THE HYE-PHEN

made with love ֍ ⟩⟩ for a better digital / queer / armenian future  ❀╱╲╱╲❀

Johnny Goes to War

Johnny Goes to War

Cover Image: Osheen Harruthoonyan, Black Mirror, 2020″ from Black Garden series My name is Johnny and I live in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. Actually, my real name is Hovhaness—which means Jonathan in Armenian. Ever since I was a small boy, I’ve worn jeans...
You can’t Marry Badiyya!

You can’t Marry Badiyya!

Cover Image: Ara Oshagan, “Nor Sis, Bourj Hammoud, 2016”, from “displaced” series I remember Chtaurah* as if it were yesterday. In my mind Chtaura is a sepia toned film that plays back a lost time and place from my childhood on a spool, over...
Holy

Holy

for Patti Smith Holy is the ground you walk on. Holy the Earth and the sky, holy the water you drink and the air you breathe Holy is the poet and the singer and the maker of images Holy are Patti and Robert and Sylvia and Allen Holy is the night, holy is the day, holy...