Jan 18th, 2017: Rugs

[xoxoxoBruce]

As internet people, you've all seen glitches in the video, but this dude brings them to life.

Faig Ahmed, a student of modern and ancient languages, including Sanskrit and Arabic, was interested in the origin of languages and human writing long before he became interested in carpets. It was his study of pre-historic petroglyphs that led to his fascination with the language of carpet patterns. Ahmed re-imagines carpets as a source code for visual communication, writing, design, art and even science.

During the past decade, Ahmed has become internationally known for re-interpreting the coded messages in ancient carpet designs. His artwork speaks about the unconscious power of the visual language of patterns that communicates messages through generations and cultures, and links early human history with the digital age.

A strong theme in the artist’s new creations evolved from his fascination with genetic research, quantum physics and the science of small particles. Works such as Coherence, Wave Function and DNA are inspired by scientific attempts to describe metaphysical phenomena.

Few have taken mental illness to this extreme.

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