Chant Avedissian
With his Armenian-Egyptian background and academic studies in art and design abroad, in Montreal and Paris, one might expect the notion of a fixed identity to present an issue for Chant Avedissian. But the artist has a very rational approach to it: ‘I carry an Egyptian passport and therefore, I’m an Egyptian, period.’ ‘Of course,’ he adds, ‘holding a passport of a country does …
With his Armenian-Egyptian background and academic studies in art and design abroad, in Montreal and Paris, one might expect the notion of a fixed identity to present an issue for Chant Avedissian. But the artist has a very rational approach to it: ‘I carry an Egyptian passport and therefore, I’m an Egyptian, period.’ ‘Of course,’ he adds, ‘holding a passport of a country does not mean you fully embrace or are fully aware of the culture of that people... You pick and choose what you want. It is not a matter of pre-packaged culture that you just carry with you.’The fact of …
