KHENTstudios

A Multi-Discipline Collective Operating in Yerevan, Armenia

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#calumet #yerevan #underground #big #balls #light #khent #khentstudios

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maybe there is a beast...maybe it's only #yerevan #armenia #art #design #komitas #music #khent #studios #khentstudios #underground #armenian

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էշխանություն ‪#khent ‪#studios #khentstudios ‪#sargsyan‬ ‪#art #design #armenia #yerevan #underground #music #progress #perspective #instagood #rabizswag #donkey #president

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When the laughter becomes bloodthirsty snarling...fly, off balance #underground #yerevan #music #art #design #armenia #khent #khentstudios #rabizswag

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as the shameful knowledge grows, be ware...the flies

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PARAJANOV 

a Khent Studios GIF

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Metal Phased Haze #khent #studios #yerevan #armenia #underground #art #music #false #perspective #metal

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the city breathes through the eyes of our photographers

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Armenia: Land of Bisexuality

Excerpt from the novel The Fear of Large and Small Nations by Nancy Agabian

Tradition holds enormous psychological, cultural and social power, reinforced by the church and local customs.  I’ve learned from a younger friend that she only has anal sex with her boyfriend in order to avoid technically losing her virginity, so that she can still be an acceptable bride.  At the same time, young men can be seen consuming imported porn at internet cafes at all hours.  A friend who teaches sex education to young women worries what will happen when they meet men who aren’t receiving the same information. The penal codes of the Soviets left behind a brutal homophobia. Then there are tourists, ex-pats and re-pats bringing in their own attitudes. Independence has opened people up to sex and more expressions of sexuality have been surfacing, so it is a very tender time. It could be that I just don’t know Armenian good, too dependent on what Seyran tells me to know how people really identify, but I don’t think it’s problematic if some people who call themselves bisexual might ordinarily identify as gay (or straight, or whatever) under other circumstances. For those who have found space in their minds and bodies, who have slipped into the gaps between the tightly knit family unit and the repressive government, it’s a time of experimentation, of staying open, of striving to understand oneself.

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"the replies of the fool become the proverbs of the people"

RAFFI