Portfolio
What Remains
UMD MFA 25′
What does it mean to inherit a cycle – cycles of hope and joy, cycles of generational trauma, cycles of violence in the country where I was born, cycles of violence in the country where I live, and cycles of violence that have occurred and continue to occur around my family?
Through What Remains, I reject complicity, choosing instead to take matters into my own body – to process, to resist, and hopefully, one day, to break the cycles I was born into.
WE SHALL NOT INHERIT THE EARTH
Georgetown Law 24′
by Stephanie Mercedes
An experimental opera exploring the parallels between US-funded surveillance as a tool of violence and Western classical music.
This performance does not offer a solution but creates space for performers to grapple with themes of power, control, agency, and the privileges of silence
Journey
23′ – Ongoing
Journey is a lifelong initiative to guide and improvise with 1.5 million movers, honoring the memory of those lost in the Armenian Genocide. It invites participants to explore their own stories of survival through collective experiences such as performances, workshops, and educational engagements that address intergenerational trauma.
