![]() ![]() ![]() (Al-Qadiri and al-Maria, November 2012) Gulf Futurism explains an existing phenomenon both artists have observed in architecture, urban planning, art, aesthetics and popular culture in the post-oil Persian Gulf. Similar to early 20th century Euro-Futurism and mid-century American kitch and retro-futurism, Gulf Futurism is evident in a dominant class concerned with master-planning and world-building, while the youth culture preoccupied with fast cars, fast tech and viddying a bit of ultra-violence. It is a phenomena marked by a deranged optimism about the sustainability of both oil reserves and late capitalism. As they explained in a Dazed Digital magazine interview: Over the last fifty years, the Arabian Gulf has given birth to a very particular brand of futurism. Rabbat, MIT American-Qatari artist, writer, and filmmaker Sophia al-Maria coined the term Gulf Futurism together with Kuwaiti artist-musician Fatima al-Qadiri. Sponsored by the Association for Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran and Turkey (AMCA). "Voyage to Tomorrow: Futurism and Science Fiction in Middle Eastern Art & Design", MESA 53rd Annual Meeting, November 14-17, 2019, Sheraton, New Orleans. ![]()
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