Gulf futurism

Artists and Creators

GCC (Nanu Al-Hamad, Khalid Al Gharaballi, Abdullah Al-Mutairi, Fatima Al Qadiri, Monira Al Qadiri, Aziz Al Qatami, Barrak Alzaid, Amal Khalaf)
Abdel Rahman Munif
Sophia Al-Maria (QA-US)
Fatima Al Qadiri (KW-DE-US)
Monira Al Qadiri (KW-DE)

ARABOFUTURS: Science-fiction et nouveaux imaginaires, Institut du Monde Arabe, 2024

ARABOFUTURS: Science-fiction et nouveaux imaginaires, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, April 23-October 27 2024. Works by Sophia Al-Maria, Fatima Al Qadiri, Meriem Bennani, Sara Sadik, Skyseeef, Ayham Jabr, Mounir Ayache, Gaby Sahhar, Neïla Czermak Ichti, Tarek Lakhrissi, Ayman Zedani, Larissa Sansour, Søren Lind, Aïcha Snoussi, Hicham Berrada, Zahrah Al Ghamdi. Curated by Élodie Bouffard and Nawel Dehina.

"Gulf Futurism", VCU Qatar School of Arts, Doha, Jan 19 2023. Speakers: Joan Grandjean, Jörg Matthias Determann.

Bruce Sterling, "Gulf Futurism", Wired, Nov 2012.
Bruce Sterling, "Some Cogent Examples of Gulf Futurism", Wired, Nov 2012.
Sophia Al-Maria, Fatima Al Qadiri, "Al-Maria and Al Qadiri on Gulf Futurism", Dazed Digital, Nov 14 2012.
Scott Smith, “Ethnic Futurism In The Gulf,” The Sigers, July 13, 2013.
Christopher Y. Lew, GCC, “The Aesthetics of Nation Building”, Interview with GCC, DIS Magazine, 2014.
Nathalie Olah, Leala Doherty, "Gulf Futurism is Killing People", Vice.com, May 15 2014.
Nicolas Nova, “Futures? An Interview with Sophia Al-Maria”, Pasta and Vinegar Blog, archived on NicolasNova.net, Oct 26, 2014.
Kai (Kari) Altmann, Ruth Saxelby, "Dallas to Dammam Direct: Kari Altmann On Gulf Futurism’s U.S. Outpost", The Fader, Nov 19, 2014.
Rahel Aima, “Museum of Future Government”, ArteEast, 2015.
Vit Van Camp, "Gulf Futurism / Technocracy", DiffractionsCollective.org, May 18 2018.

Rahel Aima, "Horizons: The Khaleeji Ideology", e-flux Architecture and the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, Oct 2022.

Katia Yezli, "Le Gulf Futurism, préfiguration d'un monde à venir", Le Quotidien De L'Art, September 05 2024. (French)

Ahmed Elbenni, "Who Believes in Gulf Futurism?", E-International Relations, April 29 2025.