I participated in TransCultural Exchange’s Final Installations – Chang Hai International in Beijing, China, and the Kanoria Centre for Arts in Ahmedabad, India.

On May 14, 2004 TransCultural Exchange launched The Tile Project, Destination: The World. For this project over 100 artists, from over 40 countries, donated more than 2000 tiles to 22 world sites to create 22 new, site specific, permanent art works. Their resulting multicultural structures now dot the world landscape from Boston to Beijing, Manila to Mumbai, Toronto to Tel Aviv and 16 other sites in between.

The Tile Project has brought together people from vastly different backgrounds and cultures to create lasting testimonies of international respect and cooperation and not just in one geographic location or art world hot spot, but in 22 sites throughout the world. This project is indeed a testament that global cooperation is possible in this increasingly fractured world.

The great modern architect Stanley Tigerman once said that to him, tiles are both democratic and accessible. Tiles are the essence of what public art has the potential to be ” an art form that can be found anywhere in the world by anyone, no matter what one’s class, race, age or gender; with a purpose and beauty transcending all differences between all people. Since their origin over 8,000 years ago in ancient Egypt, tiles have also been the most enduring markers of cultural history.”

Please, click on the pictures for better viewing. They are getting squeezed by the software program.

The Beijing, China Horsehair Tile: “The Sun always Shines 1″.

The Ahmedabad, India Horsehair Tile: “The Sun always Shines 2″.