Whispering Carpet
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Experience room at Arkeologisk Museum in Stavanger
Persian warrior Rustam goes hunting and loses his horse. Out looking
for it, he meets a beautiful princess and spends the night with her. A
son is born, who will not meet his father until many years later…
This legend is represented in a carpet that was shown together with
other antique objects and contemporary art from Azerbaijan at the
exhibition “Caravanserai” in 2006 at Arkeologisk Museum in Stavanger,
Norway.
How it works
Using a modern copy of this antique carpet, the Forum for Cultural
Heritage added interactivity and created an experience room around it.
It is triggered by the visitor standing or sitting on the carpet, and
tells the legend of Rustam in a voice from within the carpet and
optical light threads in the carpet. Sound and light fill the room,
following the moods of the story as it goes from romance to drama.
In collaboration with Bente Ruud and Siv Kristoffersson at Arkeologisk
Museum i Stavanger, Erland Eine, sound and Gunnar Aasland at Vestad
Lighting A/S.
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