Ruined Arbor

The poem "Ruined Arbor" is about the poet's encounter with a girl who weaves carpets in the north of Iran. However, the work includes carpets from all over Iran, from different ethnicities and clans living in the country. Each of them uses their own colors and motifs in their work. For example, the elements of the Qashqai carpet of Shiraz are very different from the Bakhtiari carpet of Khuzestan or the Laki carpet of Kashan. During the creation process, multiple big carpet collectors from outside Iran were also contacted for photos from their archives.
The entire creation of the work took more than two years. We have prepared a comprehensive archive of hand-woven Iranian carpets and a small archive of hand-woven carpets outside Iran. The video follows the motifs used in the carpets showing animal, plant, human and finally abstract woven carpet patterns.