Method
ZaBeLL approaches conversation as a structured inquiry rather than an exchange of opinions. Each episode is built around one question, one system, one guest, one failure point, one consequence, and one vector of possibility. The objective is not thematic discussion, but the exposure of mechanisms through which contemporary realities become visible, stabilized, contested, or erased.
QUESTION
Each episode begins from a single human-form question designed to expose a system under pressure.
SYSTEM
Systems are approached as structures through which visibility, legitimacy, value, and meaning are produced and distributed.
FAILURE
Every inquiry identifies a point of instability, contradiction, distortion, or fragmentation within the system itself.
CONSEQUENCE
The project traces what changes socially, culturally, politically, or psychologically when systems fail or destabilize.
POSSIBILITY
Rather than proposing solutions, ZaBeLL seeks vectors of possibility emerging from within lived conditions and existing structures.
CIRCULATION
Episodes operate across editorial, linguistic, visual, and institutional layers through publication, translation, and archival circulation.
Institutional Context
ZaBeLL is currently being developed through institutional collaborations, multilingual dialogue, and editorial research environments across cultural and academic contexts. The project operates through a phased production structure involving recording development, translation systems, visual documentation, and long-term archival planning.
Support
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Development and production support for multilingual cultural production and diaspora-connected public inquiry.
Production & Hospitality Support
Tufenkian Heritage Hotels Location support for recording environments, guest hosting, and production logistics related to international participation and on-site development.
Ongoing Institutional Dialogue
Institut français d’Arménie Impact Hub Yerevan
Disclaimer
Support by participating institutions does not constitute endorsement of any specific position, perspective, or conclusion expressed within the project.