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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 Fine Aufmkolk
#1: The Desire to Do Justice to Something Special
When the carpet came to me,
I didn't know what to do with it.
I waited, perplexed,
for us to warm up over time.
But he just lay there,
stubborn, reproachful.
Now he's leaving again,
but he's leaving a void behind.
#2: Metamorphosis and Resemblance
When the carpet becomes a landscape, scales become distorted.
The surface curves, lakes and rivers sneak into valleys.
Trees fray into smudged groves.
Meadows flow into the lowlands and clothe the slopes.
We get down on our knees and crawl into a world of threads and loops and colors and
invisible history, which can only be imagined without knowledge.
It remains hidden behind the beauty, both in the landscape and in the carpet.
#3: Pinocchio
The blue man is one of the few, if not the only, figurative elements on the carpet.
He takes on a life of his own.
He stands up and makes his escape, setting off into the wide world.
He multiplies and becomes many.
He deconstructs himself and transforms his varied form.
I would gladly wear him as a brooch or pendant; if I collected tattoos, he would be a part of me.
And so he would remain as a memory of my carpet piece #9.
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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?
