“... Uma história que eu nunca esqueci...” / “... A story I never forgot...”

A story I never forgot... is a video installation in which the video, produced in an “artisanal” manner, doesn’t pretend to achieve technical excellence, but to reorder and organize the fragmented memory of the Armenian Genocide, based on the stories and narratives the artist has heard since her childhood. A handkerchief embroidered by Palazyan’s grandmother, when she was a refugee in Thessaloniki, runs through the whole story.

Script, direction, camera and photography: Rosana Palazyan
Drawings, paintings, embroideries and objects: Rosana Palazyan
Video and sound Edition: Rosana Palazyan and Fábio Carvalho
Sound and song research: Rosana Palazyan
Computer graphics: Fábio Carvalho
Photography of the view of Rio de Janeiro: Christina Amaral
Artist assistant: Carlos Eduardo da Silva
Conservation of works: Marcus Vinicius de Moraes Lacerda
Supporter: Rebeca Palazyan
Produced by: Adelina Cüberyan von Fürstenberg
Songs: Our es mayr im (Mother, where are you?) – Sharakan Musica armena medievale / Armenian medieval music, Tagh (In praise of the beauty of a rose) – Sharakan Musica armena medievale / Armenian medieval music, Juízo Final (Doomsday) – Nelson Cavaquinho, Brazil, Balões (Balloons) - Chelpa Ferro, Brazil