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Throughout the history of civilization, people have met their needs such as protection, clothing and shelter with various textural surfaces. They created textile samples with natural materials and techniques such as dyeing, printing and embroidery, which they obtained with the development process. People have turned some of their textiles into works of art. When weaving history is examined, it is seen that people living in every culture and geography use different raw materials, techniques and expressions according to the conditions of the period they live in.
People used basic weaving techniques in their woven. The first and most durable of these basic techniques is plain weave. In weaving made with this technique, if the wefts are so compressed that the warps are not visible, it becomes a kilim. Kilim technique is among the most widely used weaving techniques all over the world. It is known that this technique is used in many different places in the world such as Anatolia, Asia, Europe, Africa and America. Kilim technique and its derivatives are used repeatedly in textile art works under the influence of the continuing traditional trace in the world, changes and developments in life, and differing artistic and aesthetic views.
The textile art exhibitions, which first started with the Lausanne Biennial in 1962, are held by certain countries and organizations all over the world. One of these exhibitions is the "Scythian" International Biennial Symposium, Textile and Fiber Art Conference and Exhibition event, which started in 1995 and continues periodically until today, in which works of art from many countries participate with preliminary jury selection.
This article, The “Scythian” International Biennial Symposium brings together new works made using the kilim / tapestry technique in three exhibitions for the years 2020-2021, organized as part of the Textile and Fiber Art Conference and Exhibition. It has been taken into account that the technique used in the works of art is common. It is aimed to use the oldest techniques used by people in international works of art, to examine today's reflections and connections.