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Tatevik Ayvazyan @tatevik.bsky.social · 12d

For I could wish to possess you forever so,
My darling, immobilised in the gesture
Of reaching toward me. Yet I know
That this is to desire your death.

#IrisMurdoch #OhIris
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Iris Murdoch’s poems on bisexuality to be published – read one exclusively here

Drawn mostly from notebooks discovered in the attic of the late novelist and philosopher’s Oxford home, a new collection spans 60 years and touches on deeply personal themes

www.theguardian.com

Tatevik Ayvazyan @tatevik.bsky.social · Oct 4

I've been so enlightened, moved, educated, inspired and enriched by this book. It also made me cry a lot. Not exaggerating at all.
#DerekJarman #Chroma

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Armenian Film Society London | Jukebox Film Club @afsl.bsky.social · Oct 4

🎬 The Jukebox Film Club is proud to announce our next screening, the UK premiere of Married to the Music by Garo Berberian (Rebel Republic Films).
🕡 6:30 pm, Sat 25 Oct
📍 ICA
🔗 ica.art/films/jukebo...
Followed by an in-person Q&A hosted by music journalist Sophia Hill and a DJ set by Pinks ✨

ICA | Married to the Music + Q&A

The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is London’s leading space for contemporary culture. We commission, produce and present new work in film, music, performance and the visual arts by today’s most...

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Tatevik Ayvazyan @tatevik.bsky.social · Sep 19

There is a new and terrifying draft bill/project in Armenia 'on the Concept for Locating and Supporting the Aesthetic of Real Armenia'. www.e-draft.am/projects/910...

It doesn't mention the Diaspora or Artsakh at all. The 'Real Armenia', whatever it is, has erased them.

«ԻՐԱԿԱՆ ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆԻ ԳԵՂԱԳԻՏՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՏԵՂՈՐՈՇՄԱՆ ԵՎ ԱՋԱԿՑՈՒԹՅԱՆ» ՀԱՅԵՑԱԿԱՐԳԸ ՀԱՍՏԱՏԵԼՈՒ ՄԱՍԻՆ - e-draft.am

www.e-draft.am

Tatevik Ayvazyan @tatevik.bsky.social · Sep 15

Sharing my brief blog on Adolescence after their absolute triumph at Emmy Awards yesterday - all very very well deserved, but most of all, Stephen Graham for acting. filmdispatches.substack.com/p/adolescenc...

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Tatevik Ayvazyan @tatevik.bsky.social · Sep 11

In the chalky world of Dulux and the colour chart, you remember colour was once bright and precious. There is not a drop of vermilion or ultramarine, congealing today in these rusty cans.
Derek Jarman, Chroma: A Book of Colour

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Tatevik Ayvazyan @tatevik.bsky.social · Sep 9

Some thoughts on Ginny and Georgia, which I loved
filmdispatches.substack.com/p/ginny-and-...

Ginny and Georgia

You win more flies with honey, but if you get yourself a bee, sting first

filmdispatches.substack.com

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International Armenian Literary Alliance @armenianliterary.org · Sep 1

📢 Applications for our 2025 grants are open!

Whether you're a writer or translator passionate about Armenian literature, IALA's grants offer up to $3,000 in support plus promotional opportunities to share your work with the world.

Apply by September 30, 2025: armenianliterary.org/grants

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Tatevik Ayvazyan @tatevik.bsky.social · Jul 14

Nothing more depressing and disheartening for a filmmaker than attending an event about film funding and realising this big, glorious country's main film body supports 6 feature films a year.

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In Other Words @inotherwordsbooks.bsky.social · Jun 5

'Everyone helps the author. No one helps the translator.'

@antonhur.com for @wasafirimag.bsky.social

Wasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social · Jun 4

Both a novelist and literary translator, @antonhur.com – Fiction judge for the 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize – discusses toggling between being an author and translator, and how each role is treated in the book production process.

The Two Wolves Inside Me: Writer vs. Translator by Anton Hur

Both a novelist and translator…

buff.ly

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Tatevik Ayvazyan @tatevik.bsky.social · Jun 6

I just finished this - probably his best book (I've read all of them). I loved how much it reminded me of Iris Murdoch's writing (and I know he's a fan of hers). There's so much I want to say but instead of my words, read his own:
www.theguardian.com/books/articl...
#alanhollinghurst #booksky

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Tatevik Ayvazyan @tatevik.bsky.social · May 26

A brilliant, thought-provoking, eye-opening essay by one of my favourite writers, Alan Hollinghurst.

