VCUarts Qatar to make its debut at renowned ars electronica festival

VCUarts Qatar to make its debut at renowned ars electronica festival

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VCUarts Qatar at ARS Electronica

 

VCUarts Qatar is showcasing progressive concepts that enhance new technologies to address complex social issues at Ars Electronica. Titled Meta-Functions of Cultural Production, the institute’s 10 works intertwine art, design, science, and technology in the exploration of new ways to respond to the ecosystems of Qatar and the larger Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region. The designs are by VCUarts Qatar faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, and include student-faculty collaborations.

VCUarts Qatar to make its debut at renowned ars electronica festival
‘Nanoabaya’ by Noor Rashid Butt, Dr Khaled Saoud and Christopher Fink, 2022 / Photographer: Raviv Cohen

(main image: ‘Rays of Essence’ by Hind Al Saad and Sara Khalid with sound design by Joshua Rodenberg and type design by Fatima Abbas, 2022 / Photographer: Raviv Cohen)

 

 

Virginia Commonwealth University of the Arts in qatar

 

The Qatar campus of Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of the Arts, VCUarts Qatar, was established in 1998 through a partnership with Qatar Foundation. VCUarts Qatar provides a connection for the Richmond-based School of the Arts to opportunities for cross-cultural exchange and the influential art and design world of the Middle East and beyond. The campus hosts two major international events – Tasmeem Doha, a biennial art and design conference; and the biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Islamic Art Symposium – and is exhibiting, for the first time, at Ars Electronica with an exhibition entitled Meta-Functions of Cultural Production.

VCUarts Qatar to make its debut at renowned ars electronica festival
‘Sacred Silence’ by Basma Hamdy, Shima Aeinehdar and Selma Fejzullaj with software design by Levi Hammett, 2022 / Photographer: Raviv Cohen

 

 

Meta-Functions of Cultural Production exhibition

 

Students and faculty at VCUarts Qatar work together to conceptualize as well as create solutions to global design issues. The exhibition, titled Meta-Functions of Cultural Production, reveals the outcomes of multi-disciplinary explorations and insights, highlighting the innovative and highly-collaborative approaches cultivated by the University’s diverse community.

VCUarts Qatar to make its debut at renowned ars electronica festival
‘Fast Paced Life’ by Ghayda Azam Abduljalil, 2023

 

 

The 10 selected works invite visitors to unravel the meaning of cultural contexts through systems of communication, behavior, and interaction. The exhibition explores cultural conceptions of places and prototypes, responsive design through Arabic typographic forms, nanotechnology for increased functionality in textiles, generative processes translating pattern to sound, and usages of AI datasets for blind contour drawings.

VCUarts Qatar to make its debut at renowned ars electronica festival
‘Transformative Distortions’ by Jood Elbeshti with Hala Amer, Saga ElKabbash and Mohammad Suleiman, 2023 / Photographer: Varun “Sunny” Dave

VCUarts Qatar to make its debut at renowned ars electronica festival
‘Electric Calligraphy’ by Fatima Abbas and Lana Abu Sello with software design by Levi Hammett, 2022 / Photographer: Raviv Cohen

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‘Preceding Emptiness: Alternative Arabic Typographic Technologies’ by Levi Hammett, Hind Al Saad, Sara Khalid, Fatima Abbas and Mohammed Suleiman, 2022 / Photographer: Raviv Cohen

VCUarts Qatar to make its debut at renowned ars electronica festival
‘Stitch by Stitch’ by Naima Almajdobah, 2022

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‘Morphing Memories’ by Jameela AlHumaidi, 2023

VCUarts Qatar to make its debut at renowned ars electronica festival
‘Simulated Fashion’ by Hadeer Omar, Collaboration between VCUarts Qatar Art foundation, Fashion Design department and Sonic Jeel, 2020

 

 

exhibition info:

 

institute: VCUarts Qatar

title: Meta-Functions of Cultural Production

location: Ars Electronica

address: PostCity, Linz, Austria

date: 6 – 10 September 2023

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