The work reconstructs the missing half of an Iranian nomadic carpet in the Ethnographic Collection of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (SKD). It interweaves this with the myth of Arachne and Athena, exploring the question: Who weaves which narrative and for what purpose?”

Video and Sound 8’20’’

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Showing what we (don’t) know – Images as research, Japanisches Palais, Dresden, Germany
Everchanging, Galeriefest Kassel, Kassel, Germany
Gunzenhauser Museum, Chemnitz, Germany
WNDX Festival of Moving Image, Winnipeg, Canada

Exhibition view: “We Show What We (Don’t) Know – Images as Research” at the Japanische Palais of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden 2023. Photo: Oliver Killig

Stannaki Forum. Kunst und Forschung im Gespräch

Art and Research in Conversation, Published by Hatje Cantz