NIUN

Ahaad Alamoudi

NIUN presents two extraterrestrial protagonists (NIUN 1 and NIUN 2) as they navigate a futuristic utopia. The work is inspired by the seminal science fiction text, Awaj bin Anfaq by Zakariya al-Qazwini, about an alien who visits Earth to study the oddities of human behavior. Together and in sync, the two artists and collaborators of this artwork, Ahaad and Michael, represent the founding members of the NIUN society - who embrace the ‘accelerated future’,  but also signal its possible pitfalls. They chant mantras—arthi (my land), noor (light), hajera (traveler), and hajirati (my rock) that prompt curiosities regarding this fictional civilization and by extension, the development of utopias in the region.
Country: Saudi Arabia
Time: 7
Year: 2018
Language: English