Unity Textile Muqarnas is a textile structure based on Islamic muqarnas, stalactite-like decorative three-dimensional elements found in Islamic monuments. The structure is hung from the neo-Gothic archway of the exhibition’s entrance. The modular structure of the muqarnas has been transformed and sewn together into a complex whole to signalize the need for a transcultural aesthetic characterized by a formal experimentation and enrichment through cultural interactions.

Concept and design: Azra Akšamija and Joel Lamere
Production: Juanita Ballesteros, Angela Chu, Daniela Covarrubias, Tara Ebsworth, Emily Tow, Jegan Vincent de Paul, Indira Adilović, Azra, Munira Ibrahim Akšamija, Katharina Anna Loidl (sewing and fabrication); Ewald Elmecker (arch construction)
Sponsoring: Produced with the generous support of the Council for the Arts at MIT
Also see: Azra Akšamija, Mosque Manifesto: Propositions for Spaces of Coexistence. Berlin: Revolver Publishing, 2015.

Installation
Project commissioned by the Architectural Forum Upper-Austria (afo) for the exhibition INTERIOR VIEW SOUTHEAST: Investigations of Islamic Spaces, curated by Azra Akšamija, with co-curators Margit Grein.cker, Tobias Hagleitner and Gunar Wilhelm.
Materials: Textile, plastic rods, steel rods, cable cords, wood
Dimensions: textile structure, 300 x 250 x 300 cm