construction, including the fears and traumas developed by those who did not experience the war firsthand. For the artist residency at Proyeto´ace, I interviewed some women from the Armenian diaspora in Buenos Aires, where I was able to understand how each one feels their Armenianness, their emotions and desires for the future. During the process, I was also in the events related to the 108th anniversary of the genocide, participating in walks and masses, being able to feel the strength of the Armenian diaspora.”
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