The Tapestry of M.A.

 is an Iconographic Exquisite Corpse,

a participative and collaborative project using photographic archives.

Every willing participant

who offers an archival image to the Tapestry

will have to agree for his/her image to enter the database and by so

inject their personal memory into the collective memory.

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Since 2011,

I created a background of photographic archives that I constantly feeds,

a database named [MArchives Collection]

which I'm currently building into an online platform.

The Tapestry of M.A. is an ongoing project,

its archives will be available soon for viewing under Memoribilia.

Murmuration //

Mahalla Festival // 2021

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Yeldegirmeni & Kadiköy Sanat Merkezi 

Istanbul, Turkey.

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mahalla.inenart.eu/2021/08/25/the-tapestry-of-m-a/

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With the support of the

Ministry of Culture in France,

Regional Office of cultural affairs of Normandy, Individual grant for creation 2020.

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Def . Exquisite Corpse

 

Exquisite Corpse, also known as

“exquisite cadaver”

(from the original French

term cadavre exquis),

is a method by which a collection of words or images is collectively assembled.

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Each collaborator adds to a composition

in sequence, either by following a rule or by being only allowed to see

the end (a fragment) of what the previous person contributed. 

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The game gained popularity in artistic circles during the 1920s when it was adopted as a technique by artists of the Surrealist movement « DADA » to generate collaborative compositions.

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* « Nude », 1926-27

 Collective work by Yves Tanguy,

Joan Miro, Max Morise, Man Ray.