• Skip to content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to secondary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • About
    • About Malaysian Foodie
    • Featured
    • SPONSORS
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Sitemap
    • EAT.DRINK
      • Food Review
      • Food Promotion
      • Food News
      • Event
    • STAY
      • Hotel Review
      • Hotel News
    • EXPLORE
      • Singapore
      • Taiwan
      • Thailand
  • More
    • Invited Review
    • Malaysia Food Blogger List

Malaysian Foodie

Food • Hotel • Travel • Event

  • EAT.DRINK
    • Food Review
    • Restaurant Promotion
    • Editor Picks
    • Dining In The Mall (Klang Valley)
    • What’s New!
    • Restaurant List
    • LiquorTalk
  • HOTEL
    • Room Reviews
    • Hotel News
  • TRAVEL
    • Hong Kong
    • Japan
      • Kyoto
      • Osaka
    • Macau
    • Malaysia
      • Kuala Lumpur
      • Malacca
      • Penang
      • Perak
      • Selangor
      • Sabah
    • Taiwan
    • Thailand
    • Singapore
  • TECH
  • Lifestyle
    • Apparel
    • Books
    • Beauty
    • Craft
    • Gadget
    • Electrical & Household Appliances
    • Food Product
    • Online Shopping
    • Parenting/Kids
    • Property
    • Renovation/ Furniture
  • RECIPES
    • Cakes
    • Cookies
    • Desserts
    • Drinks / Smoothies
    • Mains
    • Pasta
    • Steamed Food
    • Cooking With Gadgets
  • Mall Dining
  • Motherhood
  • Event
You are here: Home / Travel / Travel News / Rumi Archives Become A Digital Experience In Anadol’s Rumi Dreams

Rumi Archives Become A Digital Experience In Anadol’s Rumi Dreams

June 17, 2022 By StrawberrY Gal - Travel News Leave a Comment

 

Media artist Refik Anadol presented his new project “Rumi Dreams” at İstanbul’s biggest culture and arts event, the Beyoğlu Culture Route Festival. The digital installation has attracted significant interest ever since its debut in İstanbul’s iconic Atatürk Cultural Center, created to commemorate the 750th death anniversary of the legendary mystic, “Rumi Dreams” offers a 6-and-a-half-minute-long multisensory experience inspired by Rumi’s teachings and cultural legacy. 

Millions of Documents Collected to Visualize Rumi’s Universe 

Refik Anadol and his studio collected a multidisciplinary dataset, including copies of Rumi’s monumental work Masnavi in 26 languages, millions of lodge and archive documents, manuscripts, and recordings of Sufi music and performances. The data used within the artwork was collected with the coordination of Konya Metropolitan Municipality, Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye State Archives, State Archive of the Prime Ministry, Konya Mevlâna Museum, Sarajevo Gazi Husrev Bey Library, Selçuk University and other institutions. Photographs were taken at the Konya Mevlâna Museum, and places bearing the traces of Rumi have also been added to data sets. Architectural plans and foundation certificate charters of all Mevlevi lodges worldwide have been added to visual and written data files.  

As one of the world’s universal cultural icons, Rumi is known for his exquisite poems and words of wisdom. Inspired by Rumi’s call to “find the light within”, Rumi Dreams aims to present Mevlâna  Jalaluddin Rumi’s universe to a wide range of audiences. Refik Anadol and his team believed that to symbolize and materialize Rumi’s call in a short period was only possible with digital art. With this conviction, they set out to convey the mystic’s undying call by appealing to visual and auditory senses, creating Rumi-inspired dreams generated by artificial intelligence. As an artistic manifestation of the transition between the meanings of light, knowledge, and motion, “Rumi Dreams” invites visitors, in Rumi’s words, to “find the light within that lights the world”.  

Rumi Dreams: A First in the World 

Refik Anadol’s “Rumi Dreams” marks a first in the world with its scope. The multisensory project immerses visitors into the artwork and Rumi’s worldview, introducing those unfamiliar with the poet and mystic’s teachings to Sufism’s transcendental tradition. 

The world’s greatest Sufi poet and mystic, Mevlâna Jamaluddin Rumi, is famous for his lyrics and epic Masnavi. Rumi’s writings heavily influenced mystical thought and literature globally, his popularity becoming a global cultural phenomenon. UNESCO declared 2007 as the “International Rumi Year” and described Rumi as “one of the great humanists, philosophers and poets who belong to humanity in its entirety”.

Rumi’s death is honoured every year with Seb-i Arus (the “Wedding Night”) ceremonies in Konya, where numerous exhibitions, conferences, concerts and “sema” performances are held to commemorate the poet. 

Category: Travel News



Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

  • Facebook
  • Google+
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
Malaysian Foodie

Latest

  • Mr. & Mrs. Cafe New Chapter @ Cantara Residence August 7, 2022
  • Eggdicted & Hope Coffee @ DC Mall August 5, 2022
  • Seafood Buffet @ Cinnamon Café, One World Hotel Petaling Jaya August 4, 2022
  • A Secure Day Out with the New Samsung Galaxy A53 5G! August 4, 2022
  • HAPPIEE!-ness for everyone has arrived in Malaysia! August 4, 2022
  • New Possibilities of Wearable Technology In Combating Common Sleep Issues August 4, 2022
  • Celebrate the New Together with Fashion-Forward Samsung Home Appliances and Enjoy Savings Up To RM1,200 & More August 4, 2022
  • Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, Tsim Sha Tsui’s Cafe Presents The Fresh Market Dinner Buffet August 4, 2022
  • Carlsberg Celebrates Record Breaking 30-Year Partnership with Liverpool FC! August 4, 2022
  • SUBWAY INVOKES NOSTALGIA WITH ALL NEW CURRY SUB AND LOCALISED SANDWICH WRAPPER FOR MERDEKA AND MALAYSIA DAY August 4, 2022
  • Celebrating Mid Autumn With Zuan Yuan August 4, 2022
  • Getting everything done is greater than getting one thing done August 3, 2022
  • GET GROOVY WITH W KUALA LUMPUR’S MOONLIT FEVER August 3, 2022
  • THE ENCHANTING MID-AUTUMN MOONCAKE GIFT SETS August 3, 2022
  • Coca-Cola, KFC, and Pizza Hut announce multi-year partnership in Malaysia August 3, 2022
  • Tired of the same old angles? Discover your best angles—or all of them August 2, 2022
  • “teamLab: Resonating Microcosms” will reveal at LaLaport BUKIT BINTANG CITY CENTRE. August 2, 2022
  • Crazy Rich Flavours Twist to a Time-Honoured Tradition by Oversea August 2, 2022
  • Thai – In Mookata @ Setapak awarded by Thai Select August 1, 2022
  • Kong Yeah Restaurant @ Kepong July 30, 2022

Secondary Sidebar

EXPLORE

travel in japan

travel in hong kong

travel in macau

travel in taiwan

travel in thailand

Footer

Copyright © 2008–2022 Malaysian Foodie