Exhibition: Rushnyk - The Horrors of War
Museum: Documentation Center Flight, Expulsion, Reconciliation
Designer & Photographer: Caro Baumann
Project participants: Olena Shutovska & Ksenia Sobotovych
Briefing: Rushnyk is a decorative and ceremonial fabric. Typically crafted from linen or cotton, embodies intricate woven or embroidered patterns, symbols, and cryptograms from antiquity. Historically integral to sacred East Slavic rituals, it holds cultural significance.
Fabric: Special production carpet, hand-tufted, 100% New Zeeland wool
