Situated at the point where four countries meet (Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan and Armenia), mount Ararat is Armenia’s most important national symbol, full of mythological meaning and believed to be the place where Noah’s Ark stranded. Once part of a larger Armenia, mount Ararat is now located in Turkey. Since 1920, after the Armenian genocide, it’s just behind the closed border with Turkey, still dominating the Armenian landscape. Armenians can only gaze at it with longing. relocation shows a mirrored landscape suggesting the (for Armenians) impossible view from the Western side. A dialoguing text comments on the landscape as subtitles to a film. As if both mountains were in dialogue with each other, it is mainly a dialogue between two nations, with historical, political, biblical and utopist connotations.
