Concentric Circles, by Rebecca Topakian

Opening reception with special guests (talks & performance) on Thursday, November 12, from 6 PM to 9 PM. "Concentric Circles" is a visual and sound installation project honoring ancestral Armenian practices that are brought into the present through contemporary gestures. Having covered the ethnic cleansing of Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh, Topakian arrives at a realization: we have nothing but our bodies. Driven by a mix of concern and fascination, Rebecca Topakian explores the heritage of ancestral Armenian rituals involving song, dance, and wrestling.
The artist records bodily movements and voices, sharing them as a living act of remembrance—an act of resistance against erasure. Employing analog techniques, the work serves as a monument and engages with the anthropology of the trace.
In a digital age marked by dizzying social and ecological tensions, the intelligence of human memory endures.
The photos will be inside the Gallery-Truck of RosAlma, facing the Urban Center Fluctuart.

Rebecca Topakian, Concentric Circles, 2026