Chosroes

Year: 2006

Assigned by: Lectoraat Kunst en Publieke Ruimte, SKOR

Dimensions: 3000 x 4000 cm

Materials: Canvas from holiday tents, textile glue

With help from: Maurice van Daalen, DeÏskA Bv, Sandberg Instituut, Maurice Hennekens, Peter Molenaar, Maaike Mollema, Hans Klein Velderman

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"Chosroes" is based on the 7th. century Baharestan Carpet, also known as the Spring Carpet. The Baharestan Carpet was commissioned by Sasanian Shahanshah Khosrow Anusakruwan, who is also known as King Chosroes. The carpet was made for the main audience hall of his Sasanian dynastic imperial Palace at Ctesiphon in the province of Khvârvarân (nowadays Iraq).

I collected 120 secondhand Dutch holiday tents and quilted a new version of the Spring Carpet.

The original version was 450 feet (140 m) long and 90 feet (27 m) wide. It depicted a formal garden. In 637 CE With occupation of Iranian capital, Tyspawn, the Baharestan carpet was taken by the Arabs, cut into small fragments and divided among the victorious soldiers as booty.

After presenting my version of the carpet for some days in the Westerpark I also cut it into small fragments. I reused some of these fragments in the works Hieronymus, Basket, Escalator and No title.