00:00The many faces of art showed itself at the Flight to Baku Art Weekend,
00:05offering visitors a fresh look at contemporary creativity.
00:10A carpet might seem traditional, but what happens when we give it a completely new meaning?
00:17Carpet is traditional. It's a decorative object in our houses.
00:22It's a big part of our identity and our culture.
00:24We're using the new technique, the 3D technique, using the wool and the silk at the same time.
00:30And also the topic that I'm bringing into this context changed the Azerbaijani carpets into another level.
00:37Carpets were woven into the weekend with a new twist and thread.
00:42I was born in Karabakh and Karabakh is the heart of Azerbaijan's cultural center of Azerbaijan.
00:47And from my childhood I was playing on these Karabakh carpets
00:51and I decided to make new types of that Karabakh carpets, which I call Karabakh carpets 2-0.
00:58Aydan Salahova revisited the legend of Baku's Maiden Tower, focusing on a young woman's search for freedom.
01:06Maiden Tower project is connected to the legend about a young girl, about her life, her choice.
01:15This project is about my version of this legend. It's about the choice how to live, how to find the
01:25freedom.
01:27Baku Art Weekend shows that contemporary art can surprise, provoke us and change our perspective.
01:34Sometimes all it takes is just one piece to make you stop and think, and there is so much to
01:41stop and think about here.
01:46Chinese artist Zhang Xi explored how art can communicate across cultural and linguistic boundaries.
01:58It's a way to understand the language.
02:03Ryan Cookmans turned his attention to abandoned buildings and their changing relationships with nature.
02:10architecture takes the place of the natural world, and then nature slowly takes over the architecture, and the cycle continues.
02:21Ori Gerst used high-speed photography and technology to capture fleeting moments beyond ordinary perception.
02:28In my work I capture moments that the eyes cannot see, and I think that it's particularly interesting because new
02:34technology allowing us to explore and experience the world in ways that are beyond our biological senses.
02:41Different artists, different approaches, all showing how contemporary art can challenge expectations and open up new ways of seeing.
02:51Saeeda Rustamova, Euronews.
03:08Euronews.
