ANGELICA SARKISYAN – Nirvana Vision I Visual Art Solutions

cinematographer

where image becomes voice

storyteller

transforming vision into visceral impact

changemaker

where art meets activism

Preserving cultures, inspiring communities through film art storytelling

Angelica Sarkisyan is an award-winning cinematographer and filmmaker dedicated to transforming vision into visceral impact. Through her visual storytelling she crafts immersive visual experiences that challenge convention and amplify untold narratives. she’s the pulse of a raw, unfiltered narrative. Award-winning cinematographer and filmmaker, Angelica captures the world’s gritty truths, stripping away the gloss to reveal what lies beneath. Every frame she crafts is a visceral confrontation with reality, demanding to be felt rather than just seen. Her work is a rebel cry against the sanitized, a relentless pursuit of authenticity that challenges both the viewer and the status quo.

DREAMS OF THE HYDRA

Dreams Of The Hydra is an award-winning film that delves into captivating essence of the natural world through the lens of a Canon 1014XLS and a 40x dark field microscope.

Preserving Ancient Whispers:
Capturing Generations of Wisdom Before
They Fade into the Digital Age

In a world driven by technology, Angelica Sarkisyan’s lens becomes a bridge between the past and the future, safeguarding the oral traditions and secret knowledge that have been passed down through generations. Through her storytelling, these timeless voices find a place in the modern narrative, ensuring they are not lost to the rise of artificial intelligence but cherished as the roots of our shared humanity.

"The Secret World of Human Science EPISODE II" is a compilation or series that explores various aspects of human science and anthropology. It includes films and documentaries like "Dreams of the Hydra" that toured internationally and are showcased in venues like the Steve Allen Theatre and the American Cinematequeat the Egyptian Theatre.

"In Hollywood, there is street named Cahuenga. The word means "place of the hill" in the language of the Tatavaim Indians, who once settled there. Today, the word "Cahuenga" on green street signs is a prominent visible sign that this was once their land. The rest has been overwritten by time, urban architecture, and cultural eradication. The Tatavaim people are maintaining their culture, although all native speakers have died, and this film will use an elegiac approach to show how they once lived, contrasted with images of what exists there now.

The "Bridge Project" aims to preserve oral traditions and foster cultural resiliency by connecting elders with younger generations. emphasizes building connections between elders and the youth to sustain and honor cultural heritage. In a world driven by technology, Angelica Sarkisyan’s lens becomes a bridge between the past and the future, safeguarding the oral traditions and secret knowledge that have been passed down through generations. Through her storytelling, these timeless voices find a place in the modern narrative, ensuring they are not lost to the rise of artificial intelligence but cherished as the roots of our shared humanity. Preserving Ancient Whispers:
Capturing Generations of Wisdom Before
They Fade into the Digital Age

Documenting, Fundraising & Building
24 Scools in Kenya. Partnering with the Baby Girl Project, I helped build 22 schools in Kenya, capturing the dreams and resilience of children and communities. This project embodies the transformative power of education and collaboration, highlighting the beauty of hope and the tangible change that comes from unity and determination.

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Building & Trading The Largest Inventory of Jadeite in the World

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“The difficulty is our reluctance to accept the idea that knowledge can exist without words to explain it. Accepting this proposition is not as easy as saying you accept it. The whole of humanity has moved away from the abstract. It takes years for an apprentice to be able to go back to the abstract, that is, to know that knowledge and language can exist independent of each other.” ~ Don Juan Matus

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Hydras are the only animal that does not age; they are immortal in the sense that they do not die of old age. In some scenes you can see the Hydra forming a bud, asexual reproduction by self-cloning. Hydras are also hermaphroditic. The mouth is an opening at one end in the middle of all the tentacles, which are covered with poisonous stinging cells that paralyze their prey. The other end of the Hydra is a foot that that can cling to a surface. The Hydras attempt to catch and eat the the small, round Daphnia and the giant, shrimp-like Artemia.

The film begins with close-up shots of the Daphnia and Artemia swimming around. Then the long, tentacled Hydra attempt to capture their prey, in some cases succeeding and swallowing them whole. This process takes up to 30 minutes and some scenes are shot in time lapse from 1 fps to 1/3 fps. sh lakes. The last shot is a freeze-frame on a hydra holding the much bigger Artemia in its mouth that it has succeeded in catching, but is too big to eat. Artemia are relatives of shrimp that have not changed much since 300 million years ago, before the dinosaurs; they live in brackish lakes.