Abdullah Al Othman, Manifesto: The Language and the City (2021), Neon wall installation, 500 x 800 cm. Commissioned by Diriyah Biennale Foundation. With the support of the Diriyah Biennale Foundation
Iris Projects is pleased to present Manifesto: the Language & the City (2025) - a new site specific installation by Abduallah Al Othman (b. 1985, KSA) - created for the 2025 edition of Art Dubai.
A series of multimedia works originally conceived for the Diriyah Biennale (2011), and subsequently presented at the 16th Lyon Biennale (2022), this most recent iteration continues to chronicle the linguistic and architectural evolution of Riyadh - a commentary on the fluidity of language, architecture, and collective memory in times of transformation.
A series of multimedia works originally conceived for the Diriyah Biennale (2011), and subsequently presented at the 16th Lyon Biennale (2022), this most recent iteration continues to chronicle the linguistic and architectural evolution of Riyadh - a commentary on the fluidity of language, architecture, and collective memory in times of transformation.
