Haig Aivazian’s practice grapples with the metamorphic nature of 3 technologies: artificial light, computation and law. He examines ways in which the administration of light and darkness makes and unmakes persons and transforms material conditions of architecture and geography – how they are inhabited and moved through by humans, animals, objects, machines and other strange creatures. Most recently, his research has taken the shape of You May Own the Lanterns but We Have the Light, an ongoing cartoon miniseries which he produces with various communities of animators in Lebanon, including Yelo Studio and The Animation Collective. Aivazian was Artistic Director of Beirut Art Center (BAC) from 2020 to 2022, where he founded and edited thederivative.org. He is currently a Doctoral researcher in KASK & Conservatorium / the school of arts of HOGENT.