As part of Dubai Design Week, Tashkeel collaborates with Hybridart to present the interdisciplinary, experimental and interactive Soundweaving project produced at Moholy- Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest (MOME) in Hungary. The work of textile designer Zsanett Szirmay, based on traditional Hungarian embroidery, was first showcased at Vienna Design Week (2014). In 2015 the Soundweaving exhibition went on a very successful European tour in Germany, Poland and Bulgaria. The Soundweaving − Middle East Edition shown at Tashkeel replaces the Hungarian embroidery patterns with those taken from rugs created by Afghanistani women artisans who work under the Fatima Bint Mohammed Bin Zayed Initiative (FBMI). The knotted rug motifs were transformed into sounds by a punch card comb music player, with the pattern of holes on the tape in the musical box designed by the author of the work, Zsanett Szirmay.
The punched tape acts as the score and conversely, the patterns on the rugs are turned into laser cut textile pieces. Soundweaving is intended to stimulate all the senses, calling for interaction – using multiple media and communicating on diverse planes, combining the craft, design and music. It belongs as much to the analogue as it does to digital realms, with the handmade rugs being interpreted into laser cut patterns. Similarly, visual straddles audio, with the more graphic as opposed instructional aspects of music mark-making becoming instrumental to the tunes. Dániel Vikukel worked with the graphic patterns of the rugs to map and develop patterns of sounds that culminate in the Soundweaving tunes. Soundweaving – Middle East Edition is intended to act as a bridge between two worlds, connecting distinct cultures whilst bringing together a range of artistic approaches and practices – from craftsmanship within textiles and weaving to music composition and graphic design.
She is a 2nd year MA student at MOME's Department of Textile Design. She is a member of the Society of Hungarian Electrography and a regular participant at the Society's group exhibitions. She has already had numerous exhibitions at the Heimtextil fair in Frankfurt. Her designer approach is characterised by venturesome experimentation and integrative thinking.
Composer and pianist. The contemporary quartet Silence Fiction founded by him is a frequent participant of the Hungarian jazz scene. Since their debut in 2014, they were asked to play at big festivals like Vesprémfest and CAFe Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival. The band has concerts at the Müpa - Palace of Arts and at the Budapest Jazz Club regularly, and played at Reduta Jazz Club in Prague, Czech Republic and Kunsthalle Weimar, Germany. Released in November, 2015, their first album contains Daniels compositions just as arrangements for jazz standards and pop songs. The releasing concert was held at the Liszt Ferenc Music Academy, with famous guests like Károly Binder and Mihály Borbély. He composes for several ensembles and teaches music theory and piano playing with the experience, individuality and creativity in the center.
