Kashmere

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“Kashmere” is a construct of ‘Kashmir’ (the name of an ethnically diverse Himalayan region) and ‘cashmere’ (fine wool obtained from the fur of the cashmere goat, one of the most expensive products in the world). The new word combination of the two terms, which have the same pronunciation, ideally accompanies several themes that are interwoven in the image composition: the rugged mountain landscape of the Himalayas as the original habitat of cashmere goats, embedded in balls of cashmere wool and unprocessed cashmere wool, which in German literally produces ‘blankes’ (‘mere’) ‘Geld’ (‘cash’)—interchanging the two syllables of the wool term.