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Meet the Residents
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Toros Khachatryan
Photographer
Instagram: @boxitoros
Toros Khachatryan is a photographer working at the intersection of analog photography and experimental installation. In 2017, he founded Box Photo Laboratory, Yerevan’s first analog film hub, helping to cultivate a vibrant local community around film photography. His work often explores memory, materiality, and place, drawing on collaborations with Rambalkoshe and curatorial projects at Vajrapar.
During his East-West Residency in Brussels, Toros will develop Որմնալուսանկարներ (“Mural Photography”), a project combining liquid emulsion printing with sculptural casts of demolished Yerevan buildings. Through long-exposure images and Camera Obscura techniques, he aims to reimagine these lost spaces while engaging with Belgium’s analog photography scene.
Sona Karapoghosyan
Film Critic
Instagram: @karapoghosyan.sonaa
Sona Karapoghosyan is a film critic and curator specializing in Armenian cinema, currently serving as Head of the Regional Competition at the Golden Apricot International Film Festival. She contributes to leading publications like EVN Report, Filmmaker Magazine, and Senses of Cinema, and has participated in prestigious Critics Academies at Locarno and Lincoln Center. A member of FIPRESCI and the Golden Globes voting body, she also curates film programs internationally.
During her residency, Sona will continue researching Armenian cinema of the 1990s – a transformative post-Soviet period marked by bold thematic shifts – and aims to curate a related film program in Brussels while expanding her network across European film institutions.
Tigran Hamalbashyan
Visual Artist
Instagram: @hamalbashyan_t
Tigran Hamalbashyan is a visual artist and designer whose work bridges Armenian cultural heritage with contemporary collage and design. He has spent over a decade merging fine art with functional design – co-founding Sevanteen, a studio for transformable furniture. Since 2012, Tigran has focused on digital collage, creating intricate, layered works that reimagine tradition through a modern lens. His collages have been exhibited internationally and are part of private collections in Europe, the U.S., and Russia.
During the East-West Residency, Tigran will develop a new series of digital and mixed-media collages inspired by Brussels. The project explores cultural identity, history, and transformation, continuing his ongoing exploration of how traditional forms can evolve through innovative techniques and digital media.
