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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...
...and on we go...
...with Barbara Bauer-Fuchs
The dragon carpet in New York City!
The whole family was delighted with the carpet fragment, which decorated our living room in New York for a few weeks and finally came with us to Austria, where it will continue its journey.
I asked the children (14, 12 and 9 years old) to also think of an artistic contribution to the dragon carpet project and was delighted with the variety of materials and media they used to depict the fragment: with watercolors, in Minecraft, with Lego and with the help of four fashion designs. My own contribution had to include playing with words.
We will miss the carpet fragment, but we know that it will also spread a lot of joy at its next stop.
The journey begins ...
...with Adrivo
We are adrivo, a digital agency from Graz, and we are proud to be part of this great project. Fragment #98 found its way into our arms by chance at the kick-off event in Berlin. It has been part of our everyday office life ever since. Sometimes the fragment takes work off our hands, sometimes it gives us new tasks.
We, a team from different countries (Austria, Germany, Italy, Syria, Brazil, Great Britain) live CulturalxCollabs every day!
By the way, we are the ones responsible if something goes wrong with the upload of the CulturalxCollabs moments ;)
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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?
