Black Tent Research

Coming Up:

	Documentary Film Black Tent - 2007/2008 After finishing the film-shooting in July 2007, the movie gets cut by marvelous Andreas Daniel. Meanwhile we are looking for sponsors who support our project and who want to use our movie and events for promoting their trademark. Click here for more details...
	Import of Black Goats - 2008 The Black Tent consists of black goat hair. In order to retrieve hair for a good yarn one has to breed very special animals like the black cashmir long-hair goat. It is not a coincidence, that especially the black long-hair goat can endure extreme heats and colds. In addition to various special physical conditions of these goats, the black hair helps them to endure the impact of intense sunlight and heat. In the year 2008, we try to import 4 young black cashmir goats from Turkey to our farm in Austria.
	Thermic Infrared Tests on the Black Tent and on a Detached House - 2008 The passive cooling effect of the canvas will be documented and explained on basis of real-life conditions and precise records. At the same time, we try to test a new application of the canvas on a detached house. This experiment gets strongly supported by Ostertag Architects.

Accomplished:

	The First New Black Tent in Western Europe - 2005 For the first time in history, we managed to get 3 tents newly built by Yoruk-nomads imported to Europe. While these tents were being built, young Yoruk descendants learnt by their elders how the traditional tent sewing was done. Click here for more details...
	The Secret Villages of Black Tent Weavers - 2005 In July 2005 we discovered the old villages of the black tent weavers in Turkey which are strongly held secret by any craftsman or merchant. The welcome of our group was warm and cheerful. The weavers showed us their work process, their most important features and variations of a good black tent canvas.
	The First Import of the Black Tent Canvas - 2007 Together with the marvelous help of the Peker family (black canvas weavers), a first import to Austria of 150 kg canvas via cargo-plane could be managed. This sounds easy, but one has to remind the very strict regulations for kilims and carpets. Unfortunately, the black tent is a sort of kilim. Finally, for the first time ever, a black tent canvas was officially imported to Western Europe.