The Politics and Poetics of Memory: Armenian Artists, Resistance and Futurity

This conversation brings together artists and writers whose work is rooted in personal history, resistance, activism and futurity. Through their respective practices in photography, literature, and critical theory, they draw from both their Armenian diasporic histories and current global contemporary struggles to challenge narratives and create space for reflection and action. 

Workshop: Playing with Palm Weaving

Oxy Arts, 4757 York Blvd. LA CA 90042
 
Many associate palm weaving with a religious holiday such as Palm Sunday during the Easter season. This workshop, led by Diyan BukoBombo, will share the ways palm weaving was used in the so-called Philippines prior to Christian colonization. In ancient times and to this day, palm weaving is used to create items for special gatherings to daily living.

The Oxy Nepal Film Festival

The Oxy Nepal Film Festival will feature two evenings of short films and panels by independent Nepali film makers and will be screened in collaboration with the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival. The topic is Gender:

Nepali Women reclaim Their Bodies (Nirvana Bhandary, 2023)

Sanai (Akanchha Karki, 2023)

Camera Rolling: An Anthology from Young Woman in Nepal (dir. VOW Media & Oxy, 2024)

Oxy Nepal Film Festival

The Oxy Nepal Film Festival will feature two evenings of short films and panels by independent Nepali film makers and will be screened in collaboration with the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival. The first night film topic is Climate.  Films to be shown:

Dhye Dreams (Shanta Nepali, 2023)

No Monastery No Village (Tashi Lhazam, 2024)