London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · May 11

‘The fear that with the right promotion homosexuality might really catch on implies an unconscious conviction that the “unnatural” is natural after all, merely awaiting, in everyone, the licence to blossom.’

Alan Hollinghurst on an anthology of mid-century gay London: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Alan Hollinghurst · West End Vice: Queer London

The queer topography of London emerges in these books like a heat map, flaring in patches round the edges at Shepherd’...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Elizabeth Saint C @esaintc.bsky.social · May 26

#MosaicMonday

Detail from the 'Lion Hunt' mosaic. Late 4th century BCE, from the House of Dionysos. Pebble Mosaic.
Pella Archaeological Museum. Greece.

#ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky

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Tatevik Ayvazyan @tatevik.bsky.social · May 7

My new blog, aka a love letter to Sinners. Read it, then go and see it please.

Thanks for inviting me to that Bafta screening, @garo1.bsky.social

filmdispatches.substack.com/p/sinners

Sinners

You Keep Dancing With The Devil, One Day He's Gonna Follow You Home

filmdispatches.substack.com

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Tatevik Ayvazyan @tatevik.bsky.social · Apr 27

Some thoughts and lots of feelings after watching Pink Floyd's remastered and glorious Pompeii set at IMAX
open.substack.com/pub/filmdisp...

Pink Floyd at Pompeii MCMLXXII

One of these days, I'm going to cut you into little pieces

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Bonnie Burton ✍️ @bonniegrrl.bsky.social · Apr 20

Happy #Easter Weekend! 🤣

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Tatevik Ayvazyan @tatevik.bsky.social · Apr 7

I'm listening to @antonhur.com's impossibly beautiful Toward Eternity on the audiobook, reached Eve Delta's story and almost heard the click in my brain going from 'can't wait to see what happens next' to 'oh god, I don't want this to end'.

Tatevik Ayvazyan @tatevik.bsky.social · Mar 31

So proud of this screening

Armenian Film Society London | Jukebox Film Club @afsl.bsky.social · Mar 31

We had an exciting evening at ICA, screening the inimitable Stephen Sayadian’s double bill (Dr Caligari & Café Flesh). Thanks to Daniel Bird for restoration & Elena Lazic (@elazic.bsky.social) for her moderation. We're also very grateful to @icalondon and to everyone who turned up yesterday.

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Tatevik Ayvazyan @tatevik.bsky.social · Mar 28

Screening this unhinged, spectacular, exciting film, paired with Dr Caligari this Saturday at ICA.

Tatevik Ayvazyan @tatevik.bsky.social · Mar 21

Adolescence: One Shot Shock open.substack.com/pub/filmdisp...
My thoughts on substack

Adolescence: One Shot Shock

Brilliant, brave, difficult to watch series, with phenomenal cast.

open.substack.com

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Armenian Film Society London | Jukebox Film Club @afsl.bsky.social · Mar 21

Chinchilla! Chinchilla!
Watch this exclusive clip from Dr Caligari, screening next week, followed by a Q&A with the director Stephen Sayadian, moderated by @elazic.bsky.social.
🗓️ Sat, March 29
⏰ 7:30 PM
📍Institute of Contemporary Arts
🎟️ Tickets www.ica.art/films/dr-cal...
vimeo.com/1061818638/7...

MIND YOUR NERVE ENDS LOVE BUNCH - DR. CALIGARI (1989) DIR. STEPHEN SAYADIAN

This is "MIND YOUR NERVE ENDS LOVE BUNCH - DR. CALIGARI (1989) DIR. STEPHEN SAYADIAN" by daniel bird on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the…

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International Armenian Literary Alliance @armenianliterary.org · Mar 19

3 days left until Literary Lights 2025! 📖✨ Join @wasafirimag.bsky.social co-editors @tatevik.bsky.social & Naneh Hovhannisyan, Editor-in-Chief Sana Goyal & contributors for a panel discussion and stay after for a writing marathon celebrating IALA’s 4th anniversary!

📍 Register now: bit.ly/3XZ8FGE

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Tatevik Ayvazyan @tatevik.bsky.social · Mar 18

Come and see this special, deranged, unhinged and absolutely wonderful Stephen Sayadian double bill and we are excited to have @elazic.bsky.social moderating the conversation. www.ica.art/films/fluore...

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Tatevik Ayvazyan @tatevik.bsky.social · Mar 18

Elena - we can't wait!

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Tatevik Ayvazyan @tatevik.bsky.social · Mar 18

Yes, we are screening it at the launch of our Jukebox Film Club - not only Cafe Flesh but also his equally fantastic Dr Caligari, please join us!

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