Historically, carpets, miniature paintings, and decorative oriental patterns play a significant role in forming Azerbaijan’s heritage and aesthetics. Although the Middle East comprises different carpet genres, they share similarities in geometric patterns, oral motifs, and calligraphic shapes. A significant cultural tradition alternates to digital culture and practices, bringing Mammadov’s creative proposition to a global audience and considering how the clash of cultures, between the traditional and the digital, has greatly manifested in Mammadov’s practice and encouraged innovation. By weaving all the data together, Mammadov invites the viewers to understand the significance of and similarities between Middle Eastern carpets and to recreate tangible-world cultures.

Handpicked AI generated compositions from Middle Eastern carpet dataset of
150,000 images. This dataset includes Ottoman, Persian, Azerbaijan, Moroccan and Arabic carpets amongst others. The AI creates imaginary new carpets based on their similarities.

3 Min Animation - 5 ETH

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