Futures and Futurism

Luighi Russolo, Dinamismo di un’automobile, 1913

Barbarella, film by Roger Vadim, 1968

Kraftwerk

Back to future 2 , film by Robert Zemeckis, 1968

Julian House, cover artwoks for Ghost Box releases, 2010s

Space is the place, film written by Sun Ra and Joshua Smith, 1972

Aye Aton, inspired by Space is the place, 1972

Gribbitt! ever for Parliament, Mothership connection, 1975

Pedro Bell, cover for Funkadelic, Standing on the Verge of Getting It On, 1974

Funkadelic, Standing on the Verge of Getting It On, 1974

Ramelzee

The Brother from Another Planet, movie directed by John Sayles, 1984

Abdul Qadim Haqq, cover artwork for Model 500, Classics, 1993

Abdul Qadim Haqq, centerfold painting for Drexciya, Neptune’s Lair, 1999

Black Film Audio Collective, The Last Angel of History (The Mothership Connection), 1995

Janelle Monae, The ArchAndroid, 2010 – Cover artwork based on Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, 1927

Black Panther (Marvel Comics), 1966–ongoing

Black Panther, movie directed by Ryan Coogler, 2018

GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council): the name of a political and economic federation including 6 countries facing the Persian Gulf: Saudi Arabia, Bahrein, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar.

Gulf Futurism: term coined by Sophia Al Maria and Fatima Al Qaidir

GCC, Figure A: Amalgamated City, 2013

Dubai Skyline, 2017

GCC, Figure B: Micro Council, 2013

GCC, Berlin Congratulant, 2013

GCC, Kuwait Congratulant, 2013

GCC, Inaugural Summit, Morschasch 2013, 2013

GCC, Inaugural Summit, Morschasch 2013, 2013

GCC, Inaugural Summit, Morschasch 2013, 2013

GCC, Exosphere, 2014

Fatima Al Qadiri e Khalid al Gharaballi, Dala3 (in Vegas), 2011

Ayshay, Warn-U (Tri Angle, 2011)

Fatima Al Qadiri, Genre-Specific Xperience (UNO, 2011)

Daniel Keller and Timur Si-Qin, artwork for Fatima Al Qadiri’s EP Genre-Specific Xperience (UNO, 2011)

Fatima Al Qadiri and Sophia Al Maria, The Desert of the Unreal, 2012

Sophia Al Maria, Everything Must Go, Third Line, Dubai, 2017

Farah Al Qasimi, Dragon Mart LED Display, 2018

Farah Al Qasimi, Woman in Leopard Print, 2019

Poster di propaganda, Cina, anni Ottanta

Poster di propaganda, Cina, anni Ottanta

Lawrence Lek, Unreal Estate (The Royal Academy is Yours), 2015

Lawrence Lek and Kode9, The Notel, 2015

Lawrence Lek, Sinofuturism (1839 – 2046 AD), 2016

Lawrence Lek, Sinofuturism (1839 – 2046 AD), 2016

Cui Jie, Guangzhou Telecom Building, 2017

Cui Jie, Shanghai Education Television Station, 2017

Hao Jinfang, Folding Beijing, 2012

76 Days, documentary directed by Weixi Chen and Hao Wu, 2020