Date of Award
Spring 5-2-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Film and Media Studies
First Advisor
Reiko Tahara
Second Advisor
Andrew Demirjian
Academic Program Adviser
Andrew Demirjian
Abstract
Coffee Bindings is a multi-media interactive installation weaving themes of history, memory, death, and spaces that no longer exist through the lens of coffee readings and a mixture of physical and digital media. By navigating ghost spaces (spaces/places that used to exist but don’t anymore), and looking at survival through three time periods, Coffee Bindings jumps through liminal time and space, navigating the Armenian Genocide of 1915, the ethnic cleansing and displacement of Armenians from Artsakh in 2020-2024, while also tying them to personal family history with the death of my father and the loss of the physical space of his antique and jewelry shop that I grew up with, during the mid-late 2000s.
Recommended Citation
Ermolenko, M., "Coffee Bindings" (2025). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/1394
Presentation used for Thesis show with documentation of installation and audience response during the May 16, 2025 show.
Included in
Film and Media Studies Commons, Game Design Commons, Holocaust and Genocide Studies Commons, Illustration Commons, Interdisciplinary Arts and Media Commons, Printmaking Commons
