2025
Video
Duration: 00:15:32
A video documenting a memory game in which a player tries to match patterns, symbolizing the search for a partner or “other half.” Inspired by the story of the Ardabil Carpets, twin Persian rugs from the 16th century that remained side by side for centuries before being separated, with one now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum and the other at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
The video incorporates excerpts from various philosophical texts about the search for the perfect partner, but key components of the text are deliberately omitted, mirroring how the full history of the two rugs was obscured and certain details excluded so that various state and private entities could control the narrative.