The Geomorphosis Cycle: A Paradise With Walls of Nothingness
Performance & Talk by Islam Shabana in the Atrium
The Future of the Arabic Language
The Future of the Arabic Script
The Future of Education
The Future of Design
Speculative Ecology: Dark Botany
Two-day in-person Masterclass by Pinar Yoldas (infradisciplinary designer/artist/researcher) in Room 255
Under the Marvelous Circuit Tree
Two-day in-person Masterclass by Islam Shabana (interdisciplinary artist and a digital media designer) in Room 281
Towards Huroof Central
This project encapsulates an attempt to shift the current curricular focus in academia away from the global north, and more…
Cultural Misfits
Exploring postcolonial realities, Cultural Misfits follows different experiences of third culture kids (TCK) navigating their identity politics. A TCK is…
Salad Zone (2013)
Salad Zone (2013) will be screened in the Atrium at 9:30 am on 10 March 2022. This film is part of the Gulf Metaverse 2.0 program curated by Róisín Tapponi.
The Green Light (2021)
The Green Light (2021) will be screened in the Atrium at 9:30 am on 10 March 2022. This film is part of the Gulf Metaverse 2.0 program curated by Róisín Tapponi.
A Timeline of Architecture & Design in History
Streamed talk by Mohamed Elshahed (curator, architectural historian, and critic) to a live audience in the Atrium
Art in a Time of Conflict
Two-day virtual workshop by Assil Diab (Sudanese graffiti artist, graphic designer, and visual artist) in Room 213
Feminist Futures: Let’s edit-a-thon!
Two-day in-person workshop by Monica Merlin (Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art and Performance at VCUarts Qatar) and Tracy Stonestreet (Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art and Performance at VCUarts Qatar) in Room 216
Mixtopian Letters: The Future of Arabic Letterforms
Two-day in-person workshop by Shima Aeinehdar (Iranian graphic designer, illustrator, and lettering artist) in Room 284
Post-colonial Realities in the Picture Book Publishing Industry
Two-day in-person workshop by Charlene Kasdorf (artist, illustrator, and art educator) in Room 215
Hybridization of New & Old Technologies in Handmade Films
Two-day in-person workshop by Sarah Smith (Assistant Professor of Photography at PrattMWP) in Room 282
Food Performance by Salma Serry
Performance & Talk by Salma Serry in the Atrium
Recreating the Past
Two-day hybrid workshop by Zach Lieberman (MIT Media Lab, Future Sketches Group), Murilo Polese (Brazilian Creative Technologist), Edgardo Avilés-López (Mexican engineer, researcher, and artist), and Hind Al Saad (Qatari designer, maker, and creative coder) in Room 214
Futurisms: A Discussion with Ingrid LaFleur
Panel discussion between Alisha B. Wormsley, Jasmine Murrell, Saba Taj, and Saks Afridi led by curator Ingrid LaFleur in the Atrium (virtual + in-person options available)
Looming Qatar by The Looming Council
Two-day in-person workshop by Riem Ibrahim (Mobius Studio), Hala Al-Ani (Mobius Studio), and Hadeyeh Badri (Mobius Studio) in Room 214
The Uncool School
Two-day in-person workshop by Peter Martin (Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, VCUarts Qatar) in Room 216
Relearning Imagination: the unimagined future of Arabic script with Artificial Intelligence
Performance & Talk by Arshia Sobhan in the Atrium
Futurisms Exhibition Opening with Ingrid LaFleur
The opening of Futurisms (by Ingrid LaFleur) will be held in The Gallery at VCUarts Qatar on 7 March 2022 at 7 pm.
The Future of Decolonization
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of the Environment,
of Materials,
of Design,
of Knowledge,
of Curation,
of Technology,
of Language,
of Reality,
of Energy,
of Diversity
