Project Feature: The Idea of Saving Aesthetics

#DLECTRICITY presents “The Idea of Saving Aesthetics” by Orkhan Mammadov, an AI algorithm-evolving projection composed of analyzed traditional carpet designs and ornaments. Historically, carpets play a significant role in forming of Azerbaijan’s heritage and aesthetics. Different carpet schools share the same ornamental forms, such as geometric patterns, floral motifs, and calligraphic shapes, but some of the combinations are specific to certain regions.

The work poses questions about innovation and identity: how an entity must differ from the known to be considered original? How much should be identical to a collected “pre-set” for it to have kinship? See this project outside of the Detroit Institute of Arts TONIGHT and tomorrow at DLECTRICITY!