Makramé [Macramé] 2012/2011
Macramé, 2012
Wire cable 1,5 mm, aluminium stick,
H 130-140 x W 110-120 cm
Installation view, Rampa, Instanbul, 2012
Leaning Wall Istanbul, 2012, Macramé, 2012, Beş Taş Oyunu, 2012/2009
Macramé, 2011
Wire cable 1,5 mm, aluminium stick,
H 120-130 x W 65-70 cm
Installation view, Wentrup, Berlin, 2011
Wire cable 1,5 mm, aluminium stick,
H 120-130 x W 65-70 cm
Installation view, Tanas, Berlin, 2011
Wire cable 1,5mm, aluminium stick,
H 270 x W 130 cm
Macramé, an object made out of wire cable, offers an unusual view of a technique usually seen in the context of textiles. The knotting patterns of the macramé are visualizations of the pattern inherent in the cable itself: each of its threads consists of different strands that reveal a pattern when seen in section. Aladağ imitates this microscopic structure in the pattern of knots, thus not only making visible the craft involved, but also allowing the cable to reveal its own inner structure in visually comprehensible form. (excerpt from the text by Nico Anklam)
In Macramé, an object made out of wire, the knotting patterns are visualizations of the pattern inherent in the cable. Aladağ is contrasting the surface – the ornamental and what’s behind it – the inner structure. (excerpt from the text by Sebastian Frenzel)