Sophia Al Maria | ARABOFUTURS: Art, science fiction and new imagination | Institut du Monde Arabe

EXHIBITIONS

Sophia Al Maria’s film Black Friday on view at Institut du Monde Arabe, part of the group exhibition ARABOFUTURS: Art, science fiction and new imaginations

 

 23rd April - 27th October 2024

Institut du Monde Arabe, France

Curated by Élodie Bouffard and Associate Curator Nawel Dehina

 

The exhibition begins with an introduction to the pioneering concept of Gulf futurism formulated by Sophia Al-Maria and Fatima Qadiri in 2012: a worried questioning of the accelerated hypermodernization at work in the region and its a corollary of hyperconsumerism, like the gigantic labyrinthine mall revisited by Sophia Al-Maria.

 

For more information visit the Institut du Monde Arabe website

August 6, 2024