Translating Traditions
Desire Moheb-Zandi & Marlen Letetzki
Kunstverein Reutlingen
Eberhardstraße 14
72764 Reutlingen
Exhibition: 10 May - 4 October 2026
The dual exhibition Translating Traditions, featuring Desire Moheb-Zandi, is now open at Kunstverein Reutlingen. Moheb-Zandi, who creates monumental tapestries into which she incorporates unusual materials such as rubber hoses or dowels, explores tradition in an artistic and cultural sense, combining traditional weaving techniques from her childhood in Turkey with cutting-edge materials and motifs.
For the artist, the loom is a kind of analog computer into which she inputs a “code”, that is, a weaving pattern. This pattern is deliberately manipulated, creating visual effects (“bugs”) that connect old traditions with new approaches. In this way, Moheb-Zandi deliberately breaks down boundaries, between male and female, natural and industrial, historical and contemporary.
