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Leaders
13-04-2025
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- Leaders
Diriyah Art Futures Launches New Exhibition for Digital Artists
Diriyah Art Futures has unveiled a new stunning exhibition in collaboration with 40 artists who depend on technologies to express their thoughts, according to Arab News. Titled 'Maknana: An Archaeology of New Media Art,' the exhibition will feature a series of artistic practices, rare archival works, recent digital experiments, and new commissions gathering artists from the MENA region. Co-curated by artists Haytham Nawar and Ala Younis, the occasion will take place from April 21 to July 19, at DAF in Diriyah, Riyadh. Through the four key themes of Automation, Autonomy, Ripples, and Glitch, the event will explore the geographies, technological paradigms, as well as the artistic concerns and gestures across various generations. The exhibition will showcase several artworks by various Saudi artists, as follows: Ahmed Mater Muhannad Shono Abdullah Rashed VJ Um Amel (Laila Shereen Sakr) Abdel Hadi El Gazzar Emily Jacir Mona Hatoum Walid Raad Akram Zaatari Hassan Meer Hicham Berrada Farah Al-Qasimi From networked resistance and machine logic to memory preservation, speculative ecologies, and glitch aesthetics, the artworks interact with urgent sociopolitical contexts. Related Topics: Diriyah Art Futures Announces 1st Cohort for Mazra'ah Media Arts Residency Diriyah Art Futures: Groundbreaking Hub for Digital Art Art Week Riyadh: Al Mousa Center Introduces New Artistic Themes Short link : Post Views: 30
Arab News
13-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Arab News
More than 40 Arab artists to explore regional dialogue through digital expression
RIYADH: Diriyah Art Futures has announced a new exhibition featuring artists who use technology as their medium for creative expression, bringing together works by more than 40 artists from the MENA region. 'Maknana: An Archaeology of New Media Art,' co-curated by artists Haytham Nawar and Ala Younis, will run from April 21 to July 19, 2025, at DAF in Diriyah, Riyadh. The exhibition will feature Saudi artists Ahmed Mater, known for his multidisciplinary artworks reflecting Arab culture, contemporary artist Muhannad Shono, and independent artist ARC (Abdullah Rashed), whose practices reflect the Kingdom's dynamic and evolving relationship with new media. Also on display will be work from Egyptian digital artists VJ Um Amel (Laila Shereen Sakr), Abdel Hadi El Gazzar, Palestinian artists Emily Jacir, Mona Hatoum and Walid Raad, Lebanese artist Akram Zaatari, visionary artist Hassan Meer, Moroccan-French artist Hicham Berrada, and Emirati photographer Farah Al-Qasimi. The exhibition will be structured across four themes, Automation, Autonomy, Ripples, and Glitch, that trace recurring artistic concerns and gestures across different generations, geographies, and technological paradigms. Highlighting a dynamic constellation of artistic practices, Maknana includes rare archival works, recent digital experiments, and new commissions from artists working in the region as well as the Arab diaspora. Their works engage with urgent sociopolitical contexts, from networked resistance and machine logic to memory preservation, speculative ecologies, and glitch aesthetics. The Arabic term 'maknana,' translated as automation, inspires the exhibition's central inquiry: how Arab artists have navigated, repurposed, and challenged technologies to shape their own creative vocabularies. In tandem with the exhibition, DAF will present a public program of talks, performances, screenings and workshops, expanding on the themes of maknana and offering visitors direct engagement with artists and thought leaders in the field of new media art. Developed by the Saudi Museums Commission in partnership with Diriyah Co., DAF contributes to the global new media and digital art landscape by integrating regional voices and pioneering practices in art, technology and innovation.
