1915.world | Recognize the Armenian Genocide
1915.world
My name is Ashot Voskanyan. I’m an Armenian and a forcibly displaced person from Artsakh. At 21, I moved to the United States alone and began rebuilding my life here, while my parents remained in Yerevan.
Some time ago, I found myself thinking about a very simple question:
We know which governments recognize the Armenian Genocide. But what would it look like if we could see the people who recognize it?
That question became 1915.world project.
1915.world is an independent, non-commercial global remembrance project. Anyone who recognizes the Armenian Genocide can visit the site and mark that recognition. Each person becomes a light on a world map, gradually creating a living visual record of remembrance across cities and countries.
The interaction is visually simple:
- go to 1915.world website;
- click “I REMEMBER. I RECOGNIZE.“;
- the website will add the light to the place on the map where you are located.
One person adds one light.
I wanted to create a place where recognition could become visible, and where someone who may know very little about the Armenian Genocide could encounter the subject, understand what the project represents, and choose to become part of that memory.
The project is now live:
https://1915.world
I’m reaching out to you because I believe this may be relevant to the work you do and to the community you serve. I would genuinely value it if you took a few minutes to see the project for yourself.
If you believe the idea deserves wider attention, I would be grateful for any form of coverage or sharing you consider appropriate.
I’m happy to provide screenshots, background materials, additional information about how the project was developed, or anything else that would be useful editorially.
I am not contacting you on behalf of an organization or a PR campaign. 1915.world is something I conceived and built independently because I wanted to find a new way to make Armenian remembrance visible beyond borders.
Thank you for your time and for taking a look.
Best,
Ashot Voskanyan
Founder, 1915.world
