Lucia Kagramanyan is a DJ, sonic researcher, and visual artist whose practice is rooted in a sustained inquiry into cultural identity - its excavation, transmission, and continued relevance in contemporary life. Her research into Armenian music has led her to rare and largely unheard recordings - gems pulled from the margins of public radio archive and private collections, shaped by displacement, Soviet history, and diaspora. This work forms the foundation of her Panorama Yerevan residency on NTS Radio, where these discoveries are placed in dialogue with contemporary artists and composers, collapsing the distance between historical material and living practice, in monthly, mostly themed, shows.
Lucia has led listening sessions and lectures specifically comprised of Armenian music accompanied by spoken word - including at Framer Framed, Amsterdam, where she presented a session devoted to Armenian lullabies, tracing the cultural and emotional weight carried within the form, paying tribute ad bringing to attention women’s authorship and fostering creative empowerment.
Her visual practice extends these inquiries into image and space, examining home as something fluid and unresolved through the lens of diaspora and displacement. Across sound and image, her work centres on recovery, of materials, histories, and meanings, forming a sustained investigation into identity, heritage and time.