#themagiccarpet

- The Tales of Knot after Knot - three selected fairy tales about carpet

The Three Princes and the Princess Nouronihar 

i pick up this classic folklore from the Arabian nights (or the one thousand and one nights date back as far as the ninth century) that introduces the fantasy side of a magical carpet. It is commonly known as the version of flying carpet that appeared in one of the Disney production- Aladdin (1992).  However, magic carpet in the context of this Arabian folklore is not a ‘flying carpet’, it is a carpet that can teleport its user to anyplace that he/she can think of. It portrays the power of the carpet’s master and seems to be a metaphor for one’s desire to extend his will and power as far as his mind can reach. Hope you enjoy reading it too.

footnote:

 #PierPressure @Pier57

On July 1, Youngwoo & Associates commissioned ten urban artists to take part in an immersive collective exhibition, to use The Magic Carpet, floor below a suspended shipping containers installation as a canvas. The artists spent the weekend setting up the showcase and creating art for an exhibition called #Pier Pressure that can be accessed by the public until the end of July. It's a massive painting installation that'll see may artists join forces, including Subtexture, Sinned, RJ Raizk, Depoe, In Pursuit Of Magic, Garrison Buxton, Icy and Sot, Daniel Patrick Helmstetter, Bruce Wall and Rrobot.

The exhibition will culminate in a $1000 honorarium for the the artist(s) with the most Instagram photos tagged using the handles #PierPressure and @P57NYC. Community goers of the space participating in the contest will also be given the opportunity to win $20 vouchers to Pier 57’s vendors.