Hrag Vartanian

Two Vancouver Film School students conjured up this amazing film that argues evolution in a “medieval-church-style” and Creationism in a “scientific” way…it is rather spooky to watch the narrative styles reversed.

{via the Friendly Atheist}

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Ok, now some shameless self-promotion for a great new podcast.
Those interested in global Armenian cultural issues should check out Hye Eli, a new podcast by Tamar Hayatayan Armen of Vancouver, Canada, which has the deliciously wonderful tag line “a Mirror for Armenians.”
I was kindly asked to contribute an essay for the latest podcast on Garine [...]

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A week ago Jason Kottke downplayed the MoMA’s Helvetica exhibitini but I think it’s eons better than the movie.All the designers in the movie come across as self-absorbed. The doc is pretty dull and fonts don’t lend themselves well to the medium of film.Though the best snide remark was by one designer who said [...]

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Interesting tidbits from Armenian-land:

Russian Armenian director Anna Melikyan is showing MERMAID (RUSALKA) at Sundance. It is “The fanciful tale of an introverted little girl who grows up believing she has the power to make wishes come true. She must reconcile this belief with reality when, as a young woman, she journeys to Moscow and grapples [...]

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Whenever Atom Egoyan zooms his video camera onto something, you know the product can be at times hermeneutic, but more often wonderfully lucid.
This year, the Armenian Canadian filmmaker has joined with Turkish artist, Kutlag Ataman, to create a multimedia installation slated to premier this Friday in Toronto as part of the new Luminato festival.
Based on [...]

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