In memory of my friend

"Նա" [Na] is a pronoun like he/she in English. However, "Նա" is used for both women and men. There is no gender in Armenian. There are many pronouns in Armenian: "Սա", "Դա", "Նա", "Այս", "Այդ", "Այն" but it seems only "Նա" is versatile and breathy. "Նա" is born, "Նա" lives, "Նա" dies without diminishing, disappearing, annihilating, as long as we pronounce those two simple sounds. We love Նա, we hate Նա, we lose Նա, we miss Նա, we remember Նա and Նա takes shape every time we utter it. Նա is embodied in us.

You may not see "Նա", but you are also "Նա" inside someone when you are no longer there for "you". You are no longer "Նա", but you are there, when they remember you.

ՆԱ is an experimental bio-installation, for which the necessary biomaterial is bees and dyes with natural raw materials. For the exhibition period, they are placed in a glass polygon, with two separate flat levels. Holes in layers allow the insects to move freely in between the flat floors, staying inside. Bees feed by raw materials dyes. Gradually, the inner layer transforms into a beeswax texture. Its appearance is unpredictable, as a natural result of the transformation of matter by the activity of insects. — Styopa Grigoryan