March 2022

TASMEEM DOHA 2022 / RADICAL FUTURES

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Schedule / 7 March 2022

Gulf Metaverse 2.0 Film Festival Opening with Róisín Tapponi

Talk → 3:15 pm

The Gulf Metaverse 2.0 is a short program featuring 10 artist films from the Gulf that explore cultural shifts, digital transmission, and speculative futures curated Róisín Tapponi and sponsored by Shasha Movies.

This registration is for the in-person talk by Róisín Tapponi on the FIRST DAY of screenings of the film program. The first screenings will take place in the Atrium on 7th March 2022 at 3:15 PM for the VCUarts Qatar community only.

7 March 2022

  • Tayseer (2021, 15’) dir. Khalida Bataweel
  • Glaze (2021, 35’) dir. Moza Almatrooshi

8 March 2022

  • A DIY of a Dream 101 (2021, 6’) dir. Qamar Abdulmalik
  • I Engrave (2016, 7’) dir. Reem Falaknaz
  • The Girls Who Burned The Night (2020, 24’) dir. Sara Mesfer

9 March 2022

  • Seeds After Black Gold (2021, 8’) dir. Razan Al Sarraf
  • Glimpses of Now (2021, 48’) dir. Mohammed al Faraj

10 March 2022

  • The Green Light (2021, 7’) dir. Ahaad Alamoudi
  • Salad Zone (2013) dir. Sarah Abu Abdallah
  • The Sky Oscillates Between Eternity and Its Immediate Consequences (2021, 18’) dir. Nadim Choufi

Films are screened as part of the Gulf Metaverse 2.0 program curated by Róisín Tapponi (Assyrian Iraqi-Irish film curator, programmer, writer, and academic)

The screening is taking place in the Atrium on 7th March 2022 at 3:15 PM for the VCUarts Qatar community only.

Films are streamed via Shashamovies.com.

Register

Other Events

Futurisms: A Discussion with Ingrid LaFleur

8 March 2022

Panel Discussion → 5:30 pm

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)

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Hybridization of New & Old Technologies in Handmade Films

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Workshop → 9:00 am

Two-day in-person workshop by Sarah Smith (Assistant Professor of Photography at PrattMWP) in Room 282

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New Potentials in Arabic Typography

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Workshop → 9:00 am

Two-day in-person workshop by Sarah Shebl (Cairo-based independent designer & researcher) in Room 215

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WHAT IF: Designing for familiar people in an unfamiliar world

8 March 2022

Workshop → 4:15 pm

Two-day virtual workshop by Sudebi Thakurata (Co-founder of D.epicentre, faculty member at Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology, India) & Probal Banerjee (Co-founder and CEO of D.epicentre)

The Institute of Speculation Design Fiction Dystopian Futures Earthly Survival Imagined Artifacts Science Fiction Speculative Sciences

The Uncool School

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Workshop → 9:00 am

Two-day in-person workshop by Peter Martin (Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, VCUarts Qatar) in Room 216

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Alphabet Soup: A Materials Workshop – from DIY to PLA to PHB

9 March 2022

Workshop → 9:00 am

Two-day in-person workshop by Richard Lombard (Materials Specialist, Matter of Importance) in Room 101c

The Ministry of Matters Circular Economy Environment Materiality Smart Materials Sustainability Indigenous Knowledge Ecological Crises Earthly Survival Imagined Artifacts
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