Beyond Dystopia @ The Mosaic Rooms

Thursday 30 June, 19:00

The Mosaic Rooms
226 Cromwell Road
London SW5 0SW

On the occasion of Larissa Sansour’s exhibition In the Future They Ate from the Finest Porcelain at the Mosaic Rooms in Kensington, a panel led by curator Amal Khalaf explores the different ways in which artists and writers are using science-fiction as a disruptive force.

Larissa Sansour, In the Future They Ate from the Finest Porcelain, film still

Our current exhibition by Larissa Sansour uses a futuristic scenario to explore issues in contemporary Israel/Palestine. We thought it would be interesting to hear about how other artists and writers are using dystopian visions to critique and disrupt. Amal Khalaf will be our host for the evening, she curated a series of talks on the theme The Future Was at this year’s Global Art Forum in Dubai, which is where The Mosaic Rooms met her. She will be talking with writer Sophia Al-Maria (Qatar/UK) and artist Sarah Abu Abdallah (Saudi Arabia). They’ll discuss how they use concepts of the future in their practice, reading texts and narratives that have inspired them, followed by a collective discussion with the audience.

– words by Rachael Jarvis, Director of The Mosaic Rooms

Beyond Dystopia
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