Gone is Nowhere / Væk er ingen steder / Ոչ մէկ տեղ գնաց
The music film work explores the innate inner dissonance of generational trauma in a documentary and performative treatment of the movement, elongation and fragmentation of escape.
Based on the Armenian Genocide and Danish humanitarian Karen Jeppe’s extensive work to rescue thousands of captured Armenian refugees, mainly women and children in the early 20th century, the horrors of the past are revealed in flashes. ‘Gone is Nowhere’ emphasizes how the complex and elongated nature of refuge, in the face of the cyclical dynamics of human experience, can never be confined to one time, but will continue to affect present and future generations. During CPH:DOX, the film ‘Gone is Nowhere’ was presented framed by a live performance with the film’s directors and performers, musicians Katinka Fogh Vindelev (soprano) and Louise Gorm (violinist). In addition, Armenian documentary filmmaker and photographer Nazik Armenakyan was invited to participate in a post-screening talk with Katinka and Louise and others. Over a ten-year period (2005-2015), Nazik has documented and portrayed the last survivors of the Armenian Genocide in the photo series ‘SURVIVORS’.
Duration 40 minuts
Language Danish, West Armenian and English
Premiered at CPH:DOX 2025 in Copenhagen
A film by
Katinka Fogh Vindelev & Louise Gorm, KFVLG
Performed & composed by
Katinka Fogh Vindelev, voice
Louise Gorm, violin
Additional compositions ‘LAMENT in three parts’ by Line Tjørnhøj
with text by
KFVLG, Tanja Diers & Line Tjørnhøj
Cinematographer
Phillip Jørgensen
Editor
Katinka Fogh Vindelev
Sound Recordist & Sound Designer
Nora Øland
Costume Designer
Sako Dersahagian
Text Editor
Louise Gorm
West Armenian Narrator
Ani Toranian, Vlume
Protocols from The Aleppo Rescue Home of survivors Yeghsa Hairabedian & Dikranouhi Sarkis used with copyright from United Nations Archives at Geneva
Historical text consultant Tigran Zarkaryan, Visual Armenia Foundation
West Armenian translator Berjouhy Avedian
Colorgrader Lasse Marcussen, Cameo
Editor consultant Sybilla Tuxen
Graphic designer Lea Charbonnier
Armenian film crew
Kinotech Vahe Babayan
1st AC Kevork Tutundjian
2nd AC Vahe Badalyan
Steadycam Operator David Safaryan
Steadycam Assistent Rafael Nikoghosyan
Drone Karen Galstyan
Locations
Hells Canyon, Armenia
Red Cliffs, Noravank, Armenia
Beethoven Hall, House of Composers in Dilijan, Armenia
Alrø-dæmningen, Denmark
Development statement
This film is the result of years of artistic research into the movement of flight within a specific art project called Fragments of Flight and the legacy and testimonies of Karen Jeppe.
During this period, we were in direct contact with and met several people with lived experiences of flight. These meetings and exchanges have indirectly influenced and inspired both our work and this film. We want to thank the follow artists for taking part in the development and creation of Fragments of Flight that lead us to the creation of our film
Composer Line Tjørnhøj
Dramaturg Tanja Diers
Photographer Maj Jeanne
Production manager and Mending expert Tina Hougaard Flink
A special thank to Mogens Højmark from Lokalhistorisk Arkiv for Gylling og Omegn, Composers Union of Armenia, documentarist Nazik Armenakyan & Danish historian Matthias Bjørnlund. Our families Zhirayr Terzyan, Areg, Sonia and Anker
Production
KFVLG – assisted by Trine Heide, Kind of Opera, 2025
Supported by
Statens Kunstfond, Augustinus Fonden, Det Jyske Kunstfond, Dansk Komponistforening, Dansk Tennisfond, Odder Kommune, Aarhus Kommune, Wilhelm Hansen Fonden & CPH:DOX.