woven object made of silk, cotton, hemp and linen | 2014

This artistic weaving piece is an interpretation of a very famous professional chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee in 1999. In the game depicted, reigning world champion Gary Kasparov (white) played against Veselin Topalov (black). The game went down in history for the particular beauty of the combined moves, in the centre of Kasparov’s sacrificial pawn. It deserves a place in the Louvre,’ wrote Larry Christiansen in his book Storming The Barricades, and Lubomir Kavalek called it “the most fascinating game ever played” in his column in the Washington Post (1 February 1999 issue). In 2005, Kasparov himself described this game as the best game he had ever played. (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasparow_%E2%80%93_Topalow,_Wijk_aan_Zee_1999)

In this work, the perceived beauty of the moves was incorporated into a woven object by spatially representing the chronological sequence of the white game (Kasparov). Different yarns and materials were used and combined for the respective figures, and a unique design language was developed. Among other things, historical chess variants were referenced. The entire work corresponds to the outline of a cone. The warp consists of linen threads