Category: Exhibition
Year: 2025
ISLAMIC ARTS BIENNALE
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Overview
We collaborated with Kate Dawkins Studio on a piece for the Islamic Arts Biennale 2025, visualising a journey through 1,300 years of Islamic mathematics, astronomy and it’s application to the world. Using a selection of ancient and contemporary artefacts, we interpreted each through animation.
The first half explores pure mathematics and the celestial realm; the second examines how these ideas shaped the material world. Working closely with Kate Dawkins, the exhibition’s curators, and historians, we crafted a highly intricate, evolving journey through the Islamic scientific universe.
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Installation
Our team supported the installation in Jeddah, working alongside the on-site technicians to guide the setup and make sure everything ran smoothly. We also handled a number of last-minute refinements to the screen content, adapting it in real time right up to opening.
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Credits
Commissioned by the Diriyah Biennale Foundation
AlMadar Lead: Masa Al-Kutobi
AlMadar Producer: Alice Taylor
Artistic Director Islamic Arts Biennale 2025: Abulrahman Azzam
Exhibition and Scenography Design: OMA
Scenography and technical production: Black Engineering
Animation Creative Direction: Kate Dawkins
Animation: Sun Machine