Armenia: An Inheritance of Memory
This work began as an exploration of my Armenian heritage and became a lifelong commitment to remembrance. Rooted in the story and writings of my great-grandmother, Alice Turian, a survivor of the Armenian Genocide, this collection brings together family history, research, music, and art to preserve the voices of those who endured, and to confront the consequences of forgetting.
It is an inheritance of memory: the stories we receive, the stories we carry, and the responsibility we bear to pass them on. The project may change and grow, but its purpose remains: to remember, to create, and to tell the stories that must not be lost.
The work is not finished, nor will it ever be. Because the work of remembrance is not finished.
"How can one forget these horrible pages registered with blood in the book of life? How can one forget the deadly scenes that have been etched with unbound pain and engraved deep in the soul? How can one forget our storm-stricken childhood that undulated in the sea of blood that gushed from the open wounds of our own race?"
from My Childhood Without Spring, Haiarpi (Alice) Turian (Raffi's great-grandmother)
