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Cultural x Collabs - Weaving the Future
The Museum for Islamic Art's project, #CulturalxCollabs - Weaving the future, celebrates the transformative power of cultural exchange and the shared threads that unite us all. All the things we love, have loved and will ever love come from cultural exchange, migration and diversity, or as we like to call it #CulturalxCollabs.
100 carpet fragments, cut from a replica of the iconic dragon carpet, will travel the world (delivered by DHL). The fragments will ignite #CulturalxCollabs with co-creators, inspiring human ingenuity, fostering community and ultimately demonstrating how cultural exchange enriches all our lives.
Follow @culturalxcollabs on Instagram as the project unfolds and explore the full stories here on Islamic·Art.
Weaving the Future
Join us on a journey with 100 carpet fragments as they travel around the world for three and a half years, finding temporary homes while bridging cultural boundaries, fostering worldwide community united by the power of human stories.
Fragment Journeys
100 carpet fragments part of the "CulturalxCollabs - Weaving the Future" project. Follow their journeys through the ever changing owners' over three and a half years.
Creating a carpet
A 17th-century Caucasian carpet, burned by an incendiary bomb during the Second World War, serves as the model for a replica, woven in 2022 by a family in Rajasthan, India. Over 2.3 million knots later, it is being sent out into the world in 100 fragments. This is the story of how it came to be.
The Doppelgänger: Factsheet
Learn about what's under the surface of the carpet that will travel the world for three and a half year.
Expression Journeys
Stories of dance, music, theatre, and sound performances inspired by fragments of dragon carpet. Part of the CulturalxCollabs - Weaving the Future project.
Culinary Journeys
Culinary stories of taste, memory, and exchange inspired by fragments of dragon carpet. Part of the CulturalxCollabs - Weaving the Future project.
Where is the Dragon?
The star of the "CulturalxCollabs - Weaving the Future" project is a so-called Caucasian dragon carpet from the 17th century. A dragon carpet - all well and good - but: where is the dragon?
CxC Anniversary Quiz
CulturalxCollabs - Weaving the Future is 2 years old! To celebrate this special milestone, we invite you to an anniversary quiz about stars, the stratosphere and collaboration.
Cultural x Collabs Tutorial + FAQs
How can I upload my material? These and many other questions are answered here.
