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This fragment is part of the "CulturalxCollabs - Weaving the Future" carpet.
Through the fragment we trace the journey of the fragment owners and their collabs as they explore, experiment and creatively advance socially relevant themes. Here is the fragment as we are sending it on this three and a half-year journey.
Follow this story to observe the transformations the fragment undergoes over the course of these years...
The journey begins...
...with Jan-Hendrik Pelz
Jan-Hendrik Pelz painted his fragment #85 as an oil painting measuring 100 x 200 cm.
He proposes a performance project "PERFORMxCOLLABS".
The painting, lying on the floor, is intended to serve as a performance platform during the reopening of the "Museum for Islamic Art" in 2027, where artists or participants from other disciplines will have the opportunity to present a talk, a short reading, or a performance, etc., that has a thematic connection to the overall project.
The idea is to create an open "platform on the painting," with many possibilities and ideas: suggestions and extensions are welcome!
PERFORMxCOLLABS
In Cervia / Italy, the first sketches, suggestions and experiments for the design of the performance project ‘PERFORMxCOLLABS’ by Jan-Hendrik Pelz were created.
The photo of me holding the fragment was taken immediately after I received it.
The photo with the children was taken in Riva del Garda, Italy, when children asked me what the "little carpet" was all about.
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About the Project
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...
...or learn more here
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.
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?
